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Drebin

Drebin

Heisman
Aug 22, 2012
22,832
28,328
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I have a soft spot for malfunction junction. It's the campus I remember. I'm better for having endured it.

I'm also extremely jealous of all the students down there today - they don't know how good they have it.
 
TrueMaroonGrind

TrueMaroonGrind

All-Conference
Jan 6, 2017
4,141
1,730
113
i'd never actually seen Malfuntion Junction until now. Thank goodness they constructed the Junction. What a cluster.
 
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Shamoan

Redshirt
Jun 27, 2013
12,466
0
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patdog

Heisman
May 28, 2007
61,146
32,729
113
A total of 6 different roads converged on one spot. I think I only saw one wreck there in the 4 years I was at MSU.
 
vhdawg

vhdawg

All-Conference
Sep 29, 2004
4,998
3,030
113
The night of the pre-UK game midnight pep rally in 1999....

....we came in off Hwy 12 and went all the way counterclockwise around Malfunction Junction to University on green lights. It was amazing.
 
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InTheIttaBenaHotSun

Junior
Jan 9, 2016
2,362
346
83
Funny this comes up today. I was in Starkville with my son yesterday and road through/by the Junction and mention to him what is was like 25 yrs ago. We had a good laugh.
 
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UpTheMiddlex3Punt

All-Conference
May 28, 2007
18,191
4,323
113
There were rarely wrecks there because everyone always paid attention when they got there. One did not simply drive through malfunction junction. It required extreme focus. Every. Single. Time.
 
Dawgbite

Dawgbite

Heisman
Nov 1, 2011
10,034
11,521
113
I didn't realize it was still there as recent as 2005. I thought it disappeared back in the late 80's or early 90's. Damn, I'm getting old!
 
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Dawg1979

Redshirt
Jun 23, 2015
1,546
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it was a nightmare, but you guys are right. hardly ever a wreck. i did come through there one night after having more than i needed. went up the wrong way. thank Jesus there were no campus po po's riding around.

campus is way better now. kids these days have no idea. haha
 
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hail1984

Redshirt
Oct 12, 2016
28
0
1
My fondest memory was one Spring evening in 1983, that we went through there, headed to Dudy Noble with a keg of beer and about a dozen folks in the back of a pick up. One of the guys fell out and bounced about three times. We never slowed up as he jumped up and raced to catch up .
Maybe you had to be there to appreciate, but ah, life's sweet little memories!!
 
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Dawgzilla

Redshirt
Mar 3, 2008
5,406
0
0
UpTheMiddlex3Punt said:
There were rarely wrecks there because everyone always paid attention when they got there. One did not simply drive through malfunction junction. It required extreme focus. Every. Single. Time.
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And there was the intricate system of interminable stoplights that made getting through there a chore. One late Thursday night I was leaving a study group and trying to get home (seriously, I was studying and not drinking at all). I still needed to study up some and I was really nervous about the test, and I was stuck at a redlight in Malfunction Junction. The light would not change, and there was absolutely no other traffic. After carefully looking all around and getting impatient, I ran the redlight, and sure enough there was a campus cop hiding in the shadows up by the stadium.

He really didn't want to buy my study group story, but once I got out of my car it was obvious I was not drunk or anything. He actually let me go with a stern warning.

I aced my test.
 
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VillagepeopleDogs

Redshirt
Jul 27, 2016
616
0
0
Back in the day, during our Old South week at the KA house, we would shoot tennis ball out of the cannon and hit cars there.
 
Chesusdog

Chesusdog

All-American
May 2, 2006
5,194
5,677
113
Drebin said:
I have a soft spot for malfunction junction. It's the campus I remember. I'm better for having endured it.

I'm also extremely jealous of all the students down there today - they don't know how good they have it.
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I took the wife up for her first visit last year. I was on campus from 99 to 04. The place is hardly recognizable now.
 
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patdog

Heisman
May 28, 2007
61,146
32,729
113
I almost went with 7, but then got confused trying to count them. You could really even say 8 since 2 roads merge to become #3.
 
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