He did get a statue in 2018 without much fuss so I don't know if LSU needs much public relations cover. Most people in the area are pretty much at peace with him being generally a decent guy that made a mistake.

And a building is a bit much. A hall or wing in an athletic facility maybe. That would be a good idea. I definitely don't know all the names of buildings across campuses in the country but I don't remember any that were named after former player unless they came back as a coach or school official. Or gave a shite ton of cash. Or was a war hero like Alex Box

Although naming something at the dental school after him might not be a half bad idea

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Posted by Diamondawg

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Posted on 2/13/26 at 1:39 pm to Zach

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time when LSU's offense ran the ball about 90% of the time.

And John Vaught punted on the 3rd most of the night. Guess he was playing not to lose. Who knew?

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Posted by UptownJoeBrown

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Posted on 2/13/26 at 1:45 pm to Trevaylin

He whored out his Heisman trophy. He loaned it to TJ Ribs in Acadian to display for free food/drink.

Trashy as frick.

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Posted by Diamondawg

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Posted on 2/13/26 at 1:51 pm to Trevaylin

So he gets his dental license back posthumously?

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Posted by blueboy

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Posted on 2/13/26 at 2:51 pm to Trevaylin

Can't fault a dude for making some money.

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Posted by RohanGonzales

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Posted on 2/13/26 at 2:59 pm to geauxbrown

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The TDS sufferers are already out in force on FB crying over it.

FB hell, they are RIGHT HERE.

If it doesn't make any difference why would anybody bitch about it?

Of all the logrolling. unequally applied, money grubbing garbage that makes up our "legal" system, this is not worth bitching about even if I wouldn't do it.

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Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 2/13/26 at 4:19 pm to Trevaylin

Does the pardon cover only the counterfeiting? Oe does it also cover the "qu--rbaiting"* he and his Istrouma friends did?

Allegedly they were caught doing this and a deal was made -- BC would be let off if he went to LSU instead of TA&M (where Bear Bryant was) as he intended

*Hanging around a public park and waiting for a f@g to come along and try to pick one of them up. Then the others would come out of the bushes and threaten to call the cops/f@g's wife unless he gave them all the cash he had on them.

I once met a guy who claimed he and his HS friends did this in the late '60s -- though he insisted they only did it to humiliate the f@g, and denied shaking them down for money.

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Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 2/13/26 at 4:32 pm to PsychTiger

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Ole Miss fans will probably be upset

He was born in Philadelphia MS. Prolly would have ended up at OM if his paw paw hadn't moved to BR to work in the plants during WWII

I grew up only seeing the punt return pic, and never knew what he looked like. Then a few years ago I saw his hawk-like visage: