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re: When was the exact turning point for LSU's current run of football excellence?
Posted on 6/14/12 at 7:50 am to biglosdaddy
Posted on 6/14/12 at 7:50 am to biglosdaddy
1999
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Posted on 6/14/12 at 8:03 am to LSForYou
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A specific game
Arkansas 1999 with no Dinardo. The team looked like a completely different team with less than a week turnaround. And the Arkansas team they beat the snot out of was one of Ark's strongest since they've been in the SEC.
As much as a lot of LSU fans hate to admit it, the biggest turning point for LSU football was the hiring of Nick Saban. That's about as simple as I can put it. Anything else added to it would be a waste of words.
Posted on 6/14/12 at 8:07 am to LSForYou
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Bring Back the Magic game
Twillie interception turned the page.
Posted on 6/14/12 at 8:41 am to Jimbeaux28
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I was at that game and during the drive I had to piss so bad from being drunk. When I got back to my seat, I thought we had punted and gotten the ball back!
Hell, at the '95 Indy Bowl, I went to piss after Michigan State scored a TD to make it 13-7. I was only gone a couple of minutes, but when I got back it was 21-14 after back-to-back KO returns for TDs.
Posted on 6/14/12 at 8:54 am to LSForYou
2001 ole miss in tiger stadium. Saban was booed loudly and this was the last game lsu played ultra conservative that year.
Posted on 6/14/12 at 8:56 am to T
2003 UGA
Posted on 6/14/12 at 8:57 am to LSForYou
When Sean Tuohy called Joe Dean and Mark Emmert about some runt Napoleanic coach in Lansing, Michigan....
Posted on 6/14/12 at 8:58 am to LSUAce007
quote:yep
Georgia 2003 went from a force to a powerhouse.
in terms of being ELITE, it was that game.
Posted on 6/14/12 at 9:08 am to Pilot Tiger
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quote: Georgia 2003 went from a force to a powerhouse. yep in terms of being ELITE, it was that game.
LSU was a powerhouse before that 03 uga game. Top 10 to finish 2001. Rolling in 2002 until mauck got hurt in the florida blowout. Already in the top 10 in 2003 before the georgia game.
Posted on 6/14/12 at 9:10 am to LSUAce007
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Georgia 2003 went from a force to a powerhouse.
The Tiger Stadium game, not the SEC Championship version. But, I think we all know that.
Posted on 6/14/12 at 9:11 am to T
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LSU was a powerhouse before that 03 uga game.
Not really. A top ten team is NOT a "powerhouse".
Crystal balls is what it is all about!
Posted on 6/14/12 at 9:21 am to LSForYou
For me it was at Florida 04.
Posted on 6/14/12 at 9:52 am to jose canseco
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Twillie interception turned the page.
that is the precise moment the Modern Era of LSU football begins. Even though we didn't win a title, that's the moment LSU started contending for SEC titles. Everything stems from that moment.
It is literally impossible to understate the importance of the Bring Back the Magic Game to this program. If it doesn't happen, Saban doesn't walk into a program with tons of talent (say what you will about Dinaro -- the guy could recruit -- some of LSU's best NFL alums were Dinardo recruits).
Posted on 6/14/12 at 10:12 am to TXARTiger
Rohan to Royal for the TD in OT against Tennessee.
Posted on 6/14/12 at 10:21 am to biglosdaddy
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when kevin faulk committed, which then led to other big time in state players coming back to LSU
This..
Posted on 6/14/12 at 10:48 am to LSForYou
Auburn '95
Posted on 6/14/12 at 10:51 am to LSForYou
Without reading one reply first, I'll go with '03 Georgia game. That game broke all the old myth's about LSU(can't win a bigtime game during the day, haven't beaten Georgia since way back when, blah, blah, blah).
Two plays standout...after UGA ties is up, before they could even kick the extra point, the entire stadium was chanting LSU, LSU, LSU. The old guard of fans would have folded like a cheap suit. Instead, the players, coaches & fans were all on the same page that this team was going to find a way to win.
On the ensuing kickoff, Devery returns it past midfield. Then a few plays later, Mauck finds Skyler Green for the td and the win. Believe Corey Webster picked off Green to seal the win.
We really haven't looked back since IMO.
T
Two plays standout...after UGA ties is up, before they could even kick the extra point, the entire stadium was chanting LSU, LSU, LSU. The old guard of fans would have folded like a cheap suit. Instead, the players, coaches & fans were all on the same page that this team was going to find a way to win.
On the ensuing kickoff, Devery returns it past midfield. Then a few plays later, Mauck finds Skyler Green for the td and the win. Believe Corey Webster picked off Green to seal the win.
We really haven't looked back since IMO.
T
Posted on 6/14/12 at 10:52 am to Ace Midnight
Emmert, Dinardo, and Kevin Faulk. Nick Saban isn't the one who turned our program around.
Posted on 6/14/12 at 10:57 am to mostbesttigerfanever
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Auburn '95
Many people are saying this and I don't get it. If the 98 and 99 seasons didn't happen, I would tend to agree. They did happen. The coach was fired and the SEC record was horrible. It's hard to have a current run of football excellence with those two seasons in the middle.
Posted on 6/14/12 at 11:05 am to LSU92
2001 was a big year. We won the SEC, Sugar Bowl, and most importantly signed perhaps the greatest class in LSU recruiting history. Locking down Spears, Hill, Clayton, etc. had huge implications for the program
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