re: 1968 Sugar Bowl - LSU vs. Wyoming

That 1967 LSU team was one of the most hard luck squads LSU has ever produced.Also, when you think of the controversy with LSU and the Sugar Bowl in 1986, its hard to imagine that the Bowl selected the Tigers in '67 with a 5-3-1 mark on selection Saturday of that year.Even though the Pac 8 at the time, and the Big 10 limited bowl participation to their champion or designation participant to the Rose only, there were eligible teams with better records than LSU.

Its almost comical to think of a way to have juxtaposed today's Rant with the 1967 season.With better kicking, LSU would have been 9-0-1 or 9-1 at the worst.Missed field goals against Miami and Tennessee cost LSU a win and a tie, and a missed extra point cost LSU a win in Jackson vs Ole Miss which resulted in a 13-13 tie. A missed extra point doomed LSU in a 7-6 home loss to Alabama with additional missed field goals.