re: How many LSU fans will shed a tear on Hawthorns last day?

Jim Hawthorne has always been a classy individual and always had time for me as a fan. Too bad you don't have the same amount class as to trash a decent individual.

This is not about the poster before me. It was an earlier poster who said, "Tears of joy....good riddance.m...." Except for him ...you all have been very complimentary

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If you heard John Ferguson Jim has always been a pale substitute. When you add his many errors on a game by game basis it is embarrassing for lsu to have such a hack. Good riddance and please let them get a quality play by play guy for the first time since John Ferguson!!!!

VERY CLASSLESS POST....WOULD YOU EVER HAVE THE COURAGE TO SAY THAT JIM HAWTHORNE'S FACE??? I DOUBT IT. JIM HAWTHORNE IS A GREAT ANNOUNCER AND CLASSY INDIVIDUAL WHO ALWAYS HAS TIME FOR THE AVERAGE FAN AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN NICE TO ME IN PERSON. IT IS TOO BAD YOU HAVE TO DENIGRATE A DECENT PERSON WITH A GUTLESS POST. I AM SURE YOU WOULD BE ELOQUENT BEHNID THE MIKE....NOT!! YOU WOULD LIKELY FALL APART.

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JF made his share of mistakes

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"Kentucky is sending in their punter so evidently they're not going to kick."

"The kick is straight and true, and off to the right."

"The kick is down the middle, but off to the left."

"Alexander roars around the right side and is stopped at the line of scrimmage."

And my all-time favorite:

"Here's a little counter-reverse option to the right. The play works, but it gains nothing."

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Off the cuff I will go with Tommy Hodson being tied with Tommy Hodson! 

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All kinds of wrong, trivia boy.

OH and you might want to know that the record for most consecutive completions by an LSU qb is 14 not 13 held by Chad Loup and Mauck! Might want to know the answer to your own question before you ask it!

your buddy said 13 completions but that is incorrect. According to LSU record book it is held by Mauck and loup. You guys need to get ur questions straight or get LSU to change its records to suit your answers

I likely will.

Most folks think about their parents being gone around the holidays. I think about mom being gone moreso on the first LSU gameday of the year. She, Hawthorne, and I pulled LSU to a many a wins (after dad had gotten pissed, swore'em off again, and quit listening). Can pretty much guarantee y'all that when Hawthorne starts talking about it being the end of his broadcast career, I'll tear up, as I'll always associated his voice with mom and I - just the two of us - sitting up and listening to the game. In a strange way, I feel sorry for folks a little younger than me that grew up with pretty much every big college football game, and then later on, pretty much every LSU game being televised. A kid can watch the game on TV with his folks, go to the game live with them, or listen to a game on the radio with them. All three are special in their own way, and I'm very thankful for getting to experience all three more times than I can count.

There are far, far worse announcers out there. Trust me. What was then Northeast La U, had some idiot who sounded like "Radar O'Reilly" who said some of the stupidest shite as a PA announcer. My favorite was when he announced that NLU's QB was "forced" to fumble the ball on a play. That was some years back, but had to be one of the most idiot calls ever made.

No, Hawthorne will be appreciated more by the fans after he leaves. He took a little getting used to, but I got accustomed to his calling and he did a good job of describing the plays to his listeners. Mistakes? Everyone makes them. Ferguson made his share as well, but we didn't have social media to nitpick everything back then.