This Saturday’s LSU-South Carolina game has been re-located from Columbia, South Carolina to Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge. It will start at 2:30 PM. The catastrophic flooding in Columbia forced South Carolina officials to move the contest and LSU is glad to host the contest, giving the Tigers five home games in the SEC.

In 2005, LSU had to move one of its scheduled home game against Arizona State to Tempe, Arizona because of Hurricane Katrina. So LSU Coach Les Miles understands what Coach Steve Spurrier and the Gamcocks are going through. LSU won that game in 2005 and Miles credits the players…
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According to the LSU ticket office, the deadline for season ticket holders to purchase tickets has been set at 5 PM tomorrow. Whatever tickets are left on sale will be sold to the general public at 6 PM on Thursday.

Saints quarterback Drew Brees said he told Coach Sean Payton to take him off the injury report. Brees says his shoulder is fine and he’ll be more than ready for this Sunday’s game at Philadelphia. Meanwhile, the Saints have signed punter Brandon Fields, because of an injury to regular punter Thomas Morestead.

In the major league baseball playoffs…former LSU pitcher Will Harris pitched a perfect eighth inning to help the Houston Astros blank the Yankees three to nothing. The Astros advance to play Kansas City in a best of five division series.

In basketball…LSU freshman Ben Simmons is on C-B-S Sports -dot-com preseason All-America team.

And Louisiana Tech has been picked to finish fifth in the 14-team Conference USA. That’s according to a vote by the league’s coaches. Guard Alex Hamilton and forward Erik McCree were selected to the preseason all-conference team.