R.A.T. moments at State

Pilgrimdawg said:

Early 80’s, Tim Parenton started in place of John Bond and led us to a win over LSU. Game was in Jackson. Never did learn exactly why Bond didn’t play that day. Rumor was that he got in trouble over something and it wasn’t injury related. The real reason never came out.

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The game Parenton started was the 6-7 loss to Southern Miss. Bond was 4-0 vs LSU.

What about during the '21 cws series when we won it all? Who stood out that mormally didn't?

preacher_dawg said:

What about during the '21 cws series when we won it all? Who stood out that mormally didn't?

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To be a RAT, it has to be someone who never plays & no one has ever heard of. Like Tannyhill’s backup at South Carolina, the original RAT. So no one on the 21 CWS title team

I think we had two in the same game. 2017, Taxslayer bowl.

Louisville had Heisman winner Lamar Jackson at QB, we picked him 4 times and sacked him six times.

Meanwhile, we had a head coach, Gregg Knox, who was coaching his very first game as head coach of the Bulldogs after Dan the man departed at the end of the season before the bowl game.

And, at quarterback, Keytaon Thompson, who was making his very first career start following the injury to Nick Fitzgerald from those Ole Miss ******** in the Egg Bowl.
We won the game, much to everyone's surprise.
Keytaon would return to his backup roll in 2018, and would leave us for Virginia to become a wide receiver in 2019.
Knox meanwhile, would get another shot at head coach for the Florida gators, again because Dan left the team. His first head coaching attempt as a Gator was a win versus Florida State

If one leads-to-winning play can define a RAT, then…

CJ SIRMONES

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C.J. Sirmones (Curtis Sirmones Jr.) was a tight end for the Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, best remembered for catching a game-tying 38-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Wayne Madkin with 27 seconds remaining in the 1999 Egg Bowl against Ole Miss (a 23-20 win).

Not State, but one of the biggest RATs of all time was Clint Longley. Thanksgiving 1974. Came in in the 3rd quarter when Staubach got hurt down 16-3. Threw for 203 yards in a 24-23 win. That was half the yards in his 3-year career.

DoggieDaddy13 said:

Should have been the Top team. He and that team were that good. Richard just got outcoached by Boeheim. And while I still can't believe Marcus was on the take, he certainly choked the chicken.

Would have been fun to see a rematch with Kentucky.

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Bullard might be the answer to this riddle, strictly by the definition

Was on our team, directly helped Cuse win

Badon said:

If one leads-to-winning play can define a RAT, then…

CJ SIRMONES

(still wide open)

C.J. Sirmones (Curtis Sirmones Jr.) was a tight end for the Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, best remembered for catching a game-tying 38-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Wayne Madkin with 27 seconds remaining in the 1999 Egg Bowl against Ole Miss (a 23-20 win).

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I had forgotten how little time was left when he caught that TD pass.

It’s still simply unfathomable to this day that we were down 20-13 with 27 seconds left, and ended up winning 23-20 in regulation.

patdog said:

The game Parenton started was the 6-7 loss to Southern Miss. Bond was 4-0 vs LSU.

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That is a great trivia question. John Bond is the only quarterback in history to have a 4-0 record against LSU.