Last year, my grandfather told me about a college football game he saw in person all the way back in 1944. That game featured a play so bizarre that he remembered it for more than 80 years. After our conversation, I set out to learn as much as I could about what really happened that night in LSU’s Tiger Stadium. What I ended up finding was a much bigger story, about chicanery and ethics and a century’s worth of players hiding in plain sight.

Interviews:

Irwin Miller

Scott Blair

Paul Johnson

Andrew Hawkins

Rodger Sherman of the Sports! newsletter

Paul Putz

George Mathews III

Andy Demetra

This episode was reported and written by Josh Levin. It was produced by Kevin Bendis, who also made the theme song and did the scoring. Derreck Johnson created our artwork.

Some of the audio you heard comes from the Amos Alonzo Stagg Collection, Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Special thanks to Mike Wurtz, Mitchell Schwartz, Jordan Hirsch, Bill Smee, Joy Fowlkes, Maisie Hurwitz, and Jessica Seidman.

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