The game which in my eyes launched LSU's ongoing run

Oh no, I watched Thomas Dunson play LB. Am I gonna get a phone call soon telling me I'm gonna die in 7 days?

After the game a pissed off Tennessee fan walking out the stadium told me "The difference between Tennessee and LSU is that we would NEVER storm the field if we beat LSU."

I wonder how he feels now.

I think about that often.

The last few trips to Knoxville have been great.

I don't understand the argument of Kevin Faulk....we were on the decline towards the end of his career and had to start all over after this debacle of 1999.

The signing of Michael Clayton and Marcus spears as a package deal brought us much more success while they were on campus and we have continued that success over a decade later. We have landed almost every major Louisiana target since.

We would have destroyed UGA in 02. We were 6-1 and just had manhandled UF in the swamp when Mauck hurt his foot. With the #1 rushing defense in the land. Musa Smith wouldn't have rushed for 50 yds in the seccg.

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I would argue 2000 vs Tennessee

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this ....if you go in the locker room there is a big overhead picture that covers a large wall that was once just painted white....according to one of the trainers they wanted to put something on that wall because it was so plain looking...so they/someone decided to use the overhead picture of the stadium from the Tennessee game.....the reasoning was they felt that was the turning point of the program.....thats what I was told when we got to take a tour of the locker room the morning of the 07 Florida game....what a great day that was....

What is really painful is watching Rohan Davey light it up in this game, only to go back behind Josh Booty for pretty much all of 2000.

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We would have destroyed UGA in 02. We were 6-1 and just had manhandled UF in the swamp when Mauck hurt his foot. With the #1 rushing defense in the land. Musa Smith wouldn't have rushed for 50 yds in the seccg.

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The idea that LSU would have been some powerhouse in 2002 if Mauck hadn't gotten hurt is one of the biggest misconceptions that is constantly perpetuated on this board.

I was at The Swamp when we beat UF in 2002, and yeah it was an awesome win after the Sprurrier dominance of the previous decade. But we had a pick six and a fake FG for a TD (Bech FTW) and that was a 5 loss ZOOK team, not the Spurrier team that annihilated us the year before.

We were 5-1 after the Florida win, with wins over Citadel, Miami OH, Miss St, and ULL after laying an egg against V Tech to start the year. Mauck had less than 800 total yards passing at the end of the Florida game which was the 6th game of the season, although he did have a nice 9/2 TD/INT ratio (3 TDs against Miami OH, 3 against UL, 2 against Florida).

After that, we beat a South Carolina team that wasn't bowl eligible, got DESTROYED by Auburn (31-0 halfway through 4th quarter) and Alabama (shutout and put 500 yards on our D), needed the Bluegrass Miracle to beat Kentucky, got a 1 point win at home over 6-6 Ole Miss, and had an epic last second collapse against Arkansas with a trip to ATL still on the line because the West sucked so bad outside of Bama who was banned from postseason play.

That Georgia team, which is still Richt's best team ever, would have arse raped that 2002 LSU team whether Mauck was playing or not.

Not sure where you're getting the "#1 rush D in the land", but the defense was just not very good, which was clear once we got to the SEC schedule. V Tech and Kentucky ran for almost 200, Auburn and Arkansas ran for over 200, and Bama ran for over 300 on that D.

That 13-1 Georgia team would have absolutely beat the shite out of 02 LSU.


That is still one of the more remarkable turnarounds that I've ever seen, Saban turning that awful 01 and mediocre at best 02 D into the juggernaut that was the 03 D. Complete turnaround.