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re: Dalton Hilliard burst onto the national scene in Gainesville on this date in '82
Posted on 10/2/13 at 6:30 pm to cgallent
Posted on 10/2/13 at 6:30 pm to cgallent
Sometimes I wonder why I read this board. Posts like this remind me why I do. Some folks out there know what they're talking about. Thanks.
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Posted on 10/2/13 at 6:44 pm to rrboy
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Lost to Nebraska 21-20 in orange bowl. Quit my job to make that trip. Great memories
Posted on 10/2/13 at 6:55 pm to Thunder Tiger
Dalton my favorite LSU player... I was a freshman when he was a senior and remember seeing him wearing a pair of sweats that would have been baggy on any one else but looked like he was wearing under armour. Incredible... Ronnie Lott said he had so much leg power he hit harder the second time than most backs on the first.
Good Times!!!!
Good Times!!!!
Posted on 10/2/13 at 7:12 pm to lsutigerinTENN
I was fortunate enough to be at the Bama game at Legion Field that year. Might be my favorite game, since we had not beaten them in a long time.
Posted on 10/2/13 at 7:15 pm to mytigger
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Many here are too young to remember Dalton as an LSU player, but that guy was phenomenal. No LSU running back since, maybe excluding Kevin Faulk, has ever been as good.
Hilliard and James are as good a duo as LSU has ever had.
Posted on 10/2/13 at 7:24 pm to RogerTheShrubber
3.45 mark.....this is where Dalton MOWS down the UA db. takes his friggin head off! so awesome. such a smooth runner. you could set a teacup on his helmet!
3 min 45 sec LINK
3 min 45 sec LINK
Posted on 10/2/13 at 7:31 pm to shrevetigertom
quote:I'm jelly
I was fortunate enough to be at the Bama game at Legion Field that year. Might be my favorite game
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we had not beaten them in a long time.
12 years, according to the link provided. Tigers D shut 'em down for the most part - IIRC, I don't think they had a first down until well into the second half
Posted on 10/2/13 at 7:41 pm to Thunder Tiger
Hillard will always be my favorite tiger. The screen at Florida was when I became obsessed with LSU football.
Posted on 10/2/13 at 7:53 pm to Lsupimp
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LINK 55 second mark.
Excellent link.
They somehow didn't cover the game after the FSU win.
Posted on 10/2/13 at 8:05 pm to I-59 Tiger
That first, 11 yard, TD was a jaw dropping run. We knew what we had suspected - we had a superstar. Emmett Smith, Barry Sanders - the list is short, of guys who ran as well as Hilliard within 10 yards of the los. Now, once downfield, he didn't have the speed to outrun LBs. 
Posted on 10/2/13 at 8:23 pm to The312
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the obligatory bass voiceover.
That'd be John Ferguson.
Posted on 10/2/13 at 11:50 pm to I-59 Tiger
Great post and some great memories, thanks my friend. This was the team that sent Bear Bryant into retirement, so happy to see him go. I also remember reading an article that year about Dalton when he was in high school. He went to a doctor in Natchez I believe (wasn't he from the Vidalia area?). Anyway, the doctor had him sitting on the table and had him raise his lower leg up and was blown away. The doc got his nurse to come look at the muscles and veins in the legs of a 16 year old high school football player. Doc said he had never seen anyone like that in his life. Now we know how Dalton was able to run over linebackers at times even though he was in the 5'8" 188" range. Until Kevin Faulk came along he had replaced Brad Davis as my favorite LSU halfback. Great years to be a tiger fan.
Posted on 10/2/13 at 11:58 pm to Russianblue
Hilliard was our pint sized Earl Campbell.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 12:16 am to RogerTheShrubber
I didn't realize he was as small as he is until I saw him at work. I wouldn't want to tackle him even now.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 1:59 am to I-59 Tiger
I remember this game quite well as it was not available on tv in Houston, where I was living at the time. It was an afternoon game, so the strong nighttime signal from WWL was of no help. I proceeded to drive toward Beaumont until I could hear the game on my car radio.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 4:27 am to I-59 Tiger
I remember that game well. That was the first year I really started watching the tigers.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 4:40 am to Paul Allen
quote:but that's the truth most here are way too young to remember. That was 31 years ago! Many on here weren't born until the 90's. I know it's hard for old folks like us to realize how much time has gone by since out glory days. I of course will never forget Hilliard. My favorite LSU player.
Posted by Paul Allen quote: Many here are too young to remember Dalton as an LSU player, You act like he played in the 50's.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 7:55 am to otowntiger
Reading these posts brings back great memories of that magical year. 82 was one our best teams ever. Still don't know how that team lost to Miss St. And Tulane. Best road trips after all these years as an LSU Alum and student were the FL and Bama games of 82 because nobody expected us to win, and we flat out dominated them both.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 8:05 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Ronnie Lott said he had so much leg power he hit harder the second time than most backs on the first.
This is true if you tried to tackle him low those tree trunks would just plow you over. Like trying to tackle an oak tree. If you tried to hit him high his lower leg power was so strong he would just carry you. The only thing you could do was try to take him out at his feet.
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Hilliard was our pint sized Earl Campbell.
Great comparison
Posted on 10/3/13 at 8:36 am to I-59 Tiger
Bruce !
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