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Posted on 7/30/19 at 1:38 pm to WG_Dawg
Posted on 7/30/19 at 1:38 pm to WG_Dawg
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Cartwright is still in possession of it, and he said he has been working on getting students from the Lamar Dodd School of Art to repaint it as a project. If he was a younger man, Cartwright said he would take matters into his own hands.
That would be a shame.
Leave it as it is!
What a treasure.
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Posted on 7/30/19 at 1:39 pm to SummerOfGeorge
That's a family pic, BTW - Alf was my wife's uncle. Helluva guy, friends with just about everybody who was anybody in SEC sports between 1950 and 1997 when he passed away. 
Posted on 7/30/19 at 1:42 pm to TailbackU
I believe we tried to bring it back in 2009 the year Kiffin was head coach, Alabama admin said no sadly.
It does need to come back though. Alabama red and Tennessee orange clash well together aesthetically imo.
It does need to come back though. Alabama red and Tennessee orange clash well together aesthetically imo.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 1:46 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Posted on 7/30/19 at 3:16 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Simply fielding a team for the 1943 season was a win for LSU. Travel restrictions and roster shortages forced the SEC to play an abbreviated schedule with only the four teams which managed to scrounge up enough players.
Luckily for LSU, one of those players rejected for military service included Steve van Buren, who failed an army physical due to his defective vision. It turns out, you don’t need to see to play football. Van Buren would lead the SEC in rushing and points scored, changing position from blocking back to a featured halfback in his senior year.
Steve van Buren would get drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles, not the US Army. He would go on to a superb eight-year career that would earn him election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He won four NFL rushing titles, two NFL titles, and retired and as the NFL’s leading all-time rusher.
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LSU would play Georgia twice in conference play, winning both, and drop games to Tulane and Georgia Tech. LSU would play a local army base team to fill out the schedule, plus four games against SWC opponents from Texas. The fourth of these games was a trip to Miami to play in the Orange Bowl.
LSU received an Orange Bowl bid largely because they could make the trip. The 4-3 Tigers were no one’s idea of a powerhouse that season, but none of the northern schools, who dominated college football during the war years, could make the trip south. So 6-1-1 Texas A&M got a rematch with a team they beat in the regular season due to a lack of options. LSU entered the game as 15-to-1 underdogs.
Texas A&M, not being stupid [sic], decided to base their entire game plan on stopping LSU’s best weapon, Steve van Buren. It wouldn’t work. Moore moved Joe Nagata to fullback to take direct snaps and either handoff to van Buren or run a keeper himself. This bought the runners a half second, and LSU scored two touchdowns before A&M knew what hit them.
The Aggies eventually adjusted, but van Buren busted a 62-yard touchdown run in the third quarter to put this game away.
LSU won 19-14 with van Buren accounting for 172 of LSU’s 201 rushing yards on offense. After four tries, Bernie Moore finally had his bowl victory, with easily his weakest team. Van Buren would go on to NFL fame while Nagata, a Japanese-American, would fight in an all-Nisei regiment, earning himself eight medals, including the Bronze Star.
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Luckily for LSU, one of those players rejected for military service included Steve van Buren, who failed an army physical due to his defective vision. It turns out, you don’t need to see to play football. Van Buren would lead the SEC in rushing and points scored, changing position from blocking back to a featured halfback in his senior year.
Steve van Buren would get drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles, not the US Army. He would go on to a superb eight-year career that would earn him election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He won four NFL rushing titles, two NFL titles, and retired and as the NFL’s leading all-time rusher.
LSU would play Georgia twice in conference play, winning both, and drop games to Tulane and Georgia Tech. LSU would play a local army base team to fill out the schedule, plus four games against SWC opponents from Texas. The fourth of these games was a trip to Miami to play in the Orange Bowl.
LSU received an Orange Bowl bid largely because they could make the trip. The 4-3 Tigers were no one’s idea of a powerhouse that season, but none of the northern schools, who dominated college football during the war years, could make the trip south. So 6-1-1 Texas A&M got a rematch with a team they beat in the regular season due to a lack of options. LSU entered the game as 15-to-1 underdogs.
Texas A&M, not being stupid [sic], decided to base their entire game plan on stopping LSU’s best weapon, Steve van Buren. It wouldn’t work. Moore moved Joe Nagata to fullback to take direct snaps and either handoff to van Buren or run a keeper himself. This bought the runners a half second, and LSU scored two touchdowns before A&M knew what hit them.
The Aggies eventually adjusted, but van Buren busted a 62-yard touchdown run in the third quarter to put this game away.
LSU won 19-14 with van Buren accounting for 172 of LSU’s 201 rushing yards on offense. After four tries, Bernie Moore finally had his bowl victory, with easily his weakest team. Van Buren would go on to NFL fame while Nagata, a Japanese-American, would fight in an all-Nisei regiment, earning himself eight medals, including the Bronze Star.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 3:33 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
That’s good stuff—particularly this part:
I can’t begin to imagine what those war years were like.
So much turmoil.
But the fact that a few teams managed to put together semblances of teams had to be priceless for morale.
A write-up on our 1943 season is very similar to what you shared:
Here’s a fantastic summary of that game: Dan's Old School SEC Page
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Nagata, a Japanese-American, would fight in an all-Nisei regiment, earning himself eight medals, including the Bronze Star.
I can’t begin to imagine what those war years were like.
So much turmoil.
But the fact that a few teams managed to put together semblances of teams had to be priceless for morale.
A write-up on our 1943 season is very similar to what you shared:
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Enrollment was low because of World War II. Homer Norton's team was made up of primarily freshmen and sophomores. The team lost 77 players who were expected to be on the roster. With an average age of 17, the team was known as "The Kiddie Korps." None had ever suited up in a college football game and some hadn't played high school football.
Here’s a fantastic summary of that game: Dan's Old School SEC Page
This post was edited on 7/30/19 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 7/30/19 at 3:35 pm to Belue2Scott
I have that in my office. One of my favorites
Posted on 7/30/19 at 3:54 pm to Rhino5
Cotton Bowl 1956
1936, Ole Miss, first team to fly to a game
1970 Sugar Bowl
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