Michigan State Delta Devils **

[ababyatemydingo]

oh, ESPN

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Go Spartans

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Stopped at the deli after church with 20 minutes to game time. Had my maroon mstate polo on and had someone ask...."Michigan state?"

ESPN is convincing the casual folks.

 

[RocketDawg]

Mississippi State in a shootout with Wisconsin now on CBS.

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

At least we ain't that TSUNAA. **

(That School Up North in Ann Arbor)

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Stopped at the deli after church with 20 minutes to game time. Had my maroon mstate polo on and had someone ask...."Michigan state?"

ESPN is convincing the casual folks.

You're Augusta, GA right?

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Yes

 

[MaroonOldCrow]

Happens to me all the time, too. Then, when I tell them, "No, Mississippi State" they often reply with, "Oh, Ole Miss." Then they get the irate version of me.

We should get together for a mini watch party sometime.

 

[GhostOfJackie]

I’m usually a little rude to people when this happens to me. Not because they called us Ole Miss, but because they are too stupid to know the different between two SEC schools. People like that should just try harder at life.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

I’m usually a little rude to people when this happens to me. Not because they called us Ole Miss, but because they are too stupid to know the different between two SEC schools. People like that should just try harder at life.

This.

 

[Requiem For A Dawg]

Happens to me all the time, too. Then, when I tell them, "No, Mississippi State" they often reply with, "Oh, Ole Miss." Then they get the irate version of me.

We should get together for a mini watch party sometime.

Where do you live? I’m not Mr. Sport’s Nut by any means, but I’m not going to mistake a logo of any power 5 school.

 

[HumpDawgy]

Just tell them they must not be much of a sports fan. Any true sports fan would know the difference.

 

[Junction John]

I was at Bartaco in Buckhead about a week ago and the bartender asked the same thing...

Him: "Michigan State?"
Me: "17 no, Mississippi State. Don't you live in Georgia?"

 

[KingBarkus]

I've actually been surprised while wearing my "State" shirt in Las Vegas. Most folks know it is Mississippi State and others have guessed MSU. I have never been addressed as "Michigan State".

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Mistaking Mississippi State and OM is more common than you would imagine in major cities. Everything revolves around the pro sports teams. Non college grads obviously don't care about college sports. A majority of the college grads in cities go to commuter schools and liberal arts schools. The power 5 grads know, but most others are clueless.

 

[hdogg]

Happens to me all the time, too. Then, when I tell them, "No, Mississippi State" they often reply with, "Oh, Ole Miss." Then they get the irate version of me.
.

This happened to less than a year ago, and it was from an AGGIE. I sarcistically said "Well you have only been in the SEC 4-5 years so you're still learning. It's not like we play you every year". He just looked confused.
I typically have good experiences w/ aggies and have several aggie friends, but I really wanted to punch this one in the scrotum.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

Alabama bandwagon fans say hi.

 

[JungRebel]

This is what drives me nuts. I understand if you don't care about sports, but any casual fan (using myself as a comparison) should by now be able to recognize the power 5 logos with how much airtime the power conferences get in the major sports. The craziest thing, however, is that people working for ESPN are not supposed to be casual fans---its their 17n JOB.

 

[MaroonOldCrow]

Augusta, GA area, but it happened when I lived in Columbus, GA as well.

 

[Junction John]

I've heard announcers calling us "State" more often lately, and I like it.

I use it all the time around here, but maybe the school should officially co-opt that term and start using it more. Let Sparty have MSU. And I would be satisfied if no one ever uttered the phrase "M-State" again.

 

[mcdawg22]

I’m usually a little rude to people when this happens to me. Not because they called us Ole Miss, but because they are too stupid to know the different between two SEC schools. People like that should just try harder at life.

I always respond with some dig at the school they are wearing. Gators, “Man it’s shame Jimbo left, you think Taggert is gonna do well?” Auburn “I can’t believe how well you guys did after shutting the program down, and Bill Clark staying was incredible.” Pitt “You guys are a bunch of sick 17’s”

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

I've heard announcers calling us "State" more often lately, and I like it.

I use it all the time around here, but maybe the school should officially co-opt that term and start using it more. Let Sparty have MSU. And I would be satisfied if no one ever uttered the phrase "M-State" again.

Agreed. Even worse than the M-State, is the occasional "Miss. State." It's one thing to see it spelled out, but to hear it verbalized makes me nauseous.

 

[HumpDawgy]

Agreed. Even worse than the M-State, is the occasional "Miss. State." It's one thing to see it spelled out, but to hear it verbalized makes me nauseous.

I think we can pin that one on the jerseys of the Sherrill era. Miss State sounds too much like mistake. I say State. People don't understand who I am speaking about, but I don't give a 17. We are State. Penn State is Penn State, Ohio State is THE Ohio State, LSU is LSU and we are State.

 

[patdog]

And I would be satisfied if no one ever uttered the phrase "M-State" again.

Has anyone ever actually referred to us as M-State? As far as I know that's just a way to describe the logo we use. Same as no one ever referred to us as M-S-J, but that's what we called the logo from the Felker era.

 

[Junction John]

I think the school formally introduced that at one time as our identity... although I'm not sure they do that anymore. I think someone saw the need for branding and came up with that term, I assume thinking since it works for K-State it might work for us. It doesn't.

 

[patdog]

If so, they must have abandoned it pretty quickly. You're right, it's fine for K-State or NC-State. Not so much for us. I like it as a logo. Don't think I would ever like it as a name for us though.