re: Why did LSU hire Dinardo

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Tepper was a bad hire but defense definitely improved from 98 to 99. But McConnell’s offense was so bad the defense seemed to never leave the field

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I’m not sure I agree with this fully, although the offense definitely got worse and yes didn’t give the defense much help. But we were still getting run up for 30 and 40 pretty consistently.


I think the shock and awe of how bad the D was had worn off by then though which maybe made it feel like it improved lol.

I remember the UGA game in 98 so vividly. The anger of so many fans walking out of Tiger Stadium was palpable.

Carter just eviscerated us in what was probably one of the earlier “dual threat” type big games from a QB. It was just shocking seeing a true freshman (even though he was older due to baseball career) do whatever he wanted against what was the #6 ranked team in the country.


Then follow that up with the next home game against Kentucky where Couch embarrassed us as well and the verdict was in on Tepper. If the energy leaving the stadium after UGA was bad after Kentucky it was straight up nuclear.


So I think by 99 it was just accepted that the D would suck so we hoped the offense would bail us out, and when they didn’t and got worse it just took the focus off of the D