Rob Landry, Sports Columnist
The emotion that flowed from Saturday’s 9-6 game between LSU and Alabama was palpable in the stadium.
After the final seconds ticked off the clock and the Tigers had secured a victory, the comparisons to other wins in program history immediately began.
There’s the Earthquake Game and a Bluegrass Miracle, but neither of those had the national impact of the Tuscaloosa Tussle.
LSU’s 1997 win over No. 1 Florida – the first time LSU defeated the No. 1 team in the country at home – can’t even hold a candle to this one.
The only game that can even be thought of as in the same ballpark as Saturday’s win is the 1959 matchup between No. 1 LSU and No. 3 Ole Miss.
The Rebels led the Tigers 3-0 in the fourth quarter on that Halloween night, when they punted to LSU running back Billy Cannon.
Cannon bobbed, weaved, zigged and zagged and broke numerous tackles along the way to an 89-yeard punt return that gave LSU a 7-3 lead. It would win by the same score.
That game is still talked about as part of Tiger lore, and Saturday’s win will forever be in that conversation.
, I’m also a fan of ctoperaoive games or games where children can win in one way, and adults in the other. “You won the race to the car, and I won ‘getting us out the door on time’ – yeay!”