Where Does '14 vs LSU Rank?

[Stewhog 11]

Now that the dust has settled and the adrenaline has passed, where does Saturday rank in your favorite Razorback games that you have attended? I'm a younger fan on here, and my first memory of attending a hog football game was Tennessee in 1999. This had to be the most fun I've ever had at a football game. I was too busy yelling to get cold, and there is just something about shutting out your opponent to win the boot, then seeing the crowd rush the field.

Interested to see what some of you have to say.  :razorback: :razorback: :razorback:

[rickm1976]

Good win, but not top ten - maybe top twenty or so.

[razorbackkid]

Near the top for me.  Especially if we can look back on it and say, "yeah, that was the turning point".

[GolfnHog]

Based on the totality of  the losing streak, the weather, the opponent etc.. I'll say it was a testament to Hognation and to all the fans, 70K strong, that showed up and wanted something good to happen.

It did, therefore it was a great and fun experience and as a fan for over 50 years, it will remain memorable for what it created. A much needed win and boost of confidence for a group of kids that have fought their butts off to get it. For that it will be memorable for me.

[EastexHawg]

Somewhere in the middle of the pile.  They are just a mediocre team this year that will have to beat another mediocre team, Texas A&M, to finish 4-4 in the SEC.

It was a fun game with a great atmosphere, but in the grand scheme of things its importance relative to other wins over the years doesn't measure up.

[rickm1976]

Somewhere in the middle of the pile.  They are just a mediocre team this year that will have to beat another mediocre team, Texas A&M, to finish 4-4 in the SEC.

It was a fun game with a great atmosphere, but in the grand scheme of things its importance relative to other wins over the years doesn't measure up.

I'd still put it in the top 20, but the '78 Orange Bowl, the 42-11 thrashing of Texas, Miracle on Markham, etc. are in a class all their own.

[GuvHog]

Top 10 for me. It was absolutely amazing to see a Hog team dominate LSU so thoroughly.

[Pigstie]

Probably won't know for sure until after the season.  Not sure yet if this is a turning point or not. We will know that at the end of the year. A great win though. I personally would have like to have beaten their entire starting OL. I think that took a little glimmer away from it. Probably top 20 win.

[WarPig88]

It was great to get the SEC monkey off our back but seriously this is not an all time kind of win anymore than that terrible Hog team going into #3 Tenn and winning unless it is followed up by a late season run and a good season next year.

[thirrdegreetusker]

Depends. Won't know for a while yet.

Maybe folks will look back at that game, years from now, and say "That is where we began to turn it around."

[Professor Psychosis]

For me, it was the most enjoyable game I've watched since LSU 2010.  It was nice getting a victory, but the fact that we shut them out was a bonus.

[eusebius]

Somewhere in the middle of the pile.  They are just a mediocre team this year that will have to beat another mediocre team, Texas A&M, to finish 4-4 in the SEC.

It was a fun game with a great atmosphere, but in the grand scheme of things its importance relative to other wins over the years doesn't measure up.

I would agree with this. Glad to get the win. Glad it was a shutout. Glad the losing streak was stopped.

[BRHogfan]

This is the best game I've ever listened to. 

Best game I attended was 2006 Auburn.

Best game I watched was 2007 LSU.

Best game I played in was 2023 National Championship against Ohio State.  Arkansas won 66 - 10.

[Bacons Rebellion]

I have it tied for 37th with the 13-6 win over SMU in 1958.

If we go on a big winning streak, maybe it goes up. If we lose out, it goes way down.

[redeye]

It was great to get the SEC monkey off our back but seriously this is not an all time kind of win anymore than that terrible Hog team going into #3 Tenn and winning unless it is followed up by a late season run and a good season next year.

That was our first SEC win (not including fellow newbie SC) and it came on the road against a top-10 team, so it was a pretty big win for me.

[Cinco de Hogo]

I've seen a lot of great football moments in my 57 years, moments that meant something towards rankings, bowl games, championships.  This game meant a lot but only time will tell if it was anymore than a great game experience at a moment in time.  A shutout of LSU makes it a great win regardless of anything else despite what happens in he next game.

Top 50 probably but we're in the top 50 I'm not inclined to pursue.

[Huckleberry Pig]

I'm only 26 so don't have a lot of past games to compare to, but other than Bama in 2010 I can't remember being in a stadium where every single person wanted a W so badly.

if you were there, you could feel it

[hawgwash]

Based on the totality of  the losing streak, the weather, the opponent etc.. I'll say it was a testament to Hognation and to all the fans, 70K strong, that showed up and wanted something good to happen.

It did, therefore it was a great and fun experience and as a fan for over 50 years, it will remain memorable for what it created. A much needed win and boost of confidence for a group of kids that have fought their butts off to get it. For that it will be memorable for me.

I've been thinking about the question posed by the OP and had considered starting this topic.  So I'm glad this thread is on the board.  GolfnHog captures a good bit of my sentiment.  Here's my list of the games I've attended that gave me the BEST FEELING AT THE TIME.
1.  Cotton Bowl, New Year's Day 1965.  Because it was our only national championship.  (Though in all honesty I was only 9 at the time and may not have completely understood the consequences, plus we still needed Texas to win later that day).
2.  1981 thrashing of Texas.  Because it buried a lot of demons.
3.  Miracle on Markham.  Because for once the last second heroics went our way, and put us in the SEC championship game.
4.  This win over LSU.  Because this one also buried a LOT of demons, and hopefully started a glorious new era.  And personally I think it will.  If 3 years from now that proves not to be the case, then the great feeling from Saturday night will fade.  But until then, this was one of the best feelings at a game ever.

[Augustus]

The newness of this win, coupled with the relief of finally getting a W under Bret and being a shutout, certainly makes one point to being a top ten win... but as time fades, I'm not so sure.

I would hope we now begin to expect to replicate these results over the years with Bret.  If that's the case, I don't see how this can be a top 5 game, or possibly a top 10 game.

Personally, of games I've been too (and in no certain order):
'91 Hogs beat Texas at WMS, last game of the SWC series
2010 Hogs over LSU at WMS, to get the nod for the Sugar Bowl
Miracle on Markham

Are my top 3. I wasn't at the Tennessee upset, but I would include that had I been there.

[DLUXHOG]

Definitely top 10.  Number 1 is 78' Orange Bowl whipping on OU...

[311Hog]

since it is specified as a "game attended" yeah it is very much up there and has the potential to go higher if this infact the "turning point" where we finally put to bed all the bad stuff of the clown with a whistle, and the Volleyball chick on the Hog, "Smile" etc. and finally can get on with the CBB era and see where it takes us.

It was such a great game to be at, i normally do not get to go to all the games and my boss let me have his tickets because he got better ones and it was lower bowl so i as able to rush the field.  felt so good to be on the field surrounded by hog fans, players etc and the golden boot.

As far as Greatest Hog games yeah it probably isn't up there but in terms of ones i was actually in the stadium for it is way up there.

[demonHOG1013]

Some of the best games/atmospheres of games I attended:
1989 SMU in LR
1991 Texas in LR (Last game vs Texas in the SWC)
1995 Auburn in LR (watched Auburn's kicker hit 60+ yarders in warm-ups then miss the FG as time expired
1999 Tennessee
2000 Cotton Bowl vs Texas
2003 Alabama
2006 Alabama
2006 Tennessee
2010 Alabama
2011 Tennessee
2013 Texas A&M

Didn't get to go to LSU game this year since we moved to NC

[Hoggie17]

It was a fun game with a great atmosphere, but in the grand scheme of things its importance relative to other wins over the years doesn't measure up.

If not for breaking the 17 game slide, just another SEC game.

[demonHOG1013]

Would you say the LSU win saturday was bigger than the 1992 win AT #4 Tennessee?

[DeltaBoy]

Ranks up with the 2 wins over LSU in Little Rock.

[code red]

For me 3rd......behind C. Dick to Crawford.....behind 98 at Neyland in Tennessee.

[demonHOG1013]

For me 3rd......behind C. Dick to Crawford.....behind 98 at Neyland in Tennessee.

Your favorite game is the Stoerner fumble game?

[Wild Bill Hog]

If not for breaking the 17 game slide, just another SEC game.

Yep, but beating LSU to break the losing streak was sweet.

[Stewhog 11]

I feel like some posters aren't following the question I was asking when I started this topic. Obviously a win over a 3-loss top 20 team with no national championship or conference championship implications isn't a "big win" for the program compared to beating a top 5 team, or clinching a SEC Championship birth. What was special about this game was everything surrounding it. The atmosphere in the stadium, the losing streak dating back over two years, shutting out a rival on a cold night in November, then thousands of fans rushing the field.

When the 17-0 score went final, the attitude of the entire state changed. It was 30 degrees, there were only 17 points scored, and only 387 yards of total offense, and it was 4 of the most fun hours of my life. Very rare you come across a more satisfying win than that.