Troy, LSU football game postponed until Nov. 15

The effects of Hurricane Gustav has pushed Troy’s scheduled game at LSU to Nov. 15.

The teams were supposed to play Saturday at 7 p.m., but the hurricane caused damage to Baton Rouge and Tiger Stadium on LSU’s campus.

The game will be played Nov. 15, which is when the teams had common off weekends. Tickets for the game will be honored and a kickoff time will be announced at a later date.

“We were thinking this would happen all along,” Troy head coach Larry Blakeney said. “Certainly college football pales in comparison to what’s going on down there. We were just waiting for the word, really. We assumed this would happen.”

Blakeney said he was not privy to any talk of the schools moving the game to another location or moving the game to Sunday or Monday. The logical question of moving the game to Troy’s Movie Gallery Stadium, which seats about one-third of LSU’s Tiger Stadium, was brought up.

“(Troy athletics director) Steve (Dennis) had the nerve to ask them that,” Blakeney said. “Then they’d have to refund 92,000 tickets and I don’t think they wanted to do that.”

Blakeney said the team would practice today, work out hard on Friday, take off Saturday and resume preparation Sunday for next week’s home game against Alcorn State.

For more information and more Troy notes, check dothaneagle.com later or pick up a copy of Thursday’s print edition.