Saturday will be a day full of opportunities for both Louisiana Tech and Grambling State fans to meet their favorite Bulldogs and Tigers as both athletic departments will be holding their annual Fan Days.
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Louisiana Tech — Saturday at 12 p.m. (Doors open at 11:30 a.m.)
Louisiana Tech fans will have an opportunity to interact with the 2022 Louisiana Tech football, soccer and volleyball teams and coaching staffs during its annual Fall Fan Fest Saturday.
Doors to the TAC will open at 11:30 a.m. with the free event slated from noon to 2 p.m. Players and coaches from all three programs will sign autographs and take pictures with fans.
Youngsters can enjoy a photo booth, inflatable bounce houses, and various games. Official Tech merchandise through the Barnes and Nobles Bookstore will be on sale while members of the Tech spirit squads will join Champ and Tech XXII for the event. Concessions will also be available.
Season tickets for football and soccer will be on sale at the event along with the opportunity for parents to register their boys and girls for the Champ’s Kids Club. The Champ’s Kids Club membership is $75 for the year and includes admission to every home regular season sporting event for 2022-23.
Set to be officially released on Aug. 15, fans will have the opportunity to get an advanced copy of Chris Kennedy’s book “Louisiana Tech’s Joe Aillet” and have it autographed by the author. In the book, Kennedy illuminates the full picture of the Louisiana Tech icon, from his against-the-odds childhood to his tenure as head coach of the Bulldog football team that stretched north of a quarter century and included 151 wins and 12 championships. The cost of the book is $26.50.
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Grambling State – Saturday at 10 a.m. (Gates open at 9 a.m.)
Grambling State football, men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, men’s and women’s cross country and women’s soccer teams will be featured during Fan Day.
The Tiger football team gets the festivities started with a 10 a.m. scrimmage inside Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium. Gates open at 9 a.m. and fans will have the opportunity to see head coach Hue Jackson and the GSU Tigers as they prepare for the upcoming season.
The scrimmage will last approximately 90 minutes, before transitioning to the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. as fans will have the opportunity to interact, meet and sign autographs with Grambling State coaches and student-athletes.
