After the game, Billy Cannon signed a contract with the Oilers while standing under the goal posts. He had earlier signed a contract with the Rams, but the case went to court, with the judge ruling in favor of the Oilers.

Epic games Charles comans at ole miss 81_82

I was at Northwest CC when Bobby Franklin coached there. He should have had a shot at coaching Ole Miss before Billy. He was a tough guy. Got to sit with him and his assistants at lunch one day. Maybe 1991. Great guy!

@jakemitchell1671

6 ай бұрын

I was at NW during Franklin's tenure, '85-'87.

@zippyzipster46

6 ай бұрын

@@jakemitchell1671 I will go to my grave saying Bobby should’ve had a shot at the Ole Miss job. But Warner Alford was best buddies with Brewer. Bobby pissed off a lot of people by telling the truth. I sat with him and his assistants for lunch at NW one day. The room was overloaded with students. Right side. Home cooking. Left side was burgers. I kept walking slowly looking for a seat. Someone grabbed my arm and said “sit with us son”. They asked me a ton of questions while we ate. I was no one special. Just heading to Engineering school. Coach cared about winning and about the futures of his players.

@jakemitchell1671

6 ай бұрын

@@zippyzipster46 I don't know much about the politics involved. My dad knew both of them. He and his dad owned a barber shop in Oxford, and dad used to cut a lot of the players' hair. Dad spoke highly of Franklin, but said Brewer was an arrogant pr*ck. Sounds like sour grape "glory days" but Brewer getting the job ended a very decent chance that I could have played at Ole Miss. I was a good kicker in HS and was given a good look by Ed Gatlin, Todd Gatlin's dad, who owned IG-Lo in Hernando where I played. When Sloan was replaced, all those connections were broken. I went to NW instead, but didn't win the job. Played two years at Delta State. One year under Red Parker, who left to take the OC job with Brewer. My dad spent his entire adult life dreaming of an Ole Miss return to greatness. He passed in Dec 2021, just before the baseball team won a natty and the football team had their first 10 win season. He missed it all, including the good things happening now. Not sure how I got on all that.

It was a great halftime show.

Anybody know why these two teams played in the same bowl game? Were they both not in the SEC?

@SugarBowlClassic

Жыл бұрын

There were far less options back then and things shook out poorly for LSU. Ole Miss wanted the game badly to go for revenge after LSU beat them in the regular season. LSU had been No. 1, but a loss to Tennessee dropped them and Syracuse went to No. 1 and was paired with Texas in the Cotton Bowl. Georgia actually won the SEC so they went to the Orange against Missouri. LSU basically had to choose between rematches - either play Ole Miss again in the Sugar or TCU (who they also beat) in the Bluebonnet. Or choose not to play. There was a famous players meeting to decide which option and the players voted for Sugar. LSU coach Paul Dietzel would have preferred not to play at all. The Tennessee upset loss really hurt the Tigers.

@yeildo1492

Жыл бұрын

@@SugarBowlClassic Thank you for such a clear answer. I appreciate it!

@jimcochran1128

6 ай бұрын

Most everyone in the South remembers Billy Cannon’s run for a TD late in the regular season that beat Ole Miss 7-3. Outside of Mississippi, virtually no one remembers Ole Miss’ revenge in this game.

@gregfrank4115

6 ай бұрын

Plus, after Bobby Grier of Pitt became the first black player in the Sugar Bowl in 1955 with a lot of controversy, for the next decade teams invited were southern, or southwestern, but all white. Not until 1965 when Syracuse played LSU did blacks play in the Sugar Bowl game.

@yeildo1492

6 ай бұрын

@@gregfrank4115 Thanks for the info 👍

Interesting that you had a prayer be conducted before games back then. The hell happened to this country? (Rhetorical question)

@titojohnson7141

2 жыл бұрын

I guess segregation for blacks was something that you wish would come back too, right?

@josema26795

2 жыл бұрын

They got wiser

@patricksmith5282

Жыл бұрын

@@josema26795yeah mutilating children on a whim is wiser. Exposing children to sexual deviance is wiser. Not surprising that you’d think that way.

@antoniohoward981

Жыл бұрын

@@josema26795😅😅😅😅😅

@brendanjobe6895

9 ай бұрын

@@josema26795 Yeah. One can tell that by looking at what is sitting in the White House, placed there largely by negroes. I'd hate to be sitting there every day, knowing the only reason I'm there is a bunch of negroes in the projects of inner cities.

Does anyone know why teams used to punt on 3rd down?

@zippyzipster46

9 ай бұрын

My Dad was a student at Ole Miss at the time. It wasn’t common even then. But these two teams had the best defenses in the country. They tended to push the other team backwards. Field position. I think Ole Miss had 8 shutouts that year. But I’d have to look it up to be sure.

@gregfrank4115

6 ай бұрын

Teams in this era played a lot more for field position. Scores were lower, and as the late Tennessee coach Bowden Wyatt told his signal callers "If you aren't sure what to do, kick it away".

@jakemitchell1671

6 ай бұрын

@@gregfrank4115 thanks

@jakemitchell1671

6 ай бұрын

@@zippyzipster46 thanks.

I still don’t get punting on 3rd down. I do, but, not really

@tomaustin9017

2 жыл бұрын

I was there..sitting field side..in bleachers, even-up with the spot where the run began...i was on the field twice that night...before the game and at the half....the week before had been rainy...the field was a mess because Lsu had flooded the field to slow down our rushing attack.....their ploy had worked as the low score shows...when I was on the field, the mud came up over my shoes.......coach Vaught said punting on third down allowed for a mishandled snap from center....our defense was nationally ranked...coach felt we could control the game if we did not make any mistakes....had the ball bounced in any direction but straight to cannon, he would have let it lie on the field....a collective of events, the run, which could not be predicted....and we still had the chance to win and were stopped at the half yard line at the end of the game....the goal line was right in front of my line of sight....what a heart breaker....and to top it off, my room to spend the night after the game was in a room in the dormitories built under the west stands of the stadium...it was a long, sleepless night.......Tom

@blairjs

Жыл бұрын

@@tomaustin9017 Thanks for sharing.

@yeildo1492

Жыл бұрын

@@tomaustin9017 Good info! Thank you.

@marvinabel-gf5op

5 ай бұрын

@@tomaustin9017 This was Sugar played about 2 months a fter these two teams had played a regular season game in Baton Rogue that was won by LSU 7-3. Tigers had won it on B Cannons punt return of some 80 yds There was so much pressure to see these two play again that they rematched them in this Sugar Bowl If my memory serves me correctly LSU had minus 7 yds rushing in this game and didn't score for a 21-0 loss for Tigers.

@stephenpaulrichard1403

Ай бұрын

Well as crapped out as the offense was , ie pathetic I get it.

Pathetic football. Lsu had no clue on how to get any offense and Ole Miss wasn't that much better. Honestly today's Kentucky football team would blast either by 40.