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re: How did 1993 LSU upset Alabama?

Posted on 9/28/23 at 9:42 pm to
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
7767 posts
Posted on 9/28/23 at 9:42 pm to
I was in the stadium that day. I remember driving back to Bham, looking to my left and seeing Eli Gold in the car next to me.
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6--Brazos River Backwater
Member since Sep 2015
26234 posts
Posted on 9/28/23 at 9:52 pm to
LSU was a pretty decent team on the road during the Hallman years, and frankly Alabama was overrated in 1993. Y'all had already tied Tennessee, and then y'all lost to Auburn late in the season, and then lost BIG to Florida in the SECCG. LSU beating Bama was an upset, but not a monumental one. Also didn't Bama lose a starting QB during the game?
Posted by The Real Drooby
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2015
1454 posts
Posted on 9/28/23 at 9:57 pm to
20 years ago
Who cares
Posted by WaterLink
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2015
17292 posts
Posted on 9/28/23 at 10:00 pm to
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as we were cruising to another perfect season


I'm nitpicking here, but yall were trying for an undefeated season, not a perfect season. Bama and Tennessee had already tied earlier that year.
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
47935 posts
Posted on 9/28/23 at 10:10 pm to
People who can count care.
Posted by goodgrin
Atlanta, GA
Member since Nov 2003
5908 posts
Posted on 9/28/23 at 10:11 pm to
quote:

as we were cruising to another perfect season...


Yo Gump. Alabama had to use a miraculous David Palmer scramble TD run to tie Tennessee the weekend before the LSU game. Alabama was far from 'cruising' to a perfect season.
Posted by Geaux Guy
Member since Dec 2018
5317 posts
Posted on 9/28/23 at 10:13 pm to
Remember tha game like it was yesterday. Getting old sucks.
Posted by ScottAndrew
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Aug 2009
959 posts
Posted on 9/28/23 at 10:23 pm to
That’s some fun math
Posted by LSUDAN1
Member since Oct 2010
8986 posts
Posted on 9/28/23 at 10:34 pm to
Thank God they didn't start Palmer. He is the only reason game was close.
Posted by Who_Dat_Tiger
Member since Nov 2015
17514 posts
Posted on 9/29/23 at 4:05 am to
Went back and had a look at that season.I am so glad I wasn’t around for those Curly years. I had no idea LSU was so bad so recently. 6 straight losing seasons up until the mid-90s. Then even DiNardo landed a couple more losing seasons before being replaced by Saban.

Saban legit woke the sleeping giant and turned LSU around in an instant. Fortunately those were my first years I was cognizant of LSU football. Now we’re a premier brand in college football and thats with 2 numbnuts in succession of Saban that were even able to win a national title!
Posted by Lsudave89
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Member since Jun 2021
3527 posts
Posted on 9/29/23 at 5:10 am to
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as we were cruising to another perfect season....how did your tigers stun us?


Posted by One72
Member since Jul 2022
684 posts
Posted on 9/29/23 at 5:24 am to
I know a player on that team who as a senior didn’t get much playing time. He got some time on special teams.

The last play of the game was a special teams play so he was on the field as the game ended.

He played maybe three snaps all game but he made the front cover of the Advocate sports section, looking like a hero, for their cover shot of the When Pigs Fly article.

He still laughs about that to this day.
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6--Brazos River Backwater
Member since Sep 2015
26234 posts
Posted on 9/29/23 at 6:46 am to
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6 straight losing seasons up until the mid-90s

I love DiNardo for "bringing back the magic", and enabling LSU to again wear their traditional home uniforms. That alone was responsible for the team's improvement after the dismissal of Hallman.
Posted by TigerFan77346
Member since Sep 2022
44 posts
Posted on 9/29/23 at 7:41 am to
Score more points
Posted by Nix to Twillie
Houston, TX
Member since Jan 2015
17801 posts
Posted on 9/29/23 at 7:52 am to
Your QB's that day were Brian Bergdorf (spelling) and Freddie Kitchens. Had Gene started Palmer instead, you probably win by two TD's.
This post was edited on 9/29/23 at 7:57 am
Posted by Nix to Twillie
Houston, TX
Member since Jan 2015
17801 posts
Posted on 9/29/23 at 7:56 am to
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That game was freezing cold and our offense wasn’t that bad. Loup was awesome, but the D gave up 100 yards rushing to 3 different players. It was an alltime choke performance.


Brett Bech, who caught everything, also dropped a wide open TD.
Posted by Vanilla Thunder
Member since Apr 2022
427 posts
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:03 am to
I was working at a Landscape center while attending Paramedic school. Had to work that day. I watched on a black and white Sony “watchman”. I screamed from inside the pine straw trailer when we got that last pick. Freaked out the landscapers and coworkers. They thought I was injured.
Posted by Mindenfan
Minden
Member since Sep 2006
4788 posts
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:07 am to
Didn't put David Palmer in at quarterback soon enough or Alabama would have won.
Posted by pitchandcatch27
Huntsville,AL
Member since Jul 2018
2231 posts
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:12 am to
I was there. Good defense and the counter run play from LSU. Bama could not stop it. The pigs flew that day and it was awesome to watch with my two daughters. First LSU game for them. Sat in the end zone with the fans and the band and the fans were so gracious to my girls they walked away with a lot of Mardi Gras souvenirs. One of my best LSU game memories.
Posted by pitchandcatch27
Huntsville,AL
Member since Jul 2018
2231 posts
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:14 am to
not 20, 30 years ago...geez
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