re: Looking to clairfy some "myths" about LSU Football

Bordy, I like your "what if" spurrier question. IMO we would have done well but NOT had a UF run, nor would we have IMO had an FSU run if we got Bowden in 1980. The reason is LSU was not ready, Joe Dean, the ADept the Univ was not ready to committ $$$ etc yet. Again, we would have been much better off, but it took Dinardo getting the facilties started, Emmeret stepping up, the A Dept (Skip, Verge etc.) and lots of $$$ from a stepped up TAF when General R got there and pwoerful men like TAF Pres Guy from Shaw industries to all get behind the $$$ and univ support to get Saban what he needed to help get us to next step...just imo...