Even though he had prepared for it for more than a year, Todd Harris had a few reservations going into the first start of his college football career Saturday night.

LSU’s sophomore free safety was told early last week he would start against Louisiana Tech because senior John Battle was going to be suspended for the first half (he had been ejected for targeting in the previous game at Auburn).

“I was nervous early in the week,” Harris, a former Plaquemine High School star, admitted Monday. “But around game time, I just told myself, ‘I’m here now, so I’m either going to go out there and do what I do or fall over.’ ”

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