I remember when I was a tow-headed freshman at McNeese in 1959 and everyone on campus was all abuzz about the “big football game” taking place on Halloween night.

I thought to myself McNeese vs. Northwestern Louisiana did seem like a big game. But I found out really quickly that the reference was to the annual LSU-Ole Miss game at Baton Rouge where the job of the renowned Chinese Bandits defense was to halt Ole Miss’ undefeated season.