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re: Off season random question, did 1989 Football team have fight on plane home from Uk?

Posted on 5/6/25 at 1:50 pm to
Posted by Jimmy Bags
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 1:50 pm to
Football more so then hoops
Posted by Jimmy Bags
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 1:53 pm to
A cold & rainy Liberty bowl loss

I remember Gordy saying they were eating patio burritos in the parking lot of a gas station and someone raised the burrito up and said Happy New Year or something like that.
Posted by Jimmy Bags
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 1:55 pm to
Tony Moss was fun to watch. Electric with the ball.
Posted by Mats86
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 1:56 pm to
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The ‘89 football team was ranked 6th nationally in the preseason


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The football team went 4-7

This sounds like 98 also.
Posted by Ponchy Tiger
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 2:03 pm to
I never this one, but I can find out.
Posted by DecadePlusLurker
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 2:17 pm to
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This is true and the basketball team whipped the football teams arse. This isn’t through the grapevine, I witnessed it myself.


I've never heard of this. Please elaborate.
Posted by BigTigerJoe
Member since Aug 2022
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 2:25 pm to
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This is true and the basketball team whipped the football teams arse. This isn’t through the grapevine, I witnessed it myself.

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I've never heard of this. Please elaborate.

FAFO
Posted by secfballfan
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 2:30 pm to
on a side note, one of the most stupid LSU administration decisions was then AD Bob Broadhead approving players from the 1985 football team to drive their personal vehicles to Memphis for the Liberty Bowl. Half the team showed up drunk and stoned. LSU was 9-1-1 and ranked 10th. On paper Baylor didn't have a chance. Instead, LSU got embarrassed as the game wasn't even close. Offense didn't score a point and only had 91 yds. rushing with Hilliard and James in the backfield. Baylor had 489 total yds, to LSU's 192. Only bright spot was Norman Jefferson returning a punt for a 79 yd TD. What a clusterfuk that game and decision was

Um, no not Broadhead- Arnsparger made his call, he thought bowl games were a joke if not playing for a NC, thus him getting blown out in all 3 bowls we made while he was there.
Posted by BBQ
Member since Oct 2018
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 2:33 pm to
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Played in an 8 1/2 goal tournament against Hodson, Moss, Todd Kinchen


Todd Kinchen was an absolute beast in those tourneys. Elite athlete.
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 3:05 pm to
John hazard stood on the hood of a car with a 7-11 hot dog and yelled “merry fing Christmas”


I think Gordy was still in HS in 85
This post was edited on 5/6/25 at 3:09 pm
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 3:19 pm to
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on a side note, one of the most stupid LSU administration decisions was then AD Bob Broadhead approving players from the 1985 football team to drive their personal vehicles to Memphis for the Liberty Bowl.


That was more Arnsparger than Broadhead.

He was the second best LSU football coach of my lifetime, but he absolutely did not give two shits about bowl games. In the two Sugar Bowls he played in between the Liberty Bowl, it was pretty much the same deal, where the players had free reign the whole time before the games.
Posted by tarzana
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 3:28 pm to
1989 was better than 1998. That '89 team DID play defense; lack of any running game and special-teams snafus were their weak links.
Posted by secfballfan
Member since Feb 2016
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 3:35 pm to
Todd Kinchen was an absolute beast in those tourneys. Elite athlete.

Many a thread on here over the years about best all around athlete and he is always on the list. What if he never tore his ACL? BTW his brother was a solid TE and a big part of 82 team’s success.
Posted by HooDooWitch
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 7:21 pm to
Don’t know about any fights, but when Hodson’s buddies through a bachelor party for him in NOLA they passed through the Hofbrau. Hodson tossed his cookies in the middle of the bar. You had to walk through it to get to the bar. Good times!
Posted by 62zip
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 8:59 pm to
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BTW his brother was a solid TE and a big part of 82 team’s success.


Brian Kinchen was a Tiger from 1984-1987.

The stud TEs in 1982 were Mitch Andrews and Malcolm Scott.
Posted by semjase
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 10:26 pm to
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Todd Kinchen was an absolute beast in those tourneys. Elite athlete.
Posted by Juan Betanzos
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2005
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 10:43 pm to
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Back to top Posted on 5/6/25 at 5:57 am to Juan Betanzos quote: There’s also the classic story of basketball players (including Shaq) fighting in Broussard Hall, against members of the football team

This is true and the basketball team whipped the football teams arse. This isn’t through the grapevine, I witnessed it myself.


Who was the DB/S that Shaq put down…..seriously. It’s on the top of my brain…I can’t remember him
Posted by ChestRockwell
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 10:53 pm to
Cody Carlson qb for Baylor
Posted by lsusteve1
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 11:49 pm to
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Todd Kinchen was an absolute beast in those tourneys. Elite athlete.


He had serious hops
Posted by baxter12
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Posted on 5/7/25 at 5:55 am to
I’ve stated this before 1989 football team .. archer states we’ve got the best special teams in the country .
That last about 10 seconds when a&m returned the opening kick off. As a 10 year I knew it was gonna be a rough season.

I didn’t expect a rough six years


1998 - freshmen year I still have nightmares of Quincy Carter completing pass as booger macfarland chased him down
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