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Tell a little known embarrassing story about your athletic department
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:27 am
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:27 am
I'll go first.
In 2000, Mississippi State was getting ready for a big home game with Florida. State had a good team and the Gators were No. 3 in the nation. It was one of those weeks where the excitement just filled the air.
The night before, me and a couple of buddies walked into the stadium (gates were open) just to check things out. We noticed faintly that the G for Goal Line was painted on the 5 yard line. Again, this was Friday night around 11:30 p.m. and not a soul was around.
Anyway, the next morning someone had figured it out and the painted make shift dog paws on the 5 that had never been there before. Everyone thought it was something new.
You can see it in the 3rd and 57 video here: LINK
Then, it ended up making it in EA Sports NCAA Football 2001. They talked it up like it was a special thing but they never did it again. And there's a few of us that know the truth.
In 2000, Mississippi State was getting ready for a big home game with Florida. State had a good team and the Gators were No. 3 in the nation. It was one of those weeks where the excitement just filled the air.
The night before, me and a couple of buddies walked into the stadium (gates were open) just to check things out. We noticed faintly that the G for Goal Line was painted on the 5 yard line. Again, this was Friday night around 11:30 p.m. and not a soul was around.
Anyway, the next morning someone had figured it out and the painted make shift dog paws on the 5 that had never been there before. Everyone thought it was something new.
You can see it in the 3rd and 57 video here: LINK
Then, it ended up making it in EA Sports NCAA Football 2001. They talked it up like it was a special thing but they never did it again. And there's a few of us that know the truth.
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 9:39 am
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Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:28 am to anc
Our AD is an incompetent Boob...
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:29 am to anc
Besides the current ongoings...
We once shot fireworks off at halftime of a day game against Arkansas. Didn't quite get the awe effect they were looking for.
We once shot fireworks off at halftime of a day game against Arkansas. Didn't quite get the awe effect they were looking for.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:30 am to anc
That's pretty funny
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:32 am to Saskwatch
Could anything be more embarrassing for Ole Miss than Hanging a 2003 SEC West Champions banner in your stadium?
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:33 am to 1BIGTigerFan
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Could anything be more embarrassing for Ole Miss than Hanging a 2003 SEC West Champions banner in your stadium?
Still butthurt. That banner continues to pay dividends.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:34 am to anc
We hired our defensive line coach, an Ole Miss head coaching reject, as our head coach.
Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot you wrote "little known embarrassing."
Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot you wrote "little known embarrassing."
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:38 am to anc
One time our coach had a motorcycle wreck. Not many people know about it. He was banging a grad assistant or something. Pretty crazy.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:39 am to GnashRebel
I go to the game in Oxford every other year just to laugh and point at that stupid banner...
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 9:40 am
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:40 am to anc
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:42 am to roger79
Back in the mid 60's, LSU's AD decided to try & save some money on a new Mike, the existing one getting older & death, while not imminent, was not that far away. So he decided to try & breed a new Mike, figuring by the time Mike did pass away, the new Mike would be old enough to step right in. He found an appropriate female Bengal tiger in......Jackson, Miss. Mike was trucked over & the mood was set for the big event. But Mike, as he was being led out of the truck, caught sight of the female tiger waiting for him & in the words of his main trainer, "freaked out". They could literally not get him out of the truck, so the whole thing was cancelled. The A.D. kept this under wraps for many many years for obvious reasons.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:44 am to anc
We lost to the Citadel in football.
We went six hitless innings against a pitcher with an ERA above 8 in baseball..... last night.
We went six hitless innings against a pitcher with an ERA above 8 in baseball..... last night.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:44 am to anc
I thought of another one.
I think it was 2003. Our women's basketball team had a great year and got a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The MSU athletic department failed to submit a bid to host, and the NCAA pushed Oregon down to a No. 6 seed and let them host instead.
Oregon had this 50+ home game winning streak going at the time and it was a major disadvantage. State won their first round game easily, then watched as 11-seed UAB upset Oregon. UAB then proceeded to beat MSU by double digits in front of 20 fans in Eugene fricking Oregon
Then the next year, with the No. 1 and No. 2 overall draft picks in the WNBA on the same team, State went to the NIT.
I think it was 2003. Our women's basketball team had a great year and got a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The MSU athletic department failed to submit a bid to host, and the NCAA pushed Oregon down to a No. 6 seed and let them host instead.
Oregon had this 50+ home game winning streak going at the time and it was a major disadvantage. State won their first round game easily, then watched as 11-seed UAB upset Oregon. UAB then proceeded to beat MSU by double digits in front of 20 fans in Eugene fricking Oregon
Then the next year, with the No. 1 and No. 2 overall draft picks in the WNBA on the same team, State went to the NIT.
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 9:49 am
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:46 am to Saskwatch
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We once shot fireworks off at halftime of a day game against Arkansas. Didn't quite get the awe effect they were looking for.
Not only that, the fireworks landed on some power lines and blew out our video board, which was about the size of a big screen tv at the time
Another: having to cancel basketball games because it was raining and the roof was leaking
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 10:05 am
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:47 am to anc
Well, there was that one time when Damon Evans was our AD who had to resign because of the DUI arrest and being caught with another woman (and her panties) in his car.
That was pretty embarrassing.
That was pretty embarrassing.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:52 am to anc
Red panties...
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:54 am to anc
Our athletic building is named after Harry Mehre and Wally Butts, the Butts-Mehre building. Butt Smear.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:54 am to dawgdayafternoon
We hired Houston Nutt and Fat arse. That's about as embarassing of hires as you can get.
We hired a TV analyst for women's basketball coach before this last hire.
Hired John Pelphrey.
We hired a TV analyst for women's basketball coach before this last hire.
Hired John Pelphrey.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:54 am to anc
Our elevators are so shitty that fat arse Bert did in fact break the elevator.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:57 am to 1BIGTigerFan
Little lamb. I know that reading comprehension is difficult for swamp people. Perhaps you should direct your concerns to the SEC who says we are the 2003 Western division co-champions. Honestly, it is deceptive of LSU to not make note of that by pretending they were the sole champs that year.
But I imagine with the decline and all you guys are desperate to cling to the glory days.
But I imagine with the decline and all you guys are desperate to cling to the glory days.
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 10:00 am
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