re: ESPN Classic now LSU vs Ohio State 1988 Loss 36 to 33

Posted by FtHuntTiger

Lafayette, LA

Member since Oct 2011

677 posts

Posted on 8/29/17 at 7:18 pm to Shiftyplus1

I was at that game in Columbus. It was a great day, great atmosphere. Until the end, of course. One of the must frustrating endings and biggest implosions I've ever seen.

Posted by Gorilla Ball

Member since Feb 2006

11880 posts

Posted on 8/29/17 at 7:35 pm to higgins

He also had lsu take a intentional safety to have lsu give the ball back to Ohio state

Posted by Fat Bastard

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Posted on 8/29/17 at 8:31 pm to LosTigres25

quote:
and his replacement got owned.

robert packnett

Posted by ImayGoLesMiles

Baton Rouge, La

Member since Feb 2015

12709 posts

Posted on 8/29/17 at 8:37 pm to DeafVallyBatnR

I fricking set that game to record while I was gone and came back and it says it's lsu at ohio st 1989 and I watched the recording and it's auburn florida st 1989...pissed me off. Idk if it was a directv frick up or if my dvr screwed up but it definitely isn't the lsu ohio st game. Sucks.

Posted by Gorilla Ball

Member since Feb 2006

11880 posts

Posted on 8/29/17 at 9:01 pm to ImayGoLesMiles

My dvr did the same thing, I happened to be at home for lunch and I turned the tv on and noticed that auburn vs fsu was playing in that time slot and lsu was playing after

Posted by KiwiHead

Auckland, NZ

Member since Jul 2014

28129 posts

Posted on 8/30/17 at 9:57 am to Gorilla Ball

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He also had lsu take a intentional safety to have lsu give the ball back to Ohio state

Actually, given the field position at the time, the punter was kicking out of his own endzone and at best he would have gotten it to their 45 or the 50. A free kick from the 20 normally would have gotten the ball o the 30-35 and because it was essentially a punt, the thinking was that it would put us in better position and with the lack of T.O's by OSU it would be in our favor.

But, special teams whiffed on the coverage and Olive got a very good return

One of the few times, I actually thought an intentional safety was the right call. Archer....or Zaunbrecher rather, lost the game on the play before.

This post was edited on 8/30/17 at 9:58 am

Posted by semjase

New Smyrna Beach FL

Member since May 2014

11159 posts

Posted on 8/30/17 at 10:43 am to KiwiHead

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The year before it was in Tiger Stadium and we played to a 10-10 tie if I remember correctly

at the thought of Alleva (Or his incompetent ex-LSU football player assistant) trying to schedule a home and home with Ohio State today, (Or anybody of that caliber) on a consistent basis.

They're too busy scouring the country and loading up LSU's schedule with the Chattanooga's, Troy's, Towson's and Idaho's.

If you're gonna stoop to that level and insult LSU fans, might as well just bring in Tulane, La.Tech and the SWLAJC@Lafayette Ramblin Acadians every year.

Would much prefer seeing LSU play them than all the out of state "Sisters of the Poor." ......

This post was edited on 8/30/17 at 10:58 am

Posted by Thorny

Montgomery, AL

Member since May 2008

1921 posts

Posted on 8/30/17 at 2:34 pm to KiwiHead

What really hurt was that the team let that game get into their heads. The next week, they played at Florida and were never mentally in the game. The Tigahs lost 19-6 in a game that wasn't that close to an inferior Florida team.

Thankfully, they were able to get the ship righted for the must-win Earthquake game the week after that.

GEAUX TIGERS

Posted by Akit1

Baton Rouge, LA

Member since Jul 2006

7648 posts

Posted on 8/30/17 at 3:58 pm to Thorny

Our neighbor, a Buckeye, reminded my dad of this game as much as he could. Then the 2007 National Championship game happened. God bless Matt Flynn! Haven't heard the story since.