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re: Was anyone on here actually at the Halloween Billy Cannon punt return game?
Posted on 10/20/17 at 3:48 pm to Purplehaze44
Posted on 10/20/17 at 3:48 pm to Purplehaze44
What a Richard you are sir!??
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Posted on 10/20/17 at 4:11 pm to tigbit
My dad was there...he was 12 with his Boy Scout troop that was brought to the game...
He told me the only other game that he attended that compared to how electric the crowd was and how intense was the '79 USC game which he and I was at and I was 9 years old then...
He told me the only other game that he attended that compared to how electric the crowd was and how intense was the '79 USC game which he and I was at and I was 9 years old then...
Posted on 10/20/17 at 4:15 pm to LSURulzSEC
Both my parents were there.... 
Posted on 10/20/17 at 4:24 pm to tigbit
I was there - north end zone - in line with east hash marks about 2/3 the way up. I was there with my mother, father, and 8-month pregnant wife.
I still have the program from that game - but it is missing the 'centerfold' page.
Since the action was coming right at us, it took a while for it to register that it was going to be a TD. In all the hooping and hollering right after the TD, someone from higher up came tumbling down the steps - He got up a few rows below us and staggered back up to the top - drunk as a skunk.
The real critical part of the game came next - Ol Miss had been running a vanilla offense and punting on 3rd down, confident they could win 3-0. After the score became 7-3, they marched right down the field and got a 1st down inside the 5 yd line. On 2nd down we were offside, but they made it to the 1 yd line and refused the penalty in order to save the yard of distance. 3 more plays and they still couldn't punch it in. Cannon and Robinson combined on the final tackle.
It has been a highlight of my football life forever since.
I still have the program from that game - but it is missing the 'centerfold' page.
Since the action was coming right at us, it took a while for it to register that it was going to be a TD. In all the hooping and hollering right after the TD, someone from higher up came tumbling down the steps - He got up a few rows below us and staggered back up to the top - drunk as a skunk.
The real critical part of the game came next - Ol Miss had been running a vanilla offense and punting on 3rd down, confident they could win 3-0. After the score became 7-3, they marched right down the field and got a 1st down inside the 5 yd line. On 2nd down we were offside, but they made it to the 1 yd line and refused the penalty in order to save the yard of distance. 3 more plays and they still couldn't punch it in. Cannon and Robinson combined on the final tackle.
It has been a highlight of my football life forever since.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 4:32 pm to tigbit
Was 6. Listened on radio. Neither team was getting first downs. Punting on 3rd downs.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 4:46 pm to Good Times
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Sound familiar.
Yes. That is why I was so let down when it was announced that Alabama had been selected for a rematch.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 5:49 pm to majoredinwhitehorse
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Any right to lifers think that counts?
You were there but NOT when Cannon made the run.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 5:51 pm to tiger81
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Both my parents were there....
...and after the game, your parents did a little wrastlin' and here you are!
Posted on 10/20/17 at 6:41 pm to tigbit
My mom & dad, grandpa, and two uncles were -(I was five)- Maw-Maw stayed home to babysit the kids...
Mom is the only one left alive. Today is her 94th birthday! Happy Birthday, Mom!
Mom is the only one left alive. Today is her 94th birthday! Happy Birthday, Mom!
Posted on 10/20/17 at 6:44 pm to tigbit
Both of my parents were students at LSU at that time. Both were at the game.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 6:46 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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I spilt beer all over my suit
You smuggled in BEER instead of bourbon? What is wrong with you?
Posted on 10/20/17 at 6:51 pm to tigbit
Never happened...fake news
Posted on 10/20/17 at 7:41 pm to bigwheel
The game wasn't actually on TV, just radio.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 7:50 pm to ProudTigerTom
My mother and father were there.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 7:58 pm to tigbit
I was on the levey in Algiers by the Girl scout hut, trying to pick up a girls scout. I was listening to the game on radio. Was not Successful with the Girl Scout but enjoy the game I was 16. 
Posted on 10/20/17 at 8:29 pm to tigbit
I wasn't there but it doesn't stop me from claiming that I was there
Posted on 10/20/17 at 8:44 pm to 5230N
I was 13 and sitting in the curve of the SE upper deck in what is currently section 412. It was a warm and very humid night to the point of almost being foggy inside the stadium. As others have said it was a defensive struggle. Coach Vaught was confident that the Tigers couldn't score against his defense and punted on early downs through much of the 2nd half rather than risk a turnover in their territory. Cannon caught the punt on the 1st bounce right of me and ran down the east sidelines right past the Ole Miss bench. After Cannon scored Ole Miss held the ball for the next 9.5 minutes and drove to a first down inside the LSU 5. The Tigers held for 4 downs with Cannon and Robinson stopping the OM QB Doug Elmore at the 1 with about 30 seconds to go. Goal line stand was also right in front of me in the south end. Certainly a game you never forget if you were fortunate enough to see it.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 9:03 pm to ChineseBandit58
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still have the program from that game - but it is missing the 'centerfold' page
Posted on 10/20/17 at 9:51 pm to bengalfan50
My father was there. He left his seat to go buy beer and had just got his beer when he heard the crowd erupt. He rushed to the entrance just in time to see Cannon in the end zone. So, he was at the game but missed the most famous TD in school history.
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