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30 years ago today
Posted on 1/11/10 at 10:53 pm
Posted on 1/11/10 at 10:53 pm
Tragic plane crash and death of LSU Coach Bo Rein
On Jan. 11, 1980, Rein and pilot Lou Benscotter were completing a recruiting trip when they departed Shreveport, La., in a Cessna Conquest bound for Baton Rouge. It was a scheduled 40-minute flight. But Benscotter, in an attempt to avoid an impending storm, veered east. The air traffic controller lost contact with Benscotter and the plane rose thousands of feet higher than it was designed to withstand.
The United States National Guard eventually caught up with the Cessna over North Carolina, some one thousand miles off course. The pilots of the military aircraft could not see anyone in the Cessna cockpit. It was speculated that Rein and Benscotter undid their restraints and lost consciousness due to depressurization in the cabin.
The Cessna eventually ran out of gas and crashed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Tragic loss and who knows what may have been
On Jan. 11, 1980, Rein and pilot Lou Benscotter were completing a recruiting trip when they departed Shreveport, La., in a Cessna Conquest bound for Baton Rouge. It was a scheduled 40-minute flight. But Benscotter, in an attempt to avoid an impending storm, veered east. The air traffic controller lost contact with Benscotter and the plane rose thousands of feet higher than it was designed to withstand.
The United States National Guard eventually caught up with the Cessna over North Carolina, some one thousand miles off course. The pilots of the military aircraft could not see anyone in the Cessna cockpit. It was speculated that Rein and Benscotter undid their restraints and lost consciousness due to depressurization in the cabin.
The Cessna eventually ran out of gas and crashed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Tragic loss and who knows what may have been
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Posted on 1/11/10 at 10:54 pm to Kajungee
Anybody know who he visited on the recruiting trip?
Posted on 1/11/10 at 10:55 pm to Kajungee
Strange
Posted on 1/11/10 at 10:55 pm to Kajungee
so they were never found?
Posted on 1/11/10 at 10:56 pm to tigers9898
nice picture of a pilot crazy
Posted on 1/11/10 at 10:57 pm to RummelTiger
baby tommy banks?
Posted on 1/11/10 at 10:59 pm to Kajungee
Wow, I remember hearing about this. I was about 10 years old. My how time flies.
Posted on 1/11/10 at 11:18 pm to G Vice
Who did Rein coach under at William and Mary then later NC State ?
Lou Holtz...
Reins eventually took over the NC state job when Holtz left for Arkansas
Lou Holtz...
Reins eventually took over the NC state job when Holtz left for Arkansas
Posted on 1/11/10 at 11:31 pm to Kajungee
quote:
Tragic loss and who knows what may have been
Rein would have had LSU in contention for a NC in short order. He was a great up and coming young coach. They said he had the eye of the eagle. His death changed the course of LSU football for the worse for two decades.
Posted on 1/11/10 at 11:33 pm to tigers9898
quote:
so they were never found?
"The bodies of Rein and Benscotter were never found."
gave me goosebumps when i read that.
Posted on 1/12/10 at 1:32 am to Kajungee
LSU was hit hard by this loss.
Bo Rein was a real hot-shot leading NC State to two bowl victories and winning the ACC in his final year there. The sky was the limit (unfortunately) at LSU.
If I recall LSU paid for scholarships for his kids anywhere they wanted to attend (not just LSU).
Bo Rein was a real hot-shot leading NC State to two bowl victories and winning the ACC in his final year there. The sky was the limit (unfortunately) at LSU.
If I recall LSU paid for scholarships for his kids anywhere they wanted to attend (not just LSU).
Posted on 1/12/10 at 4:57 am to carrell
He was the young hot coach then. 30 years ago. Oh man I rememeber that day too well.
Posted on 1/12/10 at 5:08 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
I was a Sr. in HS when it happened, remember it well. What a shock. Reminds me of the Marshall plane crash as well.
Posted on 1/12/10 at 6:03 am to RogerTheShrubber
A real tragedy. Who knows what would have happened for him. He was THE hot coach. Could have taken LSU to the top and then gone on for even bigger things.
Posted on 1/12/10 at 6:13 am to MontanaTiger
quote:
They said he had the eye of the eagle.
Who is "they"?
And wtf does that even mean?
Posted on 1/12/10 at 7:09 am to carrell
charlie cryer and bobby agnon were the recruits he was visiting...
next scheduled visit was in mccomb with paul ott carruth.
next scheduled visit was in mccomb with paul ott carruth.
Posted on 1/12/10 at 7:09 am to terd ferguson
quote:he should have saved tonight and fought the break of dawn cause tomorrow, tomorrow he'd be gone
And wtf does that even mean?
Posted on 1/12/10 at 7:21 am to Kajungee
Didn't this ultimately lead to Stovall as LSU's next Coach? I can't remember how and who LSU was shuffling to get as HC in short order after this happened................ 
Posted on 1/12/10 at 7:23 am to TreeDawg
yeah.. that is how stovall got the job...
the cupboard was bare for stovall but he certainly left it full for arnsparger...
even though stovall passed on me..
the cupboard was bare for stovall but he certainly left it full for arnsparger...
even though stovall passed on me..
Posted on 1/12/10 at 7:45 am to manwich
quote:
he should have saved tonight and fought the break of dawn cause tomorrow, tomorrow he'd be gone
iswydt
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