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re: LSU 1997: My Favorite - HC Gerry DiNardo

Posted on 5/20/19 at 12:03 pm to
Posted by The Korean
Denham Springs, LA
Member since May 2008
1646 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 12:03 pm to
It's strange what you remember about things. I lived off of Parker in 1997, by GF's (now wife) grandmother passed away the morning after the FLA game.

LSU QB= Herb Tyler
Southern's QB= Marcus Jacoby

I had a co-worker who played for Southern so in that year I kept up with both teams on a weekly basis.

Posted by PierreTigre7
Lafayette, LA
Member since Dec 2015
348 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 12:10 pm to
Gerry Dinardo was an excellent person and a pretty good coach. He got things rolling in the right direction for Saban. Fond memories of him and his family.
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
69081 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 12:16 pm to
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We loss at home to Norte dame


I was at that miserable fricking game. Cold, rainy and we got our arse kicked.
Posted by WildTchoupitoulas
Member since Jan 2010
44071 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 12:24 pm to
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Those were the times before fans became jaded.

C'mon, Roger, you're old enough to remember the, "Help Mack Pack!" campaign of 1979.

He deserved better.
Posted by tiger chaser
Birmingham Ala
Member since Feb 2008
7721 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 12:27 pm to
You must’ve forgotten how bad the defense was. Lou Tepper was worse than John Chavis! Refused to fire him which led to him being fired.
Posted by Old
Metairie
Member since Dec 2016
2843 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 1:07 pm to
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LSU 1997: My Favorite - HC Gerry DiNardoquote:Would y’all trade the Florida win and swap it with wins over auburn and ole miss that year? Lsu would have won the sec west going to their first sec championship against Tennessee that year led by Payton Manning. Since we’ve now been to Atlanta a handful of times, no way. That Florida game is one of the all-time classics of Tiger Stadium. I made the trip over from Jax to go to it with my brother. Glorious. I’d say no even if we were still waiting on our first trip to Atlanta.

My dad cried at the end of that game. We were watching the last minute from the south upper end zone and had walked to ground level. GOD IT WAS LOUD
Posted by Old
Metairie
Member since Dec 2016
2843 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 1:09 pm to
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I asked him specifically about the white Jerseys at home (which I HATE) and he told me it was the PR Department.
I hate those milk toast white jerseys
Posted by Old
Metairie
Member since Dec 2016
2843 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 1:20 pm to
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We loss at home to Norte dame I was at that miserable fricking game. Cold, rainy and we got our arse kicked.
My final Baton Rouge game with my dad. We froze. Took me a hour to get from one side of the bridge crossing of Dalrymple Drive to the exit side. We're talking about mabey 100 yards. Traffic jam from hell. I then had to find two tickets and dad was suffering from circulation issues in his hands from his bombing missions over France and Berlin in B 17's in WW2. We scored two tickets and got seated a few plays after kick off. What a crap effort from LSU.

The recruiting of HC Gerry DiNardo is without a doubt the finest in the history of LSU Football. Gerry was a former 1973 Notre Dame NC guard under Ara Raoul Parseghian.
This post was edited on 5/20/19 at 1:25 pm
Posted by JETigER
LSU 2011 National Champions
Member since Dec 2003
7081 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 2:26 pm to
If DiNardo goes for 2 against south Carolina instead of the tie, and 4th and 2 vs Auburn when he had Cecil Collins, there is no Nick Saban.
Posted by Old
Metairie
Member since Dec 2016
2843 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 2:43 pm to
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If DiNardo goes for 2 against south Carolina instead of the tie, and 4th and 2 vs Auburn when he had Cecil Collins, there is no Nick Saban
I must concur.
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