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It will be a night kick off when LSU and Texas meet on the football field in Austin Saturday, September 7th. ESPN announced a 6:30 kick-off for the game and it will be televised by ABC as part of the network’s Saturday Night Football package. LSU opens the season a week before when they host Georgia Southern.

Antoine Duplantis homered for the 10th time this season and Daniel Cabrera hit his fifth home run in his last nine games as the Fighting Tigers defeated UNO seven to five last night.

LSU, who is fighting for an NCAA Regional host site, will host Auburn for a three-game series beginning tomorrow night. Coach Paul Mainieri announced today that Eric Walker will start on the mound tomorrow, Landon Marceaux on Friday and the starter for the regular season finale on Saturday is to be announced.

The Southern Jaguars begin play in the SWAC Tournament tonight as they’ll face Arkansas Pine-Bluff at 6 PM tonight in New Orleans at Wesley Barrow Stadium. Grambling won earlier today, beating Alcorn State 14-4 in eight innings. The Tigers will play tomorrow, against either Alabama State or Prairie View A-and-M.

In a series that starts tomorrow, Louisiana Tech is at FIU. The Bulldogs are looking to finish in third place in the Conference USA standings.