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Posted on 12/23/13 at 2:01 pm to AlwysATgr
Mac has fired because he couldnt beat the bear but then again nobody else was doing it either.
Posted on 12/23/13 at 2:11 pm to secman12
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1974,
Bad timing, law of averages,too. Yes I know stellar teams would not have faltered.But the Tigers lost 4 games that year to squads that hadn't beaten LSU in a long time that fielded one of their better teams in years: Texas A&M,Florida,Kentucky,and Mississippi State.All four games were close with only Florida winning by more than one TD.
LSU had beaten all 4 the year before.A&M went 8-3 and turned down a Bluebonnet Bowl bid and went all or nothing on the Cotton and got pounded by Texas, 32-3 so they stayed home.Kentucky went 6-5 and lost to Tennessee in a game which decided the Liberty, Florida went to the Sugar and Miss State went to the Sun Bowl.
Now, the Alabama game was just a smackdown added by then #1 Ohio State losing before kickoff to Michigan State putting Alabama at #1 with a win and the only thing that stands out about the Rice game is Rice trying some 70 yd field goal on the last play of the game.
Posted on 12/23/13 at 2:12 pm to I-59 Tiger
Didn't we play Rice in Shreveport and it was a 13 13 tie?
Posted on 12/23/13 at 2:17 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
no,tie in 1974 was in Houston.Shreveport was a 16-13 win in 1975.
Posted on 12/23/13 at 2:19 pm to I-59 Tiger
Thanks been awhile and at our age
Posted on 12/23/13 at 2:35 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
I remeber listen to LSU vs USC in the rain on a old radio. I think USC won 6-3 or something. They were like Number One in the country. Charley Mac's teams played hard always and always had great defenses.
Posted on 12/23/13 at 2:43 pm to TutHillTiger
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Mac has fired because he couldnt beat the bear but then again nobody else was doing it either.
Sort of a tired narrative. Here's Mac's last 6 seasons. Unless the Bear was moving around and coaching multiple teams each season, there were a lot more people Mac was not beating.
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1974 Charles McClendon 5-5-1 (2-4)
1975 Charles McClendon 5-6 (2-4)
1976 Charles McClendon 7-3-1 (3-3)
1977 Charles McClendon 8-4 (4-2) Sun Bowl 15
1978 Charles McClendon 8-4 (3-3) Liberty Bowl
1979 Charles McClendon 7-5 (4-2) Tangerine Bowl
Dude had a decent run, but his time had clearly come for him to move on.
Posted on 12/23/13 at 2:52 pm to Penrod
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but not a great coach.
Charlie Mac is in the HOF as a coach
Posted on 12/23/13 at 3:00 pm to TigerintheNO
The 1979 team might have lost 5 games but they took both Number 1 teams in the nation down to the last play, losing to USC 17-12, and Bama 3 nothing. I think Bama only crossed the 50 yard line once the whole game.
Posted on 12/23/13 at 3:01 pm to Ethan Martin
and we got screwed against USC also
Posted on 12/23/13 at 6:14 pm to prplhze2000
quote:great post.
Posted by prplhze2000 on 12/22 at 10:31 pm to Lonnie4LSU I liked Mac. He loved LSU. But I think in the mid-70's, the game began to pass him by and he didn't adapt. Recruiting and offense became stale. Then there is the matter of not getting real support from the school in terms of money. Then there was Bama. Nuff said. One thing forgotten. How many Bear assistants became winning head coaches. That is the kind of staff Mac faced every year. Reply • Options • Back to Top
Posted on 12/23/13 at 6:18 pm to Ethan Martin
quote:I remember listening to that Bama game as a 10 yr old boy. My dad went to that game. It was a muddy death valley. John Ferguson, the voice of the Tigers, came across my little AM radio in my grandparents home. May they all RIP.
The 1979 team might have lost 5 games but they took both Number 1 teams in the nation down to the last play, losing to USC 17-12, and Bama 3 nothing. I think Bama only crossed the 50 yard line once the whole game.
Posted on 12/23/13 at 6:31 pm to aroussel3Tigers
The loss of recruit Johnny Hector to Texas A&M also contributed to Mac's demise.
Posted on 12/23/13 at 7:03 pm to Jim Rockford
the black white quarterback thing split the Team and the state in half Lsu never had any black NO players for nearly 25 years !
Posted on 12/23/13 at 7:05 pm to timm6971463
???
Posted on 12/23/13 at 7:06 pm to TutHillTiger
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I remeber listen to LSU vs USC in the rain on a old radio. I think USC won 6-3 or something.
Was 79 and not raining at all as I recall; we lost 12-17. Yes they were #1 and CCM played them and most great teams hard just couldn't break into elite status wins which caused his demise as other have noted!
Posted on 12/23/13 at 7:10 pm to geauxjudge
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Cholly Mac couldn't beat the Bear. Yet, he was the winningest coach against the Bear
???
Posted on 12/23/13 at 10:46 pm to secman12
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When he died ( think he drowned) was he still expected to be starter?
He died the summer after he graduated from LSU.
Posted on 12/24/13 at 6:16 am to Ace Midnight
So by my count the great Bear Bryant lost 9 bowl games from 64-79. What would we do to Miles for that?
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