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Kenny Konz, LSU & Cleveland Browns Returned a punt 92-yards for a TD in the opening minutes of the game, and intercepted three passes against SEC champion Tulane in 1949....
I remember his pre-game chant at the 1963 Cotton Bowl with Texas: RATTLE THE CATTLE ... RATTLE THE CATTLE... RATTLE THE CATTLE. Texas fans could not believe it....

Early Enrollees

Posted by LayupKing on 1/30/21 at 6:10 pm
Could someone provide a list of early enrollees for LSU football?...
Project, Who do you like as LSU's DH this year ... ...
The Bandits were defensive specialists and usually did not play both ways. Jim Lavin was a great person. However, the Chinese Bandits were born in 1958 as part of Dietzel's three-team system --the White team which played both ways, the Go team which specialized on offense and the Chinese Bandits, w...
I like Gaines, Cook and Wilkinson. They will all get better with work and minutes. Hope to see some improvement in LeBlanc. NBA likes their shooting guards 6-5 or better. Cam will have to play better D and be willing to pass the ball inside to be a big hit at the pro level....
Alvin Roy was instrumental in their development in strength training. He was an Istrouma High graduate and convinced the football coach at Istrouma High School, Fuzzy Brown, to commit his team to strength training, which he did prior to the 1954 season, Cannon's junior year. Roy had been the traine...
Tuba is coming back to work with him. Teaching him to play the horn when he fouls out. ...

re: What about the band

Posted by LayupKing on 7/11/20 at 9:24 am
How do you play a horn wearing a mask? ...

re: Lsu basketball recruiting Yor Anei

Posted by LayupKing on 7/11/20 at 9:19 am
Bigby-Williams was easily our best rim defender that season. But he had some pretty good help rebounding and defending in the paint -- Naz Reid (6-10, 250). Emmitt Williams (6-6, 225) only averaged 19 MPG, I believe, but he was one of the national leaders in offensive rebounds per game. Darius Days ...
The King is dead! Long live the King! ...
Greg was asking $5,000 for the ring. It was in great shape. That was a good price, I thought at the time, because of the fact that fewer rings were produced. The smaller squad, smaller coaching staff, support staff and athletic department of that period. There were probably only about 85 rings produ...
Bear Bryant was the first coach that I remember using that expression. The media kept trying to get him to commit to his area of emphasis ... offense or defense. He said, "I don't coach the offense. I don't coach the defense. It's my job to get 'em to beat with one heart beat."...
I thought Naismith invented basketball. Not Dick!...
Doc Fenton's recruitment is a good story. It was between LSU and Mississippi State. Starkville was dry. Baton Rouge had nickel beer. No contest!...

re: Best trio backfield at LSU?

Posted by LayupKing on 5/25/20 at 1:54 pm
Robinson was not a starter as a sophomore in 1957. Red Brodnax was the starting RHB in '57. He was converted to FB in the spring of 1958. He was LSU's leading rusher in 1956 as a sophomore, and the team's MVP and the SEC's best blocker in 1958. Also won a national award for Sportsmanship in 1958. ...
I saw Y.A. Tittle play as a freshman tailback against Tulane in Tiger Stadium. He was 14-18 that day, his best passing percentage as Tiger. LSU won 25-6, finishing 2-5 on the season. LSU went to the T formation the next season and had a 7-2 record, and set a school record for average yard for rush. ...
In the game I saw in Lubbock, a 19-13 LSU win, Jimmy Taylor was not a major factor in the outcome. All three Tiger TDs were scored by sophomores -- two by Cannon and one by Johnny Robinson on a pass reception shortly before the first half ended. However, Taylor came on strong later in the season. H...
I saw Billy Cannon score two touchdowns against Texas Tech in Lubbock in 1957 -- an athletic 59-yard pass reception and run, which included his hurdling the defensive back on the play, and a 97-yard kickoff return up the middle of the field. Not many LSU fans made it to Lubbock that night. I was for...