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re: History Junkies: MSU in Orange Bowl
Posted on 12/11/14 at 11:11 am to DakForHe15man
Posted on 12/11/14 at 11:11 am to DakForHe15man
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That was back when football players smoked cigarettes. (see player on far right)
thanks for pointing that out. Otherwise, I'm not sure we would have been able to find the 1 person out of 8 pictured that had a cigarette.
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Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:54 pm to DesmondHume
I saw it posted on FB without any "proof" that the men served in WWII, but MSU was a military school at the time and it is commonly known that the next season, the vast majority of the football team that won the SEC Championship went to war. (The Orange Bowl team pictured here was the 1940 team that tied a game while Tennessee went unbeaten, the 1941 team won the SEC and was unable to play in the Sugar Bowl because the majority of the team went to war immediately.)
The cafeteria at MSU was built to look like a church to keep potential enemies from bombing it. They tell you that on any tour of the campus.
Its a cool photo of a simpler time in college football.
The cafeteria at MSU was built to look like a church to keep potential enemies from bombing it. They tell you that on any tour of the campus.
Its a cool photo of a simpler time in college football.
This post was edited on 12/11/14 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 12/11/14 at 1:23 pm to anc
Came across this. Sounds like the part about most of them not making it out of WWII was false, but a nice thread none the less.
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For the 1941 SEC champions, the season would not end until the following week, when they traveled to the West Coast and defeated the University of San Francisco 26-13 at Kezar Stadium to complete an 8-1-1 campaign. The next day, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and America was at war. Many players from the 1938-1942 Mississippi State teams fought in World War II. One player, Harvey “Boots” Johnson, a star on the 1940 team, was killed in a bombing raid over Japan. Buddy Elrod, State’s first All-American, was imprisoned in a German Stalag prison camp. Football was played in 1942, but Mississippi State did not field a team in 1943 due to the war.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 1:28 pm to anc
kinda ghey
Posted on 12/11/14 at 1:30 pm to YouDontKnowBro
good story
Posted on 12/11/14 at 1:37 pm to anc
quote:It was built in 1921. Who had bombers in 1921 that could bomb State College?
The cafeteria at MSU was built to look like a church to keep potential enemies from bombing it
Posted on 12/11/14 at 1:38 pm to anc
So you're fabricating the fact that all but one of them died in WWII. Get that shite out of here.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 1:42 pm to Diamondawg
And why would they ever have a reason to bomb Starkville? Good lord anc is making a bunch of shite up :lol
Posted on 12/11/14 at 1:44 pm to anc
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anc has a knack for stretching the truth.
understatement
Posted on 12/11/14 at 1:44 pm to Diamondawg
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It was built in 1921. Who had bombers in 1921 that could bomb State College?
dudes making shite up on engie levels.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 1:46 pm to reggierayreb
He did it again on the second page
Posted on 12/11/14 at 1:46 pm to anc
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This was when college football was truly a game played by students.
Well said. Long been an advocate of doing away with recruiting/athletic scholarships.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 1:53 pm to anc
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The cafeteria at MSU was built to look like a church to keep potential enemies from bombing it. They tell you that on any tour of the campus.
what?
Posted on 12/11/14 at 1:55 pm to Cdawg
Dude's just been making shite up all day
Posted on 12/11/14 at 1:55 pm to pankReb
It was built after World War I and before World War II. It was a legitimate concern at the time.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 1:55 pm to Cdawg
Dude's just been making shite up all day
Posted on 12/11/14 at 1:56 pm to Cdawg
That is a pretty common myth on campus. I think it was actually designed after a mess hall at West Point.
Now that mess hall at West Point may have been designed to look like a church to avoid bombings.
Now that mess hall at West Point may have been designed to look like a church to avoid bombings.
This post was edited on 12/11/14 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 12/11/14 at 1:57 pm to anc
My house in New Orleans was built in 1919 specifically to withstand the onslaught of trench warfare.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:02 pm to anc
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It was built after World War I and before World War II. It was a legitimate concern at the time.
No....it wasn't. the only "bombers" of WW1 involved planes that could only go 500 miles.
and Germany was in complete ruins and Hitler had just been named leader of the incredibly small Nazi party...This was also 2 years prior to Hitler being jailed as well as it taking around 4 billion (that's 4,000,000,000) German Marks to equal just one US dollar.
there was absolutely no concern at the time of anyone bombing us.
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