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Gerry DiNardo coached his last game at LSU on this night in 1999

Posted on 11/13/25 at 8:17 pm
Posted by I-59 Tiger
Vestavia Hills, AL
Member since Sep 2003
36781 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 8:17 pm
Lost at home to Houston, 20-7. After much pleading for another year he was dismissed a day later. DiNardo declined LSU's offer to coach the season finale vs Arkansas on Thanksgiving Friday.
Posted by TheosDeddy
Member since May 2024
1062 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 8:22 pm to
Might he die soon?
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
78129 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 8:26 pm to
Didn't last but he lit a spark.
Posted by Nix to Twillie
Houston, TX
Member since Jan 2015
19767 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 8:27 pm to
I listened to that game in a parked car for three hours.

Can’t remember why, but I remember where.
Posted by BZ504
Texas
Member since Oct 2005
12534 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 8:27 pm to
Replaced by Hal Hunter. Best winning percentage in LSU history as a head coach.
Posted by Fat Bastard
2024 NFL pick'em champion
Member since Mar 2009
87407 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 8:39 pm to
quote:

he season finale vs Arkansas on Thanksgiving Friday.


i was there. blew em out with rohan starting
Posted by I-59 Tiger
Vestavia Hills, AL
Member since Sep 2003
36781 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 8:44 pm to
Correct me if I'm wrong,but I'm pretty sure Booty started. After three possessions accomplishing nothing Hunter pulled him. Rohan helped blow out a pretty good Arkansas team, 35-10.
Posted by GeauxtigersMs36
The coast
Member since Jan 2018
12317 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 8:48 pm to
Only game my dad and I didn’t go because that year was so bad and didn’t even try to give our tickets away. Didn’t watch, listen, or keep up with the score. Hell didn’t know we lost till the next morning.
Posted by Nix to Twillie
Houston, TX
Member since Jan 2015
19767 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 8:48 pm to
Posted by marcnbc
Bossier City, LA
Member since May 2004
4425 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 8:51 pm to
Davey and Fair Park’s own Reggie Robinson both had great days. Reggie went 5 for 154 and two long td receptions.

LINK
Posted by Redhead57
Member since Dec 2021
242 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 8:57 pm to
I was there in the south end zone. Robinson caught a couple tds. Rohan ripped the hogs up. I think there were maybe 20 people in our whole section
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
175374 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:03 pm to
Went to the Arkansas game the next week. First time we ever had Canes.
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6-- the Brazos River Valley
Member since Sep 2015
30435 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:19 pm to
1999 was a frustrating season. That Houston game was the worst LSU played the whole season, and was their 8th straight loss-- an all-time record for any LSU team.

What was so bad that year was there were three games LSU should have won outright-- at Georgia a winning two point conversion attempt was BATTED AWAY! at the last second, a Miss. St. RB was stopped short of the goalline on a fourth down play, but officials called it a TD anyway, and two weeks later Josh Booty was stopped in midair a couple of inches away from the goalline on what would have been a last play winning TD.
Posted by Fat Bastard
2024 NFL pick'em champion
Member since Mar 2009
87407 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:25 pm to
Lsu-Davey 10-12-0-224, J Booty 4-6-0-43.

u might be right all i remember is rohan tho. long time ago man. stat line above for both
Posted by notbilly
alter
Member since Sep 2015
6675 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:36 pm to
Bob McConnell might have been the worst offensive coordinator in LSU history…. Until this year.

Total offense

1999 - 97th
2025 - 104th

Before someone says Jake Peetz, we were 80th that year I believe.
This post was edited on 11/14/25 at 1:32 pm
Posted by Fat Bastard
2024 NFL pick'em champion
Member since Mar 2009
87407 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:48 pm to
quote:

Bob McConnell might have been the worst offensive coordinator in LSU history…. Until this year.



bob was terrible. glorified WR coach bumped up after coach watts left.

zero creativity. kentucky players after that game in lexington said they knew exactly what plays we were running in each formation. we scored 5 points that game. team still fought hard. we had lots of o line injuries that year and still came close to beating UGA and bama down to last plays of the game.
Posted by EastWestConnection
Denver/Shenzhen/Belfast
Member since Jul 2024
1065 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:49 pm to
Hire Hal Hunter! We all yelled from our seats.

Gerry couldn’t sustain it but he got us going.
Posted by 225Tyga
Member since Oct 2013
19337 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:53 pm to
If gerrry DiNardo and Les Miles could have switched spots…Gerry would be a hall of fame coach and would have a statue. He was ahead of his time
Posted by El Sid
College Station, TX
Member since Jan 2012
245 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 10:10 pm to
Gerry drank the Lou Tepper koolaid and it did him in
Posted by Cincinnati Tiigre
Cincinnati
Member since Nov 2015
1362 posts
Posted on 11/13/25 at 10:17 pm to
quote:

If gerrry DiNardo and Les Miles could have switched spots…Gerry would be a hall of fame coach and would have a statue. He was ahead of his time


Amen brother. I’ve waited 25 years to see this quote. Gerry got it going and we owe him for the Saban era. He showed what could be.
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