Flip question: Most embarrassed you've ever been for MSU football
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Maine and La Tech.
Honorable mention, the 4th quarter collapse against Tulane in 2003.
Honestly, there are so many, it's hard to pick.
Honorable mention, the 4th quarter collapse against Tulane in 2003.
Honestly, there are so many, it's hard to pick.
we should have run the son of a ***** 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.
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
The time-out debacle against Arkansas a few yrs back.
Any time we play LSU
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 *** 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.
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 *** 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.
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
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
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.
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.
Indndawg said:
That SoCarolina game was the only football game I ever left early. Tie Arkansas, okay, either both teams were equally good or equally ******. 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
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.
I 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.
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.
1). Maine 2004, Losing 9-7 (I watched the suicide and obesity rate go up in Mississippi that day)
2). La. Tech. 2008, 22-14. (This game brought me back to reality very rudely, but somewhat thankfully)
3). Troy State. 2001 Losing 21-9 (One of many homecoming shitkickers to take place at MSU)
4). UAB. 2004, losing 27-13. (Another homecoming)
5). Tulane. 2006, 32-29. (It never ends and my friends ragged on me bad)
6). Houston. 2005, 28-16. (All C-USA teams belong on here)
7). Losing back to back weeks to C-USA opponents Tulane and Houston in 2003
- Any other time we got blown out, shutout, or lost the Egg Bowl I was equally embarrassed so I didn't bother to include the many more embarrassing losses to SEC opponents.
Too many of my friends are Ole Miss fans and any time we lose I hear enough from them to let me know that I shouldn't put on any maroon shirts until basketball season.
Last but not least this is the game that told me we are and will always be the SEC's ***** in football. Even when I still thought we were better than how we had performed so far that season this game told me its going to be a long time until football regains its ways in Starkville.
8). Florida. 2001, Losing 52-0 (It was at the swamp but we got bent over and rammed to hell and back. And this happened to be a trendsetter for the rest of the league as we got our asses handed to us time after time after time)</p>
1). Maine 2004, Losing 9-7 (I watched the suicide and obesity rate go up in Mississippi that day)
2). La. Tech. 2008, 22-14. (This game brought me back to reality very rudely, but somewhat thankfully)
3). Troy State. 2001 Losing 21-9 (One of many homecoming shitkickers to take place at MSU)
4). UAB. 2004, losing 27-13. (Another homecoming)
5). Tulane. 2006, 32-29. (It never ends and my friends ragged on me bad)
6). Houston. 2005, 28-16. (All C-USA teams belong on here)
7). Losing back to back weeks to C-USA opponents Tulane and Houston in 2003
- Any other time we got blown out, shutout, or lost the Egg Bowl I was equally embarrassed so I didn't bother to include the many more embarrassing losses to SEC opponents.
Too many of my friends are Ole Miss fans and any time we lose I hear enough from them to let me know that I shouldn't put on any maroon shirts until basketball season.
Last but not least this is the game that told me we are and will always be the SEC's ***** in football. Even when I still thought we were better than how we had performed so far that season this game told me its going to be a long time until football regains its ways in Starkville.
8). Florida. 2001, Losing 52-0 (It was at the swamp but we got bent over and rammed to hell and back. And this happened to be a trendsetter for the rest of the league as we got our asses handed to us time after time after time)</p>
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.
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.
Agree and I'll throw one more in. Circa 1992, we're poised to do something special and possibly compete for an SEC title. At mid season we have a good record and are headed to play a 1-6 or some such South Carolina team on the road - and we stink up the field and get beat handily.Croomp said:
Screwing up a gimmie win when there's a chance for a great season hurts worse than general season-long suckitude.
Maine finished 5-6 the year they beat us. Let that sink in. I think somebody (a I-AA team) beat them by like 30 points late in that season.
I forgot about Arkansas State in '93. That was just as bad. That 1993 team would've had trouble beating Millsaps.
I forgot about Arkansas State in '93. That was just as bad. That 1993 team would've had trouble beating Millsaps.
...Maine and Troy were both really embarrassing, but the most embarrassing afternoon of football for me was the 52-0 shellacking we took in Gainesville in 2001. It was a long drive there, a dismal and overrated game day experience, a complete drubbbing (including Spurrier getting a late TD for the water boy), smack talk from a bunch of mullet-having, jort-wearing trailer trash, and a long drive home. What a forgettable trip.
I can't believe nobody else mentioned it.
I can't believe nobody else mentioned it.
and you are spot on about your description of Gainesville. Shittastic. Told my buddy I would laugh in the face of anyone from northern Florida that ever called me a redneck after driving from Jacksonville to Gainesville. Trashiest place on earth.
That was when I realized that Jackie had lost his mojo and would never get it back. It was embarrassing to see how lucky we were to win that game.
The Maine lose was an embarrassment, but after the previous three seasons, especially the utter shitastic 02 and 03 seasons, I had become adjusted to the losing. I guess I developed an immunity where I just lost all sense of caring. I used to live and die MSU football and, in 2001, I was spoiled because the only losing year I experienced as a student was the 1996 season. Until the Troy State game, we were four points away from being 3-1 and I felt the team could still rebound and sneak into a bowl. All the hopes and dreams for the season went down the drain that evening. That's why it was so embarrasing.
It was at home and I am pretty sure that before that year, Maine was one of those schools that has a basketball team but not a football team. I'm not serious about that. But, that was damn near my impression of them. They probably called out on the campus intercom and asked whoever wanted to play football in MS that weekend to load up on the bus, and they would discuss plays on the way.
Freakin' Maine. Damn. I am getting pissed off all over again.
Freakin' Maine. Damn. I am getting pissed off all over again.
I mean I have sit and been embarrassed many times before and since... but Maine brought a bunch of Div I-AA hockey rejects down here and beat MSU on our own field. Damn. South Panola could have won that game for crying out loud. I sat there that night and knew that 4-5 years of Sly Croom was going to be pure hell... I could forsee it.
was the 11-8 win the same game that Fant got hurt when we ran a QB draw trying to run out the clock? My memory feels hazy on those years of JackieBall.
