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“Pick me up” was in all its glory in Fort Worth

Posted on 4/21/24 at 8:27 am
Posted by LAD
New Iberia
Member since Feb 2016
1302 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 8:27 am
I couldn’t help recalling the words Tim Lanier told Warren Morris in the bottom of the 9th after Tim had struck out and Warren was headed to the plate with two outs. He said “pick me up.” We all know what happened next.

KJ and Savannah, each of whom had contributed so much all season, had their own “strike outs” yesterday, but were then picked up by their teammates. That string of hit routines with everything on the line was epic. Congratulations ladies!
Posted by CajunBullet
New Iberia
Member since Sep 2017
2226 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 8:36 am to
The ladies performed best when it counted and was needed the most, they absolutely picked each other up!
This post was edited on 4/21/24 at 8:37 am
Posted by TigerKurt
Kenner, LA
Member since Apr 2005
882 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:13 am to
I was at that 1996 CWS final game and remember that incident well.
Your point of bringing that up concerning yesterday’s gymnastics final was spot on. Our ladies definitely “picked up “ each other and a championship resulted.
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
Member since May 2016
24678 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:24 am to
Those beam performances in that situation can’t be underestimated. I mean they did that on the absolutely hardest event. That was like hitting multiple HRs in a comeback run to win in the bottom of the ninth with 2 outs. McClain doing what she did after that fall and Finnegan just bringing them home with authority was just Incredible with that much pressure.
:bow: :bow:
Posted by TigerAttorney
Member since Nov 2017
3877 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 11:05 am to
I couldn't even stand still watching Aleah Finnegan do her routine with the natty on the line. I don't know how that girl was able to keep it together.

Epic
Posted by LSU4lyfe
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2003
7828 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 11:10 am to
They absolutely rocked the beam when everything was on the line. The pressure was immense. Great job ladies! We all celebrate with you!
Posted by tigersbb
Member since Oct 2012
10443 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 11:16 am to
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“Pick me up” was in all its glory in Fort Worth


Out of the mud grows the lotus. These moments were the culmination of two years of learning to look adversity in the eye and kick it in the arse. Something happened within this program during the three days between Kiya's injury at Kentucky and the Monday MLK day meet against Oklahoma. After losing one of their two super stars the team could have thrown in the towel and given up on their goals for the season. Instead they found the resolve to rely on each other to make up for Kiya's absence. They almost beat the number one team in the country that Monday and went on to make it to Four on the Floor giving several gymnasts valuable experience in that environment. This team has not backed down since that weekend despite injuries, personal rough spots in performance and venomous attacks from supporters of other programs. This team was in attack mode all year and finally broke through to the championship room.
Posted by deke63
Member since Nov 2010
38 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 1:31 pm to
As a 60 yr old, life-long LSU fan, I've seen some clutch performances in the moment from our tigers, but I'm not sure I've ever seen more sustained "clutchness" than we witnessed from the 4 ladies on the beam after that fall! The stress of each routine, live or die, like 4 Hodson to Fuller tds in a row, 4 Morris bombs, 4 Cade York 57-yd game winners in the fog... to win a natty?!
The sustained excellence by those 4 athletes deserves a special place in LSU history!
Posted by WDAIII
Member since Aug 2020
3175 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 5:01 pm to
Congrats to the ladies but this isn't anywhere close to what Warren Morris did
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
37308 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 8:09 pm to
If gym was a bigger sport, that beam rotation would easily be ranked as one of the greatest championship moments ever in sports history.

I know they are girls, but that was iceberg-sized balls they had.
Posted by Pistol 23
Member since Feb 2007
475 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 11:21 pm to
And it add a little more drama, did I hear this right? The highest score for LSU on the beam in school history? Incredible to do that under so much pressure.
Posted by pwejr88
Red Stick
Member since Apr 2007
36244 posts
Posted on 4/22/24 at 5:37 am to
I can’t wait to watch the replay.

It’s OnDemand on ESPN app if you if you dont have YouTube tv with it in your Library.
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