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Does anyone remember the Hallman, DInardo days...
Posted on 8/8/09 at 8:08 am
Posted on 8/8/09 at 8:08 am
...when our beloved program was on a slide that seemed we would never recover from. Many of you may not remember. It was so bad that UL-L was promoting that they were the only D-1 winning program in the state. (they were at that time) I remember sitting in Tiger Stadium on a Friday watching LSU vs. Arkansas. An LSU win would mean a trip to the Independence bowl. There were 40,000 in the stadium. I paid $5.00 a piece for 4 tickets. They were offered for free.
I give credit to three people for the resurrection of this program (in order of importance)
Emmert
Saban
Bertman
Without them, there's no telling where we would be. The question is: Could it ever get that bad again?
I give credit to three people for the resurrection of this program (in order of importance)
Emmert
Saban
Bertman
Without them, there's no telling where we would be. The question is: Could it ever get that bad again?
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Posted on 8/8/09 at 8:10 am to teeMike
quote:
Emmert
Saban
Bertman
Without them, there's no telling where we would be. The question is: Could it ever get that bad again?
Posted on 8/8/09 at 8:11 am to teeMike
Dinardo deserves a lot of credit from where we were after the archer downfall and the curly disaster
Posted on 8/8/09 at 8:15 am to Rouge
quote:
Dinardo deserves a lot of credit from where we were after the archer downfall and the curly disaster
AGREED!!! he did bring the MAGIC back, At least for a few seasons!!!
Posted on 8/8/09 at 8:20 am to Rouge
quote:
Dinardo deserves a lot of credit from where we were after the archer downfall and the curly disaster
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Posted on 8/8/09 at 8:23 am to Rouge
quote:
Dinardo deserves a lot of credit from where we were after the archer downfall and the curly disaster
I'll give you this one.
Dinardo was a decent recruiter (see: Kevin Faulk, Tommy Banks, etc.) and assembled a very good assistant coaching staff.
Posted on 8/8/09 at 8:24 am to teeMike
quote:the only season this could have been possible was 1995
I remember sitting in Tiger Stadium on a Friday watching LSU vs. Arkansas. An LSU win would mean a trip to the Independence bowl.
Posted on 8/8/09 at 8:24 am to teeMike
quote:
Dinardo was a decent recruiter
shite...I thought he was a hell of a recruiter
Posted on 8/8/09 at 8:29 am to teeMike
I remember being at LSU when the Italian Stallion was there and us not even being bowl eligible.
That was messed up.
That was messed up.
Posted on 8/8/09 at 8:30 am to Rocket
being an LSU undergrad in the late 90s was able to give me a lot of perspective
Posted on 8/8/09 at 8:32 am to Rouge
I was able to make lemonade out of lemons during the Hallman years - I upgraded my tickets! 
Posted on 8/8/09 at 8:32 am to teeMike
quote:
I give credit to three people for the resurrection of this program (in order of importance)
Emmert
Saban
Bertman
Kevin Faulk
Posted on 8/8/09 at 8:33 am to Rouge
I remember us having poorly conditioned football players then. I remember being a fan of Herb but knowing he was limited. I remember back when our line couldn't block anyone.
Posted on 8/8/09 at 8:34 am to Rouge
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the only season this could have been possible was 1995
Probably so. It was a beautiful fall afternoon in Tiger stadium. My memory is not as good as it used to be so I don't recall a lot of details about the game other than it was very strange to see the stadium that empty for what was a meaningful game. LSU was in contention for a bowl game after a drought and the excitement level was non-existent. Very wierd.
This post was edited on 8/8/09 at 8:36 am
Posted on 8/8/09 at 8:37 am to bnozzles
quote:
Kevin Faulk
The greatest alum of the "Cro-Dome"
Posted on 8/8/09 at 8:57 am to teeMike
Unfortunately, I remember them like they were yesterday. I became a teenager in early/mid 1990's and that's when I really started to understand the game. I can remember many depressing afternoons/evenings spent in Tiger Stadium. I still believe the current/recent success is more enjoyable if you had to sit through losing season after losing season.
Posted on 8/8/09 at 9:03 am to teeMike
quote:
Dinardo was a decent recruiter (see: Kevin Faulk, Tommy Banks, etc.) and assembled a very good assistant coaching staff.
at least the initial assistant coaching staff...his replacements later were his downfall
Posted on 8/8/09 at 9:05 am to Stromile Swift
I agree ... hell, about Dinardo: I even paid $20 to the "Buyout Jerry Dinardo Contract" fund .. Eagle 98.1 or wahtever station it was at the time had a fundraiser in Dinardo's first season ... Gordy Rush was in charge of it. No longer own the shirt, however.
AND I clearly remember the game in 1995 ... on the way home we passed a truck up that said "GOING BOWLING" ... my husband was like "who the hell cares" ... my reply was "Honey, they're talking about LSU going to a bowl game" ... all he could do was laugh at himself!
Good times ... well, at least I don't consider myself a fairweather or SPOILED fan ... I was a student at the end of the Archer Days, then Curly ... bought season tickets when it was Dinardo ... no matter how bad things get I plan to never give them up!
AND I clearly remember the game in 1995 ... on the way home we passed a truck up that said "GOING BOWLING" ... my husband was like "who the hell cares" ... my reply was "Honey, they're talking about LSU going to a bowl game" ... all he could do was laugh at himself!
Good times ... well, at least I don't consider myself a fairweather or SPOILED fan ... I was a student at the end of the Archer Days, then Curly ... bought season tickets when it was Dinardo ... no matter how bad things get I plan to never give them up!
Posted on 8/8/09 at 9:06 am to tiger91
Isn't Dinardo the one that Thomas Dunson cut his tie in half on a recruiting visit Dinardo made to the kids' house? Kid said "around here we don't wear them ties"!!!
Posted on 8/8/09 at 9:10 am to Rouge
Absolutely! I still think he's a good coach. 1 season we lost a lot of games by fewer than 6 points. I know a loss is a loss, but we didn't exactly get blown out either.
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