Monday, January 07, 2008

9:59 pm CST - Flashback to LSU's other NC in 1959 when Billy Cannon was the QB and he won the Heisman.

Little known fact that's glossed over whenever you get the LSU NC flashback. Cannon was imprisoned for counterfeiting - he kept the bills in ice chests that he buried in his yard. He was kept out of the CFB HOF because of this.

He also had a wicked cocaine habit and sold his Heisman trophy to support his habit. The trophy is kept at TJ Ribs restaurant in Baton Rouge.

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