re: Cannon's run question...

I may stand corrected regarding heavy rain during the 1959 LSU-Ole Miss game. Memory: I used to come up to Baton Rouge from LSU medical school in New Orleans then and, of course sit in the student section. Perhaps the heavy rain was at another game that season. You know, offical weather records can be checked to be sure.
LSU was known, on occasion, to water the field all night before a game if they thought it would help them slow down the other team the next day. See reports of LSU - North Carolina game 1949 I think. North Carolina complained to NCAA. LSU upset them 13 to 7. History sometimes is 'his' story. That, is very individually perceived, although some parts of it can be verified.