re: What is it about the cigar game that upset LSU fans so much?

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Well, at the time LSU was undefeated and ranked I believe

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LSU was not ranked at any time during the 1999 season. We were coming off a 4-7 season in 1998 and had lost pretty much all our playmakers from that team (Tyler, Faulk, etc.). Plus, we still had Lou Tepper, whose shitty defense was the reason we went 4-7 with one of the most productive offenses in school history. Nobody expected anything of that LSU team coming into the season. Then, we opened with an absolutely stink-out-loud struggle with San Jose State in Tiger Stadium, barely winning 29-21. No way in hell were we ranked, and if we were favored, it couldn't have been by much.

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I'm sure they didn't know at the time where everyone would finish at the end of the season.

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Most people knew about where LSU was going to finish.