Two years ago...

[MonkeyCheese]

after the 45-0 beating in Oxford, did anyone anticipate we could have moved the football program to the position it's currently in so quickly?

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

I was at that game, and it was over after the first16 Min....Actually at kickoff!
Good loss, great improvement!

 

[bulldawg21]

If you would've told me after the absolute 17ing gang rape with no lube, that was the 2008 Egg Bowl (and pretty much the entire Croom era) that we would hire a new coach, and within two years he would have us sitting at 8-4, playing in a New Year's Day Bowl against Michigan, and be favored to win; I would have laughed in your 17ing face.

Mullen has done a great job so far and I am really excited about the future of state football for the first time in a long time.

 

[goldenwavedawg]

we would have won two more games and the Slytanic would have probably sailed for another year.

 

[Dawgzilla71]

I remember that embarrassing day and the wayI felt. I have never been so upset, but when the game was over I have never been so happy. I was watching ESPN and I saw where CC had stepped down and Dan was hired. I also kinda veiw that day as one of the best days for MSU in a long time.

 

[Todd4State]

All I really anticipated was that we would get a better coach, and I trusted Byrne to make a great hire. I was really encouraged that he went after Petersen at Boise because that showed me that we were serious about hiring someone good.

I was a little worried when they were talking about Kevin Wilson getting our job because I had a bad feeling about him for some reason.

When we hired Dan, I was pretty happy. I really liked his history with QB's and I felt like he was a solid playcaller as an OC for Florida for the most part. But when you hire a coach, you never really know what you're going to get, but I was pretty encouraged by Dan being hired.

I liked his personality- I remember he was taking questions from fans at his press conference in Jackson and someone asked him if we would have a kicker that could make a 20 yard field goal. Dan's response- Well, I hope we don't have to kick field goals because we're scoring touchdowns all the time.

 

[Todd4State]

On one hand, he was a bad kicker. But a lot of people view him as the guy that got rid of Croom. And he also had the game winning field goal in the 2007 Egg Bowl.

 

[jacksdawgs]

I called this ****. No, in all seriousness after that game I questioned wether I would go to another M-State football game ever again. It was that bad. I suffered through that whole damn game with an Ole Miss buddy. Without question the worst day of my life. Not even a close 2nd.