LSU's win in the Independence Bowl was on this date in 1995

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I thought this was the greatest bowl in the world.

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Fun game. A little chilly.

Different bowls too. There 18 bowls in those days. You had to have a decent season to go to any bowl.

I was there. Cold as hell but great beating little Nicky.

Wednesday Wayback...What if I told you LSU used to be terrible
About the Bring Back the Magic game (vs Auburn) but explains the feeling at the time.

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LSU would build off the win to end the losing skid, and qualify for a bowl game for the first time in the decade.
LSU's program was at such a point that students camped out to buy tickets to the Independence Bowl (where LSU would beat a Sparty team coached by Nick Saban).
Yes, we were so starved for a winner that we slept outside in order to buy tickets to a meaningless game in Shreveport.

And it was awesome.

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Still got my #2 LSU jersey from that season- Eddie Kennison.
I believe he took a KO back that game.

There’s a nasty rumor going around that I may or may not have been stoned out of my mind watching that game.

And we beat Saban

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A little chilly.

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That’s one way to say it.

I was in TGBFTL starting in 93, so my first two years were Hallman’s last two. They were pretty brutal, but that made the Independence Bowl mean something to us. While we all wanted a bigger bowl in a better location, it was still a blast, especially at the end. I’ll never forget singing the alma mater after the game (95 was the first season TGBFTL started doing that, by the way) along with most of the stadium.

That game means something to me personally, as well. I started hanging out with a girl who I had my eye on for a while during the trip and we ended up getting together the night we got back to BR. That was 27 years ago and we’ve been married for 25.

It was cold as shite. They sold draft beer at the game. That helped.

Herb Tyler, Faulk and Kennison went off. Such a great experience.