A second time is a charm for Xavier Lodge, a safety, as he secured his place on the Grambling State University football team. Initially, Lodge started his college football career at Lincoln Tech. "He left Louisiana Tech back in February, went home back to Baton Rouge to be with his family and immediately began a much more calculated approach to his recruitment the second go around as a redshirt college
freshman." - Read more on New
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Ironically, GSU faces off against Lincoln Tech for its opening game. Single-game tickets for Louisiana Tech's home opener versus Grambling State will go on sale Monday, June 3 with prices starting as low as $10 in the month of June. Louisiana Tech and Grambling are scheduled to faceoff on Saturday, Sept. 7 at Joe Aillet Stadium in what will be the first-ever meeting in Lincoln Parish between the two programs.