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This morning we relayed the news reported by ESPN’s Marty Smith that a pair of individuals had broken into Tiger Stadium to damage the LSU midfield logo.
Sources have told Smith, who was on College GameDay to report the news, that those two perpetrators are indeed Alabama students from Maryland.
Grounds crew tells me couple fans broke into Tiger Stadium Friday night and scratched the eye of the Tiger. Re-painting now. pic.twitter.com/72jzkYm0qT
— Marty Smith (@MartySmithESPN) November 5, 2016
Spoke w David Taylor, LSU asst AD event mgmt. Told me two guys jumped fence, were arrested at midfield.
He got call at 3am.— Marty Smith (@MartySmithESPN) November 5, 2016
LSU hosts Alabama at 7 p.m. Saturday. ESPN College GameDay is airing live from The Quad in LSU’s campus.
Tyler Waddell is a member of the Saturday Down South news team. He brings over five years of professional journalism experience and is closing in on a Bachelor's in sports management. Follow him on Twitter (@Tyler_Waddell).