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LSU Football: A Tiger Fan’s Christmas in July Wish List

By Andrew Alexander

Oct 17, 2015; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU Tigers head coach Les Miles claps as the team warms up prior to kickoff against the Florida Gators at Tiger Stadium. LSU defeated Florida 35-28. Mandatory Credit: Crystal LoGiudice-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 17, 2015; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU Tigers head coach Les Miles claps as the team warms up prior to kickoff against the Florida Gators at Tiger Stadium. LSU defeated Florida 35-28. Mandatory Credit: Crystal LoGiudice-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 19, 2015; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU Tigers running back Leonard Fournette (7) celebrates a touchdown against the Auburn Tigers during the second quarter of a game at Tiger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 19, 2015; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU Tigers running back Leonard Fournette (7) celebrates a touchdown against the Auburn Tigers during the second quarter of a game at Tiger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /

A Heisman Trophy Winner

Throughout the illustrious history of LSU football, the Tigers have produced only one Heisman Trophy winner: running back Billy Cannon in the 1959 season.

Running back Jerry Stovall finished second in the voting to Oregon State quarterback Terry Baker in 1962, while LSU greats Bert Jones (1972), Charles Alexander (1978) and Tyrann Mathieu (2011) each finished in the top five of Heisman Trophy voting.

Many Tiger fans are hoping the LSU football Heisman Trophy drought ends this season.

Leonard Fournette set the college football world on fire during his incredible sophomore campaign in 2015, racking up 1953 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns.

Through October it was a foregone conclusion that Fournette would, at the very least, be a Heisman finalist and make the trip to New York in December.

Then the month of November arrived.

LSU’s SEC title hopes and Fournette’s Heisman aspirations were demolished in the span of three weeks, marred by three straight conference losses and an abysmal 31-yard performance by Fournette on November 7 against Alabama.

Fournette was not invited to the Heisman ceremony in New York, and LSU played in the Texas Bowl.

Despite the gaudy stats, impressive speed and highlight reel of bone-jarring hits Fournette dished out to defenders, his dud against Alabama, and the Tigers subsequent November losses were a big factor in the sophomore running back’s Heisman snub.

Most LSU fans would love to see the Tigers hoist another national title trophy, but for the majority of LSU fans who weren’t alive to witness Cannon win the Heisman in person, seeing Fournette bring the stiff-arming bronze statue back to Baton Rouge would be a decent consolation prize.

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