Opponent Information Press Box
Pro Scouts
Practices
Tiger Stadium is equipped with power outlets at every seat with wireless Internet available throughout the press area and a limited number of Ethernet lines available. If a private telephone line is needed, call 1-800-238-5501. When ordering phone lines for the press box, the physical address for Tiger Stadium is 3800 Highland Road, Baton Rouge, La. 70803. Please allow two weeks for installation. FAX service is also available. Quarterly play-by-play, offensive and defensive statistics and quotes from players and coaches of both teams will be passed out as soon as they are compiled. The Les Miles press conference, when possible, and portions of the the visiting coach press conference will be played over the interior PA in the press box following the game. Stats and play-by-play of LSU’s games will be available on LSU’s web site, www. LSUsports.net within minutes of the conclusion of the game.
Due to severe space limitations, scouts of professional football teams are not issued press credentials. Tickets will be made available to pro scouts at regular price. Tickets should be requested two weeks prior to the date of the game to guarantee availability and should be requested through LSU Sports Information Administrative Secretary Pam LeBlanc at 225-578-8226.
Practices are closed to the media once the regular season starts. Pre-season practices are open to the media during individual drills at the discretion of the head coach.
Parking Media parking is located in lots near Tiger Stadium. Because of limited space, requests for parking should be made with credential requests. It should not be assumed that parking passes will be provided with all media credentials. Due to construction in some parts of campus, media parking will be adjusted to different lots than in past years.
Satellite Trucks TV stations must request satellite truck access and must have a truck in place at least five hours prior to kickoff. Any satellite truck arriving less than five hours prior to kickoff may be denied access to the stadium. Requests for parking area for satellite trucks must be made by noon on Wednesday prior to Saturday games and must be confirmed through Director of Television Kevin Wagner. No other vehicles will be allowed to park with the satellite truck and all credentials for personnel must be included in the online request.
Head Coach Les Miles Request for interviews with Les Miles should be coordinated through SID Michael Bonnette at 225-578-8226 or mbonnet@ lsu.edu. • Coach Miles, besides his weekly press luncheon and after Wednesday practice, is also available by request Tuesday through Friday during the season between 12:45 and 1:30 p.m. through Michael Bonnette.
Players All player interviews must be coordinated through the LSU Sports Information Office at least one day in advance. Player interviews will be held each Monday after Coach Miles’ press luncheon at a time TBD and then following practice on Monday and Tuesday. All player interviews will be held at the Indoor Practice Facility. • Phone interviews should be requested through SID Michael Bonnette and Associate SID Bill Martin. • Players are available through Tuesday of game week. No player interviews will be conducted after Tuesday. Team locker rooms and apartments are off limits to media representatives at all times.
Postgame LSU is committed to a policy of equal access for both male and female reporters and photographers. • Les Miles will conduct his postgame news conference at home games approximately 10 minutes after the game in the Media Interview Room located just off the chute area leading to the LSU locker room. • The LSU locker room is closed. Several players will be brought into the Media
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Interview Room following coach Miles’ postgame news conference. • The opponents’ coach will conduct his postgame news conference in the interview room located across from the visitors’ locker room in the southeast portal of the stadium. TV lighting and adequate electrical outlets are available in the visitors’ interview area.
Credentials All credential requests should be made at LSU’s on-line credentialing website: www. LSUsports.net/media. All requests should be made as early as possible and should be limited to working press only. The deadline for season credential requests is August 15. Individual game credentials must be requested two (2) weeks prior to the date of the game. • The credential authorizes the use by an accredited organization for news coverage of the game. Any unauthorized use of credentials subjects the bear to ejection from the stadium and subjects the accredited organization to revocation of its credentials for future LSU athletic events. * LSU-Alabama game credentials should be requested using the same credentialing system. That game will be administered separately from season credentials with priority to those media who have season credentials for home games at the two universities.
2012 Football Opponent Sports Information Contacts North Texas
Towson
Texas A&M
Arkansas
Sept. 1
Sept. 29
Oct. 20
Nov. 23
Baton Rouge, La. Tiger Stadium (92,400) SID: Eric Capper E-mail: Eric.Capper@unt.edu Office: (940) 565-2476 Website: www.MeanGreenSports.com Head Coach: Dan McCarney
Baton Rouge, La. Tiger Stadium (92,400) SID: Dan O’Connell E-mail: doconnell@towson.edu Office: (410) 704-3102 Website: www.TowsonTigers.com Head Coach: Rob Ambrose
College Station, Texas Kyle Field (82,600) SID: Alan Cannon E-mail: acannon@athletics.tamu.edu Office: (979) 845-5725 Website: www.AggieAthletics.com Head Coach: Kevin Sumlin
Fayetteville, Ark. Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium (72,000) SID: Zack Higbee E-mail: zhigbee@uark.edu Office: (479) 575-2751 Website: www.ArkansasRazorbacks.com Head Coach: John L. Smith
Washington
Florida
Sept. 8
Oct. 6
Baton Rouge, La. Tiger Stadium (92,400) SID: Jeff Bechthold E-mail: bechtold@u.washington.edu Office: (206) 685-7910 Website: www.GoHuskies.com Head Coach: Steve Sarkisian
Gainesville, Fla. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (88,548) SID: Steve McClain E-mail: SteveM@gators.uaa.ufl.edu Office: (352) 375-4683 ext. 6115 Website: www.GatorZone.com Head Coach: Will Muschamp
Road Headquarters: La Torretta Lake Resort & Spa 600 LaToretta Blvd. Montgomery, TX 77356 (936) 448-4400
Idaho Sept. 15 Baton Rouge, La. Tiger Stadium (92,400) SID: Becky Paull E-mail: bpaull@uidaho.edu Office: (208) 885-0245 Website: www.GoVandals.com Head Coach: Robb Akey
Auburn Sept. 22 Auburn, Ala. Jordan-Hare Stadium (87,451) SID: Kirk Sampson E-mail: sampska@auburn.edu Office: (334) 844-9800 Website: www.AuburnTigers.com Head Coach: Gene Chizik Road Headquarters: Embassy Suites 300 Tallapoosa Street Montgomery, AL 36104 (334) 269-5055
Alabama
Road Headquarters: Embassy Suites 3303 Pinnacle Hills Parkway Rogers, AR 72758 (479) 254-8400
Nov. 3
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Road Headquarters: Hilton 3600 SW 36th Ave. Ocala, FL 34474 (352) 854-1400
Baton Rouge, La. Tiger Stadium (92,400) SID: Jeff Purinton E-mail: jpurinton@ia.ua.edu Office: (205) 348-3631 Website: www.RollTide.com Head Coach: Nick Saban
Atlanta, Ga. Georgia Dome (71,228) SID: Charles Bloom E-mail: cbloom@sec.org Office: (205) 458-3000 Website: www.SECDigitalNetwork.com
South Carolina
Mississippi State
Oct. 13
Nov. 10
Baton Rouge, La. Tiger Stadium (92,400) SID: Steve Fink E-mail: finksc@mailbox.sc.edu Office: (803) 777-5204 Website: www.GamecocksOnline.com Head Coach: Steve Spurrier
Baton Rouge, La. Tiger Stadium (92,400) SID: Joe Galbraith E-mail: jgalbraith@athletics.msstate.edu Office: (662) 325-2703 Website: www.HailState.com Head Coach: Dan Mullen
Dec. 1
Ole Miss Nov. 17 Baton Rouge, La. Tiger Stadium (92,400) SID: Kyle Campbell E-mail: ekcampbe@olemiss.edu Office: (662) 915-7522 Website: www.OleMissSports.com Head Coach: Hugh Freeze
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