Filed under: LSU, UNC, ACC, SECATLANTA -- LSU couldn't afford to overlook wounded North Carolina, regardless of the Tar Heels' situation with the NCAA and an accommodating university tutor. After a two-year funk that has left fans and school officials uncomfortable, the Tigers need to tend to business.
Call it Risky Business.
No. 21 LSU held on by a hair to beat No. 18 UNC 30-24 here Saturday night in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game.
A Georgia Dome crowd of 68,919 and a national television audience watched the undermanned Tar Heels rally from a 20-point halftime deficit and drive to the LSU six-yard line, missing on a pair of passes in the end zone in the closing seconds.
Believe it.
It was far more difficult than the Tigers, or anyone else for that matter, anticipated. The Tar Heels, specifically their defense, were neutered by eligibility and academic issues. Thirteen players, some of whom are coveted by NFL brass and over-anxious agents, remained in Chapel Hill, N.C.
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