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re: Most Iconic win for each SEC program...
Posted on 7/10/17 at 1:00 pm to BHMKyle
Posted on 7/10/17 at 1:00 pm to BHMKyle
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LSU- Win at Bama in regular season, 2011
I wouldn't choose this one. But for the rematch, it might have been, but after the rematch, it's not the most iconic win for LSU since 1992. Others that are more likely choices would be
1997 win over #1 Florida
2000 OT win over Tennessee after losing to UAB the week before
2001 SECCG win over Tennessee
2003 BCS Championship win over Oklahoma
2005 stomping of Miami that they have never recovered from
2007 win over Florida
2011 win over Oregon
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Posted on 7/10/17 at 1:04 pm to madddoggydawg
Has Tennessee ever really recovered from that loss? They were a game away from playing in the National Championship game. They haven't been the same ever since.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 1:08 pm to remaster916
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This article said he was the fastest player in college football that year.
Pretty sure the article is calling Teague the fastest man in college football. Lamar Thomas was the 10th fastest player on his own team at best.
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Posted on 7/10/17 at 1:11 pm to Nuts4LSU
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1997 win over #1 Florida
It's obviously up to LSU fans to decide their most iconic win, but a win over one of the few Spurrier teams not to win the East in the '90s doesn't strike me as "most iconic."
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2000 OT win over Tennessee after losing to UAB the week before
Beating a Vols team that finished 8-4 a week after losing to UAB also strikes me as not that big of a deal.
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2001 SECCG win over Tennessee
This I could see.
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2003 BCS Championship win over Oklahoma
2005 stomping of Miami that they have never recovered from
2011 win over Oregon
The rules of the OP said it had to be an SEC game. All of these don't qualify.
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2007 win over Florida
This was not one of Urban's better teams... they finished with 4 losses. And LSU's win came a week after the Gators had just lost at home to Auburn. So again, if you say so, but it doesn't strike me as very "iconic."
As much as LSU's fans continue to talk about their 9-6 win in Tuscaloosa, it seems strange to try to downplay it. It was #1 vs. #2 and LSU beat Saban in a Game of the Century in Bama's house. That's a big deal. I could maybe see the 2001 win over UT in Atlanta, but I still say its 9-6 as a complete outsider.
This post was edited on 7/10/17 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 7/10/17 at 1:12 pm to 12Pence
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Has Tennessee ever really recovered from that loss?
Nope
Posted on 7/10/17 at 1:13 pm to BHMKyle
Posted on 7/10/17 at 1:15 pm to ksrph
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I hear you but you think if it happened against UTC or Samford they'd still say that? I don't think so.
No of course not.
But the fact remains they clinched a spot in the SEC Title Game as the SEC West Champ which more often than not means a likely trip to the National Title Game, all on a Kick 6 with no time left in regulation.
The fact that it was against Bama was icing on the cake. But even considering all the other factors (rivalry aside), had Hollywood written the script, the script would have never been picked up by virtue of being too unbelievable to pass off as realistic. That's why its considered the best play of all time in the history of the game. I mean it would be different had it happened with 5:00 left in the 2nd quarter. But it was literally the walk-off play to win the West.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 1:16 pm to elposter
Yes. Sorry got excited thinking about the game. So bad on my part.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 1:27 pm to CrimsonShadow
1926 Rose Bowl - Alabama defeats Washington
The game that validated Southern football. You all can thank Bama for putting you on the map.
The game that validated Southern football. You all can thank Bama for putting you on the map.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 1:39 pm to SoFla Tideroller
UF - 1997 Sugar Bowl victory over FSU 52-20.
Largest margin of victory against a #1 ranked team in NCG history.
Largest margin of victory against a #1 ranked team in NCG history.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 1:47 pm to Oklahomey
Beating LSU on the road at night in 2014. First time we had done that in 20 years... then beating auburn 2 weeks later they were ranked number 2 at the time... launching us into national spotlight. It was kind of a big deal. There were also a few during the croom era... where we would win and a coach would get fired/croomed... namely mike schula... You are welcome by the way.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 2:01 pm to Oklahomey
UGA upsetting Nicholls State in 2016 was iconic as frick
Posted on 7/10/17 at 2:06 pm to Oklahomey
Hard choice. Just for the sheer historical relevance, it has to be 1a) Blue Grass Miracle Hail Mary Play 1b) Billy Cannon's Halloween run 1c) 1988 Earthquake Game 1d) '97 Florida upset. Sure beating UK in the Blue Grass Miracle isn't a marquee win, but the play is iconic for LSU in itself.
Honorable mention to '07 Florida game. That 4th quarter comeback was an amazing thing to witness in the student section live.
Honorable mention to '07 Florida game. That 4th quarter comeback was an amazing thing to witness in the student section live.
This post was edited on 7/10/17 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 7/10/17 at 2:09 pm to BHMKyle
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It's obviously up to LSU fans to decide their most iconic win, but a win over one of the few Spurrier teams not to win the East in the '90s doesn't strike me as "most iconic."
Florida had won 9 straight prior
Won 56-13 the year prior
Had a 25 game SEC win streak
Were HUGE favorites
Were #1 in the country entering the game.
LSU hadn't won a game of the magnitude since probably beating Alabama in 1993
I'm not sure it was the most "iconic" win when you take into consideration what LSU has accomplished since, but at the time and under those circumstances it is still one of the greatest wins in LSU history and still probably the best game I've ever attended in Tiger Stadium.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 2:12 pm to yatesdog38
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Beating LSU on the road at night in 2014. First time we had done that in 20 years... then beating auburn 2 weeks later they were ranked number 2 at the time... launching us into national spotlight. It was kind of a big deal. There were also a few during the croom era... where we would win and a coach would get fired/croomed... namely mike schula... You are welcome by the way.
I would say beating Arkansas by one point in 1998 the 2nd to last game of the regular season to clinch the tie-breaker for the west was prob more iconic than that win against LSU. Even 2014 had a more iconic win IMO when State beat the crap out of #2 Auburn, getting State to #1 in the country and an SI cover shot.
This post was edited on 7/10/17 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 7/10/17 at 2:20 pm to lsufball19
If the Bluegrass Miracle had occurred in a National Championship game, it would beat out the Flutie play. It wasn't just a Hail Mary, it was a pinball play, like the Immaculate Reception.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 2:24 pm to Oklahomey
LSU v. Florida in 2007 gets my vote, but '97 against Florida was pretty amazing as well.
The Cigar Game, Kick 6, Refgate, and the Alabama's Great Iron Bowl Collapse of 2010 should all be in the discussion for Auburn.
The Meltdown in Mississippi (Clock it! Clock it!) and Katy Perry's Bar Dive should be the big'uns for Ole Miss.
Johnny Manzel's drubbing of Alabama is it for the Aggies.
UK defeating LSU in 2007 is probably their big one.
UGA's victory over LSU in the 2005 SEC Championship Game is my nomination for them.
UT's would have to be their National Championship win in the 90's.
Alabama would be 1/9.
Arkansas would be 2007 over LSU.
Miss St would be the comeback that wasn't, when they held on to upset LSU in Tiger Stadium despite a late rally from backup QB Brandon Harris in 2014.
For Vandy, it has to be their upset of UT last year.
South Carolina has to be one of their victories over Florida, probably the 2010 one.
Mizzou gets their beatdown of Georgia a couple years ago that clinched the SEC East Title.
The Cigar Game, Kick 6, Refgate, and the Alabama's Great Iron Bowl Collapse of 2010 should all be in the discussion for Auburn.
The Meltdown in Mississippi (Clock it! Clock it!) and Katy Perry's Bar Dive should be the big'uns for Ole Miss.
Johnny Manzel's drubbing of Alabama is it for the Aggies.
UK defeating LSU in 2007 is probably their big one.
UGA's victory over LSU in the 2005 SEC Championship Game is my nomination for them.
UT's would have to be their National Championship win in the 90's.
Alabama would be 1/9.
Arkansas would be 2007 over LSU.
Miss St would be the comeback that wasn't, when they held on to upset LSU in Tiger Stadium despite a late rally from backup QB Brandon Harris in 2014.
For Vandy, it has to be their upset of UT last year.
South Carolina has to be one of their victories over Florida, probably the 2010 one.
Mizzou gets their beatdown of Georgia a couple years ago that clinched the SEC East Title.
This post was edited on 7/10/17 at 2:26 pm
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