LSU holds off North Carolina in a nail-biter

No. 21 LSU led by 20 at the half and somehow escaped with a 30-24 win only after tight end Zack Pianalto dropped a game-tying, 6-yard touchdown pass on the last play of the game in the end zone with outside linebacker Stefoin Francois all over him. "If I make that play, we win the game,” Pianalot said. “I feel I could’ve won it for us, and I didn’t."Pianalto also had his hands near a pass in the end zone the play before, but LSU safety Jai Eugene got his hand on it. "We had guys that never quit," Pianalto said. "We were down 30-10, and we came back and had a chance to win at the end." North Carolina, supposedly outmanned because of a rash of suspensions just days before the game, drove from its 27-yard line to the 6 in 66 seconds with no timeouts after LSU tailback Stevan Ridley fumbled to linebacker Quan Sturdivant, who was just cleared to play late Friday, at the North Carolina 27. "Our football team won a football game in a very sloppy fashion," a relieved LSU coach Les Miles said.""But it’s a victory. It may not be one that you take a picture of and hold it very near and dear, but eight to 10 years from now it will be just a win."