LSU FootballTuesday, November 3
LSU's Kiffin tells fans to start Saturday earlier for the 2:30 p.m. Alabama kickoff
The Daily Baton Rouge team
If you're heading to Death Valley on Saturday, Nov. 7, Alabama comes at 2:30 p.m. on ABC instead of under the lights. LSU coach Lane Kiffin has a fix for the early start. “Have breakfast earlier. Start drinking earlier. Whatever it is. It's your routine, just move it up,” he said Monday. He even joked about a citywide shutdown at 10 p.m. Friday.
Kiffin's other pitch is noise. He heard Tennessee hit 130.3 decibels in Neyland Stadium during an Oct. 17 win over Alabama, which also kicked off at 2:30 p.m. “Let's break the record,” he said. He was also told LSU has lost just one 2:30 p.m. home game since 2009.
130.3decibels, the noise record Tennessee set in Neyland Stadium on Oct. 17
Tennessee set it during a win over Alabama that kicked off at 2:30 p.m. Kiffin wants LSU fans to top it.
Source: nola.com
- Kickoff: 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, on ABC
- Tickets: sold out
- Rankings: No. 15 LSU, No. 9 Alabama
- Series: no longer annual after this year because of SEC realignment
LSU last hosted Alabama in daylight in 2010
- 2010LSU beats Alabama 24-21 in their last daylight game at Tiger Stadium.
- Nov. 6Kiffin jokes that Baton Rouge would shut down at 10 p.m. so everybody sleeps.
- Nov. 7LSU hosts Alabama at 2:30 p.m. in Tiger Stadium on ABC.
Sources: 97.3 The Dawg, nola.com
Sources: 97.3 The Dawg, nola.com