Four Corners
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | St Aug, FL |
| Biography: | BR native; 3rd Generation LSU Alum |
| Interests: | LSU Football, History, Retiring |
| Occupation: | Medical Equipment Planning / Project Mgmt |
| Number of Posts: | 36 |
| Registered on: | 8/20/2007 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: What is the biggest "What If" in your favorite teams past?
Posted by Four Corners on 1/14/25 at 6:47 pm
What if Bo Rein hadn’t died in 1979, two months after taking the LSU HC position.
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LSU Fan Bar Search
Posted by Four Corners on 8/30/22 at 7:56 pm
Where do Tiger Fans meet for games in Jacksonville, FL. 2019 post mentioned Hurricanes, on Baymeadows, but it is temporarily closed.
re: Celebrating 20 years of the Tiger Rant (Winners announced on page 30)
Posted by Four Corners on 8/23/22 at 6:50 pm
Let’s not forget Hung Soro courtesy of Chicageaux nor all those priceless farks by Tigerfreek!
TigerDroppings is the best! Started here in 2006 to keep informed after having moved out-of-state.
TigerDroppings is the best! Started here in 2006 to keep informed after having moved out-of-state.
re: Without revealing your age, name the first LSU Tiger you idolized
Posted by Four Corners on 10/9/20 at 3:56 pm
V.J. Gianelloni
re: Jake Fromm about to get cut from the Buffalo Bills
Posted by Four Corners on 9/7/20 at 2:24 pm
Jake Fromm State Farm?
re: Post the name an obscure/forgotten Tiger
Posted by Four Corners on 2/12/16 at 6:22 pm
Football: Ronnie Estay
Basketball: Greg Cook
Baseball: M T Set
Basketball: Greg Cook
Baseball: M T Set
re: LesSpeak at its finest
Posted by Four Corners on 8/14/15 at 5:43 pm
re: Pitch us your SEC and/or sports related movie/documentary idea
Posted by Four Corners on 8/10/15 at 4:53 pm
"LSU Football - The Huey Long Years"
His contributions to the LSU Football Program.
His contributions to the LSU Football Program.
re: Classics from the Old Timers on the Rant
Posted by Four Corners on 10/5/13 at 11:06 am
The problem with drinking during the games, for me at least, is that my memories are really just "glimpses". Here are my highlights:
Lining up, at the stadium, well before the gates opened; handing the gate official our ID Cards for admission (our ID was our "ticket" and it was notched to prevent it from being used multiple times) and hoping I wasn't asked to pull up my pant legs and find the flask tucked into my cowboy boot.
I remember that the opposing team HAD to enter the field first and when they did the entire stadium erupted into repeated "Tiger Bait, Tiger Bait" until our team poured out of the Tiger Den. (I do so miss this tradition and wish we could bring it back!)
I remember Ohio State, in a then rare televised game, refusing to enter the field first. Everything was at a standstill until the TV Officials forced both teams to enter at the same time. Everyone was PO'd about that!
I remember Big Red, I think that was his name, in the NEZ. He had the voice of a megaphone. When everyone else was quiet he'd erupt into a "Tiger Bait" solo that I swear could be heard throughout the stadium.
I remember after the '78 LSU / FUSC game standing in ovation; cheering our team's effort; refusing to leave the stadium. Did they start turning off the lights to get us to leave?
I remember the hail storm of oranges during the '82 FSU game (and trying to land one into a Sousaphone) and the very eerie fog that began pouring through the portals and over the top of the stadium and blanketed the field.
Finally, I remember that after EVERY game, regardless of who we had played, we'd yell "Go to Hell Ole Miss, Go to Hell" as we filed down the ramps and out of the stadium.
:drunkards:
Lining up, at the stadium, well before the gates opened; handing the gate official our ID Cards for admission (our ID was our "ticket" and it was notched to prevent it from being used multiple times) and hoping I wasn't asked to pull up my pant legs and find the flask tucked into my cowboy boot.
I remember that the opposing team HAD to enter the field first and when they did the entire stadium erupted into repeated "Tiger Bait, Tiger Bait" until our team poured out of the Tiger Den. (I do so miss this tradition and wish we could bring it back!)
I remember Ohio State, in a then rare televised game, refusing to enter the field first. Everything was at a standstill until the TV Officials forced both teams to enter at the same time. Everyone was PO'd about that!
I remember Big Red, I think that was his name, in the NEZ. He had the voice of a megaphone. When everyone else was quiet he'd erupt into a "Tiger Bait" solo that I swear could be heard throughout the stadium.
I remember after the '78 LSU / FUSC game standing in ovation; cheering our team's effort; refusing to leave the stadium. Did they start turning off the lights to get us to leave?
I remember the hail storm of oranges during the '82 FSU game (and trying to land one into a Sousaphone) and the very eerie fog that began pouring through the portals and over the top of the stadium and blanketed the field.
Finally, I remember that after EVERY game, regardless of who we had played, we'd yell "Go to Hell Ole Miss, Go to Hell" as we filed down the ramps and out of the stadium.
:drunkards:
re: How did Chad Jones' Saints workout go?
Posted by Four Corners on 2/7/13 at 11:36 am
I totally agree that Chad's is one of the great recovery stories in Footbal but, more importantly, in life! He reminds me of another NFL player that came back from a serious leg injury. That player being Rocky Bleier of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Rocky has been one of my all time favorites due to his determination just as Chad Jones is now. Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia about Rocky's story:
ROCKY BLEIER
I would love to see Chad make a team and wear the number 20!
ROCKY BLEIER
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Service in Vietnam
After his 1968 rookie season with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bleier was drafted into the U.S. Army in December 1968.[3] He volunteered for duty in the Vietnam War and shipped out in May 1969, serving with the 196th Light Infantry Brigade. On August 20, while on patrol in Heip Duc, Bleier was wounded in the left thigh by a rifle bullet when his platoon was ambushed in a rice paddy. While down, an enemy grenade landed nearby after bouncing off a fellow soldier, sending shrapnel into his lower right leg. He was later awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. His rank was Specialist 4. While he was recovering in a hospital in Tokyo, doctors told him that he would not play football again. Soon after, he received a postcard from Steelers owner Art Rooney which just read "Rock - the team's not doing well. We need you. Art Rooney". Bleier later said "When you have somebody take the time and interest to send you a postcard, something that they didn't have to do, you have a special place for those kind of people".
Football Career
One year after being wounded, Bleier reported to Steelers training camp. Upon his return, he couldn't walk without being in pain, and weighed only 180 pounds (82 kg). He spent two full years trying to regain a spot on the active roster, and was even waived on two occasions. But Bleier never gave up, and said that he worked hard so that "some time in the future you didn't have to ask yourself 'what if?'". An offseason training regimen brought Bleier back to 212 pounds in the summer of 1974. From that point in time, he would be in the Steelers' starting lineup. Since Preston Pearson was wearing number 26 (the number Bleier wore his rookie season before he went to Vietnam), Bleier switched to number 20 when he returned to the team from Vietnam. After Pearson was traded to the Dallas Cowboys in 1975, Bleier kept the number 20, with which he had become associated. In addition to being a great lead blocker, Bleier was the second of the Steelers' rushing weapons (Franco Harris was the primary back), but was effective nonetheless at both blocking and rushing. In 1976, both Harris and Bleier rushed for over 1,000 yards, making this the second NFL team to accomplish this feat, after Mercury Morris and Larry Csonka of the 1972 Miami Dolphins. Bleier played in the first four Steeler Super Bowl victories, and caught the touchdown pass from Terry Bradshaw that gave Pittsburgh a lead it would never surrender in Super Bowl XIII. Bleier retired after the 1980 season with 3,865 rushing yards, 136 receptions for 1,294 yards, and 25 touchdowns. At the time of his retirement he was the Steelers fourth all-time leading rusher.
I would love to see Chad make a team and wear the number 20!
re: Rank the Alabama - LSU games you've attended
Posted by Four Corners on 11/1/12 at 2:05 pm
notiger19
Thinking back, I believe your recollection is more accurate than mine. I'll attribute that to my 7&7 consumption rate that night.
That's the same game. I went to YouTube for details and that brought back a bunch of memories:
Remember, we hadn't beat Bama at home for YEARS. The score was LSU 23 - Bama 21 with 7 minutes left in the 4th. Bama was driving and inside our 20 when an apparent fumble was recovered by LSU. Unfortunately the LSU Fans' hopes were dashed when the refs' initial indication was that the Bama player was down before fumbling.
But when the subsequent big screen replay clearly showed it to be a fumble the Tiger Fans went from "Disappointed Acceptance" to "Full Out Tiger Droppings Psycho Meltdown Mode". Years of Bama related paranoia (the inability to beat "The Bear", the SEC HQ is in Birmingham, the refs are Bama fans, yada yada yada) all crystallized into that singular moment and turned normally level headed people into raving, blood thirsty lunatics. I remember genuinely fearing that if the call remained in Bama's favor that people were going to storm the field and take matters into their own hands! The feeling was primeval.
I personally think the refs sensed the same thing and that is what influenced their decision to rule it a fumble. Although compelling, the visual evidence should not have factored into their decision since the use of Instant Replay wasn't adopted for use in NCAA Football for for another 6 or more years.
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I remember that. I think he ran down and mooned the fans too while spinning in a circle or something stupid like that.
Thinking back, I believe your recollection is more accurate than mine. I'll attribute that to my 7&7 consumption rate that night.
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Was this the game where the refs were about to incorrectly give Bama the ball after a confusing play. I thought I remember a replay up on the screen being what finally showed the refs they were dumbasses and it was LSU's ball.
That's the same game. I went to YouTube for details and that brought back a bunch of memories:
Remember, we hadn't beat Bama at home for YEARS. The score was LSU 23 - Bama 21 with 7 minutes left in the 4th. Bama was driving and inside our 20 when an apparent fumble was recovered by LSU. Unfortunately the LSU Fans' hopes were dashed when the refs' initial indication was that the Bama player was down before fumbling.
But when the subsequent big screen replay clearly showed it to be a fumble the Tiger Fans went from "Disappointed Acceptance" to "Full Out Tiger Droppings Psycho Meltdown Mode". Years of Bama related paranoia (the inability to beat "The Bear", the SEC HQ is in Birmingham, the refs are Bama fans, yada yada yada) all crystallized into that singular moment and turned normally level headed people into raving, blood thirsty lunatics. I remember genuinely fearing that if the call remained in Bama's favor that people were going to storm the field and take matters into their own hands! The feeling was primeval.
I personally think the refs sensed the same thing and that is what influenced their decision to rule it a fumble. Although compelling, the visual evidence should not have factored into their decision since the use of Instant Replay wasn't adopted for use in NCAA Football for for another 6 or more years.
re: Rank the Alabama - LSU games you've attended
Posted by Four Corners on 11/1/12 at 10:10 am
I'm not sure of the year, possibly at the home game in 2000:
Bama was in the huddle calling a play when a student ran onto the field and stopped 10 - 15 yards from them. When the Bama players turned to look, the student spun around, bent over, dropped his pants and presented to them a Full Moon for the ages.
In the words of Homer Simpson it was, "Classic".
PS: It should also be noted that the subsequent tackle of that student by an unknown Policeman was textbook form. Quite impressive.
Bama was in the huddle calling a play when a student ran onto the field and stopped 10 - 15 yards from them. When the Bama players turned to look, the student spun around, bent over, dropped his pants and presented to them a Full Moon for the ages.
In the words of Homer Simpson it was, "Classic".
PS: It should also be noted that the subsequent tackle of that student by an unknown Policeman was textbook form. Quite impressive.
re: Official college Gameday sign thread
Posted by Four Corners on 10/29/12 at 12:08 pm
11-3-12
LSU vs. Bama
The Rubber Match
LSU vs. Bama
The Rubber Match
re: Those of you that are so sure that Lee won't see the field in the game
Posted by Four Corners on 12/15/11 at 5:35 am
and I heard since 6 Nov Lee has been in Area 51 practicing against clones of the Bama defense.
Oh, and that he'll be a Game Captain.
Oh, and that he'll be a Game Captain.
re: Who Schedules the Drug Testing ? Was This Planned by CLM?
Posted by Four Corners on 10/20/11 at 7:36 am
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Who Schedules the Drug Testing ? Was This Planned by CLM?
Posted by Four Corners on 10/20/11 at 7:13 am
Several posts have suggested that the players have been suspended because this is the 2nd time they failed a test. Assuming that is the case, who then schedules the follow up testing?
If CLM has any input into this decision my opinion is that the testing was done at a time that best serves The Team and The Players by:
The Team: Timing the testing such that if suspensions are required (remember they know who the second time offenders would be) the talent / experience of the backup matches well against the players they will face.
The Players: Being suspended for a significant "payback" game like Auburn will have more of an impact than if for a minor game. The desire is to teach a memorable lesson to the actual players and to all players in general.
Basically, I'm hoping this "event" was calculated so that the impact would serve the purpose without sacrificing the season.
If CLM has any input into this decision my opinion is that the testing was done at a time that best serves The Team and The Players by:
The Team: Timing the testing such that if suspensions are required (remember they know who the second time offenders would be) the talent / experience of the backup matches well against the players they will face.
The Players: Being suspended for a significant "payback" game like Auburn will have more of an impact than if for a minor game. The desire is to teach a memorable lesson to the actual players and to all players in general.
Basically, I'm hoping this "event" was calculated so that the impact would serve the purpose without sacrificing the season.
re: Les Miles meet Cholly Mac
Posted by Four Corners on 9/5/11 at 6:59 pm
Here is one thing I especially loved about Cholly Mac:
Occasionally, in a 3rd and Short situation, the crowd would start chanting, "GO, GO, GO, GO,..." and many times he would keep the Offense in and go for it. Cholly understood that regardless of the outcome of that one play the fans' incredible show of support fired up the team and led to dividends later in the game. He also knew that giving the fans a "say in the game" fired us up too, another dividend.
I would be a moment to remember for all if only the fans and Les could make this happen again in Tiger Stadium.
Occasionally, in a 3rd and Short situation, the crowd would start chanting, "GO, GO, GO, GO,..." and many times he would keep the Offense in and go for it. Cholly understood that regardless of the outcome of that one play the fans' incredible show of support fired up the team and led to dividends later in the game. He also knew that giving the fans a "say in the game" fired us up too, another dividend.
I would be a moment to remember for all if only the fans and Les could make this happen again in Tiger Stadium.
re: Omg we would destroy oregon
Posted by Four Corners on 10/22/10 at 6:47 am
LSUFreek I have a fark idea to throw your way. Take the "Buffalo Wild Wings customers affecting the game" and work the LSU Tenn ending into it. The way this season is going, you might could make an entire mini-series of these.
re: Les Miles flosses with razor blades...
Posted by Four Corners on 10/11/10 at 7:36 pm
MDengle
I loved the article but this was the best quote from it, "The best thing about sports is the unscripted nature of it, and who serves us better than Les Miles? No one."
Whether by design or by fate, CLM is a Marketing Genius.
I loved the article but this was the best quote from it, "The best thing about sports is the unscripted nature of it, and who serves us better than Les Miles? No one."
Whether by design or by fate, CLM is a Marketing Genius.
re: Gameday signs for tomorrow
Posted by Four Corners on 10/9/10 at 8:35 am
"Per ESPN Poll
Jordan Jefferson #1 QB
2,178 Votes"
Jordan Jefferson #1 QB
2,178 Votes"
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