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Posted on 7/28/21 at 9:46 am to Jawilder
Reading the wikipedia page for that team is hysterical.
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Later in the half, Auburn's T. C. Locke blocked an LSU punt which was recovered by Fenton behind his own goal for a safety.[13] According to one source, Fenton was knocked unconscious by a spectator's cane as he tried to get out of the end zone. LSU made the second score using conventional football.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 9:49 am to LSUAce007
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LSUAce007
1908 LSU Fighting Tigers (Arguably our greatest team ever)
We absolutely wrecked the Young Men's Gymnastics Club of New Orleans that year!
Well, ala-shame-a plays them every year, so.....
Posted on 7/28/21 at 9:51 am to LSUAce007
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LSUAce007
1908 LSU Fighting Tigers (Arguably our greatest team ever)
And I truly don't understand people that take comments too seriously like you. But we did play the young men's gymnastics club that year.
Well, we played Hardin-Simmons in 1958, so.....
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:04 am to 0x15E
Isn't that just what Louisiana Tech was called back then?
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:24 am to 0x15E
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Don’t forget we crushed juggernaut “Louisiana Industrial Institute” of Ruston that year 22-0 scoring 11 points in both halves.
Football was weird back then.
That's what Louisiana Tech was called until 1921.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 11:01 am to Jawilder
We ain't Bama. We don't need to go around claiming mythicals from more than 100 years ago.
As an aside, my great uncle worked for Doc Fenton in the Department of Revenue.
As an aside, my great uncle worked for Doc Fenton in the Department of Revenue.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 11:13 am to Jawilder
Yeah I remember that game vs Sewanee. I went to the union and got a club sandwich for 7 cents and stared at this good looking chicks ankles for like and hour. Huey Long was handing out Beat Sewanee stickers. Awesome day. 
Posted on 7/28/21 at 11:17 am to Jawilder
On the NCAA's official site, they have LSU and Penn as national champions for 1908. Has LSU ever explained why they don't claim that one? Why wouldn't they? The NCAA is like "Hey ya'll were champions in 1908" and LSU is like, "Nah we're good on that." Makes no sense. What is the cutoff year for when championships started to count? When did it begin to matter? People say it was a mythical championship but weren't all the championships mythical until the Bowl Coalition and Bowl Alliance days?
Michigan claims 11 national championships. Of those 11, only one came after 1948. They claim 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1918, etc. Should they only claim 1997 because people are alive to remember it?
Michigan claims 11 national championships. Of those 11, only one came after 1948. They claim 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1918, etc. Should they only claim 1997 because people are alive to remember it?
This post was edited on 7/28/21 at 11:20 am
Posted on 7/28/21 at 2:31 pm to bignic26
Great point bignic. Agree 1000 %
What you just wrote needs to be sent ASAP and put in front of Woodward's eyes....
What you just wrote needs to be sent ASAP and put in front of Woodward's eyes....
This post was edited on 7/28/21 at 5:05 pm
Posted on 7/28/21 at 2:52 pm to Jawilder
You cant claim an old championship after a 6-6 season or you look like Ole miss living in the past. The time to do it was when we were updating all the banners after 2019.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 2:55 pm to EvrybodysAllAmerican
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You cant claim an old championship after a 6-6 season or you look like Ole miss living in the past. The time to do it was when we were updating all the banners after 2019.
It was 5-5, bitch!
Posted on 7/28/21 at 3:05 pm to LSUfanNkaty
Even worse.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 6:44 pm to lsutigersFTW
Those guys played in front of 2,000 people? Can’t find much info on State Field. Pretty wild to think how much the sport has grown in 100 years.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 6:57 pm to Jawilder
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1908 LSU Fighting Tigers (Arguably our greatest team ever) pre forward pass era
FIFY
Posted on 7/28/21 at 7:03 pm to Ash Williams
Beat miss st and Baylor by a combined score of 139-0. Whaaaat? Baylor 89-0. Miss A&M 50-0
Posted on 7/28/21 at 11:51 pm to Jawilder
I absolutely think we should claim 1908. Always have. The NCAA recognizes us. If we claim to have played football back then, and we do, then we should claim that National Championship.
We should have 5 national titles.
We should have 5 national titles.
Posted on 7/29/21 at 1:02 am to bignic26
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On the NCAA's official site, they have LSU and Penn as national champions for 1908. Has LSU ever explained why they don't claim that one? Why wouldn't they? The NCAA is like "Hey ya'll were champions in 1908" and LSU is like, "Nah we're good on that." Makes no sense. What is the cutoff year for when championships started to count? When did it begin to matter? People say it was a mythical championship but weren't all the championships mythical until the Bowl Coalition and Bowl Alliance days?
From the little research I have done, there was some “professional player” allegations on the team. Charges that the Smith brothers, Seip, Lally, Gandy & Doc Fenton where paid salaries to play football. Therefore, LSU will never recognize them as National Champions.
This post was edited on 7/29/21 at 1:05 am
Posted on 7/29/21 at 8:58 am to cliffset21
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allegations
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Charges that the Smith brothers, Seip, Lally, Gandy & Doc Fenton where paid salaries to play football.
This is pretty well established.......
Posted on 7/29/21 at 8:59 am to Sid in Lakeshore
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This is pretty well established.......
So it's a no go, then?
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