Thursday is a big day for the Tom family of Prairieville.
Vanessa and Michael will work their normal work days at LSU, where Michael is a professor in the mathematics department and Vanessa works in the I.T. department.
Then the couple will beeline down I-10 to catch the Wake Forest-Tulane game at Yulman Stadium, where their youngest son, Zachary, will make his official college debut as a reserve lineman for the Demon Deacons. A few miles away, their oldest son, Cameron, will suit up for the New Orleans Saints in their preseason game against the Los Angeles Rams and make his final push for a spot on the 53-man roster.