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re: SIAP: Goal Line Stands
Posted on 7/28/20 at 2:20 pm to patawan
Posted on 7/28/20 at 2:20 pm to patawan
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Heres one of the goal line stands, pretty good game from what I see.
It wasn't just a "pretty good game". Other than our national championship games, I would rank this as the greatest win in LSU history. Notre Dame was the defending national champions, having beaten LSU only 3-0 in South Bend the year before in their first meeting ever due to a controversial fourth quarter pass interference call. Sports Illustrated had this story with a photo of the goal line stop from the one-inch line that you referenced (I had always thought that the initial hit was by Ronnie Estay but the video shows it was number 95, whose arm around the ball-carrier's knees was the only thing visible in the photo).
Irish Stew for LSU
There was also a photo of Bert Jones and Andy Hamilton being carried off the field on fan's shoulders, having been stripped of their jerseys.
From the article:
"The next time the Tigers had the ball, however, Jones fumbled and End Fred Swendsen recovered for the Irish at the LSU 36. What followed was one of those magical things that happen to teams in Tiger Stadium. Sophomore Quarterback Cliff Brown quickly moved the Irish to the one-inch line but on fourth down Andy Huff was stopped and thrown back by the left side of LSU's defensive line. Ever heard 68,000 people scream at once? On the sideline, Parseghian's face wrinkled into a painful frown. The Cotton Bowl was never like this."
This post was edited on 7/28/20 at 2:42 pm
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Posted on 7/28/20 at 2:23 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
The 4th and 1 against bama '19 was huge in keeping our momentum.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 2:44 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
If they score a TD on one or both of those it’s an entirely different game.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 5:03 pm to patawan
Tigers baby!
Posted on 7/28/20 at 5:05 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
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Texas could have easily scored on either of the goal line possessions and then scored again after making LSU punt. I know a TD changes everything that follows but it’s silly to act like they didn’t help.
My thoughts are that the only reason LSU's offense stalled out are because they started the drive backed up in their own end zone.
The same thing happened with Clemson. The offense couldn't get into rhythm until they had room to breathe.
Posted on 7/29/20 at 12:54 am to patawan
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I heard there was a goal line stand against notre dame back in the 70s, but couldnt find anything.Any info on that would be cool...
This is the Ronnie Estay game. He happens to be my next door neighbor.
If you search google, you can fond an excerpt from a book titled "The Game of My Life". Estay, and this game, have a chapter in that book. You can read that chapter for free on Google.
Posted on 7/29/20 at 10:21 am to Not Cooper
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I remember a goal line stand against ULL in around the '08-09 timeframe
For some reason I remember reading in the paper about how they hadn't scored a touchdown against LSU in 75 years at that point, and I just knew that had jinxed us. It was such a sloppy game also, but they didn't break the streak
And even though the student section (and stadium) had mostly cleared out at halftime, the remaining students moved closer to the field and raised all kinds of hell. Was pretty awesome TS experience.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:31 am to patawan
The second LSU game which I attended. Lots of empty seats in those days and end zone seats were great watching what was mostly a ground game in those days.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:01 am to VABCHTIGER
Yes there were several goal line stands in that historic Notre Dame game. Chilly Mac said the defense was so hyped up they didn't even touch the ground when they ran off the field.
Anybody who was there knows that the crowd of a mere 70,000 was the loudest ever, to this day, in Tiger Stadium history. When the Irish first stringers were introduced to the TV cameras they couldn't hear their names and stumbled in confusion. The noise was so loud that people on the field and in the stands lost their balance trying to walk, ears no longer able to provide whatever nerve feedback controls balance.
Sports Illustrated did a cover piece after the game, and another article on stadium noise and they could only describe it as THE NOISE.
It was a great game, louder than '59 ole Miss and even '97 Fla with an enlarged stadium.
Anybody who was there knows that the crowd of a mere 70,000 was the loudest ever, to this day, in Tiger Stadium history. When the Irish first stringers were introduced to the TV cameras they couldn't hear their names and stumbled in confusion. The noise was so loud that people on the field and in the stands lost their balance trying to walk, ears no longer able to provide whatever nerve feedback controls balance.
Sports Illustrated did a cover piece after the game, and another article on stadium noise and they could only describe it as THE NOISE.
It was a great game, louder than '59 ole Miss and even '97 Fla with an enlarged stadium.
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