Top 5 Moments in LSU football History

mike5705 · 07-10-2009, 05:23 PM

Alright guys, including championships

, what are your top 5 moments in LSU footabll history?

col reb · 07-10-2009, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by mike5705

Alright guys, including championships

, what are your top 5 moments in LSU footabll history?

1963 or 64. Both teams highly ranked. Myself and two friends had three tickets for the game at Tiger Stadium. (teen years) Two together and one alone in the endzone. When we got to the stadium, we flipped coins. Odd man had to take the separate ticket. The guy who took his NEW Mustang lost. When he saw TS and lost the toss, I thought he would cry. He didn't want to sit alone. I told him I would sit there and we would swap at halftime. We met at the half and he still looked scared. I laughed and said I would not make him trade. OM was leading 10-3 late in the game. LSU scored with little time left. LSU decided to go for two and the win instead of a tie. (no OT at that time) A LSU player caught a "deflected" pass as he laid out to make the reception. LSU wins..........11-10. One fine game.

Fishhead · 07-10-2009, 05:41 PM

1958
2003
2007

The NCs. After that, the Arnsparger resurgence, and the falloff thereafter. You said Top 5 moments, not top 5 GOOD moments.

T-Time · 07-10-2009, 05:44 PM

One of the greatest are moments i have seen personally, it just means so much more.

1) being there to see LSU's epic win over Florida completing 4/4 on fourth downs
2) skipping night class and driving 5 hours to see LSU wipe the floor with MSU 45-0 in a game where it stormed the entire time, driving back right after the game and getting back at 6am, waking up and going to class at 9am
3) 03 national championship
4) LSUs come back win in game 1 of '09 CWS
5) screaming myself hoarse watching the blue grass miracle live

Fishhead · 07-10-2009, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by T-Time

One of the greatest are moments i have seen personally, it just means so much more.

1) being there to see LSU's epic win over Florida completing 4/4 on fourth downs
2) skipping night class and driving 5 hours to see LSU wipe the floor with MSU 45-0 in a game where it stormed the entire time, driving back right after the game and getting back at 6am, waking up and going to class at 9am
3) 03 national championship
4) LSUs come back win in game 1 of '09 CWS
5) screaming myself hoarse watching the blue grass miracle live

LOL, re-read the thread title.

Nutriaitch · 07-10-2009, 07:03 PM

Championships are too easy to list as 1 and 2.
so top 5 (non titles) of my lifetime in no particular order

Hodson to Fuller '88
Twillie int in '95 (vs Auburn)
Hester plowing into endzone vs Florida
Mauck to Skyler/Webster's pick to seal it
Curley Hallman gets sh!tcanned

Ch0sn0ne · 07-10-2009, 07:19 PM

I don't know about top 5 in History but 5 of my favs are:

1. Rohan and Josh Reed show against Bama
2. Rohan to Royal in OT to beat UT
3. 97 UF game
4. Arizona State comeback
5. Mauck to Skyler vs UGA

One of my favorite plays in modern history is when Michael Clayton knocked the Auburn returner out cold on the kickoff team.

Wish I had that one saved on the puter.

islstl · 07-10-2009, 10:59 PM

1. LSU beating OU to win their first BCS
2. LSU beating OSU to win their 2nd BCS
3. LSU beating Florida to save the season with 5 for 5 fourth down conversions in the final quarter to do it
4. LSU upsetting #1 ranked Florida in 1997
5. LSU beating Kentucky in the Bluegrass Miracle

T-Time · 07-11-2009, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Fishhead

LOL, re-read the thread title.

that's what i get for NOT reading

sugarlsu · 07-11-2009, 09:35 AM

1. 03 BCS game (I was there)
2. 07 BCS game (I was there)
3. 58 Sugar Bowl (I was not created yet, my attempt at an early arrival date for the game was thwarted)
4. 97 Victory over #1 FL (I was there)
5. 01 SECCG over #1 TN (I watched it in TN with my old LSU roomate and his 2 TN friends)

Bengal Buddy · 07-11-2009, 10:53 AM

1. "The Run." Explanation not required.

2. Tommy Hodson's pass to Eddie Fuller in the 1988 "Earthquake Game."

3. Marcus Randall's pass to Devery Henderson against Kentucky in the 2002 "Bluegrass Miracle" game.

4. Matt Flynn's last second pass to Demetrius Byrd in the 2007 LSU-Auburn game. LSU went on to win the National Championship

5. Bert Jones' game-winning pass to Brad Davis with no time left in the 1972 Ole Miss game. It produced perhaps the longest sustained cheer in Tiger Stadium history. The game was controversial because Ole Miss fans claimed the clock ran out 4 seconds earlier. However, the official clock showed one second left. The game inspired a sign at the Louisiana-Mississippi state line that read "You are now entering Louisiana. Set your clocks back 4 seconds." Final Score: LSU - 17; Ole Miss - 16.

NOTE: I define "moment" as a single play rather than a series of plays or an entire game.

COTiger · 07-11-2009, 11:19 AM

I like Bengal Buddy's list.

Fishhead · 07-11-2009, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Bengal Buddy

1. "The Run." Explanation not required.

2. Tommy Hodson's pass to Eddie Fuller in the 1988 "Earthquake Game."

3. Marcus Randall's pass to Devery Henderson against Kentucky in the 2002 "Bluegrass Miracle" game.

4. Matt Flynn's last second pass to Devery Henderson in the 2007 LSU-Auburn game. LSU went on to win the National Championship

5. Bert Jones' game-winning pass to Brad Davis with no time left in the 1972 Ole Miss game. It produced perhaps the longest sustained cheer in Tiger Stadium history. The game was controversial because Ole Miss fans claimed the clock ran out 4 seconds earlier. However, the official clock showed one second left. The game inspired a sign at the Louisiana-Mississippi state line that read "You are now entering Louisiana. Set your clocks back 4 seconds." Final Score: LSU - 17; Ole Miss - 16.

NOTE: I define "moment" as a single play rather than a series of plays or an entire game.

I like this list too, but Flynn to Devery Henderson? Not possible.

It was DByrd.

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P&G_wheelz007 · 07-11-2009, 12:23 PM

1. '07 BCS Championship game/win
2. '03 BCS Championship game/win
3. '07 4th Quarter vs Florida
4. '03 SEC Championship game- that win propelled us into BCS Title game
5. '01 SEC Championship game

There are lots of honorable mentions: Blue Grass Miracle, '06 Sugar Bowl blowout of Notre Dame (gave us momentum for '07), Zenon's INT for a TD in the '07 SEC Championship game, and of course- the punt return for a TD by Billy Cannon in 1958.

red55 · 07-11-2009, 12:24 PM

My top 10 Greatest moments

I go for the Morris home run for #1 because it won us a National Championship. Cannon # 2 because it won a Heisman trophy.

1. Warren Morris walk-off home run wins 1996 NC
2. Billy Cannon Punt return earns 1959 Heisman
3. Bert Jones to Davis pass beats Ole Miss with no time left in 1972
4. Eddie Fuller Earthquake Game reception beats Auburn in 1988
5. Basketball win over #1 Kentucky in 1978 with all five starters fouled out
6. Football win over #1 Florida in 1997
7. Bluegrass Miracle Hail Mary in 2002
8. Lowest seeded basketball team to ever make the final four in 1986
9. Womens Track wins 11th consecutive National Championship, 1997
10. Undefeated LSU beats Clemson in Sugar Bowl to win 1958 National Championship

islstl · 07-11-2009, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by islstl

1. LSU beating OU to win their first BCS
2. LSU beating OSU to win their 2nd BCS
3. LSU beating Florida to save the season with 5 for 5 fourth down conversions in the final quarter to do it
4. LSU upsetting #1 ranked Florida in 1997
5. LSU beating Kentucky in the Bluegrass Miracle

I would have to edit my list and add in the Billy Cannon Halloween Run to beat Ole Miss and help us win our first national championship.

That would be at #3 in my list.

Nutriaitch · 07-11-2009, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by islstl

I would have to edit my list and add in the Billy Cannon Halloween Run to beat Ole Miss and help us win our first national championship.

That would be at #3 in my list.

Cannon's run was the year AFTER we won our 1st title

COTiger · 07-11-2009, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishhead

I like this list too, but Flynn to Devery Henderson? Not possible.

It was DByrd.

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Correct you are Sir.

I still like your list BB.

MLUTiger · 07-11-2009, 05:18 PM

In my "football watching" lifetime:
5) LSU 4/4 fourth downs defeats UF
4) Matt Mauck defeats UT
3) Blue Grass Miracle
2) Earthquake Game
1) LSU defeats #1 UF

fanatic · 07-11-2009, 05:20 PM

I agree with most already documented.

2003 BCS championship (After all of the dark times and the rebuilding of the program we FINALLY won another national championship and I was there to see it).

2007 BCS championship (Because we were the first team to win 2 BCS titles and again, I was there to witness history)

Earthquake game (My first game in Tiger Stadium. 'Nuff said)

1997 upset of No.1 Fla. (Electric energy the entire night, no one sat down in my section, stormed the field after the game. Sidenote: I also started a chant of 'Corso sucks' heard live on college gameday after he incorrectly predicted that the only way we'd beat UF was if they didn't show up)

2001 SEC championship (Served notice that we were back, we were a force to be reckoned with, and we haven't looked back since)

(On a personal note, the '06 game against Ole Miss ranks right up there for me because is was my son's first game in Tiger Stadium. The tradition continues.)

Bengal Buddy · 07-11-2009, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishhead

I like this list too, but Flynn to Devery Henderson? Not possible.

It was DByrd.

Signed...
Thread editor.

You're right. Sorry, my slip. Senior moment. Thanks for the correction. It's fixed.

LSUfan71 · 07-11-2009, 07:18 PM

Everyone has covered my favs so I'll go with the games I've actually attended:

Beating UF in '07 (129.8 decibels at field level when SC loses)
Beating #1 UF in '97
Earthquake game
Beating #4 Bama in '05 (on the road, in OT)
Beating Bama in '00 in Tiger Statium for the 1st time in 30 years

JohnLSU · 07-12-2009, 01:02 PM

Earlier today, I was thinking of the blocked kicked against Alabama last season. That just goes against all that is good in the world that a play as great as that didn't result in Tiger victory in overtime. Oh well... here's to beating Bama for the next 40 years straight!

aztiger · 07-13-2009, 09:12 AM

My top 5 that I have seen in person:

1. 2003 National Championship victory over OU (Best moment for me was opening play, JV almost taking it to the house to start game)
2. 2007 Nat Champ over OSU (Best moment for me was Flynn's first TD, made me realize we were settled down)
3. Katrina game, at ASU, Jamarcus does not get near enough credit for one of THE greatest game winning passes I have ever seen.
4. 2006 at UT, Jamarcuss game winner at the end of the 4th qtr to beat Tennessee, while I was screaming in a sea of silent Orange.
5. 2003 Watching the Tigers walk on the field here in Tucson and listening to all of my buddies complaining about how big we look, and I then point out that #4 is our freshman QB.....they almost left the stadium. (Completely selfish and only I care about it.)

red55 · 07-13-2009, 02:44 PM

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2003 Watching the Tigers walk on the field here in Tucson and listening to all of my buddies complaining about how big we look, and I then point out that #4 is our freshman QB.....they almost left the stadium.

When San Jose State came out here several years ago to play in Tiger Stadium they mentioned after the game that they had been accustomed to playing western teams where players were either big and strong or small and fast. They were impressed by the LSU team all being big, strong and fast--especially the linemen. There were no lumbering linemen at all, they were beating San Jose backs to the corner all night.

07-10-2009, 07:03 PM	#6
Nutriaitch Fear the Buoy Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Just South of Hell Posts: 8,839	Re: Top 5 Moments in LSU football History Championships are too easy to list as 1 and 2. so top 5 (non titles) of my lifetime in no particular order Hodson to Fuller '88 Twillie int in '95 (vs Auburn) Hester plowing into endzone vs Florida Mauck to Skyler/Webster's pick to seal it Curley Hallman gets sh!tcanned __________________ *"I would rather a daughter in a whorehouse than a son at Auburn"* *"Welcome* to Death Valley": It's like descending into Hell and finding a sign that reads, "Satan Invites You to Enjoy Eternal Damnation."**

07-10-2009, 07:19 PM	#7
Ch0sn0ne At the Track Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Boondocks Posts: 3,210	Re: Top 5 Moments in LSU football History I don't know about top 5 in History but 5 of my favs are: 1. Rohan and Josh Reed show against Bama 2. Rohan to Royal in OT to beat UT 3. 97 UF game 4. Arizona State comeback 5. Mauck to Skyler vs UGA One of my favorite plays in modern history is when Michael Clayton knocked the Auburn returner out cold on the kickoff team. Wish I had that one saved on the puter. __________________ Buyout = The best 18.5 million LSU could ever invest.

07-10-2009, 10:59 PM	#8
islstl Saints SB 44 Champs! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 26,120	Re: Top 5 Moments in LSU football History 1. LSU beating OU to win their first BCS 2. LSU beating OSU to win their 2nd BCS 3. LSU beating Florida to save the season with 5 for 5 fourth down conversions in the final quarter to do it 4. LSU upsetting #1 ranked Florida in 1997 5. LSU beating Kentucky in the Bluegrass Miracle __________________

07-11-2009, 09:35 AM	#10
sugarlsu Registered Guest Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 781	Re: Top 5 Moments in LSU football History 1. 03 BCS game (I was there) 2. 07 BCS game (I was there) 3. 58 Sugar Bowl (I was not created yet, my attempt at an early arrival date for the game was thwarted) 4. 97 Victory over #1 FL (I was there) 5. 01 SECCG over #1 TN (I watched it in TN with my old LSU roomate and his 2 TN friends)

07-11-2009, 10:53 AM	#11
Bengal Buddy Registered Guest Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Baton Rouge Posts: 10,236	Re: Top 5 Moments in LSU football History 1. "The Run." Explanation not required. 2. Tommy Hodson's pass to Eddie Fuller in the 1988 "Earthquake Game." 3. Marcus Randall's pass to Devery Henderson against Kentucky in the 2002 "Bluegrass Miracle" game. 4. Matt Flynn's last second pass to Demetrius Byrd in the 2007 LSU-Auburn game. LSU went on to win the National Championship 5. Bert Jones' game-winning pass to Brad Davis with no time left in the 1972 Ole Miss game. It produced perhaps the longest sustained cheer in Tiger Stadium history. The game was controversial because Ole Miss fans claimed the clock ran out 4 seconds earlier. However, the official clock showed one second left. The game inspired a sign at the Louisiana-Mississippi state line that read "You are now entering Louisiana. Set your clocks back 4 seconds." Final Score: LSU - 17; Ole Miss - 16. NOTE: I define "moment" as a single play rather than a series of plays or an entire game. __________________ Don't ever underestimate the power of stupid people acting as a group. Last edited by Bengal Buddy; 07-11-2009 at 06:29 PM..

07-10-2009, 05:23 PM	#1
mike5705 Registered Guest Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 117	Top 5 Moments in LSU football History Alright guys, including championships , what are your top 5 moments in LSU footabll history?

07-10-2009, 05:41 PM	#3
Fishhead Registered Guest Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: HOME...for now. Posts: 4,020	Re: Top 5 Moments in LSU football History 1958 2003 2007 The NCs. After that, the Arnsparger resurgence, and the falloff thereafter. You said Top 5 moments, not top 5 GOOD moments. __________________ TigerForums.com-The ultimate LSU fan forum! The place to DISCUSS LSU Football...even if it ain't a pumpin' sunshine post.

07-10-2009, 05:44 PM	#4
T-Time Registered Guest Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 138	Re: Top 5 Moments in LSU football History One of the greatest are moments i have seen personally, it just means so much more. 1) being there to see LSU's epic win over Florida completing 4/4 on fourth downs 2) skipping night class and driving 5 hours to see LSU wipe the floor with MSU 45-0 in a game where it stormed the entire time, driving back right after the game and getting back at 6am, waking up and going to class at 9am 3) 03 national championship 4) LSUs come back win in game 1 of '09 CWS 5) screaming myself hoarse watching the blue grass miracle live

07-11-2009, 11:19 AM	#12
COTiger 2008 TF Pick 'Em Champ Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 4,618	Re: Top 5 Moments in LSU football History I like Bengal Buddy's list. __________________ "Have a great day" Les Miles - Pregame statement 2007 SECCG

07-11-2009, 12:23 PM	#14
P&G_wheelz007 Football anyone? Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ruston, LA Posts: 1,212	Re: Top 5 Moments in LSU football History 1. '07 BCS Championship game/win 2. '03 BCS Championship game/win 3. '07 4th Quarter vs Florida 4. '03 SEC Championship game- that win propelled us into BCS Title game 5. '01 SEC Championship game There are lots of honorable mentions: Blue Grass Miracle, '06 Sugar Bowl blowout of Notre Dame (gave us momentum for '07), Zenon's INT for a TD in the '07 SEC Championship game, and of course- the punt return for a TD by Billy Cannon in 1958. __________________ 2 Time BCS Champs!!!

07-11-2009, 12:24 PM	#15
red55 curmudgeon Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Baton Rouge Posts: 21,355	Re: Top 5 Moments in LSU football History My top 10 Greatest moments I go for the Morris home run for #1 because it won us a National Championship. Cannon # 2 because it won a Heisman trophy. 1. Warren Morris walk-off home run wins 1996 NC 2. Billy Cannon Punt return earns 1959 Heisman 3. Bert Jones to Davis pass beats Ole Miss with no time left in 1972 4. Eddie Fuller Earthquake Game reception beats Auburn in 1988 5. Basketball win over #1 Kentucky in 1978 with all five starters fouled out 6. Football win over #1 Florida in 1997 7. Bluegrass Miracle Hail Mary in 2002 8. Lowest seeded basketball team to ever make the final four in 1986 9. Womens Track wins 11th consecutive National Championship, 1997 10. Undefeated LSU beats Clemson in Sugar Bowl to win 1958 National Championship __________________ "I deny the allegation and I refute the alligator!" -- Algonquin J. Calhoun

07-11-2009, 05:18 PM	#19
MLUTiger Secular Humanist Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,046	Re: Top 5 Moments in LSU football History In my "football watching" lifetime: 5) LSU 4/4 fourth downs defeats UF 4) Matt Mauck defeats UT 3) Blue Grass Miracle 2) Earthquake Game 1) LSU defeats #1 UF __________________

07-11-2009, 05:20 PM	#20
fanatic Witnessing History Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In a van down by the river. Posts: 3,986	Re: Top 5 Moments in LSU football History I agree with most already documented. 2003 BCS championship (After all of the dark times and the rebuilding of the program we FINALLY won another national championship and I was there to see it). 2007 BCS championship (Because we were the first team to win 2 BCS titles and again, I was there to witness history) Earthquake game (My first game in Tiger Stadium. 'Nuff said) 1997 upset of No.1 Fla. (Electric energy the entire night, no one sat down in my section, stormed the field after the game. Sidenote: I also started a chant of 'Corso sucks' heard live on college gameday after he incorrectly predicted that the only way we'd beat UF was if they didn't show up) 2001 SEC championship (Served notice that we were back, we were a force to be reckoned with, and we haven't looked back since) (On a personal note, the '06 game against Ole Miss ranks right up there for me because is was my son's first game in Tiger Stadium. The tradition continues.) __________________ Last edited by fanatic; 07-11-2009 at 09:33 PM..

07-11-2009, 07:18 PM	#22
LSUfan71 Go to Hell, Ole Miss Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Watson, La Posts: 3,058	Re: Top 5 Moments in LSU football History Everyone has covered my favs so I'll go with the games I've actually attended: Beating UF in '07 (129.8 decibels at field level when SC loses) Beating #1 UF in '97 Earthquake game Beating #4 Bama in '05 (on the road, in OT) Beating Bama in '00 in Tiger Statium for the 1st time in 30 years

07-12-2009, 01:02 PM	#23
JohnLSU NONE Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Louisiana Posts: 6,567	Re: Top 5 Moments in LSU football History Earlier today, I was thinking of the blocked kicked against Alabama last season. That just goes against all that is good in the world that a play as great as that didn't result in Tiger victory in overtime. Oh well... here's to beating Bama for the next 40 years straight!

07-13-2009, 09:12 AM	#24
aztiger Missing Crawfish & LSU Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: tucson, AZ Posts: 541	Re: Top 5 Moments in LSU football History My top 5 that I have seen in person: 1. 2003 National Championship victory over OU (Best moment for me was opening play, JV almost taking it to the house to start game) 2. 2007 Nat Champ over OSU (Best moment for me was Flynn's first TD, made me realize we were settled down) 3. Katrina game, at ASU, Jamarcus does not get near enough credit for one of THE greatest game winning passes I have ever seen. 4. 2006 at UT, Jamarcuss game winner at the end of the 4th qtr to beat Tennessee, while I was screaming in a sea of silent Orange. 5. 2003 Watching the Tigers walk on the field here in Tucson and listening to all of my buddies complaining about how big we look, and I then point out that #4 is our freshman QB.....they almost left the stadium. (Completely selfish and only I care about it.) __________________ " There will be FESTIVUS for the rest of US"

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