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re: How has your favorite program influenced the world of Athletics?
Posted on 2/27/15 at 1:32 pm to TheSwineAssault
Posted on 2/27/15 at 1:32 pm to TheSwineAssault
Former Chancellor Mark Emmert is NCAA Pres.
Former basketball player Joe Dean was an Announcer and fine Athletic Director.
Former baseball coach and AD Skip Bertman picked up the torch of Ron Polk and helped bring SEC baseball to national prominence.
Football HOF'ers Steve Van Buren, Johnny Robinson, Jim Taylor, Y.A. Tittle (NFL) and Billy Cannon, Tommy Casanova, Jerry Stovall (CFB)
Baseball HOFer Alvin Dark
Basketball HOFers Bob Pettit, Pete Maravich, and Shaquille O'Neal.
Numerous Olympians going back to Slats Hardin from the 1930s through Lolo Jones in the 2010s.
Dale Brown - Coached 2 Final Four teams and several Elite 8 and Sweet 16 teams, but also an outspoken ally of the student athlete and college programs, a motivational speaker, and author.
"Everybody's All-American" - great film based loosely on Billy Cannon
"Rocky" ('Gonna Fly Now') theme written by LSU School of Music alumnus Bill Conti.
Greatest CWS ending - 1996 Warren Morris 2 run walkoff homer to beat Miami
Greatest football venue - Death Valley
Tiger Stadium - #1 or #2 in hundreds of polls and articles and rankings, to say nothing of Scott Van Pelt's ringing endoresement that the 2012 LSU- bama game was the greatest sporting event and game environment he's ever seen.
Former basketball player Joe Dean was an Announcer and fine Athletic Director.
Former baseball coach and AD Skip Bertman picked up the torch of Ron Polk and helped bring SEC baseball to national prominence.
Football HOF'ers Steve Van Buren, Johnny Robinson, Jim Taylor, Y.A. Tittle (NFL) and Billy Cannon, Tommy Casanova, Jerry Stovall (CFB)
Baseball HOFer Alvin Dark
Basketball HOFers Bob Pettit, Pete Maravich, and Shaquille O'Neal.
Numerous Olympians going back to Slats Hardin from the 1930s through Lolo Jones in the 2010s.
Dale Brown - Coached 2 Final Four teams and several Elite 8 and Sweet 16 teams, but also an outspoken ally of the student athlete and college programs, a motivational speaker, and author.
"Everybody's All-American" - great film based loosely on Billy Cannon
"Rocky" ('Gonna Fly Now') theme written by LSU School of Music alumnus Bill Conti.
Greatest CWS ending - 1996 Warren Morris 2 run walkoff homer to beat Miami
Greatest football venue - Death Valley
Tiger Stadium - #1 or #2 in hundreds of polls and articles and rankings, to say nothing of Scott Van Pelt's ringing endoresement that the 2012 LSU- bama game was the greatest sporting event and game environment he's ever seen.
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Posted on 2/27/15 at 1:33 pm to MetryTyger
Dale Brown was a cool dude..
Posted on 2/27/15 at 1:34 pm to MetryTyger
I forgot to mention that the CFB playoff chairman is our A.D. (Jeff Long)
Posted on 2/27/15 at 1:35 pm to MetryTyger
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MetryTyger
You forgot to mention the greatest LSU coach in history, Nick Saban.
It's okay, we'll make sure he gets his proper due.
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