re: Alabama has lost in Baton Rouge four times in the last 50 years.

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Not many folks here remember the somewhat debacle that was hiring Les. His first recruiting class had 15 players and (at the time) was only salvaged by landing Perriloux

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That was in the earlier internet days when as a college kid I basically only knew a bunch of stuff about Auburn and Tennessee (because I hated them), so I wasn't around to see LSU reactions to hiring Les.

But, I gotta think hiring a Midwestern guy that went 28-21 at Oklahoma State and was coming off a 7-5 season was not exactly garnering high fives and fist pumps