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No Gustav impact on LSU game for now

  • LSU news release
  • Published: Aug 27, 2008 - UPDATED: 7:35 p.m.
BATON ROUGE – LSU director of athletics Joe Alleva attended a meeting with Governor Bobby Jindal and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Wednesday afternoon as officials continued to monitor the progress of Tropical Storm Gustav.

At this time there are no changes in plans to play LSU’s season opener beginning at 4 p.m. on Saturday against Appalachian State.  LSU will continue to monitor the situation in cooperation with state and local officials.

LSU will update fans on any changes via the news media and LSUsports.net should conditions warrant it.



10:50 a.m.

LSU athletics officials are working closely with university and state personnel to monitor the progression of Hurricane Gustav, but there is no anticipated impact on the LSU vs. Appalachian State football game at this time.

LSU is scheduled to open its 2008 football season at 4 p.m. Saturday against Appalachian State.

LSU will update fans on any changes via the news media and LSUsports.net should conditions warrant it.

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