BATON ROUGE – The LSU-Auburn game on Sept. 16 at Jordan-Hare Stadium will officially kickoff the 2006 college football season on CBS, the network announced on Friday.

The LSU-Auburn contest will be the first-half of a doubleheader on CBS that day as Florida will travel to face Tennessee in a 7 p.m. CST tilt. LSU and Auburn will kickoff at 2:30 p.m.

The LSU-Auburn game is one of two contests already announced by the network involving the Tigers in 2006. LSU will face Arkansas in Little Rock on Friday, Nov. 24 at 1:30 p.m. Any other games involving LSU and CBS will be announced six to 12 days prior to the day of the game, the network said.

CBS also announced that Gary Danielson will join Verne Lundquist and Tracy Wolfson for SEC telecasts this year. Danielson, who spent 13 years as a quarterback in the NFL, joins CBS this year after holding the same position at ESPN since 1997. Danielson replaces Todd Blackledge, who departed CBS to join ESPN.

2006 LSU Football Schedule

Date Opponent Site Time TV

Sept. 2 UL-Lafayette Tiger Stadium 7 p.m.

Sept. 9 Arizona Tiger Stadium 5:30 p.m. ESPN

Sept. 16 at Auburn Auburn, Ala. 2:30 p.m. CBS

Sept. 23 Tulane Tiger Stadium 7 p.m.

Sept. 30 Mississippi State Tiger Stadium 7 p.m.

Oct. 7 at Florida Gainesville, Fla. TBA

Oct. 14 Kentucky Tiger Stadium 7 p.m.

Oct. 21 Fresno State Tiger Stadium 7 p.m.

Nov. 4 at Tennessee at Knoxville, Tenn. TBA

Nov. 11 Alabama Tiger Stadium 7 p.m.

Nov. 18 Ole Miss Tiger Stadium 7 p.m.

Nov. 24 at Arkansas Little Rock, Ark. 1:30 p.m CBS