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Paul Dietzel returns
Posted on 9/15/26 at 6:29 pm
Posted on 9/15/26 at 6:29 pm
With all the hoopla about Kiffin returning to Oxford got me thinking about Saban returning to BR with Alabama & also the old timers can remember Coach Ditzel returning to LSU with South Carolina in 1966 - remember he too won a national championship at LSU. I remember his return as a nothing burger, but it was a different time.
This post was edited on 9/15/26 at 6:44 pm
Posted on 9/15/26 at 6:35 pm to TheBear60
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Paul Ditzel returns
Posted on 9/15/26 at 6:36 pm to TheBear60
Dietzel
Posted on 9/15/26 at 6:37 pm to LSUAlum2001
Seriously ? my mistake I didn’t read the original post close enough just glanced….. apologies
This post was edited on 9/15/26 at 6:39 pm
Posted on 9/15/26 at 6:37 pm to TheBear60
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Ditzel
Posted on 9/15/26 at 6:41 pm to liquid rabbit
He was close. People here still can’t spell Sabin.
Posted on 9/15/26 at 6:42 pm to TheBear60
That was my first year going to the games. I was 8 years old. That was the first game of the year. I started with the next one (Miami) because I guess one of the adults scooped up my ticket to go see Dietzel.
Posted on 9/15/26 at 6:47 pm to drizztiger
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People here still can’t spell Sabin.
..or Kiffen
Posted on 9/15/26 at 6:48 pm to LSUFanMizeWay
Sorry Fan....shoulda learned how to use spell check - they didn't teach us that in the day!
Sorry
Sorry
Posted on 9/15/26 at 6:58 pm to drizztiger
quote:Or HIPPA
He was close. People here still can’t spell Sabin.
Posted on 9/15/26 at 7:00 pm to mdomingue
quote:I like that Boat called it HIPPO earlier.
Or HIPPA
Posted on 9/15/26 at 7:01 pm to drizztiger
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People here still can’t spell Sabin.
I've never misspelled Nik Saban's name.
Posted on 9/15/26 at 7:04 pm to drizztiger
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I like that Boat called it HIPPO earlier.
Saw that
Posted on 9/15/26 at 7:05 pm to drizztiger
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People here still can’t spell Sabin.
Lane Kiffen has something to say about that!
Posted on 9/15/26 at 7:23 pm to TheBear60
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I remember his return as a nothing burger, but it was a different time.
Another part of the nothing burger is that according to Dietzel, LTG Middleton basically told him it was his duty to take the job at Army so he left on good terms with his boss.
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Following the 1961 season, Dietzel—who had previously served as an assistant at West Point and led the LSU Tigers to an undefeated national championship in 1958—approached the university president about the job offer. Middleton, a highly decorated World War II Lieutenant General, looked at the opportunity through a military and civic lens. According to historical accounts and an interview with Dietzel, Middleton famously told him it was his "patriotic duty" to go to the United States Military Academy and make the football program a winner.
This post was edited on 9/15/26 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 9/15/26 at 7:23 pm to jasonbr1975
Dietzel was football genius in his day.
His team consisted of 3 teams...White, Gold, and Chinese Bandits.
'58 National Champions and had the '59, too, but was cheated from it against Tennessee.
The Fighting Tigers haven't won back to back NC's, however, they really did those years.
The Man was far, far from Mr. Irrelevant.
His team consisted of 3 teams...White, Gold, and Chinese Bandits.
'58 National Champions and had the '59, too, but was cheated from it against Tennessee.
The Fighting Tigers haven't won back to back NC's, however, they really did those years.
The Man was far, far from Mr. Irrelevant.
This post was edited on 9/15/26 at 7:50 pm
Posted on 9/15/26 at 7:57 pm to TheBear60
Well Dietzel eventually became our AD if I remember correctly. But yeah, Paul had it all and went for what he thought was greener pastures.
Posted on 9/15/26 at 8:02 pm to drizztiger
Sabin invented the sugarcube live polio vaccine. In his retirement he and his wife Fran created crossword puzzles for the daily newspapers
Posted on 9/15/26 at 8:12 pm to drizztiger
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People here still can’t spell Sabin.
Or Burrows
Posted on 9/15/26 at 8:15 pm to TheBear60
You know it’s a different time when a coach leaves LSU and goes to South Carolina.
6 decades ago in football is like going back to a primitive, ancient society.
6 decades ago in football is like going back to a primitive, ancient society.
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