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Flip question: Most embarrassed you've ever been for MSU football |
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Posts: 8281 07/04/09 02:52 PM |
In my mind it was the "Thanks for the Check Bowl" vs Tulane.
In the minute possibility that you're reading this Mr Croom-we don't and won't miss you at all |
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MSUCostanza |
Tie.. | #1 | ||
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Posts: 8149 07/04/09 02:54 PM Post Count + 10000 |
Maine and La Tech.
Honorable mention, the 4th quarter collapse against Tulane in 2003. Honestly, there are so many, it's hard to pick.
Greg Byrne is the Stan Jones of athletic directors.
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thatsbaseball |
"Winston Churchill say"..... | #2 | ||
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Posts: 3065 07/04/09 02:57 PM |
we should have run the son of a bitch off the next day after he made a fool of himself and us sayin g that and I promise we have not heard the end of him.
Either a movie or a book about his life is going to hammer us. He`ll never admit he was a dumbass who was in over his head and couldn`t coach and it will
somehow be our fault.
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Indndawg |
I remember reading some of the sheep sayings on GP | #3 | ||
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Posts: 8282 07/04/09 03:05 PM |
"Tulane is underated"
"Even great times have occasional letdowns" Hmmm, I live on Earth, and your's is.......................... |
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Malfunction Junction1 |
I've got a couple | #4 | ||
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Posts: 22 07/04/09 03:09 PM |
I think it was Jackie's last year against Kentucky where we consistently kicked off and punted to Derek Abney.
The time-out debacle against Arkansas a few yrs back. Any time we play LSU |
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Todd4State |
Maine | #5 | ||
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Posts: 5560 07/04/09 03:11 PM |
I didn't watch ESPN for two weeks because I didn't want to hear it. After the final gun went off, I went back to my car, saying nothing to anyone,
listened to Croom's coaches show, don't really remember anything that he said that stood out, and then turned on House of Hair on the radio and got
home as quickly as I possibly could.
I was pretty embarassed when we lost to Northeast Louisiana in 1995 because it was high school day my senior year. We lost 34-32 or some BS like that. I was pretty upset and wanted to leave after we missed the FG, but my parents, who are State alums, made me stay and watch NLU celebrate so that I would "know what it's going to be like when I went to school there." Then the hypocrites got pissed off because I wanted to go to Tennessee when Peyton Manning was there. Well, I end up going to State (and thankfully so), and we had a 5-6 season my Fr. year, but beat Bama and Ole Miss and Northeast Louisiana 59-0, which was sort of sweet, then we went 7-4, which ended on a low note, but we did beat Bama again and Auburn on the road, then the next year we won the SEC West, and in my senior year we went 10-2 winning the Peach Bowl. I hate to admit it, but getting our ass handed to us by Ole Miss this year was pretty embarassing. Yeah, Ole Miss was good, but damn, there's no reason for us to lose like that to them. "Because just being good kids who make good grades isn't good enough anymore."- John Cohen
"This league doesn't care how hard you try. This league cares about having real players who can perform certain skills. If you try to throw a fastball in and you miss the middle of the plate, the league doesn't care that you're a really good kid. The game says you better execute the pitch." - John Cohen
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Todd4State |
This is sad | #6 | ||
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Posts: 5561 07/04/09 03:12 PM |
but which Tulane debacle are you referring to?
"Because just being good kids who make good grades isn't good enough anymore."- John Cohen
"This league doesn't care how hard you try. This league cares about having real players who can perform certain skills. If you try to throw a fastball in and you miss the middle of the plate, the league doesn't care that you're a really good kid. The game says you better execute the pitch." - John Cohen |
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Indndawg |
Seemingly the Post-Katrina, homeless Green Wave vs Hapless Dawgs | #7 | ||
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Posts: 8283 07/04/09 03:18 PM |
I just remember a Tulane player remarking to one of our guys, "Thanks for the check"-after the (un)likely win
Damn I loathe Sly Croom |
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Indndawg |
Yeah I remember a few of those Jackie 95 games | #8 | ||
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Posts: 8284 07/04/09 03:22 PM |
like the million yards passing and 1000 points to Tanneyhill and USC
and didn't we tie Ark State? That OM game last had to happen if we were to drive that stake in Sly's heart. No OM wasn't 45 pts better than MSU 21-24 yeah. Some OM fans/friends of mine said the same thing this year as they did in 2004. MSU had no heart no energy no drive and looked small, fat, and not ready to play football vs the big boys. And these things comes from the coach that said that embarrassment thing when he started |
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PBRME |
REMEMBER THE MAINE!!!!!!!!!! | #9 | ||
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Posts: 1399 07/04/09 03:33 PM |
Really, our last 5 years have been embarrassing because of our lack of game day coaching, and our horrible offense.
Ron Zook...Croomed
Chris Scelfo....Croomed Mike Shula....Croomed Ed Orgeron....Croomed MSU Football Program...Croomed |
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Barkman Turner Overdrive |
This question certainly has the possibility to be an embarrassment of riches, | #10 | ||
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Posts: 1162 07/04/09 03:49 PM |
but I think losing to Troy State in 2001 would be mine. The 2001 season collapse numbed me for the subsequent Jackie seasons and the entire Sylvester Croom
Error. The loss to Maine was sad, but at least we had the previous three years of disappointment to prepare us.
"I didn't ask her, 'so whose bastard child is this?'"- Coastie from Gulfport
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Coach34 |
The entire Crooms Era... | #11 | ||
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Posts: 13590 07/04/09 04:01 PM Our KB21 |
From Maine to Tulane (even the win over them in Shreveport was a terrible football game) to La Tech, Auburn, and finally Mississippi. At least with the
let-downs during the Jackie era, you always felt like we were going to bounce back- never with Crooms.
"November and December isn't exhibition season," Slive said
Stansbury is 17-44 against the top 25, and 51-82 overall against the top 50...I rest my case (numbers compliments of ScoobaDawg) "The best proven coordinator out there from a big school and the best head coach from a non-BCS program would not give MSU the time of day." - Willie Cunningham...a k a Ol Blew...a k a irsdawg" - October 22nd, 2008 |
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Frexzell |
Yep... | #12 | ||
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Posts: 373 07/04/09 04:02 PM |
Tulane for me also. That game was really when I realized Croom's excuses were just ... excuses. It was also when I realized he was in way over his head and
would never win consistently at MSU or anywhere. Yes, I'm a slow learner.
"Beefy sluggers are like porn stars, wrestlers, NBA centers and trophy wives: When it goes, it goes. You know right away."
-- Bill Simmons "I find your lack of faith disturbing." -- Darth Vader |
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dawgstudent |
Troy State 2001 was the worst for me** | #13 | ||
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Posts: 17186 07/04/09 04:10 PM The Godfather |
I support the two most frustrating teams in America: The New Orleans Saints and the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
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megadawgmaniac |
These are two of mine | #14 | ||
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Posts: 1961 07/04/09 04:26 PM Mr. Irrelevant |
Indndawg wrote: That SoCarolina game was the only football game I ever left early. Tie Arkansas, okay, either both teams were equally good or equally shitty. Tie Arkansas State? Only a Derrick Taint-led team could do that. LaTech was embarrassing. Three of the Tulane games were embarrassing: Jackie's debacle, in Shreveport and The Check Game. Maine was not. The Maine was high-larious. VHDawg and myself had a good laugh halfway down 25 that night. Okay, it started of as shock/disbelief then went to "I can't believe we lost to Maine" laughter. That should have been a sign of things to come. Second most embarrassing was having LSU fans show pity on us *before* their team beat us. Granted, it was a small few, but still, a rare, humbling moment. Most embarrassing has to be the '03 Egg Bowl. Not the game, but the two jackasses that sat behind me that threatened a young (guessing high school-aged) Ole Miss fan. Then they got upset that the State fans around us were taking up for the Ole Miss kid. AA - thinking about it, calling him Taint is an insult to the taint
And I've been never been in your IPF, but I bet it's not nearly as impressive as my balls are. - Heydog
----- The Hump urinals are functional. I say the pissers at Scott Field should have his [LT] name and we could even add some alliteration - The Templeton Troughs. - dawgstudent ----- 9) If you knew that Rachel Ray, your creation (as we all are) was going to be on TV and be famous, why did you give her such a small rack? It's not that I gave her such a tiny set of tits, it's that I gave her a big booty and thick waist to match. Hey, I was drunk that weekend. I also created the I-49 traffic circle in Alexandria, LA, two members of Creed, and the McRib that weekend. Cut me some <17>ing slack. ----- "When Jerious came on his visit I told him I wanted to pass number 12 down to a talented player. I told him it was him and I told the coaches about it. At the time he wanted to get number 3. I told him, 'Look I am leaving and this number 12 is a number you can live up to.' I think he really lived up to it. I am very proud of him getting drafted this year and I hope he does some good things." - Dicenzo Miller |
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Coach34 |
I dont understand how Troy State... | #15 | ||
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Posts: 13591 07/04/09 04:30 PM Our KB21 |
could be worse than Maine. Troy was a program with alot of tradition transitioning to D-1. Maine was a very mediocre 1-AA at best. Not to mention Troy got the
benefit of playing in a typhoon to help even the field for over half the game, making it harder for either team to score.
"November and December isn't exhibition season," Slive said
Stansbury is 17-44 against the top 25, and 51-82 overall against the top 50...I rest my case (numbers compliments of ScoobaDawg) "The best proven coordinator out there from a big school and the best head coach from a non-BCS program would not give MSU the time of day." - Willie Cunningham...a k a Ol Blew...a k a irsdawg" - October 22nd, 2008 |
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Posts: 1163 07/04/09 04:33 PM |
listened to Croom's coaches show, don't really remember anything that he said that stood outI remember Croom saying that he takes "responsibility for this loss" and that "it was unacceptable". I also remember those words were not comforting to me.
"I didn't ask her, 'so whose bastard child is this?'"- Coastie from Gulfport
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Indndawg |
Sweet Heavens, I forgot about Troy | #17 | ||
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Posts: 8285 07/04/09 04:46 PM |
the tornado, the fight, the debaucle the harassment from OM fans
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Croomp |
This thread has no real answer. It's a combination of everything | #18 | ||
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Posts: 1353 07/04/09 04:53 PM |
This is tough. I've been very embarrassed to be a state fan during football season many times this decade (I don't remember what the days were like
before the late 90s.
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Barkman Turner Overdrive |
TSU was in their first year as D-I playing an SEC team on | #19 | ||
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Posts: 1164 07/04/09 04:53 PM |
the road as a homecoming opponent. An SEC team should not lose to a team in their first year of Division I play. PERIOD. MSU started the season off as a Top
15 team and most State fans thought the days of losing to totally inferior opponents were over. Little did we know this was the start of things to come.
"I didn't ask her, 'so whose bastard child is this?'"- Coastie from Gulfport
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dawgstudent |
Because it was first... | #20 | ||
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Posts: 17187 07/04/09 04:56 PM The Godfather |
and considering the expectations for that season, it just stung that much worse. Although the tie with Arkansas State in 1993 was just as bad.
I support the two most frustrating teams in America: The New Orleans Saints and the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
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