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re: For you older LSU fans like myself, what do you remember about Pete Jenkins?
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:20 pm to TrueTigerTale
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:20 pm to TrueTigerTale
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Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:23 pm to TrueTigerTale
I worked in the athletic department maintenance department, and had to paint Tiger Stadium bathrooms and everything else purple and gold in that concrete palace. One day coach Pete called us out for not working the paint roller on a pole correctly. Gave us a pointer on squatting and putting our legs and butt into our long paint strokes, not using our arms as much for the stroke. fricking genius! Painted much faster and efficient after that…
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:35 pm to tigarida
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I worked in the athletic department maintenance department, and had to paint Tiger Stadium bathrooms and everything else purple and gold in that concrete palace. One day coach Pete called us out for not working the paint roller on a pole correctly. Gave us a pointer on squatting and putting our legs and butt into our long paint strokes, not using our arms as much for the stroke. fricking genius! Painted much faster and efficient after that…
Appreciate you sharing your story. I helped a close friend on a Saturday paint the Staduim steps. Watched Ricky Blanton from the LSU basketball team running laps inside Tiger Stadium. Dude was fast for his size.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:37 pm to Havoc
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So if LSU lost while he was coaching that’s a loss on him as the DLine
Nebraska pushed LSU’s Dline around, they were stronger. Kicked LSU’s rear. You do know, winning starts with being able to dominate the line of scrimmage, right?
This post was edited on 10/3/23 at 9:41 pm
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:39 pm to TrueTigerTale
quote:The problem LSU had with Nebraska in that game was depth not Jenkins.
Had success at LSU with Armsparger but not against Nebraska in the Suger Bowl, I went to that one.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:44 pm to TrueTigerTale
Many years ago I spoke with a high school DL coach who knew Coach Jenkins. He told me that Pete was a fiery guy with a lot of enthusiasm and an extremely knowledgable coach.
The defensive linemen he coached both respected and liked him.
I know he's been very successful at his LSU stints and hope for more of the same this time. He's 82 though, so this may be his last roundup.
The defensive linemen he coached both respected and liked him.
I know he's been very successful at his LSU stints and hope for more of the same this time. He's 82 though, so this may be his last roundup.
This post was edited on 10/3/23 at 9:46 pm
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:45 pm to La Place Mike
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Had success at LSU with Armsparger but not against Nebraska in the Suger Bowl, I went to that one.
The problem LSU had with Nebraska in that game was depth not Jenkins.
It was both. Rosters had no limits back then when you included walkons. Nebraska offense was the wishbone, same as Miss State was back then. Jenkins had problems dealing with these type offenses.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:57 pm to TrueTigerTale
I can say that I learned a ton from him first hand. Dude was a defensive line genius.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 10:08 pm to TrueTigerTale
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The Advocate reported that Pete Jenkins was on staff for Arnsparger, Stovall, Archer, and Saban. And Orgeron wanted him as his Dline coach.
What I remember about Pete Jenkins was sort of a mixed bag, he definitely could coach the Dline. Had success at LSU with Armsparger but not against Nebraska in the Suger Bowl, I went to that one.
Jenkins had success with LSU and Coach Stovall, they beat The Bear at Alabama with Alan Risher as our quarterback. But could never defeat Miss State when they had their elusive quarterback John Bond, he never loss to LSU. Jenkins along with some older LSU fans probably still have nightmares about tackling that guy. It wasn’t like LSU didn’t have Dline talent to stop him, they had Leonard Marshal who went on to play for the Giants.
Was he the DC during any of these? I know he wasn’t under Arnsparger, Saban, or Ed. Not saying DL coach didn’t play an important role but unless also DC he would be more about coaching line up to be its best within system given.
I am not sure he is a strategy guy as much as the guy to teach/coach technique, evaluate players, help put best players within current system, and advice on adjustments within system including advice on what the players do best. Maybe when younger also light up some DL for mistakes or laziness and get fired up with them when they do good.
Edit: I checked Wikipedia, and its says he was DC in 1982 when they played Nebraska in Orange (seems orange bowl basically handed out before Tulane loss & not in top 10 for it) but not the following year for Stovall’s last season. He was DC again under Archer during 87-89 with no Nebraska games) and demoted for 90 season in Archer’s last season.
DC for 1 game against Bond and for 1 game against Nebraska in 82.
82 had Mack Brown calling offense as well, but I don’t think he was the official coordinator.
This post was edited on 10/3/23 at 10:40 pm
Posted on 10/3/23 at 10:14 pm to TrueTigerTale
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Jenkins had problems dealing with these type offenses.
Were Arnsparger and/or Archer not involved with the defense against those types of offenses?
Posted on 10/3/23 at 10:51 pm to dallastigers
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quote: Jenkins had problems dealing with these type offenses.
Were Arnsparger and/or Archer not involved with the defense against those types of offenses?
I’m sure they both were to some degree. But stopping wishbone offenses meant having a Dline that could get enough penetration to affect the option. Which is what Jenkins had to solve. Do you want huge Dlinemen constantly doing this and occupying space or do you want quicker Dlinemen who may not tire as fast? For the Nebraska’s and the Alabama’s back then depth was never a problem with their nearly 100 man rosters that included walkons. But depth was a problem for LSU.
Posted on 10/4/23 at 1:02 am to TrueTigerTale
Lsu always struggled on defense against a running qb/wishbone offense.
Posted on 10/4/23 at 1:47 am to ChestRockwell
Pete Jenkins is so well respected in the football community…he has “his guys” spread throughout football who have adopted and embraced his teachings of d line play. As for dc duties at lsu, he was that only in title. Buddy nix called the d in ‘82 and 83…Technique and assignment issues will not be a problem from here on out…
Posted on 10/4/23 at 2:11 am to TrueTigerTale
He DLs were very physical and always reset the line of scrimmage. Something we desperately need now.
Posted on 10/4/23 at 2:12 am to TrueTigerTale
The kind of coach that the players would run through a wall if he asked them to. The players loved him and he was excellent at developing and recruiting the best to play. 
Posted on 10/4/23 at 4:27 am to TrueTigerTale
Everyone that is old enough, and I'm 65, loves loyal Tiger Pete Jenkins. God bless you Pete.
Posted on 10/4/23 at 6:23 am to TrueTigerTale
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Had success at LSU with Armsparger but not against Nebraska in the Suger Bowl, I went to that one.
Nobody had success agains Nebraska's offensive line back then. However, in the 1983 Sugar Bowl, Dave Rimington was getting manhandled by Ramsey Dardar until the former started holding on every play.
Posted on 10/4/23 at 6:46 am to catnip
If Saban fired every asst he yelled at he wouldn’t have a staff.
Posted on 10/4/23 at 8:27 am to TrueTigerTale
In the Fall of 1977, Pete was the D-line coach at Southern Miss. My seat was a couple of rows behind the D-line bench. Saw him on more than one occasion not only get up in a players face...but grab player by the shoulder pads and lift them off the ground. He was a bad arse for sure.......
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