re: 1979 Tangerine Bowl.....LSU - Wake Forest

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prplhze2000
1979 Tangerine Bowl.....LSU - Wake Forest
LSU didn't even get past midfield against Bama. Look at the Bama D that year.

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Was on hunting with a player from that team he said Bryant told a few of them when they nfgot a lead they weren't going to anything fancy or foolish with the ball and "we'll just get out of here with a win"....he took it as Bryant liked Mac and there was not point beating them any worse than they had too.

Watching that game in its entirety after knowing that - kinda clear.

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I was 11 at the time and was a year away from catching LSU fever so I don't remember the game. That's I had always heard that it was a 3-0 blowout. But I remember seeing highlights one time and LSU had several throws into the endzone at the end of the game.

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I was 14 and had the fever....frustration w tide was huge then...

Hammered the ducks that morning. And Sunday too...was cold and WET that sat night

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What's that thing we do on the first drive where the qb seems to be "pushing" the ball forward and it goes through the air and the guy catches it and the referee signals first down?

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Les Miles refers to this as a "great risk" and a short lived fad.

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And recruits Quarterbacks that can perfectly unfold his Vision.

My wife's grandfather was the head referee (white hat) that day. Before he died, he gave my son the equipment he used for the game, just as a keepsake. (I know, I know - cool story bro)