BATON ROUGE — The college football world will be focused on the LSU campus this weekend as the 15th-ranked Tigers host top-ranked Alabama in one of the most anticipated, and talked about, home games in school history.
Kickoff for LSU and Alabama is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. The game will be televised nationally by CBS. LSU, the reigning national champion, brings a 6-2 overall mark and a 3-2 league record into the game. Alabama is 9-0 overall and 5-0 in conference action.
LSU can remain alive in the SEC Western Division race with a win over the Crimson Tide on Saturday. However, an Alabama victory clinched the western division title for the Crimson Tide and will send them to the league’s championship game in Atlanta in December.
GameDay Info
LSU vs. Alabama
Saturday, Nov. 8
2:30 p.m. CST
GameTime Temp: 76?
Rain: 0% chance
Humidity: 24%
Wind: WNW 7 mph
Forecast
Sunrise: 6:25 a.m.
Kickoff: 2:35 p.m.
Sunset: 5:11 p.m.
Times of Interest
8 a.m.
LSU Ticket Office opens
9 – 11 a.m.
ESPN College GameDay broadcasts live from “Old Front 9” (northeast corner of Nicholson Dr. and Burbank Dr. | view map)
10 a.m.
Trumbone Shorty live at Tiger One Village (in front of PMAC)
11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
ESPN GameDay Radio live (southeast corner of Nicholson Dr. and Burbank Dr.)
11:30 a.m.
Club level and Suites open at Tiger Stadium
11:45 a.m.
LSU Student gates open at Tiger Stadium
Noon
All remaining gates open at Tiger Stadium
12:20 p.m.
LSU walks down “Victory Hill”
12:30 p.m.
LSU Gameday presented by CST on the air | Watch Live Pregame Video
12:35 p.m.
Mike the Tiger comes down the hill
12:40 p.m.
LSU’s Golden Band From Tigerland marches down the hill
2:14:15 p.m.
“LSU Salutes” recognition
2:17 p.m.
Guest Captains presentation
2:21 p.m.
Golden Band from Tigerland takes the field for pregame performance
2:25 p.m.
Alma Mater and National Anthem
2:27 p.m.
Flyover
2:31 p.m.
LSU takes the field
2:31:45 p.m.
Alabama takes the field
2:35 p.m.
Kickoff: LSU vs. Alabama | Live on CBS and Sportsline.com
In addition to the national televise coverage on CBS, ESPN’s College GameDay and College GameDay Radio are both hosting their shows from campus this weekend. College GameDay is making its seventh trip to Baton Rouge and will air live from 9 to 11 a.m. from the LSU golf course “old front nine” grass area near the intersection of Nicholson Drive and Burbank Drive.
College GameDay Radio, which will be live from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., will be located in the grass area off of Nicholson Drive next to Walk-on’s.
LSU has issued over 650 credentials for this week’s game and those media outlets in attendance in Tiger Stadium on Saturday include: the New York Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, ESPN.com, ESPN the Magazine, CBS Sports.com, CBS College Sports Network, Gannett News Service, SI.com, The Sporting News, The Houston Chronicle, and Yahoo Sports.com.
Saturday’s game represents the first time that LSU has hosted the nation’s top-ranked team in Tiger Stadium since 1997 when the Tigers shocked No. 1 Florida, 28-21. Since then, LSU has gone on to beat the nation’s top-ranked team two more times without a loss, knocking off No. 1 Oklahoma, 21-14, in the 2003 BCS National Championship Game in New Orleans and No. 1 Ohio State, 38-24, in the BCS title game a year ago.