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Do you guys remember the 1989 Ole Miss game?
Posted on 9/13/18 at 11:11 pm
Posted on 9/13/18 at 11:11 pm
Alabama went to Oxford and Ole Miss jumped out to a 21-0 first quarter lead. Bama then reeled off 62 unanswered points and won 62-27.
I could see this game following a similar trajectory. Non stop scoring throughout. Mississippi has shown no defense at all.
I could see this game following a similar trajectory. Non stop scoring throughout. Mississippi has shown no defense at all.
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Posted on 9/13/18 at 11:16 pm to Evolved Simian
Yes I do! As a matter of fact, I was a freshman walk on on that team! What could go wrong did in that first quarter!!
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:22 am to Evolved Simian
The first year I watched football with my dad and actually got into it. A die hard Bama fan was born that year. I was a pre teen. Went to my first game the next year to see Bret Favre and Southern Mississippi beat us by a field goal in Stallings first year. 89 was a fun year until the barn game.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 4:18 am to Evolved Simian
I remember having to listen to it on the radio and barely being able to hear any of it.
We heard we were down 21-0 and figured we were dead, pretty much heard nothing for maybe the next 30 min, then the next update heard we were up like 28-21 and were very confused.
We heard we were down 21-0 and figured we were dead, pretty much heard nothing for maybe the next 30 min, then the next update heard we were up like 28-21 and were very confused.
This post was edited on 9/14/18 at 4:19 am
Posted on 9/14/18 at 6:09 am to Evolved Simian
I think that game was played in Jackson . Could be mistaken but yea I remember it. Hollingsworth and Homer Smith!
Posted on 9/14/18 at 6:26 am to Evolved Simian
The Ole Miss announcer said something to the effect of, "The dream has turned into a nightmare"
Posted on 9/14/18 at 6:30 am to Evolved Simian
I was a funeral director/embalmer back then. Fresh out of school. I was at work listening to it in our bedroom (someone had to be there 24/7). I don't think it was on TV, was it? Had to leave to go pick up a deceased person after going down by 21 came back to us being up big. The deceased person was in no way related to the score.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 7:07 am to MykTide
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The deceased person was in no way related to the score.
Well, that’s what I would say too.
I remember that game well. I was sure Bama was done.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 7:16 am to Evolved Simian
Gary Hollingsworth was a god. And our token “possession” receiver was Craig Sanderson.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 7:28 am to Evolved Simian
Yes,I do.
The Homer Smith Offense with Gary Hollingswoth at QB slung the football.
The Homer Smith Offense with Gary Hollingswoth at QB slung the football.
This post was edited on 9/14/18 at 7:29 am
Posted on 9/14/18 at 7:34 am to Swm323
I was 10. I had a soccer game that day. It was kinda far away from what I remember. We were packed up as a family inside of a minivan.
So we leave the soccer game. I was kissed because I played goalie and didn’t score a goal. We get to the car and we are playing like shite. It’s 21-0 so fast it made your head spin (and your dad was using swear words you never heard before).
Then the radio cuts off... (remember we are traveling and radio stations are cutting in and out).
Dad is not a happy camper. To say the least.
So we finally find Eli on the radio. The score is like 28-21. It seemed like it was about a 15 minute gap.
I have never seen my dad go from angry to happy so fast in my life.
So we leave the soccer game. I was kissed because I played goalie and didn’t score a goal. We get to the car and we are playing like shite. It’s 21-0 so fast it made your head spin (and your dad was using swear words you never heard before).
Then the radio cuts off... (remember we are traveling and radio stations are cutting in and out).
Dad is not a happy camper. To say the least.
So we finally find Eli on the radio. The score is like 28-21. It seemed like it was about a 15 minute gap.
I have never seen my dad go from angry to happy so fast in my life.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 7:48 am to Swm323
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Gary Hollingsworth was a god.
In 1989, yes...in 1990, not so much...
The two games I remember more in '89 were beating Tennessee and Penn State in back-to-back weeks. The Tennessee game was a match of unbeatens and I think that was the Vols only loss that season. We beat Penn State in Happy Valley on the last play of the game; we were up 17-16 and Penn State was inside our 1-yard line and opted to kick the FG...Thomas Rayam broke through the line and blocked it...
This post was edited on 9/14/18 at 7:49 am
Posted on 9/14/18 at 7:55 am to OldPete
we watched that first quarter in horror, throwing beer cans everywhere. but we were feeling much better by the third qtr.
wasnt that a jefferson pilot broadcast, with dave, dave and dave?
wasnt that a jefferson pilot broadcast, with dave, dave and dave?
Posted on 9/14/18 at 7:56 am to crimsontater
yea it was definitely not on tv.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 7:57 am to Evolved Simian
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Alabama went to Oxford and Ole Miss jumped out to a 21-0 first quarter lead.
The game wasn’t in Oxford. It was in Jackson.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 8:11 am to OldPete
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In 1989, yes...in 1990, not so much...
2 TOTALLY different offenses too!! Coach Stallings' philosophy was "offense, don't screw it up! Let the defense win it!"
We also lost our top 3 skill guys in 3 consecutive weeks to start that season. Siran Stacy went down in the opener against Southern Miss and Favre, Prince Wimbley went down at UGA, and then we lost Craig Sanderson the following week at home against UF. It got so bad that we actually moved our all conference TE, Lamonde Russell to WR!!!
Posted on 9/14/18 at 8:42 am to MykTide
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I don't think it was on TV, was it?
I want to say it was. I'm pretty sure I watched it.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 8:56 am to LittleJerrySeinfield
i would've sworn it was on tv, but i cant find who broadcast it. maybe i'm just remembering the tides greatest games series. this is whats on youtube.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 8:58 am to crimsontater
just watched the first half on youtube. I think OM fumbled about six times in the 2nd quarter
Posted on 9/14/18 at 9:10 am to Bear88
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I think that game was played in Jackson .
It was. I was there. Kind of a rainy, dreary day from what I remember.
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