LSU looking to complete 2008 schedule; drops North Texas?

With one slot remaining on its 2008 football schedule, reigning national champion LSU is working with ESPN to arrange a home-and-home series with an opponent from a BCS conference.

Verge Ausberry, LSU's senior associate athletic director who handles football scheduling, said the school hopes to announce a deal by the end of next week. The first game of the series will be played in Tiger Stadium this fall.

"We're ready to make it happen," Ausberry said Monday. "We just need the other team to make the deal."

Ausberry said he wants to schedule a game in the near future in Houston, possibly at Reliant Stadium. Houston is home to a large LSU alumni base and is a fertile recruiting area for the Tigers.
"We're trying to get somebody in the Houston area," Ausberry said, "maybe a two-for-one (series). That would be very attractive to us."

The word on the street is that LSU has dropped North Texas (Aug. 30 opponent) and are now needing two teams to complete the schedule for 2008.