was the 2001 secc game against UT the turning point for lsu football?

UGA vs LSU '03 was our coming out party imo.

I think so. Probably would've won the West again in 02 if Mauck wouldn't have went down.

2000 UAB was the turning point

Yes Alabama 2000 was nice but they weren't Alabama as we know. Auburn had nice years but were inconsistent. And Georgia while competitive never could get over the hump to compete for national championships.

Beating Florida was huge because they were the dominant SEC program at that time. And Tennessee was the next step because Tennesse/Fulmer was the premier program and dominating the SEC at that time.

there were many "turning points" so to speak but if you had to pick one then yes i think it would be that game

there used to be a video on the LSUTAF website that was really great about this game. Wonder whatever happened to it.

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I am going to go with 2000 UT. We just witnesses back to back losing seasons suffered one of the worst home losses in school history the week before (UAB). UT was top 10, that guy wrote the article about death valley being dead and nobody thought LSU had a chance. I think ever since that game LSU has been recognized as at least a threat in every game they have played.

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All of this. Great game

Of course not. The turning point was the hiring of Nick Saban. What we see on the field is never the turning point, nor is it ever the key to anything. The turning points happen away from the spotlight when determined men put in the preparation that results in the championships in which we revel. But it doesn't suit our egos to admit that we have nothing to do with these seminal events; no, not even as spectators.

The very idea that something done before Saban came aboard was the turning point is utter nonsense. Saban would have turned this program around even had there been no players here at all. And, had we hired a yo-yo like Curly Hallman, we'd have frittered away any advantage gained before.