The Night My Sister Got Pinned at LSU

LSU just defeated Auburn by a score of 31-10.  It is 2009 and it is a rarity for this game to end with a lopsided victory.  Most of the games against Auburn have nicknames (The Earthquake Game, The Penalty Game, The Interception Game, The Night the Barn Burned) and most of them are decided by three points or less.  Forty years ago, one LSU-Auburn game stood out as they met at Tiger Stadium. It was 1969 and LSU fielded one of its best teams ever.  My family members were avid LSU fans.  Two sisters attending LSU, one a newly-wed to an LSU student; one a freshman attending the homecoming game; my father and mother attending; and my brother and I there for the big game against the Auburn Tigers lead by Pat Sullivan.  This game was before the LSU-Auburn Game became an annual event.   They were not big rivals, though they were in the SEC.  Auburn was a strange opponent for this 14 year old fan.  Only 17 times before this day had these two SEC rivals met, the last time was in 1942. It was a magical ... (link)