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The latest stop on “The Verne Lundquist Retirement Tour” is in Baton Rouge for Saturday night’s game between LSU and Alabama.
An iconic broadcaster for multiple sports, Lundquist will retire at the end of this season.
LSU athletic director Joe Alleva thought it’d be appropriate to gift Lundquist this personalized LSU jersey:
LSU director of athletes Joe Alleva just gave Verne Lundquist an LSU jersey as a goodbye gift for his last year calling the SEC. pic.twitter.com/2zy1cgCMZ2
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) November 6, 2016
The No. 18 holds some significance for the LSU football program. It’s a tradition dating back to 2004 — when the number is given to a player exemplifying both quality play on the field and exceptional character as a person.
Suffice it to say, but Lundquist has buckets and buckets of “exceptional character.”
