1) "You suckers three years ago would have been happy going to the Toilet Bowl in Flushing, New York." 2) "A hero is a coward with his back to the wall." 3) "You'd better pass." 4) "There's a certain tingling sensation which develops over Tiger Stadium when the lights go on to signify another appearance of the Fighting Tigers of LSU under the darkened Louisiana skies. It has been described as a combination of Mardi Gras, the Coliseum, during Rome's halcyon days, an early-day Fourth of July celebration, New Year's Eve in Times Square, and Saturn Three blasting off from its pad at Cape Kennedy." 5) "I'd rather face the lions in the Coliseum than the Tigers in Baton Rouge." 6) "Skip Bertman has dominagted college baseball in an age of parity." 7) "Bryant can take his'n and beat your'n, and then he can turn around and take your'n and beat his'n." 8) "Me for Tittle? You mean JUST me?" 9) "He literally coached himself to death. He was our greatest coach." 10) "It didn't matter if he was big or small, fast or slow, All-American or second team, my job was to beat him and beat him soundly." 11) "You win on the practice field." 12) "I don't understand why kamikaze pilots wore crash helmets. 13) "LSU always had a great atmosphere for college football. You had more energy, more electricity at night. It was one way to beat the heat and the humidity, and , let's face it, the fans could drink more. Yeah, they were into it. You knew you were in for a dog-cussing when you walked into that place." 14) "Marshall, I want you to come and play defensive back for me at LSU." 15) "Joe (Dean) made a huge splash early on at LSU. In 1987, Joe announced to the LSU Board of Supervisors upon their approval of him that he would 'Captain the LSU ship out of troubled waters' Joe then left the meeting and immediately proceede to drive his car in the LSU Lakes." 16) "He's a lot like Bear Bryant...I hate comparing him (Curley Hallman) with Bear, because he (Bear) was trementdously successful and it's not fair to expect the same thing. But...I think a lot of the Bear seeped through to Curley." 17) "I beat him twice, which is one more than anyone else. But that's why I got relieved of my job, because they said I couldn't beat Coach Byant. But you can't find anybody else who did either, with any consistency." 18) "Dear Jeff, Because of the nasty, vulgar treatment our team received from LSU fans during our last visit to Baton Rouge, we have decided that from now on, we will wear the traditional white jersey on the road and dark jersey at home." 1) Lou Holtz after being asked if his team, USC, would be playing in the Outback Bowl for the third straight year. 2) LSU/HALL OF FAME tennis coach Jerry Simmons 3) Bama's Marty Lyons (to PSU QB Chuck Fusina) when he walked to the line of scrimmage to see how far the ball was from the goal line just before the famous goal line stand in the 1979 Sugar Bowl. 4) LSU football media guide 5) Bobby Dodd 6) Baseball America Magizine 2000 7) Bum Phillips 8) Lou Cordileone, O/L, when asked about hime being traded for HOF QB Y.A.Tittle 9) Woody Hayes at Bear Bryant's funeral 10) Tommy Casanova on his approach to the game of football 11) Charles McClendon 12) Lou Holtz 13) Billy Brewer, former Ole Miss coach, on LSU night games in Tiger Stadium. 14) Curley Hallman recruiting NO, La. native Marshall Faulk. 15) Jerry Simmons 16) Joe Dean 17) Charley McClendon 18) Steve Spurrier, 1999, prior to his return to Baton Rouge after the monumental upset loss in B.R. in 1997.
Thanks for the memory on number 3. I loved that game, and the full quote went like this: On fourth down, Fusina frantically searched for the ball and asked Lyons how far it was from the goal line. Lyons replied : "Bout a foot, You'd better pass." He was right.
<--- Didn't really take it as a test. I would have flunked. I just read the statements and answers for interest. Nice quotes.
:geaux: I would've flunked the test Col., but thanks for posting the questions.:thumb: Really enjoyed reading them. :LSU231:
Wasn't it reported that Spurrier told his team in 1997 as the team plane landed in Baton Rouge: "Okay, lets go hang 40 on these guys"
