re: talking to an old school lsu fan

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Not sure if it is true (or even if the timeline matches up), but the rumor a few years after the crash was that he was on his way to recruit Lawrence Taylor.

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Nah, LT would have been going into his SR season at UNC. He was actually on his way back to BR from Shreveport when supposedly the cabin loss pressure, causing all occupants to lose conciousness and the plane veered off course and crashed into the Atlantic.

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The plane he was in either lost pressure at altitude or had a carbon monoxide leak. Everyone in it presumably died with the plane still in flight. It crashed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Never found it. Speaking of bizarre LSU plane incidents, does anybody remember Butch Baum?

Experts say his crash and Payne Stewart's are from similar causes.

The crash led to LSU hiring Stovall which led to Arnsbarger which led to Archer which led to Hallman who only got there because Brett Farve covered for his incompetence. From there we had Dinardo then Saban and now Miles.

When replacing Arnsbarger LSU also interviewed a guy named Spurrier but turned him down for Archer. Hindsight is 20/20.

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The plane he was in either lost pressure at altitude or had a carbon monoxide leak. Everyone in it presumably died with the plane still in flight. It crashed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Well if my time had to come on a plane ride, I would want it to be like this.

Like already said, who knows what could have been with him and the program.

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JudgeHolden
talking to an old school lsu fan
The plane he was in either lost pressure at altitude or had a carbon monoxide leak. Everyone in it presumably died with the plane still in flight. It crashed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Only two died - Rein and pilot Lewis Benscotter.

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My dad was finally excited about LSU football again

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must have been part of the help mac pack group

and you would think the LSU fanbase would learn from their past mistakes

After reading this post, I had to remind myself that what seems like common knowledge to me as a 40 year old LSU fan might be not-so-common for the younger folks, whose numbers increase daily.

The Bo Rein incident was huge news in its day. It's interesting how memories of events fade over time.

However, I would like to encourage younger fans to take the time to read into LSU's history a bit. Even if it's not really your thing, I guarantee you that you will find something interesting in LSU's football past. Better yet, look some of these guys up. Their stories are incredible. I've been fortunate to sit and talk with players who played for LSU in every decade since 1920. It's some of the best time I ever spent... and trust me... your ability to talk to these old guys about events in their past can instantly earn their appreciation.

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" A continuing tradition at Ohio State is that at the end of every season, the team votes to award one teammate the "Bo Rein Most Inspirational Player Award."

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An interesting tidbit about the Bo Rein Most Inspirational Player Award (mentioned in the previous Wikipedia link) is Bo Pelini won that award in 1990 at Ohio State. I remember Pelini speaking about his award when he spoke to us during an alumni dinner at Ralph and Kacoo in his first year at LSU.

Dad obviously had that special touch. Did he also tell you about the monsters in the closet?