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The year he won the Heisman, he scored only FIVE touchdowns (including film above), and rushed for 578 yards. Read that again.

Old wounds never heal in Mississippi. We are a sour bunch of grapes. RIP Mr. Cannon.

Does this mean ole miss will stop hate, hate, hating LSU now?

No 8:37. They will just hang another banner when nobody is looking.

RIP BC

Ole miss hating lsu is a waste of energy. The hated isn’t returned with the same intensity as LSU hates Alabama.

None of those times were measured with modern equipment, so it is likely they're not even close to legit. He couldn't dominate against small slow white boys in the 50s, he wouldn't sniff the field at an SEC school today.

OM doesn’t hat LSU. It is a great rivalry with mutual respect. It is one of the greatest rivalries in college football. There is no envy and hate like that down at The School Beneath Us.

No folks that is not a slo-mo version of the game, that's how SEC football was played before it was integrated.

How boring were the all-white games back then. This would be an awesome clip if you completely erased the past 50 yrs of football history from your memory.

I get chills when I see these old games. Thanks, KF, for sharing

10:44 - It's impossible to hate when your laughing. Try it. You'll see I'm right. It's like touching your tongue to the tip of your nose. It's quite impossible.

Signed (TSBU)

My brother-in-law attended the Halloween game in 1959. Long story (which I won’t go into), but John (my brother-in-law) was the DRUM MAJOR in the Mississippi STATE Band. His high school buddy was in the L.S.U. Band, and he got John into the game (after hitch-hiking from Starkville to Baton Rouge) wearing an L.S.U. Band uniform! (It indeed was a different era back then). John played in the stands, though obviously not on the field. I have teased John by saying, “of course, you were really pulling for your fellow Mississippians, right? John (who is still full up with Maroon) winks and says “Right! I was pulling for Ole Miss!” (When pigs fly!)

True story.

None of those times were measured with modern equipment, so it is likely they're not even close to legit.

Right, and back then a pound was only 12 ounces so he only benched a paltry 300 pounds.

Hey, 10:44, do you think Djork will have to call ahead to Alleva and remind him to bring that 7th grade shop project trophy to the ‘18 game?

And, he was born in Philadalphia, MS!

Did everyone forget that he spent a few years in prison for counterfeiting? What a hero.

When the Smoke clears, I will be gone

And the Rebels whipped LSU 21-0 in the Sugar Bowl two months later. The "Halloween run" Tiger fans don't ever mention that in the same breath, eh?

A simpler time and place.

@8:41 Yes, he spent two years in prison, He also became the head of medical services at Angola, where he totally revamped medical services to give the inmates better care. He repaid his debt many times over.

So a guy who was All-Pro at two different positions couldn't sniff an SEC field today?

This from a group that claims two national championships their own head coach didn't claim.

Regarding that 21-0 win, the National Title was already awarded so what motivation did LSU have? Better question, how many LSU players weren't hung over?

I heard him speak at the Jackson Touchdown club years ago after he had done "his time". I really enjoyed what he had to say and had a much higher opinion of him afterwards.

Have the names of the Rebels who missed tackles on the play been immortalized as well? I'd be curious to read about how their lives turned out for them.

When comparing athletes of yesteryear with contemporary athletes, one should keep in mind that training, coaching and diet are quite different today than back in the fifties. Given these changes, would Cannon have been an outstanding player in today’s football game were he given the same training, coaching, diet, etc, available to today’s athletes? Most likely, yes. It is always difficult to project how athletes of the past compare to today’s athletes, but one cannot assume that we would be simply transporting Cannon from 1958 to 2018 with no accounting for the changes since the fifties in making those comparisons.

@11:26...Like the Ole Miss players weren't hung over as well? Nice try, though. National championship? Ya'll keep telling Ole Miss fans they don't count in the "olden days" of the '50s and '60s. So, which is it???

Heck, I didn't know Cannon went to prison for counterfeiting. Pretty cool article, though. http://www.espn.com/espn/eticket/story?page=091030BillyCannon

Hey, Mr 1:10 PM,

Which school clearly wins the LSU-Ole Mess rivalry?

Care to look up the series record and get back to us?

No, I didn't think so, haha.

Can't you goobs just appreciate the man for his field-prowess and wish him a simple RIP instead of groveling like a bunch of drunk bitch-boys sniffing the jock strap of Hugh Freeze? All you left out was a few HYDRs and a chorus of Hot Snottie.

"Given these changes, would Cannon have been an outstanding player in today’s football game were he given the same training, coaching, diet, etc, available to today’s athletes? Most likely, yes."

Negative, how many outstanding white RBs have you seen in the last 20 years or so? That space is taken by much more talented black athletes who were not given a chance back then. He may have been a TE or LB, but not RB.

To the person commenting on timing. As late as the 80s timing was accomplished via a coach standing at the finish line with an analog stopwatch, on the runner's movement, the clock was started and stopped when the runner crossed the line. A ton of room for error and "giving the runner the benefit of the doubt." Now everything is electronic, not human error or favoritism.

1:10 speaks of his own ignorance. Until the early 70's National titles were awarded before the bowl season. President Nixon presented Texas the National Championship trophy the first weekend of December 1969. Notre Dame didn't play in bowl games until the 1970's. Bowl games until then were largely exhibition games.

Hey 5:15 - LSUX clearly leads the rivalry, duh. Still doesn't change the fact that OM whipped that Tiger azz in the Sugar Bowl two months after that glorious "Halloween run", does it? Next...

10:06...where did I say differently? Show me, Mr. College Football...