I'm not sure what the overall daytime record is but lsusports.net has an updated version of the message you quoted to reflect 20-23-3 (.467)since 1960. Here's a little more from their site: Tiger Stadium first opened its gates to fans in the fall of 1924 as LSU hosted Tulane in the season finale. Beginning with that first game in Tiger Stadium, LSU has posted a 361-139-18 (.704) mark in Death Valley. LSU's overall home record since the start of football in 1893 is 441-160-19 (.727). LSU enters the 2008 season having won 19 of its last 20 games in Tiger Stadium. The Tigers won a school-record 19 straight home games from Oct. 15, 2005, through Nov. 10, 2007. LSU is 49-7 at home since the 2000 season -- including perfect home records of 7-0 in 2004 and 8-0 in 2006. Only one time since 2000 have the Tigers lost more than one home game, that coming in 2001 when LSU dropped a pair of contests in Tiger Stadium. Maybe the game will be delayed for a few hours...:hihi:
NOT LSU except so far as "it never rains in Tiger stadium"... If you have not come across this, you might find it interesting: Dispersing rain technology... China used planes, rockets to prevent wet end of Games. Here's the link... http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080825/ts_afp/oly2008weather
They recently installed new turf in TS. All of the rain will be good for the turf. The field drains extremely well. They may cover it if we get a forecast for massive rains on Friday. In all likelihood, the grass is soaking it up, the sand is percolating, and the drains are clog-free. I don't think we will see any issues with the field, regardless of the rain leading up to the game. As for game day rain (as if that has ever happened before), the rain suits the offense, since the defensive players are in a read and react mode. They can slip on the jukes. This is where they talk about speed being neutralized. All in all, we have significantly more team speed, and a wet field won't singificantly affect our level of play.
