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Wednesday Walks Down Memory Lane: LSU - #1 Florida 1997

I've got the keys to the Wayback Machine again, mainly because it seems Billy can only remember Alabama games.  So, today, we go back to 1997 - both the high point of the Dinardo era and the most frustrating season in a decade.

When a team stinks, it is somewhat liberating as a fan.  You accept anything bad and anything good is sort of a welcome surprise.  But there is nothing more frustrating than the stutter start of a team on the cusp of contention. 

LSU limped into the Florida game at 4-1, needing a miracle to beat Vanderbilt 7-6.  Cecil Collins suffered a career ending injury in the game, making it perhaps the worst victory in LSU history.  LSU's only loss was to Auburn in a game that still torments me.  Really, I have no idea how we lost that game behind Collins' 232 rushing yards.  So, despite the record, spirits were pretty low on game day.


Thanks to rnolan53... again 

Florida was a huge, double-digit favorite.  They were the defending national champions and the #1 team in the country, looking every bit the invincible juggernaut.  After their standard defeat of Tennessee, Florida scored 50 points in back to back SEC games.  Oh, and LSU had lost to Florida every single season since 1987. 

What I'm saying is, you don't always know when a great game is coming.  Because just about everyone on campus, and I'm including the players for each team, expected a Florida victory.  Then, something extraordinarily silly happened, which palpably changed the mood in Tiger Stadium.

The student section was packed a good two hours before kickoff.  We were singing and cheering, hoping that we had imbibed enough alcohol to give us a buzz to last the whole game.  Of course, the rest of the stadium was practically empty, which meant everyone couldn't help but notice the two Florida fans who walked all the way from the visitor's section to the edge of the student section holding a bed sheet reading:

TEN IN A REAUX

Taunting the LSU student section was, is, and always will be a terrible idea.  Suddenly, a student burst out of the mass of humanity, running between the two Florida fans and stealing their homemade sign.  The two Florida fans then tried to catch the LSU thief, but he managed to avoid their pursuit.  He threw the banner into the section as he ran back into the section and safety.  We tore the banner to shreds in seconds, and the two Florida fans thought better of entering the student section.  Instead, they went to the policemen on duty to complain.

I don't know what was said, but I did see the policeman point them back to their section.  The two fans had to walk back the length of the field, as the entire student section sang "Kiss Him Goodbye" at them.  It is perhaps the most enjoyable moment I've ever experienced in Tiger Stadium.

After that, the game seemed like a foregone conclusion.  It seems strange, but it really did.  Game notes after the break...

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 GAME NOTES

  • This is the first time since 1997 I have watched any part of this game, and I have to say, my memory totally failed me.  I remembered it as a game that LSU lead throughout and just held on for dear life, but it was far more back and forth than that.
  • Things that I do remember properly: Kevin Faulk's ball security used to drive me up a wall.  Look at that swim move he did while avoiding a tackler at about 1:14 in the video.  He did that all the time, and it made me insane.  Though, the guy who fumbled the ball at the end of the opening drive was Rondell Mealey.  So what do I know?
  • Who doesn't enjoy watching a touchdown run from Tommy Banks?  He has got to be the biggest cult player ever. 
  • Doug Johnson had about as bad of a game as you can have while throwing for over 300 yards.  He needed 57 attempts to rack up 346 yards, and he threw four picks.  All of them were pretty bad, though Donaldson's pick six was pretty sweet.
  • For those of you who don't remember the 1997 team and these highlights are your introduction to them -- yes, Chuck Wiley was that good.  Geez, he is all over this video making defensive plays.  What a wrecking ball that guy was. 
  • Actually, both of Cedric Donaldson's returns were pretty great. 
  • While we're on defensive stars, Troy Twillie had another huge game.  Sure, it wasn't Auburn 1996, but I will reiterate, if this guy ever has to buy a drink in the state of Louisiana, we have failed as a fan base. 
  • God, Kevin Faulk was a great punt returner.  Always a threat to take it deep. 
  • Speaking of great, none of Fred Taylor's three touchdown runs made the video.  He could run the football just a little bit.  He probably doesn't have fond memories of this game, but he was still one of the best players on the field.
  • Herb Tyler's first touchdown run came right after Faulk's return, but notice the blockers upfield: Alan Faneca (#66), Todd McClure (#72), and Rondell Mealey.  This team had a pretty decent offensive line, eh?
  • Mark Roman or Cecil Collins.  Who was the bigger waste of talent?  Discuss.
  • Herb Tyler's TD run was the iconic image of the 1990s for LSU.  I can still see his celebration like it was yesterday.  It has not faded one bit in my mind's eye. 
  • Oh, had Abram Booty dropped that pass, he might be the most hated Booty brother by LSU fans.  Nah, it's impossible to displace Josh. 
  • The game marks two firsts: the first time LSU ever beat a #1 team in Tiger Stadium and, of course, the first time fans ever charged the field. 

This being 1997, the most frustrating season of my life, LSU followed up this huge, program changing win by promptly losing to Ole Miss.  It has not dimmed my memory of this game.  I'm not a big memorabilia guy, and I only own one piece of LSU history to display in my home: a crystal dish which holds a handful of Tiger Stadium turf, stolen from the south end zone just moments before I leaped upon a fence to taunt the Gator Band with the chomp, screaming at them at the top of my lungs:

None in a row!  None in a row!

 


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by Year2 on Jul 20, 2011 8:00 AM CDT reply actions  

yes, Chuck Wiley was that good. Geez, he is all over this video making defensive plays. What a wrecking ball that guy was.
-agreed. no surprise he played in the League.

God, Kevin Faulk was a great punt returner. Always a threat to take it deep.
Speaking of great, none of Fred Taylor’s three touchdown runs made the video. He could run the football just a little bit. He probably doesn’t have fond memories of this game, but he was still one of the best players on the field.
-Faulk and Fred were the best at those positions/situations.

but notice the blockers upfield: Alan Faneca (#66), Todd McClure (#72), and Rondell Mealey. This team had a pretty decent offensive line, eh?
-Pretty awesome talent back then. Faneca is NFL HOF material. And is it Todd or Trey that still starts for the Dirty Birds?

Oh, and Cecil was more of a waste. Most amazing talent I have seen in person at running back. Million dollar talent, ten cent brain.

I remember before this game, it was pretty subdued. But my buddies and I drank like y’all did and showed up feeling good but not faced or anything. The student section was just… different that night pregame. There was a buzz in the air. And when those idiots had their banner stolen, I think that got everyone ready.

by LSUJOSHUA on Jul 20, 2011 8:03 AM CDT reply actions  

My argument for Roman: he was a team leader and probably the team’s best player in 1998, and then he just got frustrated by the decline and acted out, getting booted from the team. It was a waste. Cecil still might have made the NFL had it not been for the injury.

And I’m not kidding, I think the banner theft was the key play of the game. The student section went from kind of there to absolutely unhinged. It was like a flip switched. The cheerleaders threw a stuffed agator into the crowd and we tore that sucker up in a matter of seconds, spraying gator stuffing all over our section. It wasn’t 1996 Auburn rowdy, but that section was loud.

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by Poseur on Jul 20, 2011 8:26 AM CDT up reply actions  

Cecil still might have made the NFL had it not been for the injury

That and the whole “crawling into women’s bedrooms” thing.

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by Billy Gomila on Jul 20, 2011 8:28 AM CDT up reply actions  

Two words:

Lawrence Phillips.

The NFL wasn’t greatly concerned by domestic violence back in 1997.

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by Poseur on Jul 20, 2011 8:29 AM CDT up reply actions  

No but when you get kicked out of LSU

Then out of McNeese as well, they take it more seriously.

But I remember somebody asked Carl Reese a year or two later (after he’d moved to Texas with Mack Brown’s first staff) who was better, Collins or Ricky Williams, and he said Collins, no question. Le sigh…

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by Billy Gomila on Jul 20, 2011 8:34 AM CDT up reply actions  

If Collins wasn't legitimately borderline crazy

He could have been our Herschel Walker.

I met him once at Sports right after he started school with us. I hate to say it but he was literally one of the dumbest people I’ve ever met. And I don’t mean young, drunken college kid dumb. He was dumb. Literally. A normal conversation seemed a struggle for him.

The phrase “million dollar talent but a ten cent head” were meant for people like Cecil Collins.

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by Curtis Bleaux on Jul 20, 2011 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

BTW, speaking of Lawrence Phillips Poseur

Funny story I always remember about the NFL Draft…in the 96 Draft, per Ozzie Newsome, your Ravens totally planned on taking Phillips. They were shocked that Jonathan Ogden wound up falling to them and raced up there to take him, but if he hadn’t lasted that long, they fully planned on taking Phillips.

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by Billy Gomila on Jul 20, 2011 8:39 AM CDT up reply actions  

I passed this game up

Because sadly, I was on the sidelines of Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans for it, riding the bench for Brother Martin as we got slaughtered by Jesuit. But I vividly remember hearing the chain gang talk about how LSU had an early lead. Spent the rest of that game asking them for updates as they passed by. Afterwards I climbed into my parents car and was like “can we just talk about the LSU game?”

I’ve always found it funny that this game was kind of the point where the DiNardo era really began to turn south….

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by Billy Gomila on Jul 20, 2011 8:24 AM CDT reply actions  

I think the turning point was later

I would say Ole Miss the next week, but that was a classic ‘down game’ after expending so much mental and physical energy on upsetting UF the week before. OM came in ready to play and torched an out of it Tiger squad.

by LSUJOSHUA on Jul 20, 2011 9:18 AM CDT up reply actions  

God EVERYBODY I know

Saw that upset comin’. It was like “they won’t have enough for Ole Miss this week…just you watch…I’m tellin’ ya…just you watch…”

And then it happened. But because it was so predictable (and that things never really recovered) I always saw the UF game as the peak…followed by the descent.

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by Billy Gomila on Jul 20, 2011 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions  

I remember reading articles predicting that loss to OM. We all knew it; LSU had been notorious at the time for following up big wins with losses to inferior teams.

You’re dead on – once the adrenaline stopped pumping, everybody on Earth knew by Monday that a loss to OM was almost a sure thing.

by ChrisLSU on Jul 20, 2011 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions  

Bad luck continued...

LSU went 6-2 in the SEC that year and missed out on the SEC title game on tiebreakers to Auburn. We’d actually have been better off to beat Auburn and lose to Florida. And despite going 8-3 overall and being ranked in the top 20, LSU went to Shreveport for a rematch with Notre Dame, who we absolutely crushed (revenge for the regular season).

What a bizarre end to a bizarre year.

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by Poseur on Jul 20, 2011 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions  

at that game too

Went to the Indy Bowl and saw the white helmets. It freakin’ SNOWED.

That was also the end of the Ron Powlus era. Beano will never be allowed to forget Ron Powlus.

by ChrisLSU on Jul 20, 2011 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

Rec'd for the Beano/Powlus mancrush

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by Curtis Bleaux on Jul 20, 2011 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Completely agree, Billy

Though expressing the sentiment at a midweek party nearly got me into a brawl with a friend of a friend who thought I was bashing LSU. LOL, ah, college & beer….

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by Curtis Bleaux on Jul 20, 2011 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

I remember this game so well

God, what a feeling going into this game. My roommate and I worked for the same restaurant, but at different locations. Both of us worked the day shift that Saturday. Both of us were so downtrodden by the way the Vandy game turned out (even in a win) that we debated the entire week whether we’d even bother watching the game. The whole week was depressing. Both of us decided to just skip the game.

Then Saturday came. As the day went on, I started feeling more and more positive about the game. An hour before quitting time, I called my roommate and told him that for some reason, I felt good and couldn’t wait to get back to the apartment and turn on the game. Oddly enough, he said he’d been feeling the same way all day. I got off work, rushed to the grocery store for the standard football food (chips, nacho cheese, cokes, etc) then flew home. It was strange how, after feeling nothing but negative vibes about the game, we both couldn’t wait for the kickoff. For some reason, in the back of my mind I knew something special was going to happen.

What a wonderful game. Carl Reese and the Morris Watts called possibly the best game I’ve ever seen. The game plan was simply masterful. Everybody on that team played damned near perfect. And yes, I still get goosebumps watching Tommy Banks leap into the endzone.

On the Auburn game: I went to the game and it was a battle between Collins and Auburn QB Craig. It really could’ve gone either way but Craig played maybe his best game in his career. And if I remember correctly, Herb Tyler threw 2 INTs early on that REALLY hurt LSU’s early momentum.

Collins, by a mile, was and still is, the biggest waste of talent I’ve ever seen. He had Heisman all over him going into ’98.

by ChrisLSU on Jul 20, 2011 9:07 AM CDT reply actions  

you just had to say it out loud didn't you?

I still hate hearing/reading the name of Dameyune Craig.

He did indeed have his best game against us that night. Otherwise, it was Cecil’s coming out party.

by LSUJOSHUA on Jul 20, 2011 9:17 AM CDT up reply actions  

Craig

That 2 minute drill he ran was a thing of beauty… had it happened to anyone else but us. And it never would have happened if we had converted a 3rd and 2. Perhaps we should’ve handed the ball to the guy with over 200 yards rushing. Just sayin’.

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by Poseur on Jul 20, 2011 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions  

My God, I’d completely forgotten about that. But you’re right; we had a 3rd-and-2 that could’ve damn near sealed the win if we converted. But NOOOOO, instead of handing it off to the guy who’d been busting through the Auburn line, even with NINE guys at the LOS, we got cute and tried to throw it.

Classic case of an OC outsmarting himself.

by ChrisLSU on Jul 20, 2011 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions  

thanks guys

I had blocked all of this out.

by LSUJOSHUA on Jul 20, 2011 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions  

Even on the play that was called on that 3rd & 2 v. Auburn

If Tyler has the run/pass option on the call instead of just a straight boot, he walks for the 1st down. At least that’s how I remember it.

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by Curtis Bleaux on Jul 20, 2011 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

and another thought

I felt sorry for Doug Johnson after that game. His performance was less his fault and more on Spurrier’s go-for-the-throat play calling. Even with Taylor running wild, and the short passing game getting 5 yards a pop, Spurrier just couldn’t resist the urge to go deep seemingly once every 3 or 4 plays. He wasted downs, killed momentum, and changed the field position. Spurrier called plays like he was 4 touchdowns ahead, instead of calling plays like he was in the fight of his life.

by ChrisLSU on Jul 20, 2011 9:23 AM CDT up reply actions  

yeah, if he had ridden Taylor

we probably don’t win. I was ecstatic he forced Johnson to throw over and over and took the ball out of Fred’s hands.

by LSUJOSHUA on Jul 20, 2011 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions  

Beg to differ...

From what I heard through the UF grapevine when I worked in Gainesville was that Johnson’s performance was due to the fact he had gone out & gotten drunk 4 nights that week. Take it for what it’s worth in the days before the interwebs.

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by Curtis Bleaux on Jul 20, 2011 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

End

If I remember correctly, we brought Wade Richie in and the very end to attempt a game saving 70-yard field goal. Of course it was blocked, but imagine if he had pulled that miracle off.

by jvidri9 on Jul 20, 2011 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions  

Stoops defense

Man, these walks bring back all sorts of things. I’d forgotten that Bob Stoops was the Florida DC at the time. Didn’t he sport a bushy, porn-star mustache before he got the job at Oklahoma?

by ChrisLSU on Jul 20, 2011 10:01 AM CDT reply actions  

Funny bit of trivia

Jevon Kearse is the starting middle linebacker for the Gators here. Most don’t remember that he didn’t actually play defensive end there.

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by Billy Gomila on Jul 20, 2011 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions  

Anybody else notice the play on Herb Tyler's first TD?

Option to the short side of the field…

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by Billy Gomila on Jul 20, 2011 11:25 AM CDT reply actions  

Speaking of Herb Tyler

It’s old hat for us to call the guy underrated, but you could call him transformative in some ways. It’s funny to think about now, but when DiNardo recruited him it was something of a big deal, because at the time it got said very often that a) LSU did not recruit black quarterbacks and b) LSU had zero recruiting presence in New Orleans — which didn’t really change until Saban came in and hired Pete Jenkins.

As much as Kevin Faulk was an important recruit because he “made it cool” for the state’s top guy to come to LSU again, you could point to a lot of significance in Tyler’s career as well.

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by Billy Gomila on Jul 20, 2011 11:43 AM CDT reply actions  

Black QB's

That was a very big deal at the time. LSU playing a black QB, believe it or not, was a huge topic on talk radio in the days of Randall and Melvin Hill. It became a non-issue once we found an effective QB, regardless of color. It happened to be Herb Tyler.

Now, while I do think there’s some latent racism in the Jefferson/Lee debate, it’s not nearly the issue it was even 15 years ago, and usually its only an issue for the knuckleheads. Who cares what race your QB is, so long as he can play? I opposed Melvin Hill because he sucked, and supported Tyler because he was effective.

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by Poseur on Jul 20, 2011 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

LOL, Melvin Hill did suck

sometimes a cigar IS a cigar.

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by Curtis Bleaux on Jul 20, 2011 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

agree whole-heartedly

I’ve long maintained that Herb Tyler is overlooked as one of the truly great QBs in LSU history. He wasn’t much of a pure skills guy; didn’t have a great arm, wasn’t particularly accurate. But he was reliable, and he truly grew into the offense. Likewise, Morris Watts did a great job molding the offense around him.

By Tyler’s senior year, the offense was a simple but effective machine. It was all option and run, but they were able to do that effectively enough that Tyler’s just-enough passing game could keep the defenses off balance.

Yeah, I wouldn’t put him anywhere near the category of LSU Legends, but he’s certainly somebody that every LSU fans need to remember, and remember fondly.

I remember going to a day game in ‘97, early in the season I think. After the game, we hung around outside the stadium to see the players leave. Tyler came out chatting with a few other guys. I remember, getting about 10 feet from him, trying to get close enough to say “Good game”. I couldn’t get there, but I overheard him talking with a few other players about hopping in a car and heading to Lake Charles to see Cecil play for McNeese that evening.

by ChrisLSU on Jul 20, 2011 12:01 PM CDT reply actions  

actually, it would've been '98

That’s when Cecil enrolled at McNeese

by ChrisLSU on Jul 20, 2011 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions  

Tommy Banks

This Tommy Banks cult is crazy. I challenge anyone to watch any game film or TV braodcast and tell me that Tommy Banks wasn’t the biggest puss to EVER wear a LSU uniform. I have never ever seen a player try to block someone at their ankles as much as Banks did. His attempted blocks on ISO plays were laughable. His head hunting on the special teams-especially kick off return was a joke. He STILL hasn’t found anyone to hit. He’s the most over rated player ever to wear the purple and gold. What’s really amazing is how he got on the field. He had to have some pictures of the coaches in compromising positions. I used to sit in the stadium and watch this coward attempt to play. He was like a scared little leaguer. My friends whom had season tickets with me were shocked after they started watching his piss poor play game after game. You just have to watch him-keep your eye on him and you’ll be convinced as to what I am saying here. I challenge anyone to do so. Geaux Tigers!!

by lachney23 on Jul 20, 2011 12:14 PM CDT reply actions  

I call sock puppet!

This is Tommy Banks, right?

Father. Husband. Lawyer. Nerd.

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by Richard Pittman on Jul 20, 2011 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

Either that or he confuses Banks with Abram Booty

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by Curtis Bleaux on Jul 20, 2011 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

Dude registers in Sept 2009

And breaks a nearly two year silence to go on an unhinged rant about a guy who hasn’t played for LSU in 13 years? weird.

For what it’s worth Banks was a fairly big name recruit. He was the leading rusher in Louisiana HS history at the time, and maybe until Michael Ford came along.

Don't Panic.

by 4.0 Point Stance on Jul 20, 2011 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

Some notes:

Some buddies and I skipped our Sophomore Homecoming dance to watch this game. Best. Decision. Ever.

Jesse Palmer told a story on College Football Live a few years ago about UF’s preparation for this game. Palmer was responding to a question about Miami’s (or maybe it was FSU) practice being interrupted for a hurricane and what that would do to the team. Palmer said that in 1997 they were #1 when they went to Baton Rouge and lost because their practice schedule was interfered with the week before the game due to a hurricane. He said they had to practice in a parking garage because there were no indoor practice facilities at that time. I thought it was an interesting story and I hadn’t heard it before. I never attempted to double check the facts…

"I know the quarterback has a strong arm, but...I mean the ball's not gonna outrun ME" --PP7

by LSU Jonno on Jul 20, 2011 2:05 PM CDT reply actions  

correction...
Palmer said that in 1997 they were #1 when they went to Baton Rouge and lost because their practice schedule was interfered with the week before the game

He didn’t cite this as an excuse… I’m pretty sure I made up the “We lost because part”…Palmer just suggested that their interrupted practice during the game week caused them to not be as sharp as usual.

"I know the quarterback has a strong arm, but...I mean the ball's not gonna outrun ME" --PP7

by LSU Jonno on Jul 20, 2011 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

LMAO

I remember the Sign Incident. I remember telling my buddy & his girlfriend whom I had gone to the game with, “well, that’ll probably be the last victory of the day.” O, ye of little Faith! LOL @ myself

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by Curtis Bleaux on Jul 20, 2011 2:50 PM CDT reply actions  

I was went to this game when I was 16

I wasn’t sitting in the student section, so I have a different memory of the crowd than poseur, but it’s pretty similar. I definitely remember everybody being down before the game, although I had forgotten it was because of the Auburn game which I completely blocked out of my memory. Right before kickoff, though, there was a definite change in the mood and it seemed like everybody smelled an upset. Then we came out pretty hot at the beginning at it was absolutely nuts. The thing is we NEVER beat Florida back in those days, so any optimism was unusual. This is my favorite LSU game that I saw in BR.

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by Yail Bloor on Jul 20, 2011 3:17 PM CDT reply actions  

Yeah I don't recall the optimism

What I remember is the feeling more of gallows humor “resignation” of a butt whipping to come, so for once the student section (myself included) seemed to be looking to have fun regardless of outcome. Again, at least that’s how I remembered it.

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by Curtis Bleaux on Jul 20, 2011 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

Oh & Poseur, one thing...

You forgot the alleged comment Spurrier was said to have made at the BR airport to his staff about, “let’s drop 50 on these suckers & get the heck out of this crappy town.”

Probably never happened, but it’s part of the lore!

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by Curtis Bleaux on Jul 20, 2011 3:36 PM CDT reply actions  

i also think

this was the game where the students almost tipped the UF bus over and spurrier said his family was crying in the back

"I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed, but I do say no more than 10 to 20 million killed, tops...depending on the breaks." - Buck Turgidson

by Yail Bloor on Jul 20, 2011 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think you're right.

We almost sent one of the uprights over the top of the stadium. I remember looking at it work it’s way up the sections as people handed it to each other going further up & remarking to my buddy, “this doesn’t look good, it looks like it’s gonna go over the top!”

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by Curtis Bleaux on Jul 20, 2011 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

Give Spurrier credit

He made no excuses after the game, and neither did any Florida fans. It almost took the fun out of trash talking when they said, “You won, so you get to say whatever.”

Almost.

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by Poseur on Jul 20, 2011 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

One of the sign stealers was a fellow engineering student & I think a student gov member

John Plauche is the name that comes to mind, but I haven’t thought about it in a while. I also don’t know where my ziploc of grass from mid-field that night is, sadly.

What an amazing night that was though. Almost makes up for the horror that was LSU football 94-98.

And, yes, Curtis, if Cecil’s IQ is above 70, I’d be shocked. I had a run-in with him at the Stadium Club that was frightening and sad at the same time. A female friend stood up to his “advances”, and he just chuckled and walked off. A waste of talent, but one who should have been getting special care instead of special treatment.

GEAUX TIGERS!!!

by randylsu on Jul 20, 2011 4:44 PM CDT reply actions  

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Paulcrewe_small Paul Crewe

Authors

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