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Posted on 8/12/21 at 5:56 pm to lsufball19
Posted on 8/12/21 at 5:56 pm to lsufball19
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He just made a poor hire, stuck by him, and got fired.
Who was that, Tepper?
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Posted on 8/12/21 at 5:56 pm to arleno
Yawn
Posted on 8/12/21 at 6:00 pm to paperwasp
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Who was that, Tepper?
Yeah. Defense was great in 1997, returned basically everyone, and was utter dog shite in 1998. Carl Reese left to take the DC job at Texas. Tepper’s defense played prevent with a drop linebacker and everyone else blitzing so basically underneath middle of the field was open the entire game. It was maddening watching teams paper cut us to death every week. Until Pelini last year, it was the worst garbage I’d ever seen. Our offense was still really good. I think we lost 6 of our 7 games by one possession. Still kicked the shite out of the west champs, Miss State, somehow that year. Then the wheels completely fell off once everyone was gone the following year and he was fired.
This post was edited on 8/12/21 at 6:02 pm
Posted on 8/12/21 at 6:03 pm to arleno
Lol, About the same as Bama fans pre Saban! What a dumb question
Posted on 8/12/21 at 6:05 pm to arleno
We taught the world how to tailgate long before SaBaH. There is a reason LSU tailgating is world renowned. The fans have always shown up.
Posted on 8/12/21 at 6:06 pm to arleno
My family never had the time nor money to travel to BR for a game. I listened to all of them on an old AM radio. I never expected the type of success LSU has had since 2000. SEC and National titles are just the cherry on top that goes along with the entire LSU football experience. The food, drink, the band, TS, the student section.
Posted on 8/12/21 at 6:07 pm to lsufball19
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Tepper’s defense played prevent with a drop linebacker
The second edition
Posted on 8/12/21 at 6:07 pm to TigerLunatik
Remember when Tepper infamously talked about how his defense took 4 years to learn? 
Posted on 8/12/21 at 6:09 pm to paperwasp
quote:Kinda like those Shula years before LSU found Saban...Sad to stupid to even find a coach...Oh almost forgot about that Winner Mike Price
Anybody 'member the Hallman/DiNardo years?
I 'member.
Posted on 8/12/21 at 6:09 pm to TigerLunatik
Believe it or not they cared when hallman was coach and I sat thru some pretty bad football
Dinardo did some good things and upgraded talent
Saban inherited a decent team and set the course for the next 20 years
Had they hired spurrier over archer it would have negated the awful drought the program went through
What the hell was bama between stallings and saban
Some pretty bad football for the tide
Dinardo did some good things and upgraded talent
Saban inherited a decent team and set the course for the next 20 years
Had they hired spurrier over archer it would have negated the awful drought the program went through
What the hell was bama between stallings and saban
Some pretty bad football for the tide
Posted on 8/12/21 at 6:10 pm to arleno
quote:And I'm sure you were an Auburn fan before Saban...Bandwagon
You LSU fans who were around before Saban, how many of you actually cared about football to the point where you had high expectations for the Tigers? I mean no one thought they were ever more than a 2nd tier team but how many of you really cared about the program?
Posted on 8/12/21 at 6:11 pm to arleno
In 2000, when Saban arrived, CFB Warehouse ranked LSU as the 14th best program of all time and the football fan culture was widely considered to be one of the 3 or 4 best in the country. I think that was about right. Lots of bowls and big wins but never long-term consistency and championships. But here, in this state, LSU football has always been a big freaking deal, and a tie that binds the region.
Posted on 8/12/21 at 6:12 pm to lsufball19
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Remember when Tepper infamously talked about how his defense took 4 years to learn?
Yes. 4 fricking years to learn a defense that's based around dropping people in coverage.
Posted on 8/12/21 at 6:29 pm to arleno
The idea that LSU gained so a big number of rabid fans in recent memory is laughable. No that took generations of fandom.
"Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum." - Bear Bryant
LSU had the largest on-campus stadium in the SEC from 1953 to 1976.
"Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum." - Bear Bryant
LSU had the largest on-campus stadium in the SEC from 1953 to 1976.
Posted on 8/12/21 at 6:30 pm to arleno
Bama before Saban
had quite a few suck years there gumps...
had quite a few suck years there gumps...
Posted on 8/12/21 at 6:55 pm to Sleepy_Tiger
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Oh almost forgot about that Winner Mike Price
He could have been a great one but he just liked to roll a little too hard for Alabama. He was a barrel of laughs.
This post was edited on 8/12/21 at 6:56 pm
Posted on 8/12/21 at 7:01 pm to paperwasp
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Anybody 'member the Hallman/DiNardo years?
I 'member.
I was in school at the time.
Posted on 8/12/21 at 7:03 pm to cyde
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I cared in the early 90s as an adolescent
Well... I went to an LSU camp when Jerry Stovall was the HC
Posted on 8/12/21 at 7:27 pm to arleno
I have been a fan since 1975 as far as I can think back. Born in 1970. And always expected the best from the team. How is your day? And was it great between Dubois and Saban?
Posted on 8/12/21 at 7:30 pm to arleno
What did Saban accomplish prior to coaching at LSU?
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