Rob Riggle to lead KU homecoming parade

Comedian Rob Riggle hosts Late Night in the Phog Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, at Allen Fieldhouse.

Actor, comedian and 1993 Kansas University graduate Rob Riggle will be grand marshal of the KU homecoming parade.

The parade will move down Massachusetts Street at 6 p.m. Sept. 26. A pep rally on Eighth Street between Massachusetts and New Hampshire will follow.

The parade is part of a week’s worth of activities starting Sept. 21 leading up to the KU-Texas football game Sept. 27 in Memorial Stadium. The theme for KU’s 102nd homecoming is Roll with the ‘Hawks.