Tiger Stadium escapes significant storm damage

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) LSU&#39;s Tiger Stadium, which is undergoing a major expansion, escaped significant damage during Baton Rouge&#39;s brush with Hurricane Katrina, university officials say.<br> <br> With work continuing on the new west upper deck, No. 5-ranked LSU is scheduled to open the season by hosting North Texas on Saturday.<br> <br> ``It looks like everything came through the storm very well,&#39;&#39; senior associate athletic director Dan Radakovich said. ``Obviously we have to speak with the guys who do the work when they get back. But from the standpoint of us eyeballing the stadium and the grounds around it, it&#39;s in as good a shape as can be expected.&#39;&#39;<br> <br> Construction crews suspended work Sunday on the $60 million west upper deck project, which was expected to be mostly usable for LSU&#39;s first two games and completely finished for its third game Sept. 24 against Tennessee.<br> <br> The hurricane forced LSU coach Les Miles to juggle the Tigers&#39; game week practice schedule. He said he gave the team Monday off and resumed practice Tuesday.<br> <br> ``We just hope like heck the people in New Orleans and elsewhere aren&#39;t too adversely affected by this,&#39;&#39; Miles said.<br> <br> Information from: The Advocate, http://www.theadvocate.com<br> <br> (Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)