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re: Oh baby - Charles Alexander's #4 to be retired by LSU

Posted on 5/22/25 at 9:38 pm to
Posted by ForeverEllisHugh
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
15579 posts
Posted on 5/22/25 at 9:38 pm to
It sure looked like he was going to be the feature back the last two years had he not gotten injured.

He took over the USC game and was a split second from scoring the go-ahead TD.
Posted by ATCTx
Member since Nov 2016
1272 posts
Posted on 5/22/25 at 10:32 pm to
Now do Bert Jones and you can put a bow on the 1970s.

Get the pre-2000s (Faulk is a lock) in this decade because we're going to need space for the post 2000 players.
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
47128 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 5:29 am to
quote:

He was never the feature back. His career high in yardage was 103 against Vandy back in 2020!
And you want him to have 7th season?

This! No decent coach would have made room for Emery at a top program. He should have retired rather than risk another injury that is going to affect the rest of his life.
Posted by Finch
Member since Jun 2015
3539 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 5:40 am to
quote:

Letting Emery go was a mistake - he’s literally a grown man amongst boys now and would have been the best “thunder” to Durham’s “lightning.”


At least we can track this by following his production at UTSA this year
Posted by tigersbb
Member since Oct 2012
11697 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:12 am to
quote:

1957 Jim Taylor (FB)
1958 Billy Cannon
1959 Billy Cannon
1962 Jerry Stovall
1977 Charles Alexander
1978 Charles Alexander
1984 Dalton Hilliard (2nd Team)
1996 Kevin Faulk (All-Purpose)
1997 Kevin Faulk (All-Purpose) (3rd Team)
1998 Kevin Faulk (All-Purpose) (3rd Team)
2012 J.C. Copeland (FB)
2015 Leonard Fournette

One of those is not like the others.
Posted by mpwilging
Punta Gorda Isles, Florida
Member since Jan 2011
8792 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:30 am to
Charles the Great was playing when I lived in BR. I was there when he broke a ?61? yard TD against ?Ole Miss?. He exploded like a bomb and blew by the entire defense. Please correct me if I'm wrong. But I loved him as a RB, and met him when we installed a security system in his house. A truly nice person, and was honored to have met him.
Posted by Gen Patton
Member since Dec 2009
1064 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 11:12 am to
Great college running back, underrated player in the history of the game, was a 2x All-American and Heisman candidate at a time when LSU wasn't as heralded a national contender as it is now
Posted by Ping Pong
LSU and UVA alum
Member since Aug 2014
5587 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 11:35 am to
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Five LSU players have been recognized as consensus All-Americans twice: Tinsley, Billy Cannon, Tommy Casanova, Charles Alexander, and Grant Delpit.


One of these is not like the others
Posted by The Ramp
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jul 2004
12561 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 1:41 pm to
He came and visited my 3rd grade class at Twin Oaks elementary back in his LSU days. I remember him being awesome, friendly, and unselfish with his time. My mom told me he was a dummy. I wanted to punch her.
Posted by bearhc
Member since Sep 2009
5278 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 2:08 pm to
Charles was a great back; he left some of his talent on the field at LSU. I remember him coming in as a young man and wrecking Ole Miss.
Posted by hg
Member since Jun 2009
126236 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 2:16 pm to
So in 50+ years we can finally retire Burrows
Posted by ultratiger89
Houston, Tx
Member since Aug 2007
3326 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 2:23 pm to
What low life scum of the earth downvoted this.
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