Lane Kiffin is hoping LSU fans treat Saturday like a full-scale assignment.
With Alabama set to visit Tiger Stadium for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff instead of the usual night slot, Kiffin said Monday he wants the crowd ready to chase the loudest-stadium mark in college football. His advice was simple: shift the whole day forward.
“ Tennessee supposedly set the noise record against Alabama, which you can see in that game effecting Alabama’s offense,” Kiffin said Monday. “That was a 2:30 central kick.
“Let’s break the record.”
He added, “We want our players to play well,” Kiffin said. “We want out coaches to play well. If you are used to 6:30, four hours earlier, start your day earlier.
“Have breakfast earlier. Start drinking earlier, whatever is your routine, just move it up.
“Go to bed earlier Friday night.”
The reference was to Tennessee’s 26-10 win over Alabama, when Neyland Stadium hit 130.8 dB, the highest scientifically verified reading in college football. That level of noise was described as being as loud as a military jet taking off. The previous record belonged to a 2007 Penn State-Ohio State game.
Kiffin has already made no secret of his frustration that LSU has not gotten its usual nighttime setup for home games this season. Last week, he said, “I was like, well, if someone thinks the SEC wants us to win this year after what’s been going on, they must have just been on Mars the last four months,” Kiffin said at a press conference last week. “So, I guess when I look at it that way, I’m not surprised.
“Especially in 16 years, this game has been at night here all the time. I never even considered that it wouldn’t be at night. So, I guess that’s probably naive of me.”
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