re: LSU's last 1st team All SEC RB...

You remember correctly.

The team was ranked 6th in the pre-season and the wheels totally came off.

Faulk's 1998 stats were incredible: LINK

He averaged 191 yards a game in AP yards and still led the SEC in rushing! Even though the team was 2 - 6 in conference, and 4-7 overall. He was 3rd in the NCAA in yards on a losing team.

I still "blame" Lou Tepper for that debacle of a season and the next. The defense just couldn't get off the field. That is why I never complain about Chavis - I didn't even complain about MalVeto (even though they scared me) -- because I remember Tepper.

I know Cannon won the Heisman, but I have a hard time not believing Faulk is LSU's greatest offensive player ever. It's a short list, though. He was truly a special college player and an all-time great Tiger.

LSU Hall of Fame.
He'll be in the Patriots Hall of Fame, I think if he can recover and play one more season, maybe two.
As we have been saying, they should retire his number.