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Was there a super bowl game at Tulane Stadium with snow on the ground in the early 70s? I remember Miami playing someone in a Superbowl around 72 or so with snow on the ground and somehow I remember it being Tulane Stadium? When was the first dome built in New Orleans?

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Super Bowl VI between the Cowboys and Dolphins was in New Orleans. It was a little before my time, so I looked it up. The weather was 39 degrees at kickoff, making it the coldest Super Bowl, but it doesn't appear to have snow on the ground in the video.

Video of Super Bowl VI that the NFL won't let me embed.

Ground-breaking on the Superdome was in August of 1971, a few months before Super Bowl VI. It was intended to be completed in time for Super Bowl IX following the 1974 season, but delays prevented it from being opened until the summer of 1975. Super Bowl IX was rainy and cold and pretty much considered the most miserable conditions the game has been played in.

Hope that helps.

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Les Miles’ national championship occurred only because the planets aligned late in the night on that Hawaii game.

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Please do not disrespect Dave Wannstedt Day like that. :-)

It was the 2003 Sugar Bowl Bid that came down to a game in Hawaii, as strength of schedule was an official component of the BCS formula up to that point. Since Southern Cal had beaten Hawaii, a win by the rainbows would have been enough to put the Trojans in the Sugar Bowl over us.

It does make you wonder what Saban would have been thinking a year later had LSU not gone to that Sugar Bowl, not won a national championship, and thus, his "work here would not have been complete." Does he take the Miami offer under those circumstances? Does Bama make as big a play for him had he gone to Miami without a National Championship. Somewhere in the multiverse, an LSU fanbase knows.

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all over the TV's said if okie state beats OU they will be in the natty. they got screwed. we got fricked.


They didn’t play OU in that game.

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The day LSU beat UGA in the SECCG, Okie State was playing Oklahoma. It wasn't a true championship game because the BigXII only had 10 teams and didn't qualify to hold a game. But it was the de-facto championship, as the winner would have been outright BigXII champion.

When my son and I were watching at the Applebee's in Newnan, all I saw was the scroll under the ESPN telecast of Okie State's beatdown was that Alabama was going to get the rematch ('pay no attention to this beatdown of a top 10 team).

At least that's how I remember it.

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Emmitt Smith -- Smartest RB I've ever seen.
Bo Jackson -- Just a good dude.
Jared Lorenzen -- Because, why not?

I did like them showing Deboer with his dog, but it would have been really funny if Herbstreit had been with his dog in the Renasant Bank ad.

If Texas doesn't make the playoff, it won't be because they lost to Ohio State. It will be because they lost to Florida and needed overtime to beat Kentucky and State.

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because that is what he does.

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And that is what Saban did, until he stayed at Bama.

For some reason that can't be quantified, Bama is a better job. Their awful coaches get 10 win seasons--compare Mike Dubose to Curley Hallman. I can't understand it, other than the ability of their entire school and media being 100% behind their coach (until it's time they unanimously decide he must be fired).

LSU has the resources to compete with anyone. If Kiffin wants his legacy to be our Bear Bryant, he will have to stay after getting us started. He will also have to continue improving his own coaching. That's what he learned by getting fired and going to the Saban Coaching Rehab Clinic.

I'm looking forward to some exciting years.

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If Ole Miss let him stay, there was a risk that he'd be doing what Sumrall is doing, but Ole Miss would have their entire coaching staff in place. Ole Miss told him to get out, and so he had to start working for his new employer. It just feels like people want someone to blame when this is a situation where both sides acted pretty reasonably, even though I personally don’t think Ole Miss made the right call.

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Not only that, but the whole thing was one of the most transparent hires ever. Lane never said, "I won't be the coach at LSU," like Lincoln Riley did or Nick Saban did about coaching at Alabama. He never let Jimmy Sexton put out misinformation about LSU to pressure another school to fire their coach, like Tom Herman did. He didn't play games with the media about meetings and cancelled meetings like Jon Sumrall did with Florida. And, it didn't come out of the blue like Alex Golesh going to Auburn (when most of the rumors had him going to Arkansas.)

It was all rather simple: LSU knew he was interested, Ole Miss knew he was interested in moving. All through Saturday, everyone pretty much knew what the hold up was.

In fact, I thought the information that turned out to be true were the head-fake we are so used to seeing. That's part of why I thought he was going to stay at Ole Miss: there was too much smoke.

I'll be rooting for him, and am perfectly fine if he doesn't bring any Ole Miss recruits with him.

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Before opening their mouths? Kelly was their savior, they all believed it. There’s multiple post to back it up!

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Fans are excited about new coach who has had success in their previous position.

Film at 11.

Ole Miss had to come to Tiger Stadium in back to back years in 01 -02 when the SEC went to only 1 cross-division rival. LSU traveled to KY in both those years as well.

New schedule formats often require this.