American philosopher George Santayana is famous for saying those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.
Georgia coach Mark Richt may not have known that what was going on in Baton Rouge at the turn of the century was going to be his fate a decade later, but he should have.
In 1995 LSU hired Gerry DiNardo to resurrect a program that was in shambles after the debacle that was the Curley Hallman era.
DiNardo came in and immediately had the Tigers going in the right direction. His first year saw the Tigers go 6-4-1 in the regular season and earn a berth in the Independence Bowl.
They would end up defeating Michigan State and its coach, Nick Saban, to finish the season with seven wins for the first time since 1988.
After that season, stickers and signs began to float around Baton Rouge that read,