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On this exact date 13 yrs ago, the grinders were grinded ...
Posted on 9/23/13 at 8:50 pm
Posted on 9/23/13 at 8:50 pm
Williams-Brice Stadium. #14 MSU vs SCAR. MSU had Smoot Smack and he had talked a lot of smack before the game as usual.
SCAR had Phil Petty at QB but he went down at a critical point late in the game - and our backup was a walk on by the name of Eric Kimmery.
Time was running out. Lou Holtz turned to Eric and asked, "what can you do here Eric?"
Kimmery replied, "I can throw the fade coach."
No time to even warm up ... then, with Smoot in man-up coverage against Jermale Kelly ...
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SCAR had Phil Petty at QB but he went down at a critical point late in the game - and our backup was a walk on by the name of Eric Kimmery.
Time was running out. Lou Holtz turned to Eric and asked, "what can you do here Eric?"
Kimmery replied, "I can throw the fade coach."
No time to even warm up ... then, with Smoot in man-up coverage against Jermale Kelly ...
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Posted on 9/23/13 at 8:51 pm to scrooster
Congrats 
Posted on 9/23/13 at 8:52 pm to scrooster
Madkin ran wild on us that year.
Posted on 9/23/13 at 9:00 pm to USMC Gators
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Madkin ran wild on us that year.
They had a good team that year. Fairly complete. Joe Lee Dunn, who had made a name for himself at SCAR a decade earlier under Joe Morrison with the Fire ant Defense, had MSU's D hitting on all cylinders up until that game. I can't remember how they did after that game but we went on to beat OSUe in the Outback Bowl to complete the biggest turnaround in D1 history.
A lot of Gamecock fans declared that game as the end of the fabled chicken curse that pitchfork Ben Tillman had voodoo'd with 100 years earlier.
It was a bit of a turning point in our history quite honestly.
Posted on 9/23/13 at 9:05 pm to scrooster
frick you chickens, your day is coming this year
Posted on 9/23/13 at 9:06 pm to Ptolemy's
Posted on 9/23/13 at 9:08 pm to scrooster
Congrats on beating the grinders that time.
Posted on 9/23/13 at 9:09 pm to Ptolemy's
Nice gif.
Posted on 9/23/13 at 9:18 pm to GumpMaster&Commander
I expected no less knowing full well from the start that more was an impossibility.
Posted on 9/23/13 at 9:19 pm to scrooster
state was ranked #14 
Posted on 9/23/13 at 9:26 pm to GumpMaster&Commander
BTW, we did lose to Bama that year but have won three of five since.
And MSU beat Bama that year fairly handedly.
I think MSU was undefeated coming into that game, but ended up losing to LSU, Arkansas and Ole Miss before beating A&M in their bowl game.
And MSU beat Bama that year fairly handedly.
I think MSU was undefeated coming into that game, but ended up losing to LSU, Arkansas and Ole Miss before beating A&M in their bowl game.
Posted on 9/23/13 at 9:34 pm to scrooster
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BTW, we did lose to Bama that year
That was quite an accomplishment in 2000. Vandy and Ole Miss were the only other teams to pull that feat off.
Posted on 9/23/13 at 9:38 pm to Ptolemy's
You've not beaten us since the year before, in 1999.
We'll have to wait and see how this year plays out I suppose.
We'll have to wait and see how this year plays out I suppose.
Posted on 9/23/13 at 9:39 pm to beHop
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Congrats
That was a 4th and 10 play and sealed our 2nd victory over a ranked in the first 4 games following the '98 and '99 seasons where we were a combined 1-21.
It was a big deal and a really memorable experience attending the game.
Posted on 9/23/13 at 9:44 pm to JustGetItRight
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That was quite an accomplishment in 2000. Vandy and Ole Miss were the only other teams to pull that feat off.
Agreed. We should have won that game that year. Strange game that was.
But what about the other five since? Nothing much accomplished in any of those either I guess.
Anyways, no biggie.
Posted on 9/23/13 at 9:49 pm to scrooster
I remember this game, "I can throw the fade coach."
I may have had money on Miss St. Either that or I had picked State in some kind of a pick em game that I played with friends.
I may have had money on Miss St. Either that or I had picked State in some kind of a pick em game that I played with friends.
Posted on 9/23/13 at 10:46 pm to scrooster
Ah, the 2000 season. Late that season, Mississippi State played Kentucky (when Mumme was still there). It was the classic battle of the great offense versus the great defense...
Featuring the Kentucky offense that got shut out by LSU and the MSU defense that got torched for 45 points by LSU. Yep, good times.
Featuring the Kentucky offense that got shut out by LSU and the MSU defense that got torched for 45 points by LSU. Yep, good times.
Posted on 9/23/13 at 10:48 pm to Choupique19
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I remember this game, "I can throw the fade coach."
I may have had money on Miss St. Either that or I had picked State in some kind of a pick em game that I played with friends.
They were a two score favorite that day, -11 if I remember correctly. But we had already beaten UGA earlier when they came in as a big 21 pt fav and I wanna say ranked 4th or 5th with ... what was UGA's QB's name that year? He was older, had played pro baseball. Quincy Carter maybe? I dunno, something like that. But MSU had us worried because we especially respected Joe Lee Dunn and we knew we would not sneak up on them like we had UGA.
It was, as I significant as it may seem to some today, a turning point in our program's history and without it I have no doubt we would not have made it as far as we have today.
Posted on 9/24/13 at 8:16 am to scrooster
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They were a two score favorite that day, -11 if I remember correctly. But we had already beaten UGA earlier when they came in as a big 21 pt fav and I wanna say ranked 4th or 5th with ... what was UGA's QB's name that year? He was older, had played pro baseball. Quincy Carter maybe? I dunno, something like that. But MSU had us worried because we especially respected Joe Lee Dunn and we knew we would not sneak up on them like we had UGA.
Yep, Quincy Carter. Threw 5 picks that night, I believe they were ranked like #9 or somewhere around that. A few bars around 5 Points still have part of the goal post that made it from Willians-Brice down S. Marion to 5 Points.
Posted on 9/24/13 at 8:24 am to scrooster
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You've not beaten us since the year before, in 1999.
I was at that game. Young buck.
This post was edited on 9/24/13 at 8:25 am
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