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re: Why Isn't Chad Lavalais Considered an LSU Legend
Posted on 8/28/10 at 7:01 pm to Green Ram 2
Posted on 8/28/10 at 7:01 pm to Green Ram 2
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Chad Lavalais
You are some what correct! Chad does not get the respect he deserves. If I remember it took him like 2 years just to get his grades to get in at LSU and then once he was there he was the fricking man!
Chad Lavalais
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Posted on 8/28/10 at 7:32 pm to Green Ram 2
He is a legend. It took him what 4 years to qualify...thats legendary right there.
Posted on 8/28/10 at 7:38 pm to FootballNostradamus
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I've always been a huge Lavalais fan. He was the heart and soul of that DL and was always firing up the team/fans.
This!
Kyle Williams is another one that was a beast!
Posted on 8/28/10 at 8:36 pm to Doc Fenton
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Ronnie Estay
Dan Alexander
Henry Thomas
Ramsey Dardar
Leonard Marshall
Gabe Northern
Anthony McFarland
Chad Lavalais
Marquise Hill
Marcus Spears
Kyle Williams
Glenn Dorsey
etc.
IMO, these should be on the list as well:
John Wood ('72)
Kenny Bordelon '75)
A.J. Duhe ('76)
Karl Wilson ('86)
But since this is for Chad, I think his '03 season was the best single-season of any DL ever. How's that?
Posted on 8/28/10 at 8:37 pm to AlwysATgr
Thanks. I'm a little fuzzy on the pre-90's D-linemen, and I always get confused about whether Duhe played more LB than D-line.
Posted on 8/28/10 at 8:47 pm to Doc Fenton
A. J. played DL at LSU but LB at Miami. Jon Street was our MLB in '76.
Although I'd give a slight edge to the '03 as our all-time best, the '82 DL (Marshall, Dardar, Elko) and '86 (Wilson, Thomas, and Barbay) were also great DL's.
Although I'd give a slight edge to the '03 as our all-time best, the '82 DL (Marshall, Dardar, Elko) and '86 (Wilson, Thomas, and Barbay) were also great DL's.
Posted on 8/28/10 at 8:51 pm to AlwysATgr
quote:
IMO, these should be on the list as well:
John Wood ('72)
Kenny Bordelon '75)
A.J. Duhe ('76)
Karl Wilson ('86)
But since this is for Chad, I think his '03 season was the best single-season of any DL ever. How's that?
How about Rydell Melancon, LSU's all-time sack leader? Did anyone ever see him play?
Also,
Ron Sancho
Chuck Wiley
Jarvis Green
Melvin Oliver (20 career sacks)
Posted on 8/28/10 at 8:59 pm to inadaze
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Rydell Melancon
He played OLB in '82. Tim Joiner was the other OLB that year.
Rydell Melancon was outstanding and Joiner was no slouch either.
Posted on 8/28/10 at 9:07 pm to inadaze
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Ron Sancho
He played on the line?
Posted on 8/28/10 at 9:07 pm to TFS4E
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ETA: Was Claude Wroten on that line too?
I don't think so, but Kyle Williams started 8 games in 2003, and Mel Oliver played some, including the Sugar Bowl.
Now that you mention it, the 2005 front was no slouch with Oliver, Kyle Williams, Wroten and Chase Pittman.
Posted on 8/28/10 at 9:08 pm to Ace Midnight
... except for the 2nd half of the Tennessee game.
Posted on 8/28/10 at 9:12 pm to Doc Fenton
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He played on the line?
I actually have no idea. I never saw him play. I just saw he had 23 sacks from 85-88. He could have been a linebacker. If Melancon was a LB and Sancho was too, we must have run an insane amount of LB blitzes in the 80's cause those guys are #1 & #2 on LSU's all-time sack list with 25 & 23.
Posted on 8/28/10 at 9:14 pm to inadaze
LB blitzes are more common and more likely to succeed in a 3-4, which LSU used to play back in the 80's.
Posted on 8/28/10 at 9:21 pm to inadaze
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He played on the line?
quote:
I actually have no idea. I never saw him play. I just saw he had 23 sacks from 85-88. He could have been a linebacker. If Melancon was a LB and Sancho was too, we must have run an insane amount of LB blitzes in the 80's cause those guys are #1 & #2 on LSU's all-time sack list with 25 & 23.
Sancho played OLB (opposite Eric Hill).
Posted on 8/28/10 at 9:36 pm to Doc Fenton
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LB blitzes are more common and more likely to succeed in a 3-4, which LSU used to play back in the 80's.
Ah, ok. That explains it then. I had no idea we ran a 3-4 in the 80's. I was born in '82, so I have faint memories of games from the late 80's, but wouldn't have been able to identify a 3-4 D. When I saw Melancon and Sancho on the all-time sack list I just figured they were DEs. But thanks for the info
Posted on 8/28/10 at 9:41 pm to Green Ram 2
Lavalais was an absolute beast in his prime, shame he couldnt lay off the cheeseburgers when he got to the league
Posted on 8/28/10 at 11:48 pm to WelcomeToDeathValley
inadaze and ace beat me to it.
I was going to bring up Oliver and Pittman. That was an exceptional DL. I still remember that INT Oliver had in the Cotton Bowl.
I also convinced myself that it was Wroten not Williams in '03, should have gone with the gut...
Kyle Williams was an absolute beast! Still is pretty good!
I was at the Ole Piss game in '03, Lavalais was one of my favorites that year, and is a very memorable LSU lineman.
I was going to bring up Oliver and Pittman. That was an exceptional DL. I still remember that INT Oliver had in the Cotton Bowl.
I also convinced myself that it was Wroten not Williams in '03, should have gone with the gut...
Kyle Williams was an absolute beast! Still is pretty good!
I was at the Ole Piss game in '03, Lavalais was one of my favorites that year, and is a very memorable LSU lineman.
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