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Posted on 9/21/13 at 9:38 am to theantiquetiger
With him it was all about the angles. He was a veer oriented coach. Def a dif time back then.
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Posted on 9/21/13 at 9:39 am to cajunjj
The plane was hijacked by a NC ST fan and made to fly over NC ST. The hijacker bailed out after putting the plane on auto pilot and killing the pilot and coach. Powers that be didn't want the sleeping giant to be awaken just yet
This post was edited on 9/21/13 at 9:42 am
Posted on 9/21/13 at 9:58 am to hobotiger
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Australian rules football
a la Brad Wing. This is what I remember about early ESPN: hours and hours of Australian rules football.
there is no telling what Bo Rein might have accomplished at LSU, but as others have stated above, he was highly respected as an up-and-coming coach at the time.
Posted on 9/21/13 at 10:02 am to Akit1
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And from what I heard picked over Bobby Bowden
Bowden declined the LSU offer.
Posted on 9/21/13 at 10:49 am to theantiquetiger
I think the most significant is we wouldn't have had to suffer through Stovall, Archer, Hallman, and DiNardo. The last several years under McClendon the program declined some, the reason for the Rein move. When the death occured AD Dietzel paniked and sent down to the basement for the first name he could think of, Stovall, who had little or no coaching experience. And it showed--bad. There was no coach search after Rein died. Stovall was named quickly and thrust out front. Thus began a 20 year Dark Age. The Dark Age ended when Chancellor Emmert, an academic from UConn, pushed Joe Dean aside and set out to find the best coach in the US. I think Emmert had seen what the rise of UConn basketball had done for the university as a whole. LSU is a professional operation now, far far different than even the 1960s when we were a very powerful football force.
Emmert now is head of the NCAA. The directness with which he handled the Penn State problem last year will allow you to see how he handled the demote of Joe Dean and the hiring of Saban.
Emmert now is head of the NCAA. The directness with which he handled the Penn State problem last year will allow you to see how he handled the demote of Joe Dean and the hiring of Saban.
Posted on 9/21/13 at 10:55 am to engl6914
I never met Bo, but his childhood friend, Bobby Morrison, was one of my neighbors. Bo would have been awesome at LSU but would have gone to Ohio State in a heartbeat if good at LSU.
JUst a shame that he died the way he did. Met his wife and daughter about a year later. Daughter looked just like Bo. So sad.
But glad we have Coach Miles and love this team.
JUst a shame that he died the way he did. Met his wife and daughter about a year later. Daughter looked just like Bo. So sad.
But glad we have Coach Miles and love this team.
Posted on 9/21/13 at 11:14 am to theantiquetiger
Rein was Saban before Saban.
Posted on 9/21/13 at 11:59 am to theantiquetiger
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Was Coach Rein
Great... another weather thread.
Posted on 9/21/13 at 4:38 pm to engl6914
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Stovall was named quickly and thrust out front. Thus began a 20 year Dark Age.
That's an overstatement. Stovall had an 8-2-1 season in 1982 w/ a trip to the Orange Bowl. His problem was losing too many games to teams w/ inferior talent (Rice in 1980, Toolame in '81 & '82, etc.) Arnsparger had 9 wins in all 3 seasons, including an SEC title in '86. Even Archer 1st 2 yrs were positive (10-1-1 & 8-4 w/ an SEC title).
Posted on 9/21/13 at 5:39 pm to Gray Tiger
quote:The way Bobby tells it, he was interested in the LSU job, but it came down to this: If he could take his Florida State team and beat LSU, he'd stay put. If he lost, he would have pursued the LSU job. Florida State won.
Bowden declined the LSU offer.
Posted on 9/21/13 at 5:40 pm to theantiquetiger
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Was he a Saban, Mac Brown, etc caliber coach/recruiter
not to be picky or anything, but why do you put Mac Brown in your example? Why not say 'was he a Saban, Miles, etc. caliber coach/recruiter'. Would have been more logical question.
Posted on 9/21/13 at 5:43 pm to SpqrTiger
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He was not the kind of guy to revolutionize the game or the program. I think had he lived and worked at LSU, out history would probably be similar to what it is now. A solid 8 year coaching period with Rein equals 8 years of Stovall, Arnsparger and Archer. With more or less success he would have been hired somewhere else or run off.
Similar, but not the same. I don't think we see the dark ages of the 90s (and Hallman) if Rein lived to coach a game at LSU. He might not have lasted more than 8 years, but we wouldn't have been so incredibly desperate as we were in the 90s to gamble on Hallman...but then, Joe Effing Dean would still have been AD, so forget everything that I just typed out.
This post was edited on 9/21/13 at 5:44 pm
Posted on 9/21/13 at 5:54 pm to Bayou_Bengal@Irving
Yeah I think a little too much bad mouthing Stovall and we did have Arnsparger and an SEC chamiponship so hardly the dark years.
The dark years started with hiring Archer over Spurrier and Mike Shanahan and following up the Archer hire with Hallman and a loser in Dinardo.
The dark years started with hiring Archer over Spurrier and Mike Shanahan and following up the Archer hire with Hallman and a loser in Dinardo.
Posted on 9/22/13 at 1:47 pm to Slapouttiger
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The plane was hijacked by a NC ST fan and made to fly over NC ST. The hijacker bailed out after putting the plane on auto pilot and killing the pilot and coach. Powers that be didn't want the sleeping giant to be awaken just yet
"Mr. Slapouttiger, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
Now, if you were being sarcastic then
LC
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