re: Jamie Howard Appreciation

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hallman should have jumped off a building for being a shitty coach.

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As well as some fans who don't appreciate a young man who loves LSU enough to put his baseball career in jeopardy to play football.

I remember a thread on the old Geaux board by players who played for Curley. It was ugly.

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his Sr. year in 1995 instead of pitching for the Braves was the most important move in the revival of LSU football- even bigger than K. Faulk's signing. we had nothing behind him

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His senior year we went 7-4-1, Herb Tyler won all 4 games he started that year.

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Overall he's a bright and positive guy, but has little good to say about Curley.

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Derriel McCorvey is a very good person and was a fine player. If you see him again you can ask him if he remembers how the Depth Chart would change on game days or the Auburn game when we had their asses whipped and Hallman threw his famous prevent defense that helped their all conference kicker win the game for them as the clock ran out. Hallman was a nut case.

Jamie is a good guy, he and I have done lots of business together good and bad. He loves LSU and has some great stories. The Auburn game was a nightmare for him, but he came back and redeemed himself.

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Derriel McCorvey is a very good person and was a fine player. If you see him again you can ask him if he remembers how the Depth Chart would change on game days or the Auburn game when we had their asses whipped and Hallman threw his famous prevent defense that helped their all conference kicker win the game for them as the clock ran out. Hallman was a nut case.

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It's crying shame that so called fans will demean kids who gave everything they had for the fans entertainment. The real bastards are the cheap/lazy administration that hired coaches for one of the top programs, that couldn't coach a HS team.

Coaches should have never put Jamie in the position of throwing the ball so much. The game was won, just run the ball! No one can possibly know how bad it was for Jamie after that game! It took a lot of guts just to go back to class!!

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jamie howard is the second worst choke artist of a qb we have had in recent history. second only to jarrett lee.

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This is the worst post I've seen on the rant in a long while.

Trust me, that's a big deal.

Wow. I'm sensing plenty of bandwagon jerks in this thread. Howard was not a star QB, by any stretch, but he really stepped up his game in 95. For those with short memories, he really played a solid game against Auburn to follow up his personal nightmare the year before. That took a lot of guys. The entire stadium would have unloaded on him if he had choked again, but he didn't. he stood up to the pressure, and helped the Tigers get a HUGE upset win that put them back on the college football map. Don't be stupid and minimize that.

For those who want to go by the numbers, Howard was injured less than halfway through the season, but continued to try and play until I think the Bama game finished him off. I was at the game, and he played with a lot of guts. He took a beating, as I recall. Bama had one of those amazing defenses that year, and the game was on the road, so I'm sure that wasn't any fun.

Also, for those who think the Tigers wouldn't have missed Howard early in the season, I was at the UK game in Lexington where Melvin Hill was inserted as the starter when Howard couldn't go, and Tyler wasn't seen as a viable option yet. It was a total freakin disaster. LSU would have destroyed UK if Howard had been able to play. The Tigers dominated the first half, but the offense stumbled around with Hill looking terrible, the D got tired, and then we lost to a really bad team.

My point? People look at the record and jump to conclusions about Jamie Howard. Look a little deeper. The guy played a big role and getting the momentum going for what turned out to be a very important season for Tiger football. Herb Tyler did an excellent job coming in as an unheralded freshman, but don't forget that Howard's work and success against a few tough opponents help build some hope that a bowl game was possible.

Loved the guy, expect the pic sixes against Auburn at Auburn.

Jamie Howard got a free ride to LSU doing what he loved to do, supposedly. no telling all the finge beneifts he also received. hey, he practiced. in games, he lifted his arm up and threw the ball down the field, he handed off the ball. sometimes he even got tackled, but he always sweated a lot, all for the tigers, so let's praise him just for wearing the purple and gold. but let's not revise history and say he was anything but a miserable qb in a miserable time. he was garbage and his stats back it up. I'm sorry, but i expect more than garbage from my favorite team's qb. herb tyler came in the next year and by i think it was the kent. game which was like the third, fourth game showed more ability, more heart, more balls than Jamie had in his four years. Jamie may be a good guy, good for him, glad he's not emotionally scarred from hsi time on the team, but if i called myself a qb and took a scholarship to play at lsu and played like him, then i would be pretty humble around town too.