I had to share this with you! Its right across hwy165 from ULM... This can't help Bama recruiting in these parts!:lol:
Well, thats one their gonna have to live down for a while...almost as bad as us losing to Miami of Ohio...don't remember what year it was though. Sux for them though! :shock:
I am sure Edwards and Tolliver have seen this sign. Edwards probably see it several times a week. :rofl:
If you look real close at the bottom of the billboard it says LAMAR, as in Lamar Advertising. I bet they gave ULM a big discount for the ad.
That was 1983, the year we played "The Team of the Century" -- Nebraska -- in the Orange Bowl, and lost by ONE POINT despite being a huge underdog. By the Orange Bowl, though, Nebraska had been upset and lost their Number 1 ranking. We played Fla St late in the season and the decision was made before the game that the Orange Bowl would take the winner. We refused to move the game to daytime, costing Fla St $1 million (they were an independent then and would not have had to split it as conference money). Bobby Bowden was extremely unhappy. Just after the game started it was apparent we were blowing them away (they were in the Top 5). Oranges started raining down on the field in the 2nd quarter. Either in the third or fourth quarter the ghost of Billy Cannon's fog rolled off the river, crawled up the west side of the stadium and shrouded everything. That's when it really got crazy. We started scoring at will. After one TD we ended up kicking from about the 15-20 yard line because we got a celebration penalty from the players and unsportsmanlike on the fans for throwing oranges. We ended up winning by 30 or 40+ points. The Orange Bowl thought they might have a national championship game with undefeated Nebraska v about a No. 5 LSU with about a 7-1 record (lost early to Miami, OH -- about the 3rd game of the season). Then we lost to Miss St (who was at the bottom of the conference), Nebraska was upset, and we lost to Tulane (Tulane!). So we head to the Orange Bowl with an 8-3 record and Georgia played Penn State for the National Championship in the Sugar Bowl. That was also the year we beat the Bear in Alabama 20-10, in a game the Bear said was not nearly that close (at that time Alabama was about 4 and we were about 8). We also held Ole Miss to something like -50 yards total offense in the first half. Stovall had assembled one of the greatest LSU defensive teams ever, and had tremendous talent (Dalton Hilliard, James, Leonard Marshall, I think, along with a senior TE, freshman NG, can't remember their names, and several other future NFL players/stars). The Overton Riots happened the week of the game, Nebraska fans didn't show up like normal because of the upset, and the Orange Bowl was overrun with Purple (The Miami Herald said for one night it was Tiger Stadium East). The game was directly up against the Sugar Bowl and nobody watched on TV, because Sugar was for te National Title. The ratings were horrible. Our last trip to the Orange Bowl. That team, playing at its peak would have given this year's team at its peak a great fight. I think this year's team would win, but it would be a Florida type game.
I dont know why we are so happy the Tide lost to ULM.... Every argument I have been in about the National Title game all the big 12 people bring up. "The SEC tough ? Alabama lost to ULM !!!!" Bama losing made the SEC look silly...
That LSU/Florida State game you referenced is the only game at Tiger Stadium my Dad has ever been to. I took him and we had a great time. Also, I was very proud of ULM (NLU) for taking it to the Tide. Just shows you better be ready to play any time the ball is kicked off. Mark NLU '81
