re: LSU’s 1997 Home Run Record NCAA Baseball (188)

“Up there with”? No, at 44ppg, there is no one close. If you consider there was no 3pt line, that is incredible and will never be touched.

In 1998 we hit 157. Larson had moved on, as had Koerner, representing 62 home runs. This was the year of the USC -ASU 21-14 CWS final, which was the beginning of the end of the gorilla ball era.

In 2001 we had 98 home runs.

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If you consider there was no 3pt line, that is incredible and will never be touched.

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I always wanted some sports agency to look at the game tapes and figure out how many of his shots were actually three pointers. It would not surprise me if that average would not be closer to 60 if you added in those shots.

ETA: With the one and done rule, anyone that could make a run at his 3,667 points will never play the 4 years that it would take to do it (and yes, I know, PM did it in 3, but I cannot see anyone averaging over 44 points a game like he did.)

Larson was the apex of us looking the other way on steroids.

I listened to every game that year except the SEC Tournament games because my parents dragged me to San Antonio to visit my sister. I was 16.

When I was practicing the driving tests with the instructor, I put it on 98.1 so I could listen to the NCAA Regional.

Larson was not small. He was a shortstop, though.

He was a Blinn JC transfer, and only played one season with LSU.

The most amazing feat about this team was they hit a Home Run in every single game they played (70).

When Danny Higgins lead off the National Championship game with a homer I thought, “Okay, we got the homer in every game stat knocked out, now let’s just focus on winning the national championship.”

The previous home run record was 161, held by BYU. They play in Provo, UT, where the elevation is 7,000. Compare that to the elevation at Alex Box...

It was 97 and we played Bama for the CWS final and whipped them with the HR of course. Bama also hit quite a few in that game as well as I recall. I was in Florida for this series with a bunch of Bama fans there and I took bets.

They were confident bc Bama beat us pretty good in the season a few times but not when it counted! GT

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With the one and done rule, anyone that could make a run at his 3,667 points will never play the 4 years that it would take to do it (and yes, I know, PM did it in 3, but I cannot see anyone averaging over 44 points a game like he did.)

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I remember Reddick breaking the acc scoring record, but wasn't even close to the Pistols all time.

I met Larson at the airport, as did several hundred LSU fans, the day after LSU won it all in 1997. Larson isn't the tallest guy ever, but he had forearms as big as Jeff Bagwell. Definitely wasn't small.

Brandon Larson hit 40+ that yr...I think it was that yr but in that era for sure...and came in second to Lance Berkman who hit 44'ish.