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Is CLK laying behind a log?
Posted on 11/3/26 at 12:41 am
Posted on 11/3/26 at 12:41 am
Another great coach, Charley Mac, didn't will any national championship, but he won a lot of games he had no business winning, for instance the 1965 Cotton Bowl. I remember a column Fnney wrote after the game, Arky was riding a 23 game win streak, LSU was 7-3 and a big underdog. Finney wrote that Cholly Mac was sitting behind a log.
I was a kid and got to work the press box, getting coffee and sandwiches for the reporters for the spring game next year. If I got a break, I sat by Finney, he went to our church, he knew me by name. I asked him about the comment. He said, it meant his team was underestimated, he has the chance to rework his scemes, and an upset was likely.
We'll have to see.
I was a kid and got to work the press box, getting coffee and sandwiches for the reporters for the spring game next year. If I got a break, I sat by Finney, he went to our church, he knew me by name. I asked him about the comment. He said, it meant his team was underestimated, he has the chance to rework his scemes, and an upset was likely.
We'll have to see.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 4:33 am to andouille
Is laying more underestimated than sitting?
Posted on 11/3/26 at 6:37 am to andouille
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great coach, Charley Mac
IIRC
Cholly Mac was the head coach for 17 years. In that time LSU won ONE Sec championship. ONE!
Cholly was a great guy, but not a good coach. He was terrified of Bear Bryant.
I'll never understand why LSU kept him that long.
I for one was happy to see him go.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 6:52 am to andouille
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but he won a lot of games he had no business winning,
My memory of Cholly Mac started in 1973 and in that time, in his last 7 years he did not beat one team that finished the season in the top 20. I loved ole Mac but the occasional upsets that occurred earlier in his career did not manifest later.
But I'm curious as to the comparison you are making, are you saying if our team this year wins in either are both of the next two weeks it's a game they have no business winning? Would be an upset?? Hell, we're going to be favored in both???
Posted on 11/3/26 at 8:19 am to andouille
Lane fixin to pinch a log off on Alabama.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 8:23 am to andouille
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He said, it meant his team was underestimated, he has the chance to rework his scemes, and an upset was likely.
LSU is a 5.5 point favorite. I don't think anyone has to be laying behind any logs to pull this off.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 8:24 am to toratiger
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I'll never understand why LSU kept him that long.
I for one was happy to see him go.
Help Mac pack!!
Posted on 11/3/26 at 8:25 am to toratiger
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Cholly Mac was the head coach for 17 years. In that time LSU won ONE Sec championship. ONE!
since that was the case looking back, he shoulda been fired years before. sounds like LSU had zero commitment to winning then. sad and pathetic admin it sounds like,
Posted on 11/3/26 at 8:41 am to andouille
I gave you a downvote just for typing ‘CLK’
Posted on 11/3/26 at 9:06 am to WaterLink
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LSU is a 5.5 point favorite. I don't think anyone has to be laying behind any logs to pull this off.
Kinda my thoughts too. I was struggling to understand the analogy.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 9:10 am to andouille
Posted on 11/3/26 at 9:11 am to andouille
Nm
This post was edited on 11/3/26 at 9:13 am
Posted on 11/3/26 at 10:56 am to toratiger
If Cholly Mac didn't punt on 3rd down so much, his offense might have been more successful. And if he had played his AA QB, Bert Jones on every series instead of alternating with a 5'9" running QB, LSU might have had an offense we would have enjoyed.
No, Cholly Mac was a good man and a good coach, but he was not even close to being a great coach.
No, Cholly Mac was a good man and a good coach, but he was not even close to being a great coach.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 11:01 am to TigerBait2008
Cholly Mac’s salary was 38000 a yr from LSU, don’t know what outside monies were.LSU at the time was run by the BOS and they were more interested in their own power than winning.ALABAMA under Bear cheated their asses off Coach M ac didn’t.Once the 25 scollies took effect Mac didn’t recruit very well.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 11:06 am to andouille
I have a Peter Finney story. In 2001 LSU was playing at Tennessee and losing 26-15 late in the 4th quarter. The press were all in the press box and had completed their copy (stories) except final score. LSU chose to kick a Fg to make it 26-18 and got the ball back. Rogan davey threw a pass into the end zone to a WR. Finney jumped up and yelled “don’t catch it you son if a bItch”
Which made everyone there laugh.
That’s when i realize its just a job to these people- he and most of the other press members didn’t want to have to rewrite their stories.
To me LSU football is more life and death.
Which made everyone there laugh.
That’s when i realize its just a job to these people- he and most of the other press members didn’t want to have to rewrite their stories.
To me LSU football is more life and death.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 11:09 am to QB
I don’t remember mac punting on third down one time. In the 1950’s teams often punted on third and long in case there was a bad snap and such since a lot if those games were 10-7 type affairs, but Dietzel was the coach until 1962.
Johnny Vaught punted on third down on the Billy Cannon run. I believe it was third and 17.
Johnny Vaught punted on third down on the Billy Cannon run. I believe it was third and 17.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 11:17 am to Lsuray70443
Another tidbit. Arkansas played in the Southwest conference and the competition wasn’t the same as in the SEC. LSU lost to national champ Alabama and Ole Miss after starting QB Nelson Stokley was injured, and to Florida and Steve Spurrier after fumbling the twice inside the ten yard line.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 11:41 am to andouille
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