Like most everyone else on this board, and probably in the LSU! nation, I was horribly disappointed in the loss to Arkansas and I also question the seeming lack of discipline on this year's squad and worry about the potential (remember said potential) decline from the national stage. Then, earlier today, I celebrated my son's second birthday and, because of travel plans next month, a very early Christmas with some members of my family. And I got an early Christmas present. A copy of Herb Vincent's :lsup: Football Vault. It's a history of the football program at LSU! from the beginnings in 1893 to 2007. It's done in a scrapbook format with reproductions of things like tickets, programs, a letter from Ronald Regan to an :lsup: football player etc. that can all be taken out of their holders and closely examined. It's a wonderful book and reminded me how much history and tradition there is in the LSU! program and reminded me of how lucky I've been to have been a :tigerhead fan since birth. If you get one as a Christmas present later this year, count yourself lucky. If you find them for sale, I'd suggest you buy one for every :tigerhead fan on your Christmas list. Yes I'm disappointed in this year's record, but now I'm also fired up. I'm a :tigerhead and I'm damned proud of my strong football program and the good times to come. :crystal::crystal: :geauxtige:geauxtige:geauxtige:geauxtige
I saw this at Wal-Mart here and thought about getting one, but didn't get a chance to glance it over. So it's good huh?
Yeah, I especially like the "old" history, stuff before about 1970, and the pullouts. The two of those that I really like so far are a reproduction of the program of the 1916 game between LSU! and Mississippi A&M (y'know the school where Sly Croom just resigned). It looks like high school programs used to look back in the 80s when I was playing with ads for local businesses and a simple roster listing the players, position, number and weight. I'm amazed that the heaviest player on either team for this game was only 205 and he was a left guard. The :lsup: team for that year averaged 172 pounds where the Miss State team averaged 169. The other pullout that I really enjoyed was a reproduction of the official stat sheet from Billy Cannon's Halloween punt return game. LSU! only had 171 total yards that game while Ole Miss had 179. :lsup: had four fumbles and LOST three of them. What's most impressive, though, is that Cannon had a total of 102 yards on 3 punt returns, including the one where he scored, AND he punted four times for 167 yards. (Ole Miss punted eight times for THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE YARDS.) But I'm a nerd when it comes to stuff like this. :lol: :geauxtige:geauxtige:geauxtige:geauxtige
