Here we are, at the end of our journey of the past 60 years of LSU football. We took a circuitous route, but there is no better place to end our journey that with the close of the Cholly Mac era.
Charles McClendon coached LSU for 18 years. He never won a national title, but he holds the school’s all-time win record (his 135 edges out Miles’ 114) and it is his tenure which still defines LSU football, even nearly forty years after his retirement. Even today, Cholly Mac defines LSU football: ball-control offense, terrible quarterback play, outstanding defense, an amazing home crowd, and then a great season constantly derailed by Alabama.