State vs Bama.......bring your stories

[00Dawg]

I stormed the field with everyone else as a freshman, and managed to snag an endzone pylon. Afterwards, I was the Reflector writer picked to interview LT. He was more than friendly, and his biggest worry was about getting new goalposts installed in time for the next home game. I did ask if the win was worth the cost of the damage, and he said he'd take the win again in a heartbeat. I offered to return the endzone pylon if they needed it, but he told me to keep it. One of the highpoints of my opinion of the guy....it would be a few years before that started to slide. Next issue, I found out my work had been used in a joint article for the front page. Highlight of my brief journalistic career. Still got it framed somewhere.

 

[HotMop]

We had brought along a friend who was not a particularly big state fan and wasn't a state student. Well we win the game all get's crazy in the stands and we are all celebrating watching everyone spill out onto the field. We yell and scream for awhile, watch the goal posts come down and stagger out to the vehicle.

We get all the way back to the apartment before we realize we left our friend, who was not from Starkville, at the game. We had no idea where he was. A couple of hours later he comes back and says, "get your truck". We load up and he directs us to drive to that big white house by the bridge near campus.

Apparently he had gone down to the field and was one of the guys carrying around a goalpost. He says it was him and a FIJI that were the last two holding the post so they agreed to split the post in half. Since he didn't really know where to carry it he saw the white DG house and thought he'd disguise it there right out in plain view. We get said post, cut it up, and passed it around to our friends.

My piece is up on the mantle next to my Elvis Jim Beam porcelain bottle.

Good times...needless to say he's a die hard state fan now.

 

[DawgTeacher]

I was in the 5th grade and was a huge fan but haven't been to too many State games to this point. I don't remember much about pregame except the parachuter nearly dying and some Bama band member that fell in a hole on the sideline after halftime, which delayed the start of the second half too. We win and watch the goalposts come down, so now me and the family are ready to head that way. Some nice event guy had already opened the gate onto the field so we all kindly walked out there to see our drummers going nuts at midfield with some great beats to keep everybody still there dancing and then a drunk guy (who was dancing) began to moon the 20 or 30 of us standing there. But I saved the best for last. As were are FINALLY leaving the stadium heading back to the car, we pass the Bama cheerleader van and the majority of them were squalling (we all know that's a totally different type of crying, and yes that included the males). Great times.

Oh and just a question, why don't people throw the rolls of toilet paper or calculator paper after TDs anymore? Just watched the 96 game again last night and saw that...ALOT and thought we never see that anymore. Just wondering.

 

[dingdongdammit]

My wife and I went to the game along with a friend who is currently a Judge in South Mississippi. I will protect his identity. This is the only time I have been there to a game. I too had too much to drink. Got upset a bit by the shellacking we were taking and tired of the Bama fans. Kinda went overboard...am embarresed to think about it now....but I did get in their face.

The following week the Reflector had an editorial about how rowdy the Dawg fans were...we really rang those bells...and were really vocal. They mentioned ther was one who was way out of bounds. I always thought it was me.

Would not do it again...but I would love to have something to crow about tomorrow night. Most of their fans are pissing alumni who never went to school there ....or yankees who want to be a part of the Southern party experience.
Most Alabama people go to Auburn. Ole Miss has that same drawing...punks from out of Mississippi who want to party...and dream that they have a championship traditon at Ole Miss.

 

[gdogg]

1996- have to watch it on TV from home (out of state at the time) due to recent birth of son
2007-said son goes ape **** during the run back and beats the hell of me and his grandfather sitting on the other side of him.
Also 2007-
There was a elderly guy who sat in front of us in 2007 that had to walk using a quad cane, after the run back
and things start settling down, he is nowhere to be found. He winds up like 10 rows down from us in the aisle. We have to help him back to his seat
We were like, WTF, did you fly down there? He never stopped smiling.

 

[AceLeroy]

That score says it all for me.

My Dad and I were listening to the game on the radio. I'll go ahead and admit that I am 3 years past the age of 40. I still feel 25 , but I guess that makes me an old guy on this board.

Anyway , I remember the score being 3-3 at halftime and Our feeling was like most , that Bama would find a way to win the game. I was 14 and already a huge fan of MSU as my dad has raised me to be. The thing is , I did not realize how huge it was to beat Bama back in those days. I knew We were not suppossed to win , but I didn't know it was as big as it was until I saw the headlines the next day. They probably wouldn't be much bigger if Crist returned.</p>

I still remember my Dad grabbing me by my shoulders and shaking me so hard that if I had been a quart of milk He would have churned me into butter. As He did , He shouted as loud as I have ever heard his voice " I have been waiting for this one all of my life!"

It still is and most likely always be my all time favorite MSU win in ANY sport.

However , A win tommorow would be very close to that one in 1980 and might even have me shouting in my son's face like my dad did back then.

It may sound crazy to some outside of MSu fans , but I think We have a good chance of beating them. </p>