Neal Golden

LSU Bowl Games

A Complete History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Telling the story of LSU football through coverage of each of the Tigers' 50 bowl games from 1907 to 2019, this book provides summaries of the team's regular season, and their opponents' season, along with quarter-by-quarter game highlights, team rosters, important stats, and quotes from players and coaches.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 660g
• ISBN-13: 9781476683119
• ISBN-10: 1476683115
• Artikelnr.: 61832355

Autorenporträt

Neal Golden is a longtime high school computer science teacher in New Orleans, Louisiana whose hobby is sports history.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Abbreviations
LSU Bowl Games Facts and Figures xiii
Preface
Bacardi Bowl vs. University of Havana: LSU invaded Cuba nine years after
the Spanish-American War
Sugar Bowl vs. TCU: Why didn't you kick a field goal, Bernie?
Sugar Bowl vs. Santa Clara: Bronco fans tore down the goal posts
Sugar Bowl vs. Santa Clara: You don't often win committing five turnovers
Orange Bowl vs. Texas A&M: Steve Van Buren spearheaded LSU's first bowl
victory
Cotton Bowl vs. Arkansas: How do you gain 15 first downs to one and not
win?
Sugar Bowl vs. Oklahoma: The clock struck midnight for the Cinderella
Tigers
Sugar Bowl vs. Clemson: It wasn't supposed to be this tough for the
nation's #1 team
Sugar Bowl vs. Ole Miss: The Tigers didn't want the rematch, and it showed
Orange Bowl vs. Colorado: LSU said farewell to Paul Dietzel with a
dominating victory
Cotton Bowl vs. Texas: "The Battle of Identical Twins" went the Tigers' way
Bluebonnet Bowl vs. Baylor: SEC's top rushing team vs. nation's top passing
team
Sugar Bowl vs. Syracuse: "Their pursuit was terrific"
Cotton Bowl vs. Arkansas: "The sickest I've ever been in coaching"
Sugar Bowl vs. Wyoming: "LSU kept sending in players with nice clean
jerseys"
Peach Bowl vs. Florida State: "What is the Peach Bowl going to do for an
encore?"
Orange Bowl vs. Nebraska: Irresistible force vs. immovable object
Sun Bowl vs. Iowa State: "Governor, don't leave. I need to talk to you."
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl vs. Tennessee: A tale of two halves
Orange Bowl vs. Penn State: Crusade for Eastern football
Sun Bowl vs. Stanford: Top passer vs. top rusher
Liberty Bowl vs. Missouri: One good half isn't enough
Tangerine Bowl vs. Wake Forest: "No way possible we were going to lose that
football game"
Orange Bowl vs. Nebraska: "You just played the No. 3 team to a standoff"
Sugar Bowl vs. Nebraska: "You have to play well the entire game, and we
didn't"
Liberty Bowl vs. Baylor: Not as close as the score indicates
USF&G Sugar Bowl vs. Nebraska: "It seemed like everyone wanted to kill us"
Mazda Gator Bowl vs. South Carolina: "We should have been favored"
Hall of Fame Bowl vs. Syracuse: "We all could have played better"
Poulan Weed Eater Independence Bowl vs. Michigan State: The magic is back!
Peach Bowl vs. Clemson: Both coaches got the game they wanted
Poulan Weed Eater Independence Bowl vs. Notre Dame: Second time's the charm
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl vs. Georgia Tech: "He makes you want to go to war"
Nokia Sugar Bowl vs. Illinois: Two surprise conference champs meet
SBC Cotton Bowl Classic vs. Texas: "It's the hardest bunch for me to let
go"
Nokia Sugar Bowl vs. Oklahoma: BCS championship game
Capital One Bowl vs. Iowa: "Somebody in an Iowa jersey has to catch this
ball"
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl vs. Miami: A season that began with hurricanes
ended with the Hurricanes
Allstate Sugar Bowl vs. Notre Dame: "The seniors came to play"
Chick-fil-A Bowl vs. Georgia Tech: What a second half explosion!
Capital One Bowl vs. Penn State: A sloppy game on a sloppy field
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic vs. Texas A&M: Game of his life in his home state
Chick-fil-A Bowl vs. Clemson: For want of a first down
Outback Bowl vs. Iowa: "Old school football"
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl vs. Notre Dame: A disappointing
end to a disappointing season
AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl vs. Texas Tech: "We just kept running it down
their throat"
Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl vs. Louisville: "You give Coach Aranda more
than a week, it's going to be hard for you"
Citrus Bowl Presented by Overton's vs. Notre Dame: Notre Dame did it by the
book
PlayStation Fiesta Bowl vs. Central Florida: One man can make a big
difference
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl vs. Oklahoma: "Is there an award higher than the
Heisman Trophy?"
Bibliography
Index