Thanksgiving has come and gone. The Lions have lost and leftovers are in the fridge, so that can only mean one thing. Stores will be packed with Christmas shoppers, but the chaos of Black Friday is certainly not for everyone.
Black Friday deals this year may not have been the door busters you’re used to seeing. LSU marketing professor Dan Rice just because something is on sale doesn’t make it a good deal.
He says the increased prices, though, will result in more overall Black Friday spending this year, and it certainly won’t stop today from being the busiest shopping day of the year. The national Retail Federation reports that a record 186.9 million people are planning to shop from Thanksgiving day through Cyber Monday, a number up more than 3 million total shoppers from the previous record last year.
LSU will finish their regular season at 8th-ranked Oklahoma tomorrow. Junior linebacker Whit Weeks has been sidelined for much of the second half of the season with what he just revealed was a broken ankle suffered week 5 against Ole Miss, not the bone bruise initially reported. Weeks returned in a limited capacity last week and says the pain won’t stop him from taking the field against a top ten team.
Kickoff is at 2:30, but just as many tiger fans will be watching the news to see where Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin lands. He’ll announce his decision sometime tomorrow.
Southeastern Louisiana is hosting an FCS playoff game against Illinois State at noon tomorrow.
Louisiana Tech will try to reach seven wins against Missouri State at 1:00.
UL-Lafayette and ULM face off for a rivalry week showdown at 2 p.m.
And Tulane can punch their ticket to hosting an American Conference championship with a win over 1-and-10 Charlotte at 6:30.