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LSU moves up football start time

BATON ROUGE, La. (UPI) -- The threat of Tropical Storm Gustav led Louisiana State officials to move up the start of their season-opening college football contest to 11 a.m. EDT Saturday.

The sixth-ranked Tigers begin their 2008 season with a matchup against Appalachian State at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La. The game had been scheduled for a 5 p.m. EDT Saturday kickoff.

"Public safety was the overriding concern expressed by all parties when we met with the governor and his staff," LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva said in a statement after consultations Friday with state officials. "Ten a.m. is obviously not the optimal time for a football game but when one of the options was to not play the game at all, this is a matter of making the best of an unfortunate situation."

There is an anticipation of an evacuation of New Orleans and an anticipated traffic contraflow order by the governor of Louisiana.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 08/29/2008

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