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2001 SECCG vs. Tennessee.. was that the game that changed LSU football?

Posted on 10/2/14 at 4:16 pm
Posted by ApexTiger
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Posted on 10/2/14 at 4:16 pm
Meaning did it put us on the map as an elite program? What had we done prior to that for over a decade? Not much.. We were hungry!

2001 SEC vs, Tenn

The game against Auburn that year was amazing as well...starting off with a 15 yard penalty that led to an onside kick. (That year we lost to Ole Miss and then won 4 straight SEC games to win the west)...We made ATL with 3 loses...I didn't think that was possible. LOL

L Toefield was a beast! Davis was very quick..Reed was unstoppable. Davey had a canon and could make plays. Clayton was a freshman.. Faulk and James at LB.. Peterman on the OL.

Lav and Hill were on that team too.

Lot of great players

What stuck out to me was the intensity of the hitting from the defense and the overall excitement of the players and the fans.

Special times!
This post was edited on 10/2/14 at 4:19 pm
Posted by tigerfan84
Member since Dec 2003
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Posted on 10/2/14 at 4:20 pm to
2001 ole miss
Posted by GeauxstsofLSU
Member since Jul 2014
166 posts
Posted on 10/2/14 at 4:22 pm to
It was definitely the game that started UT's long and slow slide into mediocrity. Other than winning the East in 2007, UT didn't have much to cheer about after that game.
Posted by BilJ
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 10/2/14 at 4:35 pm to
03 UGA was our arrival
Posted by CBandits82
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Member since May 2012
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Posted on 10/2/14 at 4:36 pm to
was the start, UGA 03 was the blast off.
Posted by r2d2
Member since Dec 2006
6843 posts
Posted on 10/2/14 at 4:45 pm to
I think it was the 2003 UGA game. That SECCG and that 2001 team are great but it was a shocker and LSU could not follow up on that the next season.

That UGA Game was the first top 10 clash in TS in a loooong time... the nation watched and LSU became LSU that day. A tough physical, defensive led gutty team that plays 'till the final gun.
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