This from the SI article.
"Away from the field Bull Cyclone could be a different character altogether. In his classroom, where he taught sociology and anthropology, he was, his students said, "like a Sunday school teacher." He got his master's in anthropology from Mississippi State in '66 and spent more and more time working in that discipline. He exchanged a lot of correspondence with Senator John Stennis, who came from down the road in DeKalb, about archeological work in Kemper. A 1968 photo shows Bull Cyclone with three of his students following a dig. In a caption he's quoted as saying, "The only significant find seemed to be a complex of single-shouldered projectile points, found in lower-strata kitter midden. The people who populated this site probably belonged to a Woodland Culture some 2,000 years ago."
The reason I think we should pay tribute to him at MSU is because:
1. He does have a tangible connection to MSU.
2. We don't have a lot of traditions- although that's gotten better lately, no doubt about it.
3. Bear Bryant admitted that Sullivan was tougher than he was. I think it would be awesome since Bryant is essentially a god- our guy at MSU was tougher than your god- what do you have to say about that Alabama?
4. I think it's good to reach out to the JUCO's in Mississippi, and this is a very tangible way to reach out to the CC that is in MSU's territory.