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re: Most underrated non-scoring plays in LSU history?

Posted on 7/27/26 at 8:53 pm to
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 7/27/26 at 8:53 pm to
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Probably the most anti-climatic ending to a big game as I've ever seen.


Nah, it was glorious AND perfectly fitting at the same time.
Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
30803 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 8:56 pm to
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This +1000. If HB avoided the shoestring tackle by that last defender, it’s potentially the greatest punt returns ever.


If he would have somehow gotten that WVU int into the end zone and then returned this punt for a TD he might have won the Heisman.
Posted by Kevin TheRant
Member since Nov 2010
1947 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 9:16 pm to
Game of the century:
If Michael Ford doesn’t step out of bounds in overtime, we win by 7. With a point differential of 7 instead of 3, Bama possibly doesn’t get that rematch.
Posted by Tiger4travel
Member since Jan 2022
170 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 10:19 pm to
That was the play of the 2019 season imo
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
69671 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 11:14 pm to
If we’re saying “underrated” then Ray Wright robbing the Stanford HR in the 2000 title game.
Posted by partywiththelombardi
Member since May 2012
11805 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 4:55 am to
Brad Wing Swag Fake Punt TD that got called back for taunting
Posted by rmnldr
Member since Oct 2013
40504 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:48 am to
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What about his fumble going in to score? That's gotta be up there huh?


What a strange response
Posted by Nix to Twillie
Houston, TX
Member since Jan 2015
20596 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:40 am to
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The Chad Jones hit against Arkansas


Didn’t Arkansas still score, and wasn’t it the guy Jones hit that caught it, while Jones was injured on the sidelines?

That play was more detrimental than anything else.
Posted by I-59 Tiger
Vestavia Hills, AL
Member since Sep 2003
37048 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:54 am to
November 25, 1972 : LSU at Florida. In a driving rainstorm on Florida Field's slick as glass Astro-Turf, Florida's Nat Moore sprints 79 yards from the UF 20 about to score. LSU's Mike Williams runs completely across the field and drags him down before Moore can score. This was the era of 'tear away' jerseys and Moore's was torn and shreded after that play so had to leave for one play to change jerseys. His replacment fumbled on the next play and LSU recovered . Game eventually ended in a 3-3 tie,one of LSU's strangest games ever.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
36381 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:07 am to
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Didn’t Arkansas still score, and wasn’t it the guy Jones hit that caught it, while Jones was injured on the sidelines?

That play was more detrimental than anything else.


That's because the responses in the thread have moved from "underrated" play to just as listing of great plays.

That was a great hit by Jones that everyone still remembers. But I don't know if it was "underrated". Particularly, when it didn't have much impact on the game.

The underrated Jones play was his endzone deflection vs. MSU in 2009. It often gets forgotten because that wasn't a championship season and games against MSU are rarely memorable. But that was an incredible play to save LSU/Les from an embarrassing loss. The TE was all by himself in the endzone. If Jones doesn't have the wherewithal to jump up and bat down the ball MSU wins.
Posted by Louisianalabguy
Member since Jul 2017
2086 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:09 am to
Many people weren't there including me, but Billy Cannon apparently not only famously ran a kick for a touchdown against Ole Miss. He also stopped a goal line run to win the game!
Geaux Tigers!!!
Posted by Tzanghi
Member since Nov 2020
1466 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:16 am to
Tre Morgan bunt flip.
Posted by TurdAndChavis
Member since Aug 2019
255 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:21 am to
“Trey Morgan”

Was going to say this too!

Posted by Tigershine
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2015
2308 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:22 am to
What stands out to me was LSU vs. Florida, 2007. Jacob Hester kept running for first downs on 4th downs over and over. It was epic.
Posted by wutangfinancial
Treasure Valley
Member since Sep 2015
11994 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:26 am to
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The underrated Jones play was his endzone deflection vs. MSU in 2009


Didn’t he return a punt for a TD in that game? I remember him winning that game by himself
Posted by Obi-Wan Tiger
Fulshear TX
Member since Jan 2004
9013 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:18 am to
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Probably the most anti-climatic ending to a big game as I've ever seen


A good candidate, but I submit the OU BCS title game ending on a punt that no one was there to field.

I still get annoyed that we were not able to kneel it out. I’ve gone back and watched it countless times. I have never seen referees rush so fast to spot a ball. This was pre-40 second clock. We got the ball back with 1:56 to play. Under today’s rules, we would’ve never had to punt.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
36381 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:34 am to
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Didn’t he return a punt for a TD in that game? I remember him winning that game by himself


He did...with Patrick Peterson windmilling him down the sideline.

I was at that game. I had tickets in the LSU section with a friend from Starkville who graduated from MSU. Kickoff was 11:30 am, so we got to campus around 8:00 or so to tailgate. The plan was to tailgate, go to the game, the go back to the tailgate after. Well, my buddy decided to cram everything into the 3 hours before the game. He was so drunk that he passed out at 11:00 am and couldn't make it into the stadium...so I went alone. It poured down raining for much of the game.

It was a typical Les game. Every time LSU looked like it was about to get a stranglehold on the game MSU would make a play to stay in it...eventually leading to a wild finish. MSU just rolled their way to the LSU 2 with a little more than 1:00 to go. It felt like the game winning TD was inevitable. I was seated low on the sideline of that endzone. I remember seeing the MSU TE wide open in the endzone before Jones seemingly came out of nowhere to bat the ball down. LSU held on the next play and won the game. Jones' punt return and tipped pass were the difference. After, I was walking of the stadium on my phone trying to find my friend when some MSU doofus was challenging every LSU fan to a fight. He looked at me and I just laughed at him before his buddies dragged his dumbass away.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
36381 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:40 am to
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A good candidate, but I submit the OU BCS title game ending on a punt that no one was there to field.


True. But that felt like just an inconvenient necessity with the result already decided.

The tension was high for that 4th down play for OM. It was do-or-die for both teams and that was the first game where it felt like LSU was a legitimate national championship contender for the first time in decades.

Everything came down to that play. You could feel the pre-snap tension...and it ended in 2 seconds with Eli falling down.
Posted by 23hella
STL
Member since Feb 2014
1325 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:13 am to
Surprised I haven’t seen anyone mention Jared Foster’s game saving catch
Posted by LSU1SLU
Member since Mar 2013
8282 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:18 am to
One of top scoring plays though was 3rd and 17
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