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This Week on LSU Tiger Tracks

by Bill Franques
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This Week on LSU Tiger Tracks

BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU Tiger Tracks, a program highlighting various aspects of the university and its athletic department, can be seen at 8:30 p.m. CT Wednesday on Cox Sports Television. A replay of the show will air 6:30 p.m. CT Saturday.

The show, hosted by Jordy Hultberg and Bill Franques, is a weekly 30-minute production featuring interviews with LSU administrators, coaches and student-athletes, along with a look at some of the events and scholarly activity on campus.

LSU Tiger Tracks opens this week with a review by correspondent Garrett Walvoord of the history of the LSU-Notre Dame football series. The Tigers and the Irish will meet in the Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day, marking the 12th gridiron encounter between the schools.

The show continues with a visit to the studio from Kenneth Miles, executive director of LSU’s Academic Center for Student-Athletes. Miles will discuss LSU’s unprecedented Graduation Success Rate score of 90, a monumental achievement for the athletic department.

LSU Tiger Tracks also includes a story about research the university is conducting to waterproof homes threatened by flooding.