So far, NSU is hosting McNeese's volleyball, soccer, women's tennis and men's and women's cross country teams on campus. Football could wind up here, but the projected storm track as of late Sunday night seems to indicate Lake Charles will be spared major impact.
The basketball teams at McNeese and UNO have been offered housing here, if there is significant impact to their campuses or practice facilities.
The Demon Alley Tailgating Zone, which has cable TV, water and electricity hookups around the football practice field, is filling up. A few RV's never left after Saturday night's game, and others have arrived. Nice that the NSU Athletic Association had the vision to provide such a setup and great to see it used at a time of need.
The NSU teams are settled in. The campus dining facilities are operating. The height of the storm seems destined to occur after dark Monday and into Tuesday. The only competition for NSU this week is a Tuesday night volleyball match at Louisiana Tech, and it would seem that could be postponed for a day or two depending on the road conditions Tuesday and weather issues, but nothing will be decided until Monday or maybe even Tuesday morning.
LSU's football team had made inquiry with Coach Scott Stoker about practicing here Tuesday, but now that seems unlikely.
Nicholls' team, like the McNeese team, has been sent home. With the potential for serious damage in the Houma-Thibodaux area, the Colonels might need to relocate along the lines of what McNeese did after Hurricane Rita in 2005.
One lighter note related: Associated Press reports that Southeastern's football team was invited to headquarter at Ole Miss for the week. Ironically, SLU plays Ole Miss's arch-rival, Mississippi State, next Saturday! Coincidence? I think not.
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