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re: Everybody talks about games that “broke” a program; what about games that “made” one?
Posted on 6/26/23 at 3:53 pm to Darindawg
Posted on 6/26/23 at 3:53 pm to Darindawg
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Why would you say that? I think anybody can see what I said was accurate. We wouldn't be where we are today if we had not got the Bama gorilla off our backs. That win was huge to Kirby and the program as far as breaking through to the top of the mountain. Wouldn't you agree?
I agree with what you said. I was simply pointing out it's a pretty easy conclusion to reach for the Dawgs. No argument here.
I'd say for the Dawgs under Kirby it was Auburn in 2016 that made them. They were always talented, but that's when y'all started playing a ferocious, physical brand of football you haven't stopped playing since.
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Posted on 6/26/23 at 3:54 pm to MizzouTrue
We made Bama
Posted on 6/26/23 at 3:57 pm to MackDaddyBrown
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We made Bama
And we appreciate you sacrificing your virgin qb’s to the football gods for Alabama success.
Posted on 6/26/23 at 3:58 pm to DeathByTossDive225
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We won when we hired Kelly, and if we beat Bama again this year the 2-pt conversion will be seen as that moment.
Then you went out and got curb stomped by TAMU. You lost 4 games and 3 were embarrassing. Can't you think of a pivotal moment in your program under Coach Saban that gave LSU football relevance? Dude, you sound like a 5-minute egg.
Posted on 6/26/23 at 3:59 pm to TheTideMustRoll
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I was at that game. Talk about not just a game but a single play that completely changed the trajectories of two programs - early in the game, it may have even been on UF's first possession, Percy Harvin rolled out into the flat and in my memory there was no one within 20 yards of him. If he had made the reception there he would still be running to this day, and who knows how things would have played out then? But instead he dropped the easy catch. Bullet successfully dodged, Bama went on to complete one of the great mudhole stompings of all time
I remember the play well, and I believe it was Jeffrey Demps that dropped the ball but, either way, if he caught it he was gone.
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:08 pm to MizzouTrue
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I’m thinking for LSU, probably a win in the early 2000s.
I know exactly. It was the 2003 Georgia game. People started paying attention after our great finish in 2001, but 2002 was a bit of a down year. Beating Georgia on national tv early that 2003 season was when we started to get respect and that has carried over to this day.
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:08 pm to bamameister
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Can't you think of a pivotal moment in your program under Coach Saban that gave LSU football relevance? Dude, you sound like a 5-minute egg.
Who do you think was LSU’s coach in 2001… first sentence
You sound like a five minute dump.
This post was edited on 6/26/23 at 4:29 pm
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:09 pm to DeathByTossDive225
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DeathByTossDive225
Friggin' awesome username
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:11 pm to Froman
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I know exactly. It was the 2003 Georgia game. People started paying attention after our great finish in 2001, but 2002 was a bit of a down year. Beating Georgia on national tv early that 2003 season was when we started to get respect and that has carried over to this day.
I was waiting for this game to be brought up.
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:13 pm to MizzouTrue
Clemson beating LSU in 2012 felt like the turning point for both programs
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:14 pm to Tornado Alley
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Friggin’ awesome username
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This post was edited on 6/26/23 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:16 pm to MizzouTrue
Under Mack Brown, it had to be either beating Michigan in the rose bowl to finish the 04 season or winning @Ohio St in the second game of the 05 season.
Before that, he was always "Coach February" and "couldn't win the big one". Either of those wins is to credit him making the program "pretty good" to "elite"
The game that broke him could be any number of games in 2010 (particularly UCLA), but the straw that probably broke the Camel's back was either OU in 2012 or BYU in the second game of what would end up being his last year.
Before that, he was always "Coach February" and "couldn't win the big one". Either of those wins is to credit him making the program "pretty good" to "elite"
The game that broke him could be any number of games in 2010 (particularly UCLA), but the straw that probably broke the Camel's back was either OU in 2012 or BYU in the second game of what would end up being his last year.
This post was edited on 6/26/23 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:17 pm to DeathByTossDive225
1982 Iron Bowl. The win announced both the end of the Bear Bryant era and the beginning of AU running the state for the 80s.
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:18 pm to Ross
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Clemson beating LSU in 2012 felt like the turning point for both programs
Excellent point.
LSU went south, for a while, and Clemson ascended to greatness.
LSU got revenge in 2019, though.
Now, I find both teams to be in similar places.
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:18 pm to TheTideMustRoll
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Talk about not just a game but a single play that completely changed the trajectories of two programs
urban had his first heart attack after that game..:it can be said that Bama stole our heart (Tebow cried) but they stomped on Urban’s lol
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:19 pm to BoCam2
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1982 Iron Bowl. The win announced both the end of the Bear Bryant era and the beginning of AU running the state for the 80s.
Remind us all again, how many natties did Pat Dye win for you guys?
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:20 pm to 4th and 1
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Broke - 2003 Oklahoma
Made - 2012 Alabama
Ehh . . .no. As ugly as that game was, we bounced back pretty quickly. OU would beat us more consistently in the latter part of the Fran years and that was when true program despair had set in.
If there is one game that I view as jump-starting the program, it was the 1975 win in which the #2 Ags thumped #5 Texas.
We had been in a decades long funk since Bear Bryant left. Emory Bellard somehow turned that around and the historical record is night and day since that point.
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:21 pm to rich4pres
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2001 SEC championship game broke Tennessee.
that was truly enjoyable
Vols fans were talking lots of shite and counting roses before they bloomed
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:24 pm to bamameister
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1982 Iron Bowl. The win announced both the end of the Bear Bryant era and the beginning of AU running the state for the 80s.
Remind us all again, how many natties did Pat Dye win for you guys?
There is no need to be upset about Pat Dye standing up to big bad Bama and changing the football culture of the state forever in the process.
If anything, that rivalry was well on its way to becoming something like Texas/Texas A&M. Bama had won 19 of the past 23 contests at that time and led the overall series by 15 games. Instead of that, it's the greatest rivalry in American sports.
Consider yourself lucky and thank Pat Dye for what he did.
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:24 pm to Tornado Alley
I misunderstood you...I apologize. 
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