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Off the wall question about the Billy Cannon punt return.
Posted on 6/20/26 at 4:42 pm
Posted on 6/20/26 at 4:42 pm
No need ro bore you with why the question, but do they show a video of the Billy Cannon punt return before every home game. I don’t think so, but a friend wants to know.
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Posted on 6/20/26 at 4:47 pm to zappgator
It’s a top five ( or best) defining moment of LSU football
This post was edited on 6/20/26 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 6/20/26 at 4:49 pm to zappgator
LSU - Ole Miss were both serious national contenders back then....and the rivalry was vicious!
And it was an incredible run....
And it was an incredible run....
Posted on 6/20/26 at 4:51 pm to zappgator
Seems like they do. If I remember correctly, it's one point in time during the pregame the run or at least part of it is shown. I just be honest, can't remember, but of course all TV stations used to show it right on Halloween are near the LSU Ole Miss game every year. You don't see it that much anymore. I still love to go on to YouTube and listen to the famous JC police call. What an All-American I love it
Posted on 6/20/26 at 5:50 pm to zappgator
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do they show a video of the Billy Cannon punt return before every home game.
The show part of it in the pregame video.
Posted on 6/20/26 at 6:02 pm to mdomingue
Thank you!
Posted on 6/20/26 at 6:12 pm to zappgator
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This post was edited on 6/20/26 at 6:13 pm
Posted on 6/20/26 at 6:16 pm to zappgator
I remember “Blondie” commenting years ago, “that’s all we got, lol”…
Posted on 6/20/26 at 7:14 pm to zappgator
Did you know that after the touchdown he also kicked the extra point
Posted on 6/20/26 at 7:14 pm to dstone12
Not just LSU, but all of college football. Iconic.
Posted on 6/20/26 at 7:15 pm to oldskule
Ole Miss gave up a total of 21 points that whole season. And that punt return was 1/3 of that.
Posted on 6/20/26 at 7:34 pm to Shalimar Sid
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Did you know that after the touchdown he also kicked the extra point
He also made a goal line tackle later in the game to prevent the tie.
Posted on 6/20/26 at 7:36 pm to mdomingue
Fun fact: the referee shown running alongside him was a guy who sneaked on the field in a referee uniform.
Posted on 6/20/26 at 7:41 pm to oldskule
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And it was an incredible run....
People have forgotten the DEFENSIVE play Billy Cannon made near the end of the game that sealed victory. Without that play the Fightin' Tigers lose.
I'm told I was conceived that night!
This post was edited on 6/20/26 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 6/20/26 at 7:59 pm to zappgator
They only show it before Ole Miss games.
Posted on 6/20/26 at 8:10 pm to Jim Rockford
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Fun fact: the referee shown running alongside him was a guy who sneaked on the field in a referee uniform.
I actually knew that. Dude was pretty fast himself
Posted on 6/20/26 at 8:14 pm to mdomingue
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Fun fact: the referee shown running alongside him was a guy who sneaked on the field in a referee uniform.
I actually knew that. Dude was pretty fast himself
I’ve heard that was an urban myth, I’ve heard so many versions I don’t know the actual truth
Posted on 6/20/26 at 8:27 pm to 777Tiger
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Fun fact: the referee shown running alongside him was a guy who sneaked on the field in a referee uniform.
I actually knew that. Dude was pretty fast himself
I’ve heard that was an urban myth, I’ve heard so many versions I don’t know the actual truth
Well, that is a possibility, too
Posted on 6/20/26 at 8:28 pm to mdomingue
It is haunted; it’s Halloween night!
That damn Tenn ref the week after; we would be 2time champs??
That damn Tenn ref the week after; we would be 2time champs??
Posted on 6/20/26 at 8:36 pm to 777Tiger
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I’ve heard that was an urban myth, I’ve heard so many versions I don’t know the actual truth
I found this
The “Unofficial” Official
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And then, with the jaunty air of a man in charge and with the audacity of a thief, Rogers clickedy-clops up the walkway to the gate.
Rogers doesn’t say anything. He doesn’t have to. The attendant just opens the gate, and in Bill Rogers walks. But he doesn’t stop there. No, he heads straight down to the field and plops down on the Ole Miss bench.
Funny thing happens when the real officials arrive. “Who the hell are you?” the referee asks.
Fake official visible on fabled run
Bill Rogers, now 65 and a car salesman at Van-Trow Oldsmobile, laughs as he tells the rest of the story.
“There was nothing I could do but tell the man the truth,” Rogers says. “When I told him, he just laughed and laughed and then he told me to enjoy the game. He said, if anybody asks you what you’re doing, just tell them you’re a back-up in case one of us gets hurt.”
Rogers did just that, walking up and down the sidelines, following the play up close and personal in what was surely one of the greatest games in college football history.
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