The Bet:
23 year old Bama coworker and I had lunch back in the Spring. (Age is important since all he knows is the Saban years). Football naturally came up (you know the typical Bama fan - every conversation will eventually lead to a way for them to talk about how Saban will win 37 more NCs before he retires).
So he arrogantly asks what bowl do I think State will make it to, insinuating Liberty/Music City. I said, "We have the perfect storm of scheduling this year, Vandy/KY for the East games, A&M without Johnny Showboat, Arkansas is still in shambles, LSU is rebuilding, and UM will hopefully have Wallace interception issues. And we have the Dak factor and a ton of talent surrounding him. I figure we win 1 out of 3 against LSU/Bama/Auburn. At worst, we should go 9-3, 10-2 with any luck. It won't get any easier to win than this year's schedule."
This cocky 17er says with a belly laugh, "there's no way Mississippi State will EVER win 10 games in a season! I'll shave my head if they do. You're an idiot if you think y'all can EVER win 10 games with a program in Starkville. C'mon. Be real."
So, here we sit 9-0. It would be 17ing poetic to get that 10th win this weekend and have his precious Tide be the ones that cost him those red locks, instead of Vandy.
I bought Bama and LSU tickets this year during season ticket order time and told my 10 year old those were our away games that I was taking him to. Now, this little snot nosed coworker had the balls to ask me if I wanted to sell him my sons ticket. For the record, he doesn't have enough trust fund money to buy my son's memory of seeing a #1 Mississippi State beat Bama in Bryant Denny and crush their playoff hopes.
TL; DR: like many, I work with a "better than you" Bama fan who either will man up and honor his bet or be a ***** and make excuses
23 year old Bama coworker and I had lunch back in the Spring. (Age is important since all he knows is the Saban years). Football naturally came up (you know the typical Bama fan - every conversation will eventually lead to a way for them to talk about how Saban will win 37 more NCs before he retires).
So he arrogantly asks what bowl do I think State will make it to, insinuating Liberty/Music City. I said, "We have the perfect storm of scheduling this year, Vandy/KY for the East games, A&M without Johnny Showboat, Arkansas is still in shambles, LSU is rebuilding, and UM will hopefully have Wallace interception issues. And we have the Dak factor and a ton of talent surrounding him. I figure we win 1 out of 3 against LSU/Bama/Auburn. At worst, we should go 9-3, 10-2 with any luck. It won't get any easier to win than this year's schedule."
This cocky 17er says with a belly laugh, "there's no way Mississippi State will EVER win 10 games in a season! I'll shave my head if they do. You're an idiot if you think y'all can EVER win 10 games with a program in Starkville. C'mon. Be real."
So, here we sit 9-0. It would be 17ing poetic to get that 10th win this weekend and have his precious Tide be the ones that cost him those red locks, instead of Vandy.
I bought Bama and LSU tickets this year during season ticket order time and told my 10 year old those were our away games that I was taking him to. Now, this little snot nosed coworker had the balls to ask me if I wanted to sell him my sons ticket. For the record, he doesn't have enough trust fund money to buy my son's memory of seeing a #1 Mississippi State beat Bama in Bryant Denny and crush their playoff hopes.
TL; DR: like many, I work with a "better than you" Bama fan who either will man up and honor his bet or be a ***** and make excuses
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