For us that have been around less than 6+ years, can we get a short history of how DDDY got started and list of past winners. Also, maybe a blurb on 'why' each deserved the award.
Many thanks!
Many thanks!
History request for the board ...
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Follow this link...
http://sixpackspeak.yuku.com/forums/5/THE-Six-Pack-Remembers/THE-Six-Pack-Remembers
Any threads started by derekdunn, leighann, pjs1087, or DustinDawg are what you wanna read. It's not hard to see why they won.
http://sixpackspeak.yuku.com/forums/5/THE-Six-Pack-Remembers/THE-Six-Pack-Remembers
Any threads started by derekdunn, leighann, pjs1087, or DustinDawg are what you wanna read. It's not hard to see why they won.
Here's the official history article that is in the program
It was the Spring of 2007. Croom had just finished a terrible 2006 season, basketball was down and baseball, while it would make a run to Omaha, it was in an early season struggle and discontent with Polk was evident.
The Six Pack was bitching. Coach was bitching about Stansbury. Everybody was bitching about Croom. Daffodils were being pulled up. The atmosphere was ripe for change. Then it happened.
A poster was talking about his night at Rick's, and mentioned a douchebag wearing a wife beater and Lacoste shoes. "That's Derek Dunn," said one poster. "Yeah, he's a douchebag," said another. Everyone had a laugh. The young folks in Starkville, the old farts. Then someone took it up a notch. They linked his MySpace page.
Ninja Turtles. Pictures with his shirt off. Pictures of him throwing up gang signs. Pictures of him holding guns. Then it came up that he was quite older (late 20s) than normal students, yet still hanging out at Ricks. Everyone had another laugh. Then it happened.
One of his female posse members signed up for a username and started to defend him. Oh, had you known the power of the Six Pack. Soon. pictures of her were on the Pack, and many laughs were given. She defended Derek like she were defending her own son. It was strange, then it happened.
Derek himself had seen the posts about him and we'd better watch out - he was signing up for a username. Once he posted, every member of the Pack circa 2007 was glued to the computer screen. He proceeded to let the SPS know how big of a douche he was.
Derek won in such convincing fashion that the award was renamed in his honor. Within a year, Derek was in prison for pushing drugs. Derek hit the Jackson club scene after prison, but has now settled down and is selling Hondas in Brandon.
DDDY II. While the night that Derek made an appearance was fun, the week of the Clemson Super Regional was a blast. PJ the Clemson fan came on the Pack to let us know how unworthy we were to be playing Clemson, much less hosting them. Clemson was the best at everything, lowly MSU was nothing. Clemson was the classiest school in the ACC, etc.
Then someone posted a link to the namesake of Clemson's will, stating that he wanted Clemson University to be modeled after lowly Mississippi A&M. This made him throw out his car. A Pontiac GTO, its the nicest car that anyone can buy.
MySpace struck again. Someone posted a link to this guy's profile, which included pictures of his high school girlfriend. She was a cutie, but the SPS let him know that while he was at Clemson, she was probably banging some QB in high school. This made him madder, and he kept on. Clemson boards were urging him to stop at this point, then it happened.
A picture of this dude was posted. He's wearing a Clemson sweatshirt and fellating a banana. It is farked and it hits the internet semi-virally. He is not seen from or heard from again. That weekend, we sweep Clemson and bananas are thrown onto the field in celebration.
DDDY III. Another night of fun. Dustin Dawg had been going off on people for a few days, and it came to a halt. DawgStudent threatened to kick his ***, and his made the specific threat. "Meet me by the vet school at midnight." Several SPS posters went out there with cameras and video phones, but Dustin was a no show, and was never heard from again.
DDDY IV. Mike Slive won because of his treatment of MSU during the Cam Newton saga. This was a legit field of Douches, that included Cam Newton himself, Clay Travis (who actually talked about it on his radio show), and Pat Forde.
DDDY V. Cecil Newton came out and admitted soliciting in the off season, so he won this one for something that actually happened in the DDDY IV season, defeating Forrest Moore and his "I have a 9.00 ERA but I am going to sue MSU and John Cohen for $14 million" lawsuit in what many feel was a travesty.
DDDY VI. Jeremiah Short. He was a recent MSU grad that wanted to be a sports journalist. He kept posting his stories on the Pack and they were horrible. Then he accused the SPS of racism because his stories weren't received. He also had some weird fetish with a basketball player.
It was the Spring of 2007. Croom had just finished a terrible 2006 season, basketball was down and baseball, while it would make a run to Omaha, it was in an early season struggle and discontent with Polk was evident.
The Six Pack was bitching. Coach was bitching about Stansbury. Everybody was bitching about Croom. Daffodils were being pulled up. The atmosphere was ripe for change. Then it happened.
A poster was talking about his night at Rick's, and mentioned a douchebag wearing a wife beater and Lacoste shoes. "That's Derek Dunn," said one poster. "Yeah, he's a douchebag," said another. Everyone had a laugh. The young folks in Starkville, the old farts. Then someone took it up a notch. They linked his MySpace page.
Ninja Turtles. Pictures with his shirt off. Pictures of him throwing up gang signs. Pictures of him holding guns. Then it came up that he was quite older (late 20s) than normal students, yet still hanging out at Ricks. Everyone had another laugh. Then it happened.
One of his female posse members signed up for a username and started to defend him. Oh, had you known the power of the Six Pack. Soon. pictures of her were on the Pack, and many laughs were given. She defended Derek like she were defending her own son. It was strange, then it happened.
Derek himself had seen the posts about him and we'd better watch out - he was signing up for a username. Once he posted, every member of the Pack circa 2007 was glued to the computer screen. He proceeded to let the SPS know how big of a douche he was.
Derek won in such convincing fashion that the award was renamed in his honor. Within a year, Derek was in prison for pushing drugs. Derek hit the Jackson club scene after prison, but has now settled down and is selling Hondas in Brandon.
DDDY II. While the night that Derek made an appearance was fun, the week of the Clemson Super Regional was a blast. PJ the Clemson fan came on the Pack to let us know how unworthy we were to be playing Clemson, much less hosting them. Clemson was the best at everything, lowly MSU was nothing. Clemson was the classiest school in the ACC, etc.
Then someone posted a link to the namesake of Clemson's will, stating that he wanted Clemson University to be modeled after lowly Mississippi A&M. This made him throw out his car. A Pontiac GTO, its the nicest car that anyone can buy.
MySpace struck again. Someone posted a link to this guy's profile, which included pictures of his high school girlfriend. She was a cutie, but the SPS let him know that while he was at Clemson, she was probably banging some QB in high school. This made him madder, and he kept on. Clemson boards were urging him to stop at this point, then it happened.
A picture of this dude was posted. He's wearing a Clemson sweatshirt and fellating a banana. It is farked and it hits the internet semi-virally. He is not seen from or heard from again. That weekend, we sweep Clemson and bananas are thrown onto the field in celebration.
DDDY III. Another night of fun. Dustin Dawg had been going off on people for a few days, and it came to a halt. DawgStudent threatened to kick his ***, and his made the specific threat. "Meet me by the vet school at midnight." Several SPS posters went out there with cameras and video phones, but Dustin was a no show, and was never heard from again.
DDDY IV. Mike Slive won because of his treatment of MSU during the Cam Newton saga. This was a legit field of Douches, that included Cam Newton himself, Clay Travis (who actually talked about it on his radio show), and Pat Forde.
DDDY V. Cecil Newton came out and admitted soliciting in the off season, so he won this one for something that actually happened in the DDDY IV season, defeating Forrest Moore and his "I have a 9.00 ERA but I am going to sue MSU and John Cohen for $14 million" lawsuit in what many feel was a travesty.
DDDY VI. Jeremiah Short. He was a recent MSU grad that wanted to be a sports journalist. He kept posting his stories on the Pack and they were horrible. Then he accused the SPS of racism because his stories weren't received. He also had some weird fetish with a basketball player.
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I should still get a retroactive award for 2006 for predicting we would start SEC play 1-7 in the SEC- and then it happened. ("I'll wear a dress into the Hump if we start 1-7"- Cowbell9)
For those that werent around- after that 4 year run The Recruiter had had, this place thought he could do no wrong. He had also recruited State's version of the "Fab Five".
I think the level of hate towards me when we got that 7th loss is still greater than any Slive or Cecil produced.
For those that werent around- after that 4 year run The Recruiter had had, this place thought he could do no wrong. He had also recruited State's version of the "Fab Five".
I think the level of hate towards me when we got that 7th loss is still greater than any Slive or Cecil produced.
While this is a great summary, do yourself a big favor
and go read all dd's and Mr. Ed's posts for some great laughs.
and go read all dd's and Mr. Ed's posts for some great laughs.
It's the DDDY, not the Nostradamus Award. Although your constant back patting and chest thumping is what gets you nominated each year.
Mehhhh, giving the board a big **** samich when we were 1-7 in the SEC was pretty douchy I thought
Can't read that link due to the IT Nazis at work. But...
http://forums.sixpackspeak.com/showthread.php?40103-Pat-Forde-bashing-Starkville
Forde went way over the top in his bashing of Starkville. I've never seen a national writer go to such lengths to trash a city.
Here's the email I sent to the ESPN Ombudsman several years ago. Coincidence that Forde is no longer with the WWL? Or the power of D@A? You decide.
Over the past several years, Pat Forde has taken many disparaging shots at Starkville, Mississippi and Mississippi State University. Some of them are blatant. Some, like his recent Feb. 9 column, mask his opinion behind the thin veil of a poll of other writers he claimed to have conducted. Some are “he said she said” shots, like his current column (Feb. 16) where Mr. Forde talks about some text messages Kentucky’s DeMarcus Cousins allegedly received from Mississippi State students. It should be noted that when asked to provide some of these text messages, DeMarcus Cousins claimed to have deleted them. So Mr. Forde dragged MSU’s reputation through the mud based off an interview DeMarcus Cousins did with other media outlets.
Regardless, when is enough enough? We get it. Mr. Forde doesn't like Starkville. Must he continue to weave it into his otherwise well-written columns? With very minimal effort, I turned up these examples.
December 16, 2010
http://sports.espn.go.com...forde_pat&id=5921851
Progressive Gator Bowl (31)
Mississippi State vs. Michigan, Jan. 1, Jacksonville, Fla.
Why Watch: To see whether they sneak some Josh Groban onto the PA system in pregame warm-ups in an attempt to make Rich Rodriguez tear up. Might also be worth checking to see whether Dan Mullen is in tears over still being in Starkville instead of Gainesville.
Mascot Edge: Bully, Mississippi State's live bulldog, wins this one rather easily over Michigan's non-existent Wolverine. But The Dash believes no wolverine is better than a lame wolverine.
Uniform Edge: If there were a scoreboard on this, it would read Michigan 100, Mississippi State 0.
Moderately Useful Dash Fact: Once again, there is reason to wonder whether the Wolverines left their best football behind way back in September, when they were beating UConn and Notre Dame. The Bulldogs, meanwhile, were 1-4 against the SEC West and 7-0 against everyone else. They were the last team not to get torn apart by Cam Newton, which might bode well for defending Denard Robinson.
Dash Pick: Mississippi State 28, Michigan 26.
February 17, 2010
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebask...5/mississippi-state-fans-cheapen-teams-effort
But in the end, here is the double dose of disappointment for the Bulldogs:
They didn’t close the door, losing a seven-point lead with 2:45 to play in regulation.
And then their fans – some of whom are the nastiest and most vulgar I’ve heard in 19 years of covering SEC basketball – embarrassed the school by throwing bottles on the floor.
February 16, 2010
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4917745
The buzzword today is "embarrassment." Maybe UConn coach Jim Calhoun (2) should announce his embarrassment more often if it's going to prompt his Huskies to beat a top-five team on the road. And maybe Mississippi State (3) students who got hold of DeMarcus Cousins' cell number should feel some embarrassment after, according to Cousins, they phoned in racial epithets (and other salutations) to the Kentucky center.
Feb. 9 , 2010
[h=3]http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4899366[/h][h=3]SEC[/h]Best Town: Nashville (25).
Comment: "Athens is a great college town. It's a great football town. But Nashville is an actual sorta-city, with cultural offerings and pro sports and a real, honest-to-goodness downtown."
Also receiving votes: Athens, Baton Rouge.
Worst Town: Starkville (26).
Comment: "The most appropriately named city in the United States."
Sept 8, 2009
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&page=dash0902&sportCat=ncf
B -- Mississippi State's Dan Mullen (33). There was an epidemic of penalties and some other sloppiness against an even sloppier opponent, Jackson State. But the Bulldogs also scored more than 40 points for the first time since Sept. 14, 2002. That alone should have sent fans sprinting naked into the streets in Starkville (assuming they have streets in Starkville).
May 6, 2009
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4141859&sportCat=ncb
Now, Rick Stansbury has stepped into the kitchen by signing Sidney. Stansbury has never been charged with or found guilty of any NCAA violations in 10 years on the job in Starkville -- but he has rankled his peers on occasion by swooping in seemingly out of left field to sign players.
Nov. 11, 2008
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&page=dash0811&sportCat=ncf
Best city -- SEC: Nashville. Big 12: Austin.
Best town -- SEC: Athens. Big 12: Boulder.
Worst town -- SEC: Starkville. Big 12: Ames.
November 9, 2005
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=2212298
The bottom line on that survey: generally speaking, the more affordable the housing, the less you want to live there.
The five cheapest spots:
Lubbock, Texas (29). Home of Texas Tech. Average price: $164,133. There's a reason the Red Raiders' mascot wears a mask. He doesn't want to be caught dead living in Lubbock.
Starkville, Miss. (30). Home of Mississippi State. Average price: $169,433. And you get a free cowbell with each home purchase.
Baton Rouge, La. (31). Home of LSU. Average price: $173,317. Games at Tiger Stadium are thrilling. So is leaving town after the game.
South Bend, Ind. (32). Home of Notre Dame. Average price: $173,600. Like Duke, they plunked a prestigious institution and an idyllic campus in the middle of a grimy town.
Knoxville, Tenn. (33). Home of Tennessee. Average price $175,250. That price may vary, with Randy Sanders putting his house on the market any day now.
Dec. 17, 2003
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=1688416
The next step was rinsing the Baylor trauma from his system. Bad enough to deal with total program disintegration -- at a place where Roberts was happy -- based on serious NCAA rules violations. Even worse when it's spawned by a murder, and the coach is encouraging others in the program to lie to cover up violations.
If you're looking for somewhere to get away from it all, Starkville ain't a bad choice. Major-college programs don't come too much more removed and low-profile than this.
"His personality fits in great in Starkville," Stansbury said. "This allowed him to escape a little bit from what happened out there at Baylor."
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Again, this one search took about 10 minutes to put together. I’m sure there are more examples out there.
I guess I am just tired of the constant Starkville-bashing that Mr. Forde seems to find cute. Starkville is not for everyone, but for many people it is home. For many others, it is an enjoyable road trip in the SEC. It is too bad Mr. Forde cannot use his talents to write about Starkville for what it is, instead of what it is not.
Over the past several years, Pat Forde has taken many disparaging shots at Starkville, Mississippi and Mississippi State University. Some of them are blatant. Some, like his recent Feb. 9 column, mask his opinion behind the thin veil of a poll of other writers he claimed to have conducted. Some are “he said she said” shots, like his current column (Feb. 16) where Mr. Forde talks about some text messages Kentucky’s DeMarcus Cousins allegedly received from Mississippi State students. It should be noted that when asked to provide some of these text messages, DeMarcus Cousins claimed to have deleted them. So Mr. Forde dragged MSU’s reputation through the mud based off an interview DeMarcus Cousins did with other media outlets.
Regardless, when is enough enough? We get it. Mr. Forde doesn't like Starkville. Must he continue to weave it into his otherwise well-written columns? With very minimal effort, I turned up these examples.
December 16, 2010
http://sports.espn.go.com...forde_pat&id=5921851
Progressive Gator Bowl (31)
Mississippi State vs. Michigan, Jan. 1, Jacksonville, Fla.
Why Watch: To see whether they sneak some Josh Groban onto the PA system in pregame warm-ups in an attempt to make Rich Rodriguez tear up. Might also be worth checking to see whether Dan Mullen is in tears over still being in Starkville instead of Gainesville.
Mascot Edge: Bully, Mississippi State's live bulldog, wins this one rather easily over Michigan's non-existent Wolverine. But The Dash believes no wolverine is better than a lame wolverine.
Uniform Edge: If there were a scoreboard on this, it would read Michigan 100, Mississippi State 0.
Moderately Useful Dash Fact: Once again, there is reason to wonder whether the Wolverines left their best football behind way back in September, when they were beating UConn and Notre Dame. The Bulldogs, meanwhile, were 1-4 against the SEC West and 7-0 against everyone else. They were the last team not to get torn apart by Cam Newton, which might bode well for defending Denard Robinson.
Dash Pick: Mississippi State 28, Michigan 26.
February 17, 2010
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebask...5/mississippi-state-fans-cheapen-teams-effort
But in the end, here is the double dose of disappointment for the Bulldogs:
They didn’t close the door, losing a seven-point lead with 2:45 to play in regulation.
And then their fans – some of whom are the nastiest and most vulgar I’ve heard in 19 years of covering SEC basketball – embarrassed the school by throwing bottles on the floor.
February 16, 2010
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4917745
The buzzword today is "embarrassment." Maybe UConn coach Jim Calhoun (2) should announce his embarrassment more often if it's going to prompt his Huskies to beat a top-five team on the road. And maybe Mississippi State (3) students who got hold of DeMarcus Cousins' cell number should feel some embarrassment after, according to Cousins, they phoned in racial epithets (and other salutations) to the Kentucky center.
Feb. 9 , 2010
[h=3]http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4899366[/h][h=3]SEC[/h]Best Town: Nashville (25).
Comment: "Athens is a great college town. It's a great football town. But Nashville is an actual sorta-city, with cultural offerings and pro sports and a real, honest-to-goodness downtown."
Also receiving votes: Athens, Baton Rouge.
Worst Town: Starkville (26).
Comment: "The most appropriately named city in the United States."
Sept 8, 2009
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&page=dash0902&sportCat=ncf
B -- Mississippi State's Dan Mullen (33). There was an epidemic of penalties and some other sloppiness against an even sloppier opponent, Jackson State. But the Bulldogs also scored more than 40 points for the first time since Sept. 14, 2002. That alone should have sent fans sprinting naked into the streets in Starkville (assuming they have streets in Starkville).
May 6, 2009
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4141859&sportCat=ncb
Now, Rick Stansbury has stepped into the kitchen by signing Sidney. Stansbury has never been charged with or found guilty of any NCAA violations in 10 years on the job in Starkville -- but he has rankled his peers on occasion by swooping in seemingly out of left field to sign players.
Nov. 11, 2008
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&page=dash0811&sportCat=ncf
Best city -- SEC: Nashville. Big 12: Austin.
Best town -- SEC: Athens. Big 12: Boulder.
Worst town -- SEC: Starkville. Big 12: Ames.
November 9, 2005
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=2212298
The bottom line on that survey: generally speaking, the more affordable the housing, the less you want to live there.
The five cheapest spots:
Lubbock, Texas (29). Home of Texas Tech. Average price: $164,133. There's a reason the Red Raiders' mascot wears a mask. He doesn't want to be caught dead living in Lubbock.
Starkville, Miss. (30). Home of Mississippi State. Average price: $169,433. And you get a free cowbell with each home purchase.
Baton Rouge, La. (31). Home of LSU. Average price: $173,317. Games at Tiger Stadium are thrilling. So is leaving town after the game.
South Bend, Ind. (32). Home of Notre Dame. Average price: $173,600. Like Duke, they plunked a prestigious institution and an idyllic campus in the middle of a grimy town.
Knoxville, Tenn. (33). Home of Tennessee. Average price $175,250. That price may vary, with Randy Sanders putting his house on the market any day now.
Dec. 17, 2003
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=1688416
The next step was rinsing the Baylor trauma from his system. Bad enough to deal with total program disintegration -- at a place where Roberts was happy -- based on serious NCAA rules violations. Even worse when it's spawned by a murder, and the coach is encouraging others in the program to lie to cover up violations.
If you're looking for somewhere to get away from it all, Starkville ain't a bad choice. Major-college programs don't come too much more removed and low-profile than this.
"His personality fits in great in Starkville," Stansbury said. "This allowed him to escape a little bit from what happened out there at Baylor."
*********************
Again, this one search took about 10 minutes to put together. I’m sure there are more examples out there.
I guess I am just tired of the constant Starkville-bashing that Mr. Forde seems to find cute. Starkville is not for everyone, but for many people it is home. For many others, it is an enjoyable road trip in the SEC. It is too bad Mr. Forde cannot use his talents to write about Starkville for what it is, instead of what it is not.
You've got a warped sense of history. Everyone knew 2006, the year after we lost our entire team, was going to be tough. It didn't take a genius to figure that one out.