I'm going to the game but won't be in Shreveport early enough to make it to the pep rally. Not sure if I would go anyways, I wasn't real impressed last year by the parade/battle of the bands in Dallas. The year before, Nashville was much funner. It may have been the difference if night and day, I don't know.
Where is the usual thread of "Where you're staying/anything fun to do/ great places to eat in and around Shreveport" at?
Didn't much need it last year(had freinds in Dallas) but it was a lifesaver in Nashville.