LSU rounded out its 2010 football schedule today, adding a game with McNeese State and officially announcing the Tigers will play North Carolina. The university confirmed the matchup with the Tar Heels on Sept. 4 in Atlanta, the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game. The game, which matches SEC and ACC teams up, will be televised in prime time by ESPN. LSU dropped a scheduled matchup with Tulane in the Superdome to make room for the kickoff game. The LSU-Tulane series has been cancelled after this season; one more game will be played in the Superdome at an undetermined date. The Tigers will host McNeese State on Oct. 16, the first time they’ve played the Cowboys. This is LSU’s first game against an in-state FCS team and fills out LSU’s schedule for next season. The Tigers will play non-conference home games against West Virginia on Sept. 25 and Southern Mississippi on Nov. 13 along with an SEC slate of Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Florida, Auburn, Alabama, Ole Miss and Arkansas.
LSU will play another in-state FCS team in 2011, when the Tigers host Northwestern State on Sept. 10. The Demons have an LSU connection — former Tiger assistant coach Bradley Dale Peveto coaches the team. LSU still has two open spots on its 2011 schedule. The only other non-conference game is a road trip to West Virginia.
