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Mickey Guidry's book - the "Fudge Lady"

Posted on 9/23/08 at 10:47 am
Posted by AlejandroInHouston
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2007
18776 posts
Posted on 9/23/08 at 10:47 am
Does anybody still know if the "Fudge Lady" is still alive and baking fudge for the LSU football team?

I remember that from Mickey Guidry's subpar book "Through the Eyes of Number Two".
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
109666 posts
Posted on 9/23/08 at 10:48 am to
More importantly, is Mickey still the Vince Lombardi of the CSAL?
Posted by 2003 LSU Tigers
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2004
668 posts
Posted on 9/23/08 at 10:58 am to
How could Mickey be the Vince Lombardi? You would have to have at least one CSAL championship.... Ya think?
Posted by stampman
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
5137 posts
Posted on 9/23/08 at 10:59 am to
quote:

Does anybody still know if the "Fudge Lady" is still alive and baking fudge for the LSU football team?

The "Fudge Lady" was my mother-in-law..Wilma Grashot. She passed away in Oct. 1997 and was a loyal tiger fan till the end. She made separate types of fudge for the offense and defense teams. Wilma made candy before every game and was even featured in a special on local TV.
She was a friend of Coach Charlie Mac and the family was touched to see him at her wake.
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
37899 posts
Posted on 9/23/08 at 11:15 am to
Charlie Mac was a class act. My brother played for him and was one of the many players that received calls from Mac over the years as he checked in on his boys.
Posted by lsucoon
Member since Jan 2007
1592 posts
Posted on 9/23/08 at 11:19 am to
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The "Fudge Lady" was my mother-in-law..

seriously?
very cool
Posted by mmtiger
South Louisiana
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 9/23/08 at 11:21 am to

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Posted by VooDoo1321
Virginia
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 9/23/08 at 11:23 am to
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stampman
Sorry to hear about her passing.
Posted by LSUDad
Still on the move
Member since May 2004
61848 posts
Posted on 9/23/08 at 11:32 am to
quote:


I remember that from Mickey Guidry's subpar book "Through the Eyes of Number Two".


I have his book.......not too bad a read. For the true LSU Fans....
Posted by TigerChiro
Baton Rouge/Dallas
Member since Jun 2008
73 posts
Posted on 9/23/08 at 11:33 am to
quote]How could Mickey be the Vince Lombardi? You would have to have at least one CSAL championship.... Ya think?[/quote]

He did in 99' Tommy Hodson was a coach as well... I was on the team. IDK if he has done anything since.

He gave me a signed copy of his book after the season... IDK where that went LOL?
This post was edited on 9/23/08 at 11:34 am
Posted by LSUDad
Still on the move
Member since May 2004
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Posted on 9/23/08 at 11:42 am to
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He gave me a signed copy of his book after the season


Mine is also signed.
Posted by AlejandroInHouston
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2007
18776 posts
Posted on 9/23/08 at 11:46 am to
Cool story and sorry to hear about her passing.

So do you think the tradition just ended when she passed? Does your wife have the recipes?

Posted by GT
BR
Member since Dec 2003
917 posts
Posted on 9/23/08 at 12:01 pm to
I think he has done a good deal with the talent he has. St Jude is not nearly as big as Aloyious or Thomas More. They (Hodson, Mickey and a former LSU lineman that I can't remember his name)have done okay with what they had. I think he believes in developing the players more than he is trying to win championships. Many of his players went on to have really good High School careers and I would think that is what really matters.
Posted by Towelie
America's Wang
Member since Aug 2007
19220 posts
Posted on 9/23/08 at 12:08 pm to
quote:

He gave me a signed copy of his book after the season

Mine is also signed


I also have a signed copy of his book, Mickey was my third grade football coach
Posted by RamblinMann
BRNola
Member since Sep 2007
228 posts
Posted on 9/23/08 at 12:33 pm to
I was also on that 98' team that won it all over Most Blessed Sacrament...Mickey, Tommy and Phil were great coaches. Actually one of the players IS in the NFL..Brandon Harrison..had a great career at Catholic and Stanford and now with the Houston Texans following his time at St. Jude.
Posted by TigerChiro
Baton Rouge/Dallas
Member since Jun 2008
73 posts
Posted on 9/23/08 at 1:16 pm to
That's right 98' season. Zach Leger went on to ULL and Thomas Washington went to La Tech... Did anyone else go some where for college ball?
Posted by stampman
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
5137 posts
Posted on 9/23/08 at 4:38 pm to
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Cool story and sorry to hear about her passing.

So do you think the tradition just ended when she passed? Does your wife have the recipes?


As far as I know, she was the only one that did this..her youngest daughter (lives in Tenn.), has the recipes and if I can get her to send them to me, I'll post them on the food board.
Posted by stampman
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
5137 posts
Posted on 9/24/08 at 10:13 am to
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So do you think the tradition just ended when she passed? Does your wife have the recipes?


Her youngest daughter got back to me and gave a few more tidbits...
It seems the tradition ended when Dinardo was hired..Wilma "the Fudge Lady", called his office numerous times and left messages to see if she could continue as the players looked forward to the fudge....she never got a call back.
Before the games, she made fudge for the chocolate lovers and divinity for the "non-chocolate" eaters...Terry Robiski we believe is the player that kidded her about "segregating" the candy.
Posted by tandyman
natchitoches, la.
Member since Dec 2007
460 posts
Posted on 9/24/08 at 3:56 pm to
I enjoyed reading this thread. Mickey Guidry was a great back-up QB. Maybe, the best we ever had. And the Fudge Lady reminds me of how my mother use to make sure I had something good to eat before all my home HS football games a long long time ago. Thanks for the post.
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