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Where does 2022 LSU-Bama rank in terms of All-time best regular season games

Posted on 11/10/22 at 1:13 pm
Posted by TigerFan244
Member since Jan 2012
2595 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 1:13 pm
(Not counting the championship games of course)

I say Top 3. My vote for other 2 are '19 vs Bama and '07 vs UF are the only other ones that come to mind.

Both those teams went on to win Natty's but '22 Bama is a special game for different reasons - it signaled the rebirth of the program and LSU winning a game that NO ONE believed they could.
Posted by WhereDaGoldAt
Richmond, VA
Member since Aug 2017
376 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 1:14 pm to
Don't overthink it - it's #1
Posted by Higgysmalls
Ft Lauderdale
Member since Jun 2016
6521 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 1:19 pm to
284 behind the Miami vs Florida State game in 84
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
70982 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 1:20 pm to
It’s #1 for me but don’t sleep on Byrd in the back of the end zone vs Auburn
Posted by St8lyOaks
Member since Dec 2015
267 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 1:20 pm to
Bro, LSU football is 130 years old. There were great games that happened before 2007.
Posted by VermilionTiger
Member since Dec 2012
37632 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 1:29 pm to
Don’t sleep on Alabama @ LSU in 2012

That was a very awesome atmosphere and the game .. well, came down to the very end
Posted by Chrome
Chromeville
Member since Nov 2007
10423 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 1:29 pm to
Considering we beat a very talented Bama team with the way this season started; it has to be in the top two at least.
This post was edited on 11/10/22 at 1:31 pm
Posted by sta4ever
The Pit
Member since Aug 2014
15582 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 1:30 pm to
-1959 Billy Cannon and Ole Miss
-1972 Bert Jones and Ole Miss
-1988 Earthquake Game
-1997 Florida
-2000 LSU Tennessee
-2000 Bama
-2003 UGA
-2007 Florida
-2007 Auburn
-2011 Bama
-2014 Ole Miss
-2018 UGA
-2019 Alabama
-2022 Alabama
Posted by Nevada
Member since Nov 2019
428 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 1:32 pm to
Remember the Billy Cannon vs. Ole Miss game?
Posted by SwampDonkey47
Lafayette
Member since Sep 2022
107 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 1:32 pm to
Best game I've ever seen in Tiger Stadium and if it wasn't number 1 it was 1B
Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
40950 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 1:44 pm to
2 behind 19 Bama, needed to slay the dragon, it felt like now or never
Posted by tigerinridgeland
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2006
7638 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 1:47 pm to
The 1979 LSU v. USC should be included on any list of all-time great games in Tiger Stadium. It was a loss, but the only game I’ve ever seen where the crowd gave an enormous and sustained ovation for the Tigers in a loss. The atmosphere was electric throughout the game, the team played inspired football. I think anyone who was there would say it was a truly incredible game.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
89781 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 2:15 pm to
I will exclude heartbreaking losses (e.g. USC, 1979) because "frick losing", but a short list of best regular season games (and these are all home games) would have to include:

2007 Florida
2003 UGA
1997 Florida
1959 Ole Miss

-based on the games themselves and each of these games holds a larger than life reputation (as do, to a certain degree the Auburn games of 1988 and 1995).

Bama 2022 is now in that select company and there is no higher compliment we can pay it than to include it with those.
Posted by blueridgeTiger
Granbury, TX
Member since Jun 2004
20448 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 2:17 pm to
I've been watching the Tigers play since 1949. There have been many, many great games. Yes, the most recent one sticks "to the top of your mind", but I can't objectively say this BAMA game is the GOAT.

Just to name a few great games I recall over the years:

1949 North Carolina
1959 Ole Miss
1961 Ole Miss
1966 Cotton Bowl vs Arkansas
1969 Auburn
1970 Notre Dame (a loss, but a great game)
1971 Notre Dame
1982 Florida State
1984 Southern Cal
1988 Auburn
1993 Bama
1997 Florida

I'll leave the naming of the great games of the 21st century to you youngsters.
Posted by 1609tiger
Member since Feb 2011
3263 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 2:32 pm to
72 Ole Miss
97 UF
22 Bama.

And I’ve been blessed enough to be there for all.
This post was edited on 11/10/22 at 2:34 pm
Posted by Boomshockalocka
Member since Feb 2004
59715 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 3:02 pm to
Way down the list. Thanks to transfer rules. For me It’s much more enjoyable when pulling for guys who have been on campus for more than half a year.
Posted by biglego
Ask your mom where I been
Member since Nov 2007
76789 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 3:07 pm to
Not much love for 1997 Florida.

Posted by SUB
Member since Jan 2001
Member since Jan 2009
21078 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 3:22 pm to
First half was kinda boring. Second half was fun though and the way the game ended was one of the best endings to any LSU game ever.

That being said, 2019 had so many memorable and rewatchable games. The offense was much more exciting to watch and I'd rank the best 5 or 6 games from that one season alone ahead of 2022 bama, as far as most fun to watch.
Posted by Higgysmalls
Ft Lauderdale
Member since Jun 2016
6521 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 4:03 pm to
OP didn't say LSU games. He said All-time regular season games
Posted by timlan2057
In the Shadow of Tiger Stadium
Member since Sep 2005
17075 posts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 4:07 pm to
Definitely top five.

Arguably top three.
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