re: Most embarrassing play or sequence in a game?

Embarrassing by Brian Kelly. Can’t remember the game but we received the kick off. 1st play. Nuss up to the line of scrimmage. Looks left and right about 10 times and calls a TO. So bad.

Incredible stupidity and improper execution -- simply enough to sicken even the least squeamish

So my dad was there in 69 and 82 the Alabama game was one he wanted me to see live and lsu win. 96 and 98 weee rough

The kicks by LSU to start each half occurred in the season opener in 1994 against A$M.

We had the #1 HS recruit, now Freshman kicker in the country, Wade Richey who could boom it. Curley told the captains that we wanted to kick to start the game. I always heard the story that we won and elected to kick, rather than defer our selection to the second half. So, of course when A$M has the option after halftime, they elected to receive. However, according to LSUsports.net, they won the toss, deferred and we elected to kick. Either way, just poor coaching preparation.

We did get a touchback on the opening kick. Leeland McElroy returned the second half kick to the 49.

A classic! And that was the Saban Era

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I’m pretty sure it was Brady James that made the call and Saban was the coach.

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I don't know why this got downvoted but that did happen during Saban's tenure. It was against Miss St at home, LSU won, so it didn't matter. I was at the game. Not sure if James was the one who called it but that sounds right.

2012 Alabama

Needed 10 yards to win the game. Ran it 3 times, missed FG, and the rest is history.

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There was nearly a minute left and lsu, needing a field goal, was on the old miss 40ish yard line, and, somehow, they ran out of time. Pretty unbelievable.

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LSU got to the OM 32. Then Jefferson dawdled around in the pocket and took an awful sack to take LSU out of FG range with less than 30 seconds to go. Les had to burn TO #2 there. The next play call was horrible. A little flair pass to Ridley that resulted in another 7 yard loss and forced TO #3 with 9 seconds left.

The plan at that point wasn't to throw the ball short of the endzone. Jefferson just did because he got pressure. I'm not excusing Les because the FG team should have been ready for a fire drill just in case, but LSU never expected the ball to be caught short of the endzone with time still left on the clock. Once it happened, chaos ensued.

Everyone remembers the ending. But it was the two plays before that which were the bigger disasters.

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I mean the obvious answer here has to be the 2010 LSU vs Tennessee game. Just flat out embarrassing for both teams

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This. That was the most poorly managed football game by both teams that I have ever watched. My favorite line in a write-up about it the next day said, "And then Derek Dooley did the worst possible thing he could do during the Les Miles and LSU created nonsense. He reacted to it."

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Everybody remembers LSU vs A&M in 1994. But a similar scenario played out in 2002 under Saban, in a 31-13 win over Miss State. We kicked off both halfs in that game too

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From LSUsports.net: Mississippi State won the toss and deferred to LSU. However Tigers team captain Bradie James elected to kickoff rather than receive, costing the Tigers a possession to start the half. The last time the Tigers were a victim of this miscue was in the Curly Hallman era, and, ironically, Hallman was on the sidelines as the defensive backs coach on Saturday