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re: Biggest What If's in LSU sports history

Posted on 2/28/20 at 5:33 pm to
Posted by Tiger in Gatorland
Moonshine Holler
Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 2/28/20 at 5:33 pm to
Cecil Collins...end of thread.
Posted by Tigris Christi
Member since Jul 2016
2113 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 5:38 pm to
What if Matt Mauck returned for his senior year in 2004?
Posted by Broski
Member since Jun 2011
78906 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 5:39 pm to
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Not the biggest, but what if Poche gets a PO against TCU and continues to cruise.

What if the wind doesn't change in 1998?




What if Eric Walker doesn't get hurt in 2017.
Posted by Uncle Luke
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
439 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 5:42 pm to
Cecil getting run off hurt us, but we still had Faulk and Mealey and ran the football pretty well. By far, Ryan Perrilloux getting kicked off the team for good changed our whole offensive philosophy. With Flynn and Perrilloux teams had to play the run and the pass. When Perrilloux got ran off we had a walk on from harvard , Andrew Hatch start the opener the next season. Dude threw a football like it was a hand grenade. Finally Les went to Jarret Lee but he wasnt ready yet. With Perrilloux we were a national contender, without him just a top 25 team
This post was edited on 2/28/20 at 5:45 pm
Posted by moock blackjack
Member since Apr 2008
110654 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 5:55 pm to
Honey Badger cost us the National Championship!!
So this has to be the biggest!
Posted by tigger1
Member since Mar 2005
3724 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 5:59 pm to
LSU vs Rice 1935

LSU scored a TD on the play in question, but had a penalty and the td was called back...

LSU would lose to Rice 7-10

Had the TD held LSU would have gone to the Rose Bowl.
This post was edited on 2/28/20 at 6:01 pm
Posted by Morgus
The Old City Icehouse
Member since May 2004
9764 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 6:01 pm to
What if Miles puts in Jarrett Lee in the 2nd half of the 2011-12 BCSCG.
Posted by tigernnola
NOLA
Member since Sep 2016
3589 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 6:03 pm to
Rein was a home run hire at the time. Can only think it would have been a great run after a year or two of recruiting. To this day, the picture of the Lear, at altitude, with frost/ice covered windows is chilling. RIP Bo.
Posted by Beenendatass
Nashville, TN
Member since May 2019
299 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 6:10 pm to
What if Jarrett Lee played the National Championship instead of Jordan Jefferson?
Posted by Groundscrew85
Member since Oct 2018
685 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 6:12 pm to
What if Saban would have stayed at LSU for 10+ years.
This post was edited on 2/28/20 at 6:13 pm
Posted by ForeverEllisHugh
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
16170 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 6:19 pm to
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Kicker makes that kick, OSU goes undefeated, plays undefeated LSU in BCSNCG instead of Alabama, LSU likely goes 14-0 and completes the best season in CFB history.


Worst part is the kick WAS good.

It’s so much easier to talk about now, after this season.

Still think we should claim 2011 but who cares when 2019 LSU would handle any LSU or Bama team from 2007-2018.
Posted by sta4ever
Member since Aug 2014
17392 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 6:25 pm to
What if Bregman doesn’t make an error against UCLA in 2013?
Posted by Tiger 10S
Member since Jan 2007
175 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 6:29 pm to
1959: Cannon converts the 2 point conversion and we beat Tennessee. National champs in 1959.
Repeat champs 1958 and 1959.
He and others claimed he made it.
Posted by Jugular Joe
Member since Jan 2020
5277 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 6:31 pm to
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Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State, 2011.

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The Cowboys raced to a 24–7 lead early into the third quarter. Iowa State scored 17 unanswered points to tie the game, but quarterback Jared Barnett was intercepted with 2 minutes to go, and the Cowboys were immediately in field goal range. After the Cyclones forced a 4th-and-1 at the 20-yard line, Oklahoma State opted to try a field goal with just over a minute remaining, but the 37-yard field goal attempt by Oklahoma State kicker Quinn Sharp went wide right, forcing overtime. There, Iowa State scored a touchdown on the first play, while Oklahoma State successfully responded with a touchdown on their own. On the first play of the second overtime, a pass by Heisman candidate Brandon Weeden was tipped and intercepted, giving Iowa State a golden opportunity to pull off the upset, which they did after a series of plays that culminated in running back Jeff Woody running into the endzone. Jubilant Iowa State fans then stormed the field.



Kicker makes that kick, OSU goes undefeated, plays undefeated LSU in BCSNCG instead of Alabama, LSU likely goes 14-0 and completes the best season in CFB history.

We all know what actually happened.





There is the biggest what if of all.

And I still proclaim that FG by Okie State was good. It was a left hash kick that went directly over the right upright. You tell me.

And that LSU team having spanked Okie State by 31 points would have been proclaimed the greatest team of all time and certainly the greatest defense of all time.
Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
87413 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 6:35 pm to
What if Brad Wilson, instead of hitting a double two batters ahead of Warren Morris in 1996, had grounded out to first?
Posted by secfballfan
Member since Feb 2016
3471 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 6:39 pm to
An old one, if Mike Miley doesn’t go to MLB Charlie MAC likely makes it way past 1979, 1974-76 killed him..
Posted by NorthshoreTiger76
Pelicans, Saints, & LSU Fan
Member since May 2009
83473 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 6:39 pm to
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1959: Cannon converts the 2 point conversion and we beat Tennessee. National champs in 1959.
Repeat champs 1958 and 1959.
He and others claimed he made it.


Does Dietzel winning 2 NC’s at LSU change his decision after the 1961 season?
Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
87413 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 6:45 pm to
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Does Dietzel winning 2 NC’s at LSU change his decision after the 1961 season?



Probably not.

Being HC at the Point was a lot more prestigious in 1962 than it is today, and it was Dietzel’s career-long dream. Plus, as it was, he already felt he had accomplished as much as he could here.
Posted by DmitriKaramazov
Member since Nov 2015
5558 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 6:48 pm to
What if Jarrett Lee got to play in the 2011 NCG? We'll never know.
This post was edited on 2/28/20 at 6:53 pm
Posted by Cannon
Shreveport
Member since May 2015
1900 posts
Posted on 2/28/20 at 6:50 pm to
What if Josh Booty comes to LSU straight out of high school to play both football and baseball instead of signing that record contract with the Marlins. LSU might have won 5 straight CWS and 6 out of 7 between 91-97. Gerry Dinardo goes down as one of the greatest coaches of all time if Booty is unable to save Curly's job as a true freshman. Assuming Dinardo is still hired in 95, LSU, led by back to back Heisman winner, Josh freaking Booty, just might go back to back as NCs as well. Instead, Booty went the MLB rout, led the Marlins to a WS championship in 97', before riding off into the sunset and coming back to LSU to purposely tank in order to get Saban hired and be named 1st team all SEC in his final year for the Tigers.
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