anyone else old enough to remember this incident? Home game on "JP" in SEC game of the week at the Assembly Center in Chris Jackson's freshman year.

Roth was a caucasian Tennessee center about 7'0" with short curly hair and goggles as he had only one functioning eye.Interesting looking fellow to say the least.After scoring a basket and maybe hearing one too many catcalls from the LSU student section he lifted his arm and gave an extended "uncomplimentary hand gesture" to the crowd.

Refs saw what he did and immediately gave him a technical and Tennessee coach Don DeVoe took him out and put him on the bench. It was truly hysterical as this guy looked like quite the nerd. Imagine Sheldon on the Big Bang Theory being 7 feet tall.

Oh,and LSU won 122-106

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Posted by Wideman

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Posted on 2/11/14 at 2:50 pm to I-59 Tiger

hahaha! I remember that. I was at the game.

Every time he got the ball, usually around the top of the key, the entire student section would chant, "Shoot! Shoot!" knowing that he wouldn't... because, after all, he was a 7-foot center who couldn't shoot.

Some time in the second half, he got the ball, the student section began chanting again... he shot it, he made it, then flipped the students the bird.

those were great times in the PMAC.

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Posted by LSUGrad9295

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Posted on 2/11/14 at 2:54 pm to I-59 Tiger

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Refs saw what he did and immediately gave him a technical and Tennessee coach Don DeVoe took him out and put him on the bench

I remember it like it was yesterday. CJ put 50 points on them that day. When Roth went to the end of the bench after the technical foul, the students began chanting "Start the bus...start the bus" at Roth. I know...not as cool of a student chant as "suck that tiger dick, bitch", but it was the best us old-timers could do.

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Posted by TopWaterTiger

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Posted on 2/11/14 at 3:06 pm to I-59 Tiger

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anyone else old enough to remember this incident?

I was there as a youngun w my dad. He laughed and told me "thats not how you act" and thats about it.

Yeah CJ was lights out that game! Man he was amazing to watch.

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Posted by ScrapPack

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Posted on 2/11/14 at 4:17 pm to I-59 Tiger

I was at that game too. Even saw myself on Inside LSU Basketball that week. CJ did drop 50 that game but by seeing him in person that day I was able to see what a great passer he was.

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Posted by specchaser

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Posted on 2/11/14 at 6:24 pm to I-59 Tiger

Remember it quite well. The announcers for JP had a good time with it

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Posted by Choctaw

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