LSU vs. Auburn: the last 30 years of rivalry

The rivalry between LSU and Auburn will have another edition on Saturday night, as both teams will face each other at the Jordan-Hare stadium. The Tiger Bowl is almost always a big game, both fighting for SEC West's positioning. But he is best known for his many weird moments.

The two competed 52 times, LSU holding a 29-22-1 advantage in the series, dating back to 1901. The two have met each other since 1992. Let's go back to the most fun, strange and interesting game of this rivalry since all around when they started playing again regularly.

2017: LSU shocks future SEC West champions with a big comeback

Auburn was No. 10, with a 3-0 record against the SEC. But LSU knocked out Auburn, coming back from a 20-0 deficit in the second quarter, scoring 13 unanswered in the fourth. The winner of the match came on a Connor Culp pitch 36 yards to less than a minute from the end.

"When we were unable to stop LSU on a fourth goal and a goal in the second quarter, and they had a circus catch for another touchdown, I knew we had problems," says Jack Condon, of College And Magnolia. "However, the team will tell you that without this loss, there is no chance that they will be galvanized enough to destroy Georgia and Alabama in November. Blessing disguise?

2016: Miles ran out of time

This game has had one of the strangest finishes of college football in recent years. In the final seconds, LSU quarterback Danny Etling found receiver D.J. Chark in the right corner of the end zone. Chark had a superb win that seemed to give LSU a 19-18 win.

But it turns out that Etling never put the ball in time:

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"It was just another entry into the school of Miles' clock management," says Condon. "The last piece was a roller coaster of emotions, ranging from" He certainly did not have that chance "to" Oh no no no no no no, stop it "I can not believe that & # 39; They had won the last play – it had to be seen again, there were guys who were moving in a blink of an eye, and the clock was running out anyway. "An Auburn -LSU typical. "

"We all talked about the fact that it used to be a" losing Leaves Town "game – it's easy to forget how thin things seemed to Gus Malzahn," said Billy Gomila Gomila, of The Valley Shook. "And as the second part continued, I sort of resigned myself to what was going on. And then … we won.

"But not really, as soon as the criticism took place, you could see that something stopped (there was definitely a little management of the clock at home, one or two earlier in a game that had passed with one or two more seconds.) It was necessary to make fun of the possibility that Les removed another, but it was quite obvious that the room would not stand.

The match had serious consequences – LSU fell to 2-2, and Miles was fired less than 24 hours later, leaving the acting duties to Ed Orgeron.

2007: The greatest moment of Miles in the career of Miles

This was a nail of all times, resulting in a bizarre – but successful – LSU decision.

LSU dropped a 15-second clock and instead of scoring a field goal for the win, Matt Flynn found Demetrius Byrd for a 22-yard touchdown.

"You know, what people never remember about this game, is that the touchdown pass was caught with four seconds on the clock," Gomila said. "People do not know that The Miles did not really call the play – he just gave Matt Flynn the freedom to take the picture if he thought he could catch Auburn. And Flynn took his time to let everything happen.

"This one hurt," says Condon. "It was in the middle of Les Miles' winning streak, and no matter what LSU fans will tell you, it was a dumb call to the game. Below a target and already in the shooting range, and they go to the throat? Ballsy, yes. Clever? Not at all. I'm still mad at that one.

2006: Pass interference or nah?

This year was the highest ranked matchup. Auburn won 7-3, but the win was not without controversy.

"Robbery of the highway A catch and escape of Jacob Hester out of bounds was reversed in the first quarter, and it was only the beginning of a series of brutal appeals against the LSU," Gomila said, "The most famous of them being a blatant call to Interference on Early Doucet, which was somehow flipped in the form of a rocking ball. Except that the balloon n & # 39; 39 was tilted only when Doucet was attacked by Auburn security, which is not the case.

"Yeah, there was probably some sort of interference happening on the infamous game," adds Condon. "But LSU still have to score a touchdown to win. It was not even the last player of the game. "

2005: # CollegeKickers

LSU beat Auburn in overtime, thanks in particular to poor kicker Auburn John Vaughn, who missed five goals on the ground, including a 49-yard at the end of regulation and a 39-yard guard in OT. LSU also missed two kicks.

2001: The game played three months later than expected

The match took place on December 2, originally scheduled for Saturday after the September 11 attacks. Before the kickoff, Auburn players trampled the LSU logo in the middle of the playing field, giving Auburn a 15-yard penalty.

Here is the valley shaken on trampling:

The first time someone tried to hit the tiger's eye – and that was the equivalent of throwing raw meat in the student section tonight. It was not smart at the time, and it's not smart now. I am always amazed whenever anyone does it.

Having this game in December could have been a factor too.

"LSU was a shell of what they became at the end of the season," says Condon. "Auburn lost Cadillac Williams following a broken collarbone against Alabama the week before the match, losing much of the attack. If we play in the third week, Auburn may not have won, but it would be a much bigger chance for the win. "

1999: Of course, give students tobacco!

Auburn blew the LSU on the birthday of Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville. Tubbs made this game special before the start of his team's season, making his players technically bid against the NCAA rules (yes, Bama self-reports after defeating Tennessee each year).

"He told us thoroughly, we will celebrate," said Ben Leard, Auburn's quarterback. "We win this baseball game, we will smoke cigars."

A pile of cigar boxes was waiting for them along the wall, as promised by Tuberville. The makers of the Auburn equipment handed the cigars to the players one by one. Players and coaches returned to the field beating their burning cigars in victory. They celebrated with fans and the Auburn band, and dropped their shoulder pads in the end zone. The only people who stayed in the stadium to attend the activities were the Auburn fans and the LSU and Auburn fanfares.

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1996: Part of the Auburn Campus was on fire

The country watched live as a huge cloud of smoke emerged from behind the stadium. Guilty party? The Auburn Sports Arena.

While the public address announcements to the spectators that the fire had occurred outside were echoing on the stadium speakers, Auburn and LSU continued the game non-stop.

"Then, 10 minutes later, you have those flames pulling hundreds of feet in the air," said Josh Bean, who covered the match for The Daily Mountain Eagle. "It's higher than the upper deck. It was very fast, inside, "Oh, it's a terrible thing," "Oh my God, how big is that fire? Are we all in danger of death? "

Bowden's sideline did not know what to think.

"It was the strangest atmosphere," he said. "It was almost surreal, and it was almost like a war … It looked like a big major disaster."

"The fire was an incredible backdrop for the game (and amazing since it was literally in front of the stadium)," says Condon. "It has fortunately given us a good name for the edition of this year's match."

"Let the record reflect that LSU fans have not started it," jokes Gomila.

1994: The Game of Six Choices

LSU took a 23-9 lead in the fourth quarter, but the disaster struck – quarterback tiger Jamie Howard intercepted five interceptions for the fourth quarter, including three for touchdowns for a win at Auburn.

1988: The game of the earthquake

The late LSU quarterback Tommy Hodson's attack on Eddie Fuller who thwarted Auburn's No. 4 made the Tiger Stadium crowd so wild that the LSU's geology department recorded vibrations on a seismograph:

"I saw a very distinct recording of something and my first reaction was" What is it in the world? " "" [Riley Milner, research associate with the Louisiana Geological Survey] I said. He took the seismogram at Donald Stevenson, the researcher then in charge of the LSU seismic program. "We tried to figure out what it could be, and we saved the time and realized that it fit perfectly with the time to touch," said Milner. "It was a total surprise. We never expected the seismograph to take over a football game. "

Even more surprising, the seismogram showed 15 to 20 minutes of recorded ground shaking. That's right – 15 to 20 minutes.

What will be the 2018 edition?

Auburn is currently a 10-point favorite for Saturday. We are probably obliged to obtain Something unexpected.