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re: It's official: ESPN names the Bluegrass Miracle the best all-time Hail Mary play

Posted on 11/22/19 at 11:54 am to
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6-- the Brazos River Valley
Member since Sep 2015
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Posted on 11/22/19 at 11:54 am to
Kentucky was a regular LSU SEC east opponent back then and we played them every year through 2002.

We played in back-to-back in Lexington 2001-02 because we had played them twice in a row in Tiger Stadium in 1987-1988. After fourteen years this was finally resolved, for the last two seasons that they would appear on the LSU schedule as a regular opponent
Posted by flash
NOLA
Member since Sep 2005
518 posts
Posted on 11/22/19 at 11:59 am to
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Kentucky radio call



"Fans are up on the goalpost. I don't know why."


Posted by made4lsu
New Orleans, LA
Member since Apr 2009
6171 posts
Posted on 11/22/19 at 11:59 am to
Dash right 93 Berlin
Posted by chasseur4
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2006
626 posts
Posted on 11/22/19 at 12:22 pm to
The Wildcats had already dumped their Gatorade on their coach.
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6-- the Brazos River Valley
Member since Sep 2015
32106 posts
Posted on 11/22/19 at 1:28 pm to
What's remarkable is that play was executed perfectly after having failed in practice about 100 straight times.

To quote Jim Hawthorne: "you won't see another play like that in a million years".
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
68832 posts
Posted on 11/22/19 at 1:35 pm to

I love re-watching that play.

The Kentucky fan reactions rival those of the Viking fans when the Saints beat them in the NFCCG

Posted by Teufelhunden
Galvez, LA
Member since Feb 2005
6039 posts
Posted on 11/22/19 at 1:37 pm to
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Wow. i thought Flutie would've won it for sure.


The Gatorade bath and storming the field have a lot to do with it being at the top. It just adds to the drama. Flutie's pass is number one in other all time lists, this is just one.
Posted by memphis tiger
Memphis, TN
Member since Feb 2006
20720 posts
Posted on 11/22/19 at 1:45 pm to
Single greatest play of Jack Hunt’s career.
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6-- the Brazos River Valley
Member since Sep 2015
32106 posts
Posted on 11/22/19 at 1:48 pm to
To my remembrance this was the first of only two college football games that the coach of the LOSING team received a Gatorade bath. The other being of course the infamous 7 overtime loss to A&M by LSU in 2018.
Posted by LSU Tigerhead
Metairie
Member since Nov 2007
5165 posts
Posted on 11/22/19 at 1:49 pm to
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Single greatest play of Jack Hunt’s career.
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
68832 posts
Posted on 11/22/19 at 1:57 pm to

There was that poor Kentucy fan who had climbed the goal post, only to have a perfect view of the catch and TD.
Posted by Got Blaze
Youngsville
Member since Dec 2013
10082 posts
Posted on 11/22/19 at 2:29 pm to
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The Wildcats had already dumped their Gatorade on their coach.

don't remind us … LSU players did the exact same thing to Coach O last year
Posted by HTF4U
Livonia
Member since Apr 2019
2619 posts
Posted on 11/22/19 at 2:33 pm to
old news
Posted by tigerfan84
Member since Dec 2003
26541 posts
Posted on 11/22/19 at 3:08 pm to
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Great play, but why did we play them in Kentucky back to back?


Idk what the circumstances were, but we played Ole Miss in Tiger Stadium in 2001 and 2002.
Posted by Lsutigerturner
Member since Dec 2016
7269 posts
Posted on 11/22/19 at 3:16 pm to
Yeah I was watching that by chance this morning and was all mad the big Ben's play and Nick files and another were rated 5 and I was like our play was way bigger and crazy then while waiting on #1 I expected the Stanford vs usc game play and Bam it was LSU ha hell yeah
Posted by CCT
LA
Member since Dec 2006
6980 posts
Posted on 11/22/19 at 3:56 pm to
What’s funny though, is the Advocate article said Henderson ran the wrong route, but still got it.
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