The LSU football team raced past North Texas, 41-3, in the first Saturday night game in Tiger Stadium this season. Junior LSU running back Charles Scott rushed for 102 yards and made a big impact in the game, but North Texas coach Todd Dodge said junior wide receiver Trindon Holliday opened the game up for LSU. Dodge said LSU’s second-quarter touchdown punt return, which gave the Tigers a 21-point lead, broke the game open. “We just didn’t have anyone that could handle No. 8 [Trindon Holliday],” Dodge said. “The plan going in was to kick away from him.”Dodge said the Mean Green started executing that as the game went on, but it was too little too late.  Holliday said after his first punt, which went for 4 yards, opposing players told him they wouldn’t kick it to him anymore.  Holliday shined with a 92-yard punt return touchdown which tied for the second longest punt return in LSU history.Holliday’s return was his first career touchdown on a punt return. Eddie Kennison holds the record with a 100-yarder against Mississippi State in 1994. “Maybe the brightest spot was getting Trindon Holliday going in the punt,” said LSU coach Les Miles.Holliday said he worked hard on his punt returns, and it paid off Saturday.”I have been working all summer on punt returns in the offseason,” Holliday said. “I just wanted to get my opportunity.”Holliday returned four punts for 163 yards and showed his tremendous speed on the football field.”It was a great feeling,” Holliday said. “Chad Jones was supposed to be returning the punt, but they told me to be ready to go. I saw the hole and went for it.” The coaches told Holliday to make sure to catch the ball first, then make his moves afterward, Holliday said.  Miles said he feels more comfortable with Holliday returning punts than in the past.”He’s worked awfully hard fielding balls, and he’s not only a better punt returner, but he’s a much better receiver,” Miles said.In the second half, Holliday returned a North Texas punt 59 yards to the 36-yard line to set up sophomore quarterback Andrew Hatch for a 7-yard touchdown run.”I am thinking to make a big play whenever the ball gets in my hands and make a score as much as possible,” Holliday said. Miles said this game was big for Holliday, and it came at the right time. “I look forward to him doing that again and again for us,” Miles said.—-Contact Tiffany Tucker at [email protected]