Worst SEC Away Game Experience
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Worst game was a few years back when LSU throttled us 51-0 or something. Second place to Georgia, 1997. That game was miserable.
Memphis 2000 was hot as hell.
If you are asking what the worst fan experience - any Alabama game I have ever been to.
Memphis 2000 was hot as hell.
If you are asking what the worst fan experience - any Alabama game I have ever been to.
<span lang="EN"><p dir="ltr" align="left">Sitting in the endzone with the other MSU folks, parents, wife, kids.? Some really cool mullet haired 12 or 13 year olds were up in the exit ramp looking down at all us visitors and found it really f'n cool to throw chunks of ice down at us MSU fans.? One chunk hit a baby in the head.? First time ever, and probably not the last time, I thought I was going to have to whoop someone else's kids.? Seriously.? I went after them.? If i could have gotten to them I would have beat them with my belt in front of all 70 thousand football fans.? The cops noticed me asked me what was going on and to my surprise, they actually listened, and had the boys escorted out.? I'm still pissed about it.</p><p dir="ltr" align="left"></p><p dir="ltr" align="left">Same game, leaving, more mullet headed kids hanging over the edges spitting at the folks down below. Morons were hitting the bama fans too.</p></span>
It had nothing to do with the trip itself and the Auburn fans. It was us. JWS announced his retirement the day before, I think. It was the end of an era. I had my hopes up thinking the team might have pulled one off for The Kang. Those hopes were quickly deflated and we left the game after Cadillac Williams scored fifth touchdown OF THE FIRST HALF.
It was particularly miserable because you could tell the Auburn fans actually pitied us. I don't even think they enjoyed the *** beating they gave to us that day. Their own fans were bored - it was like they were playing Prairie View.
It was particularly miserable because you could tell the Auburn fans actually pitied us. I don't even think they enjoyed the *** beating they gave to us that day. Their own fans were bored - it was like they were playing Prairie View.
@ Baylor. Arrived in Waco more than an hour prior to kickoff. Traffic was girdlocked from the football stadium to the interstate. Finally within reasonable distance of the stadium and all parking is gone. Nobody was directing traffic anywhere. This cluser17 was just about on par with the Colts playing that exhibition game in Jackson. I'd have made better time if we parked on the shoulder of the interstate and walked the last few miles to the stadium.
Despite getting to Waco plenty early, we finally made it in the stadium at the end of the 1st quarter.
Despite getting to Waco plenty early, we finally made it in the stadium at the end of the 1st quarter.
The year we had 10 plays inside the 10 yard line and couldn't score. The Ole Miss student section was still on the east side. When visitors exited thru portals it was underneath the student section. My dad, mom, uncle, and I were pelted with eggs, beer and cigars as we left. It's etched in my memory.
2nd worst was in Oxford again. Ole Miss vs Vandy around 2004 or 2005. I sat in the student section with friends. I was appalled at the way they acted to Vandy people.
Tiger Stadium has gotten ugly at times, but you can't beat the atmosphere. Generally the same people harassing you after night games were the same people feeding you boos, jambalaya and gumbo before the game.
2nd worst was in Oxford again. Ole Miss vs Vandy around 2004 or 2005. I sat in the student section with friends. I was appalled at the way they acted to Vandy people.
Tiger Stadium has gotten ugly at times, but you can't beat the atmosphere. Generally the same people harassing you after night games were the same people feeding you boos, jambalaya and gumbo before the game.
Bama 95.
Was nothing they did. I was just pumped because this was my first away game as an MSU student/fan and wanted to see a "big time" college football atmosphere.
It was cold and overcast, mid November and I think the announced crowd was a shade over 50k. Their student section was about 1/4 full and the atmosphere in the stadium was pitiful. If I remember correctly their kicker missed 3 or 4 FGs and they tried everything they could to hand us the game but Taite couldn't get us a first down much less a drive. We lost 14-9.
Was nothing they did. I was just pumped because this was my first away game as an MSU student/fan and wanted to see a "big time" college football atmosphere.
It was cold and overcast, mid November and I think the announced crowd was a shade over 50k. Their student section was about 1/4 full and the atmosphere in the stadium was pitiful. If I remember correctly their kicker missed 3 or 4 FGs and they tried everything they could to hand us the game but Taite couldn't get us a first down much less a drive. We lost 14-9.
Had to be the worst day to be a bulldog. We literally showed up, got our check for playing a home game in Tampa, and our team lost miserably and got back on the plane and got the hell out of there. I was there with about 500 other bulldog fans and about 70K Florida fans. Way to go LT!
The 1991 Egg Bowl game did suck. The 91 Liberty Bowl was another bad one that year.
The worst for me was the 2001 Egg Bowl. It was in the 30's, windy, and raining the whole time. A co-worker had tickets so I went with him. On the way down we stopped at the liquor store and I picked up a bottle. He said he was sticking with beer for the ride down.
Half way through the 1st quarter, my rain proof clothes turned out to be only rain resistant. I was completely soaked. My buddy decided he needed some liquor to keep warm too. Me being the dumbass I am made the mistake of shaing with him. By the end of the 1st quarter the liquor was gone. Ole Miss starts whipping our *** handily from that point on. By the 4th quarter, every pass, run, and catch was setting a new school record for Romaro, Deuce, or Grant(I think that's his name). It's nothing like being sober and soaked in 30 deg weather watching Ole Miss sodomize State. </p>
The worst for me was the 2001 Egg Bowl. It was in the 30's, windy, and raining the whole time. A co-worker had tickets so I went with him. On the way down we stopped at the liquor store and I picked up a bottle. He said he was sticking with beer for the ride down.
Half way through the 1st quarter, my rain proof clothes turned out to be only rain resistant. I was completely soaked. My buddy decided he needed some liquor to keep warm too. Me being the dumbass I am made the mistake of shaing with him. By the end of the 1st quarter the liquor was gone. Ole Miss starts whipping our *** handily from that point on. By the 4th quarter, every pass, run, and catch was setting a new school record for Romaro, Deuce, or Grant(I think that's his name). It's nothing like being sober and soaked in 30 deg weather watching Ole Miss sodomize State. </p>
Of all people, I should get to have more than one, right?
1 - The most pissed I've ever been was after the 2006 Egg Bowl in Oxford. No reason we should have lost that game, plus there was this disgusting fat old man next to me, whose face was covered in nacho cheese and spittle, who started out the game yelling "GO TO HELL REDNECKS!!! GO TO HELL COW COLLEGE!!!" as the team ran out. I had Dr. Jack turned up so loud in my left ear to drown the bastard out that my ear rang after the game. He was so bad that my wife, the Ole Miss fan, said to me at one point in the 3rd or 4th quarter that she hoped State would win just to shut him up. After that loss, I went back to the Grove in a fog of hate and sat in my little canvas chair as the world circled around me.
2 - Kentucky, 2005. Let me preface this by saying that the Thursday night before the game, my future wife and I set out to drive to Lexington. As we got to Newton, we got a call that her grandfather had a massive stroke and was at the hospital. So we turned around and went back to Jackson, where her sainted grandfather passed away. At this point I had no intention of going to the game, but when Saturday morning rolled around, my future wife and my future in-laws literally threw me out of the house and told me to go to the game. This was at 8:00 in the morning, Central Time, in Jackson, with a 7:00 PM Eastern kickoff time, in Lexington, KY. I broke speed laws in four states that day, arriving at Commonwealth Stadium with about 30 minutes to spare. What I saw when I got there was the worst example of Sylvester Crxxm xffense I'd ever seen. He literally forgot for most of the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the game that we actually had Jerious Norwood on our team. Two straight quarters, #12 did not get the ball. There was ****** officiating as well, and ultimately Brandon Thornton scored in the 3rd quarter to get the zero off State's scoreboard, and MSU lost 13-7. I was so pissed I actually left early (the only time in 116 games), which gave me the opportunity to lock eyes with Rocky D. Goode and give him the one-finger salute as the referee van sped by on my way back to the car. Got in the car, got gas somewhere on the outskirts of Lexington (where a UK fan said something to me about how bad the refereeing was), and made it to Nashville before being ordered by the future Mrs. VH to stop somewhere. Slept three hours at a Red Roof Inn, and got back to Jackson by 10:30 the next morning. Again, let me say, thank YOU, Sylvester Croom.
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1 - The most pissed I've ever been was after the 2006 Egg Bowl in Oxford. No reason we should have lost that game, plus there was this disgusting fat old man next to me, whose face was covered in nacho cheese and spittle, who started out the game yelling "GO TO HELL REDNECKS!!! GO TO HELL COW COLLEGE!!!" as the team ran out. I had Dr. Jack turned up so loud in my left ear to drown the bastard out that my ear rang after the game. He was so bad that my wife, the Ole Miss fan, said to me at one point in the 3rd or 4th quarter that she hoped State would win just to shut him up. After that loss, I went back to the Grove in a fog of hate and sat in my little canvas chair as the world circled around me.
2 - Kentucky, 2005. Let me preface this by saying that the Thursday night before the game, my future wife and I set out to drive to Lexington. As we got to Newton, we got a call that her grandfather had a massive stroke and was at the hospital. So we turned around and went back to Jackson, where her sainted grandfather passed away. At this point I had no intention of going to the game, but when Saturday morning rolled around, my future wife and my future in-laws literally threw me out of the house and told me to go to the game. This was at 8:00 in the morning, Central Time, in Jackson, with a 7:00 PM Eastern kickoff time, in Lexington, KY. I broke speed laws in four states that day, arriving at Commonwealth Stadium with about 30 minutes to spare. What I saw when I got there was the worst example of Sylvester Crxxm xffense I'd ever seen. He literally forgot for most of the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the game that we actually had Jerious Norwood on our team. Two straight quarters, #12 did not get the ball. There was ****** officiating as well, and ultimately Brandon Thornton scored in the 3rd quarter to get the zero off State's scoreboard, and MSU lost 13-7. I was so pissed I actually left early (the only time in 116 games), which gave me the opportunity to lock eyes with Rocky D. Goode and give him the one-finger salute as the referee van sped by on my way back to the car. Got in the car, got gas somewhere on the outskirts of Lexington (where a UK fan said something to me about how bad the refereeing was), and made it to Nashville before being ordered by the future Mrs. VH to stop somewhere. Slept three hours at a Red Roof Inn, and got back to Jackson by 10:30 the next morning. Again, let me say, thank YOU, Sylvester Croom.
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1. Oxford 2000.......some guy hanging out at the entrance on the northeast side, "CHECK FOR COWBELLS! CHECK FOR COWBELLS!" As State fans entered the stadium. I could not stand it and yelled at the MFer "CHECK FOR STICKS!" To which a cop came over and told us both to shut up. Then going up the ramp, some young punks were walking behind the State fans "mooing" and yelling "17 Jackson State". When the "17 Jackson State" came out some man about 100 years old turned around and was about to confront the punks until someone convinced him that would not be a good idea.
2. Tuscaloosa 1999......some Bama fan asking me to do the DPR anytime something unfavorable happened for State during the game. That lasted until just after half time and I told him to STFU.
3. Little Rock 2005.....Arkansas fans and their old, tired, and dumb cliches. "Y'all got a football team?" and so on and so on. I was expecting the "your moma" jokes at any point. I felt sorry for the band that game too. The section over was all Arkansas and the low rent area of the stadium. It seemed any time the band played, they were mocked and had stuff thrown at them. I guess the visitors are not allowed to bring a band or fans to Little Rock.
2. Tuscaloosa 1999......some Bama fan asking me to do the DPR anytime something unfavorable happened for State during the game. That lasted until just after half time and I told him to STFU.
3. Little Rock 2005.....Arkansas fans and their old, tired, and dumb cliches. "Y'all got a football team?" and so on and so on. I was expecting the "your moma" jokes at any point. I felt sorry for the band that game too. The section over was all Arkansas and the low rent area of the stadium. It seemed any time the band played, they were mocked and had stuff thrown at them. I guess the visitors are not allowed to bring a band or fans to Little Rock.
The parking situation was absolutely terrible. We got there about 45 minutes before kickoff and missed half the first quarter trying to park because it was so disorganized. Also had a guy right behind us (we had State tickets, too) whose particular tone made Pig Sooie more unbearable than I have ever heard.
As we were leaving, some 7 year old is walking out with his dad and is upset and complaining "but Daddy, I wanted to see us kick the Bulldogs' butt." This after they had won by 3 touchdowns. And of course, no one was directing traffic when we were trying to get out of there.
As we were leaving, some 7 year old is walking out with his dad and is upset and complaining "but Daddy, I wanted to see us kick the Bulldogs' butt." This after they had won by 3 touchdowns. And of course, no one was directing traffic when we were trying to get out of there.
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be in the stadium on time, especially when it's a road game.
I've never attended an SEC football game where parking and traffic wasn't a pain in the ***.
I've never attended an SEC football game where parking and traffic wasn't a pain in the ***.
If I recall, I think the teams combined for something like 7 turnovers on the day, quite an ugly, defensive game. Of course the 7 turnovers may have been another game I was thinking about.
1. 2001 USC - 3rd stringer comes in and drops a perfect rainbow in the corner of the endzone. Ffffuuuuuu!
2. 2001 UF - Florida fans brought out the keys in the 1st qtr. Couldn't even have fun in the bars that night because we got ragged on so bad.
3. 1993 Ark - cold as hell and ended in a tie, bleh
First post, btw.
2. 2001 UF - Florida fans brought out the keys in the 1st qtr. Couldn't even have fun in the bars that night because we got ragged on so bad.
3. 1993 Ark - cold as hell and ended in a tie, bleh
First post, btw.
Wasn't that the game, we drive all the way down to the goal line (or very close), near the end, and throw an INT in the endzone to seal it for them? I think 10-13 was the final. Anyway, big, big game that we could have won. But ended up just another game in the series where we were so close but no cigar.
1975 at Georgia. We had just been put on probation under Tyler, coming off a Sun Bowl team the previous year which included beating the crap out of Georgia. We had big expectations. We had driven all night to get to Athens from Starkville, we all had huge headaches I guess from the punch. Got beat 16-14 I think, and had to listen to UGA fans give us hell.
Sat on the end of the row and the Ark. fan across from me filled every stereotype. She had a sleeveless shirt, mullet and a hog tattoo. She barked at me the entire game and I don't mean yelled and talked crap, she literally barked.
pretending I was a reporter from the Reflector. Got to watch Tom Shurbert, Donell Allen and Jim Hatfields other sorry players get their asses kicked by Sean Touey (sp?) Bob Weltich and the refs. Group of Ole Miss football players kept yelling Maroon White, bulldogs suck. Then it was Maroon White, shubert suck when he fouled out. One positive was I had a great view of the pom pom girls at each time out. Richard Williams would have been impressed.
I swear the Arkansas fans that go to those games are the ones that only go to games in Little Rock, never Fayetteville, and thus have never really been shown how to act. The two times I went to Fayetteville we generally were treated pretty well, and one of those we nearly won.
That was the 2000 season @ Columbia. The next week, we beat the hell out of Flarda in Starkville.
The previous week, LSU had an epic comeback to beat Tennessee in overtime. We had an 8 pm game at LSU - My future wife and I decided to go down at the last minute - left Starkville after the 2:30 game had started.
We played really well for the first three quarters and took a 14 point lead into the 4th. In the fourth quarter, I looked at my wife and said "We are about to beat LSU at Tiger Stadium." LSU then scored 21 points and we had to make a last minute scramble to get that thing to overtime.
I am convinced that I will never witness an MSU win in that stadium. That was my "punched in the gut/slapped in the face" game.
We played really well for the first three quarters and took a 14 point lead into the 4th. In the fourth quarter, I looked at my wife and said "We are about to beat LSU at Tiger Stadium." LSU then scored 21 points and we had to make a last minute scramble to get that thing to overtime.
I am convinced that I will never witness an MSU win in that stadium. That was my "punched in the gut/slapped in the face" game.
That's another story, but I was across the field from our fans.
Endured a lot of crap talk. In addition to that gamehumiliation.
Before the game, endured a lot of smack talk from UF fans on the street.
Despite that I was with a Gator fan, born into a Bulldog family in central MS.
I'm not planning to go to Gainesville this fall, but if that same friend invites me down for the weekend with his family, I may go.
Perhaps this time I'll take a can of pepper spray, instead of a cowbell.
Endured a lot of crap talk. In addition to that gamehumiliation.
Before the game, endured a lot of smack talk from UF fans on the street.
Despite that I was with a Gator fan, born into a Bulldog family in central MS.
I'm not planning to go to Gainesville this fall, but if that same friend invites me down for the weekend with his family, I may go.
Perhaps this time I'll take a can of pepper spray, instead of a cowbell.
I have to say a Little Rock game would be my worst experience as well. I think mine was in 1999, but basically the same story. Add some hillybilly bearded guy telling my mom to 17-off after the game, all the flags being broken off my truck, etc, etc. I live in Little Rock - and I have never gone to another game again. Thetailgating, when taken on the whole, looks like some kind of migrant worker camp. All apologies to the migrant worker community for the insult.
cold, wet, even sleeted a little.
The worst part was being morally and physically abused by the ole miss student section.
The worst part was being morally and physically abused by the ole miss student section.