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What happened in 1998? Why the collapse?
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:06 am
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:06 am
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Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:09 am to sacrathetic
BBQ hire in Tepper-rest is history
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:12 am to sacrathetic
The drop linebacker
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:15 am to sacrathetic
That UGA game gutted the team... also the defense was putrid and got worse as the year went on.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:16 am to sacrathetic
Dinardo started going insane as the losses mounted.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:17 am to sacrathetic
DiNardo was an excellent coach who built LSU back up, but his ego was too big and he could not admit when he was wrong.
Made some bad assistant hires and refused to correct them.
He left Saban a very solid roster.
Made some bad assistant hires and refused to correct them.
He left Saban a very solid roster.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:20 am to sacrathetic
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:20 am to sacrathetic
Offense was good, one of the highest scoring up until that year in LSU history IIRC. Defense couldn’t stop anything. Tepper using at LB to cover Champ Bailey was idiotic. Defensive scheme took “3 years to fully implement”. GTFO. Wasted Faulk and Tyler’s senior years.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:31 am to sacrathetic
Combination of things but I think it was just the consecutive close losses to very good teams that the players couldn't recover from psychologically.
The Georgia loss was crushing. I think it was 21-21 at half and the only TD in the 2nd half was a pass that looked like it was going right to Ryan Clark (in front of student section). He froze and the UGA WR stepped right in front to catch the TD.
We also played a good 1st half at the Swamp, back when it was very difficult to win there. I was at that game and felt very good about winning, until they returned the opening kickoff down to our 5 yd line or so.
The Georgia loss was crushing. I think it was 21-21 at half and the only TD in the 2nd half was a pass that looked like it was going right to Ryan Clark (in front of student section). He froze and the UGA WR stepped right in front to catch the TD.
We also played a good 1st half at the Swamp, back when it was very difficult to win there. I was at that game and felt very good about winning, until they returned the opening kickoff down to our 5 yd line or so.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:36 am to sacrathetic
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Was it all a blessing in disguise because it ultimately led to the hiring of Saban?
Absolutely this...’98 doesn’t happen and I doubt he gets fired for just one abysmal season in ‘99 and the whole timing to hire Saban probably would have been thrown off.
‘98 was THE most painful season for me as a fan...literally lost sleep after games thinking about “what if”. Sucked terribly at the time, but am extremely grateful for the results which ensued for the past 20 years.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:40 am to sacrathetic
UGA loss was crushing, that was a winnable game against a young qb. To have a real title shot LSU needed to win one of the two against UGA and FL. Losing both was devastating.
If I remember right the FL game was LSU's last decent game on defense, we had a pick 6 called back due to someone lining up offside, that one play pretty much lost LSU the game.
LSU wasn't going to win the SEC with that defense, but with a few different breaks that is easily a 8 to 9 win team...which still would have been a disappointment with the expectations going in to the season.
If I remember right the FL game was LSU's last decent game on defense, we had a pick 6 called back due to someone lining up offside, that one play pretty much lost LSU the game.
LSU wasn't going to win the SEC with that defense, but with a few different breaks that is easily a 8 to 9 win team...which still would have been a disappointment with the expectations going in to the season.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:52 am to sacrathetic
98 and 99 were a couple of the most un-clutch teams in LSU football history. There were like 8 or 9 games in those 2 years that came down to the last possession, and they lost ALL of them.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 12:22 pm to sacrathetic
Posted on 2/28/20 at 12:32 pm to sacrathetic
I know we were in trouble when Lou Tepper said it would take 4 years to put the defense in. The players are only there for 4 years.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 12:39 pm to sacrathetic
The losses to UK and Ole Miss did them in. The focus was gone and it was over. BUT that loss to UGA started the downfall ..
Posted on 2/28/20 at 12:47 pm to sacrathetic
Drop linebackers, ford truck commercials, master P, and Dinardeaux’s restaurant is what went wrong.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 1:00 pm to sacrathetic
I think Dinardo lost the team from the UGA game forward because of Lou Tepper.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 1:02 pm to sacrathetic
I mean.... you're really thinking about this??? 
Posted on 2/28/20 at 1:23 pm to sacrathetic
Kentucky was an awful game. The faked a field goal when everyone knew they were faking it and still got a first down and hit a chip shot. After the Georgia game it seemed like the wheels fell off. Had a close one with notes same but they were missing something. It was a coach with a nature of winning. Dinardo didn’t have it. Shows with his first 3 years of winning games Florida and losing to ole miss the next week.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 1:24 pm to sacrathetic
Dinardo would run the players into the ground. Legs werent strong come 4th quarter. When the interim coach took over for the bowl game against ND, he rested their legs. Players stated at the time that it was the difference in the game. Gotta have those legs fresh come gametime.
This post was edited on 2/28/20 at 1:25 pm
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