re: Who is the Most Famous LSU Athlete Ever?

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I see a lot of mention for Pistol Pete. I just don't think you can pull a random person off the sidewalk, show them a picture of pistol and get a correct answer. As mentioned, Shaq, OBJ is getting pretty well known besides football, and Lolo.

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What does recognizing someone have to do with. Sing famous? Most of you fricking idiots wouldn't recognize Oscar Robinson, Bill Russell, Bill Gates or Warren Buffett, but they know the name. Look at the media today. Not nearly the same as then, no tweets or any of those shitty reality shows, etc. there are books and all kinds of information on him. Ask anyone who was around in the 1970's, they knew him.
People then knew him because of his salary for one thing. Just because you shits wasn't around then, doesn't mean shite to me. I love Shaq and this is no disrespect to him in the least. It's just these stupid arse "all time" fricking useless threads that can't end in any reasonable conclusion. Nobody gives 2 shits about the NBA today. The NBA in the 80's was far more popular than today and I would bet people then would recognize Magic, Bird and Jordan to some extent over Lebron and Shaq by a mile.
Jordan owned the 90's.
When Shaq gets a fricking building named after him on a campus where people go to watch gymnastics and basketball or he owns the NCAA scoring record for nearly 50 years, come see me. EVERY college basketball player the last 50+ years knows Pete.
Nobody watcbes TNT.