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In 1998 Mississippi St. and Tennessee played for the SEC Championship.

Posted on 6/27/20 at 5:07 pm
Posted by radicalizedtigah
Member since Aug 2016
3495 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 5:07 pm
I had forgotten about that. Seems unthinkable. Had to be super low tv ratings.
Posted by Mithridates6
Member since Oct 2019
8220 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 5:09 pm to
Were they allowed to ring cowbells in the Georgia Dome? Seems like a borderline health hazard. Also MSU uniforms at that time were pretty clean with the interlocking logo
Posted by gladchiefisgone
Member since Sep 2010
1806 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 6:37 pm to
Both teams played good defense....10-7 in the 4th. Not much offense.
Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
14169 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 6:47 pm to
Welcome to the late '90s
Posted by joshua2571
Member since Nov 2015
8149 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 6:52 pm to
State took the lead in the 4th Qtr but blew it. I remember Prentiss from State returning a punt return for a TD.
Posted by themicah85
DALLAS TX
Member since Jul 2015
3501 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:11 pm to
Why? One of those teams won the NC? Both teams were good. It was 1998 bro, noone is diminishing this years lsu team my sec west brethren.
Posted by TheCheshireHog
Cashew Chicken Country
Member since Oct 2010
40916 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:23 pm to
fricking Stoernover.
Posted by FourThreeForty
Member since May 2013
17290 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:35 pm to
How in the world did Tennessee beat Florida state that year
Posted by BhamDawg
A Brewery
Member since Sep 2009
441 posts
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:21 am to
I was there and my friend and I got mugged in ATL underground before the game
Posted by ForeverEllisHugh
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
14906 posts
Posted on 6/28/20 at 8:16 am to
Watched the second half... how on earth was that Tennessee team undefeated?
Posted by Jb1994
Member since Sep 2018
2116 posts
Posted on 6/28/20 at 9:12 am to
Would have been lsu and Tennessee if not for lou tepper and the worst defensive scheme ever
Posted by anc
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:13 pm to
The 99 MSU team was better, but slipped up at Alabama. An Alabama that lost to Louisiana Tech the previous week. State was 8-0 headed into that game.

The 98 MSU team kind of backed their way into the championship game. They lost to a bad Oklahoma State team and got killed by a 3-8 LSU team. Lost a shootout to Tim Couch and Kentucky but found a way to beat Arkansas, who was the best team in the West that year by a mile.

Arkansas pissed a game away against Tennessee and ended up 6-2. State won the tiebreaker to get to Atlanta.

They played really well for 3.5 quarters. Had a 7-0 lead and were down 10-7 after three. Returned Tennessee’s ninth punt of the game for a TD and couldn’t hold on with a lead in the last six minutes. Gave up a long TD pass then fumbled the first down after the kickoff and Tennessee scored again.
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