The original deal was signed Jan. 9, 2014 and LSU was to play UCLA in the 2024 season opener on Saturday, Aug. 31 at Tiger Stadium. The game was rescheduled so LSU could play in the Las Vegas Kickoff Classic, a top-25 matchup with USC for which LSU was paid $5 million by ESPN Events.

With the Bruins now representing the Big Ten, it marks the first time a team from that league has ventured into Tiger Stadium since 1987 when then-No. 4 LSU and then-No. 7 Ohio State went to the wire in a 13-13 tie in late September in Death Valley.

Louisiana's largest football stadium turns 100 this fall. Why it matters: Death Valley has been called the best place to watch college football, and we have to agree. State of play: Tiger Stadium's inaugural football game was held Nov.

LSU will meet UCLA for the second time in program history on Saturday afternoon. The last and only meeting came in 2021 when LSU fell flat at the Rose Bowl. Three years later, both programs look different.

After surviving a scare on the road in its SEC opener against South Carolina, LSU returns home for a non-conference matchup that should be much friendlier. The Tigers host a UCLA team coming off a 42-13 home loss to Indiana in its Big Ten debut,