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33 Years Ago Today - the Biggest Upset in SEC History
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:05 pm
Mississippi State 6, #1 Alabama 3.
Alabama had won 28 straight games, and was rolling to their third straight national championship. The upset opened the door for Georgia to win the national title by beating Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl.
The following Tuesday, Reagan beat Carter and it became the greatest four day period in Mississippi State history.
Georgia got a late kickoff return to beat Florida the next week, or MSU would have won the SEC Title that year.
Alabama had won 28 straight games, and was rolling to their third straight national championship. The upset opened the door for Georgia to win the national title by beating Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl.
The following Tuesday, Reagan beat Carter and it became the greatest four day period in Mississippi State history.
Georgia got a late kickoff return to beat Florida the next week, or MSU would have won the SEC Title that year.
This post was edited on 11/1/13 at 3:07 pm
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Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:06 pm to anc
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The following Tuesday, Reagan beat Carter and it became the greatest four day period in Mississippi State history.
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:06 pm to anc
refs gave the bulldogs the game
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:06 pm to anc
So are you implying if the stars align correctly and Mississippi State beats Carolina tomorrow morning then it will be the biggest upset in 33 years?
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:08 pm to Mootsman
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So are you implying if the stars align correctly and Mississippi State beats Carolina tomorrow morning then it will be the biggest upset in 33 years?
Not at all. We aren't beating Carolina. Just a fun "This Day in History."
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:11 pm to anc
Alabama beat themselves that day.
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:11 pm to anc
Seems like every time MS wins it' s an "Upset"....
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:13 pm to anc
I was there. When Bond muffed the snap on the 2yd line, at the end of the game, MSU fans sucked the air right out of the stadium. *GASP*
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:17 pm to anc
I was interested so I looked it up.
Other contenders for "Biggest Upset in SEC History"
2008 Ole Miss over Florida (Tim Tebow Cried Game)
1993 LSU over Alabama (ended 31 game win streak)
Other contenders for "Biggest Upset in SEC History"
2008 Ole Miss over Florida (Tim Tebow Cried Game)
1993 LSU over Alabama (ended 31 game win streak)
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:20 pm to anc
Do you mean 1983 for LSU over Bama?
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:23 pm to jimlsu1
1993. Alabama ended up forfeiting the entire year, but LSU won 17-14 in Tuscaloosa on Stallings' best team - cost them a back to back national title.
I lived in Alabama at the time. Many of wives were beat that day.
I lived in Alabama at the time. Many of wives were beat that day.
This post was edited on 11/1/13 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:24 pm to anc
Last two minutes of the game
I had totally forgotten that Bama almost recovered a John Bond fumble in the endzone in the final seconds that would have won it.
In a personal note, on that same day I was attending Homecoming festivities at Troy State, where my sister was enrolled. The Trojans beat Tennessee Tech 52-3. Later that evening, I had some righteous sex with my sister's roommate, a former Junior Miss from Rhode Island, in the front passenger seat of my '62 VW convertible.
All in all, a good day.
I had totally forgotten that Bama almost recovered a John Bond fumble in the endzone in the final seconds that would have won it.
In a personal note, on that same day I was attending Homecoming festivities at Troy State, where my sister was enrolled. The Trojans beat Tennessee Tech 52-3. Later that evening, I had some righteous sex with my sister's roommate, a former Junior Miss from Rhode Island, in the front passenger seat of my '62 VW convertible.
All in all, a good day.
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:24 pm to arrakis
I was 12 and I still remember listening to it on the radio.
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:26 pm to anc
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Georgia got a late kickoff return to beat Florida the next week, or MSU would have won the SEC Title that year.
Good thing because otherwise the SEC Champion for 1980 would have had a 42-14 loss to Southern Miss on their resume.
John Bond had a good career under center. Beat LSU all 4 years. He was the Moosiah.
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:27 pm to anc
1993 was not Stallings's best team. Far from it, and that game had little National championship implications. They lost 2 other games that year - Auburn and Florida.
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:29 pm to The Spleen
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1993 was not Stallings's best team.
Clearly.
Anyone who lost to Curley Hallman could say that.
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:29 pm to anc
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cost them a back to back national title.
they lost the following week.
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:30 pm to anc
I was reading it wrong. I thought you meant a 31 game streak against the Tigers. Not overall.
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:33 pm to anc
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1993. Alabama ended up forfeiting the entire year, but LSU won 17-14 in Tuscaloosa on Stallings' best team - cost them a back to back national title.
I was at that game in Tuscaloosa in '93, Bama had already been tied by Tennessee several weeks earlier, they were probably already out of the title hunt at that point. Still a huge upset
Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:33 pm to anc
This kind of shite is why it sucks to be king for so long. You're always on the other side of "GREATEST UPSET EVAR" talk.
Just kidding. Rings >>>>>>>>> upsets
Just kidding. Rings >>>>>>>>> upsets
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