who is Lou Tepper?

He was the defensive coordinator for a couple of years under Dinardo, formerly head coach at Illinois??? or another big ten school. He brought the idea of a "drop" backer with his defense, sort of like a rover. LSU did not have the personnel to run it and his defenses were terrible. He was a nice and decent guy but woefully unprepared to face SEC offenses and left before Dinardo did.

in the late 90s a man by the name of Dinardo, seemed to start a revival in LSU football... He eventually hired Lou Tepper as defensive coordinator... everything fell apart and Dinardo was gone.


Saban then came in... We win national title


Miles comes in we continue hot streak.

Lou Tepper indirectly made LSU football a powerhouse through his suckage.

You are not allowed to say that name here.

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He wrote the book on linebacking.

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Complete Linebacking

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I was talking to an LSU fan and they said he was terrible. Was he really that bad?

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go watch the LSU Georgia game from 1998. He made Quincy Carter look like a Heisman trophy winner.

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was he really that much worse than Willie Martinez?

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yes. though terribleness aside, his D actually improved some in his 2nd yr. but our offense was arguably worse than it is this yr.

Also, Tepper's first official game was the Independence Bowl vs. Notre Dame. LSU won that game 27-9 and people were quick to say that "the new DC" is going to make a lot of difference.

Tepper's writing on the wall was when LSU gave up over 400 yards of offense to Idaho. The following week, Quincy Carter destroyed us - completing 91 percent of his passes and defeating what was the #6 and title-hopeful Tigers. The next week, LSU lost to Florida (on horrible officiating) and then perhaps the worst defensive meltdown in LSU history at that time as Tim Couch raped LSU on UK's final drive. That made LSU 4-3 and losing three in a row.

DiNardo and Reese would do a masterful job in defeating eventual SEC west champs Mississippi State 41-6. At 5-3 and total domination of a top 25 team, things looked like they might get back on track for the 1998 Tigers - 3 loss regular season not being shunned at completely. LSU, meanwhile, just could not buy a break during the rest of that season. Tepper's D was destroyed by Ole Miss, but the offense mounted a comeback and got the game to overtime - losing, nonetheless. LSU's offense ran and threw on Notre Dame, but the defense could not stop Jarrius Jackson co. and that was the game that gave LSU 6 losses. The Tigers would also drop a heartbreaker to a bad Bama squad and lost the game after having a 2 possession lead with just a few minutes left in the game. Robert Davis was burned twice by Andrew Zow. While Davis is to blame, perhaps DiNardo and Tepper should have been in a differnt defense instead of man coverage (or it might have just been cover 3).

At the end of '98, with LSU at 4-6, we went to Fayetteville and got drummed by Arkansas as Craig Nall started for Herb Tyler.

The '98 team was supposed to win the west and play Tennessee in Atlanta. They weren't far from doing it and had an offense that averaged over 30 ppg and nearly 400 ypg. Blown out only in the last game of the season without their starting qb and any chance at the postseason, '98 LSU was what it was because of poor defensive play. 1999 would be even worse as the offense disappeared also. Tepper's 2 years and 1 game career at LSU were awful. Saban might have been more pissed off in his first year of any, as he was obviously trying to erect what Tepper had basically fricked up. I'll never forget watching the 2000 Miss State game replay and Saban absolutely blew up on the sidelines at Robert Davis in the first half.