Game: LSU vs. North Texas at Tiger Stadium
Date: September 1 at 6 p.m.
Television: ESPNU
North Texas coach Dan McCarney is quite familiar with his LSU counterpart Les Miles.
Both played in the Big Ten Conference at the same time in the 1970s - McCarney at Iowa and Miles at Michigan. Both were head coaches for a four-year stretch in the Big XII Conference in the early 2000s - McCarney at Iowa State and Miles at Oklahoma State.
Then, McCarney was an assistant coach at Florida from 2008-10 while Miles was the head coach at LSU.
Now, McCarney will begin the second year of his rebuilding job with the Mean Green with a game against Miles' LSU team in Tiger Stadium. McCarney knows what he is up against in his team's opener against the Tigers.
"I know the type of program Les has down there at LSU," McCarney said. "He has done a great job. But, I can't worry about who they have as a first-round or second-round (NFL draft pick). We have to be able to go down there and not give in to adversity.
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