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re: Biggest What If's in LSU sports history

Posted on 3/30/20 at 9:38 am to
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
35084 posts
Posted on 3/30/20 at 9:38 am to
what if butch duhe didn't die.
Posted by EagleCoach19
Member since Sep 2018
88 posts
Posted on 3/30/20 at 9:50 am to
Not really the biggest what if...

What if Slaughter slides into the bag and not like a jackass
Posted by EagleCoach19
Member since Sep 2018
88 posts
Posted on 3/30/20 at 9:52 am to
We kick a field goal with 1 second left to win the game
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 3/30/20 at 9:56 am to
Bama 12
Bama 14
Posted by Weaver
Madisonville, LA
Member since Nov 2005
28124 posts
Posted on 3/30/20 at 12:40 pm to
How good could Mettenburger have been if he played backup in the 2011 season? We blew a ton of teams out and either Lee played the entire game or Jefferson came in. I only recall Mettenburger playing against ole miss. That would have gotten him more time so he could have perhaps been better in 2012. If we beat bama instead of losing, we would have won the west and possibly gone to play Notre Dame perhaps for the natty. We would have had to beat a better Georgia team then the one we beat in 2011.
Posted by memphis tiger
Memphis, TN
Member since Feb 2006
20720 posts
Posted on 3/30/20 at 12:42 pm to
Haven’t read all 8 pages but this is probably in there multiple times.

What if Cecil Collins wasn’t a head case.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
93346 posts
Posted on 3/30/20 at 12:52 pm to
quote:

What if there was .5 more seconds on the clock in the 2016 LSU/Auburn game on the final play?

-Les remains HC
-No offense re-vamp
-No Burrow
-Natty? Unlikely.


and i was upset about that. great analysis
Posted by specchaser
lafayette
Member since Feb 2008
2732 posts
Posted on 3/30/20 at 1:49 pm to
1)Bo Rein(easy answer)
2)Saban picks Brees instead of Culpepper. Dolphins are a playoff team and Les wins atleast one more natty.
3)Jimbo/Herman accept the job
4)Dietzel stays at LSU
Posted by WackyChris
Da Parish, Louisiana
Member since Mar 2013
2889 posts
Posted on 3/30/20 at 1:56 pm to
What if Patrick Peterson had come back for his Senior Year in 2011? Is the defense even more dominant than it was... so much so that they create a turnover or 2 on 01/09/12...?

What if we had stopped Bama on their final drive on 11/03/12 and we win that game? Does the bleeding stop against Bama and Les' tenure turns out differently?
Posted by KTiger85
Member since Oct 2018
956 posts
Posted on 3/30/20 at 2:26 pm to
1. Saban doesn't go to the Dolphins
2. Saban doesn't come to LSU
3. Saban doesn't go to Bama
4. Chris Jackson doesn't leave after sophomore year
5. Honey Badger doesn't get suspended
6. Les Miles allows new plays against Bama in 2011
7. Joe Burrow doesn't transfer to LSU
Posted by NFLU
New Orleans, LA
Member since Aug 2014
5856 posts
Posted on 3/30/20 at 2:35 pm to
Perriloux.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122172 posts
Posted on 3/30/20 at 2:37 pm to
What if Curley Hallman was never hired. Where would that put the program today? What if Les Miles was willing to open up the offense? Would we have at least one more title?
Posted by austintexastiger
Austin, Texas
Member since Aug 2006
2001 posts
Posted on 3/30/20 at 5:05 pm to
what if LSU had not taken the bait when Bama players started a fight after LSU recovered a fumble on the Bama 3 in a tie game with 1 minute left. LSU gets called for the 15 yard penalty instead of Bama, ends up kicking a FG, Bama ties it with a FG and wins in OT. I think this was 2014.
Posted by West Bank Dan
Atlanta
Member since Jan 2010
922 posts
Posted on 3/30/20 at 5:06 pm to
This will sound negative but is actually positive: what if Burrow wasn't a tough MF-er and got taken out of the Natty by that crushing hit just before halftime? Clemson scored on their first possession on 2nd half, had the previous year's Heisman winner and knew how to win a championship game. Having Joe lead more TD drives in 2nd half was (obviously) huge.
Posted by Tiger Ugly
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
18718 posts
Posted on 3/30/20 at 5:08 pm to
My Dad would have said if we would not have lost by 3 points to Ole Miss and Archie in 1969 LSU may have won the national title that year. He always said that team was better than the 58 team that won it. Said we should have won that won, but Mac messed it up...course he was a Mac hater so....
Posted by West Bank Dan
Atlanta
Member since Jan 2010
922 posts
Posted on 3/30/20 at 5:12 pm to
For those who didn't watch, the CWS series against Florida in 2017 was insanely close with every at-bat meaningful. The Slaughter slide was akin to Bartman interfering with Moises Alou. It almost felt like the baseball gods would celebrate us taking out 55-3 Oregon State (twice!) but simply would not give us another championship.
Posted by CnAzInCA
Dallas, Texas
Member since Jan 2014
620 posts
Posted on 3/31/20 at 6:47 am to
What if Leonard Mitchell never hurts his elbow between high school and college? He never could fully straighten his arm again and it ruined his shot, especially from outside.
This post was edited on 3/31/20 at 6:48 am
Posted by Gorilla Ball
Az via La
Member since Feb 2006
13247 posts
Posted on 3/31/20 at 7:38 am to
I remember the wind changing in 1998
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
84725 posts
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:44 am to
quote:

what if the plane hadn’t crashed.


I just can’t wrap my head around the idea that the football team choked away a game bc of the death of the women’s basketball coach. I think that’s a stretch.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
84725 posts
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:45 am to
quote:

Cecil the Diesel has to be up there.


What would change? RB was not a weakness even after Cecil’s injury and implosion.
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