MetryTyger

I read in one of the 'Fighting Tigers' LSU history books that when Y.A. Tittle was in high school in Texas, he had committed to A&M and even moved into a dorm there. But the then LSU coach and AD knocked on his dorm room in the middle of the night and convinced him to get his stuff and come to Baton Rouge :) This would have been in the 40s.

Would have been nice if we both had made it that far.

'99% of LSU fans on this site.' ???? So, you took a poll and did marketing demographic research on every LSU fan on this site ??? My Gawd man where did you dream that up. Most of the LSU fans I have seen thought Auburn would make the Top 8, which they did. Does it MATTER who is the higher seed? Jeezum crickets. The sweep of LSU clearly helped y'all, though it was not the determining factor. LSU was helped more with their overall record, though they faltered a little towards the end of the season. Good luck to the PlainsDiamondMen....

Football should be there this fall :cheers:

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I remember the PMAC being called the DEAF DOME during the Chris Jackson days

JONBURRIS1981
Man, we somebody to bring back the magic on the Men's basketball program. Like Dinardo did for the football program.

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I was a student in the early-mid 80s and the Deaf Dome was PERPETUALLY standing room only for home games. Those were the times of Leonard Mitchell, Howard Carter, Rudy Macklin, Johnny Jones, Willie Sims and Ethan Martin.

I distinctly remember being the first one in line at 7 am for the March 1981 Ole Miss game for the chance to enter the half-court shot contest (I made the layup and free-throw but missed the 3 pointer).

LSU was ranked #2 and beat Arkansas and Wichita State in the Superdome to advance to its second Final Four in Philly.

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TigerZeke62
Jimmy Taylor, yeah.
This picture remains burned in my old brain:
Fall 1957, Tiger stadium, Georgia Tech vs LSU in a daytime game. LSU on offense going South to North, runs play with Jimmy Taylor carrying wide, breaks into the clear towards the West sideline where I am among the student section in the lower part near the rail. Unobstructed view. Taylor has only one obstacle blocking him from the end zone, a defensive back getting set to make a perfect open field tackle. The GT guy hit Taylor in perfect form, head on, mid thigh, and wound up flat on his back knocked out cold, as Jimmy completed his touchdown run. Quite a sight to witness for a freshman who had entered LSU about 2 months prior.

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Wow. Reminds me of when TWO Auburn Tigers bounced off of Fournette a few years ago in a couple of his long runs against them. :lol:

This should be sent to The Reveille, MA, and the LSU coaches and players...

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Only 3 programs made the top 10 "most wins" in all time intervals
captdalton
No school benefited from Nick Saban more than LSU.

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I beg to differ. saban came to Baton Rouge in 2000. Gerry Dinardo won 27 games at LSU from 1995-97. And even though Dinardo did have two losing seasons in 1998 and 1999, many of his players were drafted into the NFL.

saban inherited some of those Dinardo players.
Also, saban lost less than 3 games at LSU only once - 2003.

OU didn't win last year though. :cheers:

9 of the top 14. Pretty impressive....

I graduated from Louisiana State in May, 1984 with a J-School degree; and have been in governmental public affairs and voiceover acting for most of my career; as well as alumni relations with my fraternity.

I have been a die-hard Tiger fan since my Dad took me to my first LSU game when I was but a small tiger cub - on Oct, 25, 1969 in Death Valley. It was the first of countless visits to Tiger Stadium. It was at this game that I developed my love for the Tigers, the tiger mascot Mike, the Golden Band from Tigerland, etc.

Unbeaten 7th-ranked LSU and Tommy Casanova defeated the unbeaten 5th-ranked Auburn Tigers and Pat Sullivan & Terry Beasley 21-20 in a great game.

LSU scored on the first play of the game on a 55-yard halfback option pass from Jimmy Gilbert to Andy Hamilton. Auburn later took a 14-7 lead but LSU went ahead 21-14 in the 4th.

Auburn scored a (seemingly) tying TD, but Casanova and Mike Anderson blocked the extra point, and the Tigers edged the Plainsmen 21-20 in (they say) one of the great games in Death Valley history.

LSU finished 9-1 and accepted a bid from the Cotton Bowl Committee to play #1 Texas on NYD 1970. Curiously though, the NCAA allowed the Committee to RENEGE on their offer to LSU (after the offer had been accepted by the Athletic Dept.); and took 7-3 and much lower-ranked Notre Dame. The LSU players then subsequently rejected an offer from the Bluebonnet Bowl; and one of the best Tiger teams ever - with an outside chance at a national title, stayed at home.