re: LSU Football in the '90s...

90's CFB > present day CFB

Miami was dancing in the end zone

Frazier was leading the option attack at Nebraska

Spurriers prime with the fun n gun at Florida

Yeah, I miss the 90's.

The only thing that made the 90's worth a crap in football are two things.

1) Every game was exciting, there were no gimmes.

2) Any win was cause to read every news article you could find and watch sports center for days

Nothing was taken for granted.

so dean was a self-loathing loser who didn't think he/we deserved better or was stubborn/old-school and wanted to give his guy 5 years?

things i remember from this era (my dad had season tickets till about '95, only dropped them b/c he moved to atl):

1st lsu memories: "TODD KINCHEN"

TS empty in the 2nd half of florida '93 (this happened early and often)

kids calling us "lsu poo"

sliding down the indian mounds and throwing footballs on the parade grounds

never being able to find lsu merch at wal mart or the mall

the loss at home to bama and shaun the great 26-0 in '96 when we thought we were back

watching the '97 florida game and being so proud at the speed in which the goal posts fell, then losing to ole miss the next week.

but interestingly enough i started to love lsu football in '98 when it seemed the coaches were trying to lose the games and the players wouldn't let them.. so many heartbreaking losses, but i was still behind them every week, waiting patiently for rohan to get a chance and watching us explode vs. an arkansas team that had stolen back to back national championships from tennessee earlier in the year..

tl;dr

every triumph in the '90s was followed by a letdown but i still became a fan then b/c it's not just the winning that makes lsu great

I was a boy scout during the Hallman years so I wasnt complaining. Box seats by halftime lol