BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — First year head coach Nick Saban along with seniors Fred Booker and Louis Williams travel to Birmingham Tuesday to open the three-day Southeastern Conference Football Media Day, “Kickoff 2000.”
Saban, who was named the LSU head football coach in late November of 1999, will be joined on the first day of “Kickoff 2000” by Arkansas Razorbacks’ head coach Houston Nutt, Georgia Bulldogs’ head coach Jim Donnan and South Carolina head coach Lou Holtz.
Saban, Booker and Williams will depart from Baton Rouge at noon and address the media from around the league at 3 p.m.
On Wednesday, Auburn’s Tommy Tuberville, Florida’s Steve Spurrier, Ole Miss’ David Cutcliffe and Vanderbilt’s Woody Woodenhoffer will address the media from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Thursday’s schedule concludes “Kickoff 2000” with Alabama’s Mike DuBose, Kentucky’s Hal Mumme, Mississippi State’s Jackie Sherrill and Tennessee’s Phillip Fulmer from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
LSU opens it’s 2000 football season on Sept. 2 against Western Carolina at 7 p.m. in the newly-expanded Tiger Stadium. With the addition of more than 11,000 seats in a new East Side Upper Deck, the stadium will become the fourth-largest on-campus football stadium in the country.
Individual home and road game tickets will go on sale in early August at the LSU Ticket Office. Call 225-388-2184 for more information. LSU student tickets that were purchased through REGGIE will be available for pickup at the LSU Ticket Office on Aug. 15.