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Does Anyone Remember the Depression after Georgia in 1998?
Posted on 9/29/13 at 10:59 am
Posted on 9/29/13 at 10:59 am
Baton Rouge was like a ghost town. I remember all the radio shows people were not mad, they were sad. It was like a funeral.
The beginning of this season is eerily similar. In 1998, LSU started highly ranked, beat a couple of weaklings, beat Auburn fairly comfortably, and went into the Georgia game ranked #6. Sound familiar?
The difference is this: that team completely blew up, and went 1-7 the rest of the year. Be as negative as you want, cry woe is me about the state of our defense, but understand that we are in nowhere near as much trouble now as we were then. This program is too strong for that.
The beginning of this season is eerily similar. In 1998, LSU started highly ranked, beat a couple of weaklings, beat Auburn fairly comfortably, and went into the Georgia game ranked #6. Sound familiar?
The difference is this: that team completely blew up, and went 1-7 the rest of the year. Be as negative as you want, cry woe is me about the state of our defense, but understand that we are in nowhere near as much trouble now as we were then. This program is too strong for that.
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Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:00 am to LSUinMA
Quincy Carter looked like Tom Brady that night. He was unstoppable.
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:02 am to LSUinMA
Mett won't let that happen.
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:03 am to LSUinMA
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Does Anyone Remember the Depression after Georgia in 1998?
Yep. My uncle Kwik beat the crap out of my cousin and I at his trailer after that game.
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:07 am to LSUinMA
You got to be kidding me man we are fricked. That D is the worst D in the history of LSU. Independence bowl or worse
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:11 am to Paul Allen
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Quincy Carter looked like Tom Brady that night. He was unstoppable.
Two words:
DROP LINEBACKER
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:11 am to LSUinMA
I remember being really sad after that game. I was 18 back then. Now that I'm 23 and with a math degree, I'm mature enough to move on with my life and not let college football upset me so much.
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:12 am to LSUinMA
i wasn't an LSU fan at the time, so it didn't affect me, but i do remember the loss 
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:12 am to ballscaster
He said 1998, not 2008.
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:12 am to ballscaster
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I was 18 back then. Now that I'm 23 and with a math degree,
ISWYDT
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:13 am to ballscaster
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I was 18 back then. Now that I'm 23 and with a math degree, I'm mature enough to move on with my life and not let college football upset me so much.
Watch out! We got a math major here!
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:13 am to Slapouttiger
Independence bowl? Maybe the "Depends" bowl
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:13 am to ballscaster
Man you only aged 5 years since 1998. That's incredable
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:14 am to ballscaster
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I remember being really sad after that game. I was 18 back then. Now that I'm 23 and with a math degree, I'm mature enough to move on with my life and not let college football upset me so much.
math degree
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:17 am to Brettesaurus Rex
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Mett won't let that happen.
Unfortunately he can only do so much. And as soon as a defense can stop him/them a few times, they are screwed.
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:20 am to LSUinMA
I was attending LSU during the mid-late '90s and do agree that we were sad after that loss...
fortunately, the similarity ends there...during the '90s we were pretty much always sad because we expected to lose...wven when we won, we were afraid to enjoy it too much because we expected to lose the next game...
now, we expect to win...when we lose, we are dissapointed, but we know that we have a damn strong team that will continue to worry the hell out of everyone else who is on our schedule...
fortunately, the similarity ends there...during the '90s we were pretty much always sad because we expected to lose...wven when we won, we were afraid to enjoy it too much because we expected to lose the next game...
now, we expect to win...when we lose, we are dissapointed, but we know that we have a damn strong team that will continue to worry the hell out of everyone else who is on our schedule...
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:23 am to LSUinMA
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The beginning of this season is eerily similar. In 1998, LSU started highly ranked, beat a couple of weaklings, beat Auburn fairly comfortably, and went into the Georgia game ranked #6. Sound familiar?
Major college football seasons are now measured on2-3 games. LSU will dominate every team but Bama, UF, and aTm. But in the same breath, if LSU finishes 9-3 or 10-2 with a Peach Bowl or cotton bowl invite the season will be a disappointment. LSU should be in BCS bowls every other year. Last nights loss hurt because it is highly likely that we will have at least one probably two more losses. Thus ensuring a chic like fil a bowl.
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:24 am to Spankum
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.during the '90s we were pretty much always sad because we expected to lose
but 98 was supposed to be a great year. LSU started off in the top 5 that year
i can't imagine what it was like to watch that team nuke itself over the year as an LSU fan. luckily i was a couple years away
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:24 am to baobabtiger
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are now
They've always been measures by 2-3 games. At least since the 70's.
Posted on 9/29/13 at 11:28 am to Paul Allen
While this defense is not as good as the last 3, it is no where near as bad as one coached by Lou Tepper.
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