Overview
- Saturday’s football game against Virginia University of Lynchburg now kicks off at 1 p.m., and all campus homecoming activities will end at 7 p.m. local time on Oct. 18.
- President James W. Crawford III said national trends and local data informed the decision following consultations with campus public safety, risk management, and alumni leaders.
- The security plan includes a centralized mobile command center and deployment of more than 85 law enforcement officers, with coordination between TSU police and the Texas Department of Public Safety.
- Other homecoming events will proceed as scheduled, and the university limited comments on its social media posts announcing the changes.
- Students voiced disappointment over the curtailed tailgate tradition, and reporting notes TSU is currently the only HBCU to publicly adopt an early closure for homecoming this season.