Comments on: Loose Ends

By: quail09

quail09 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:14:44 +0000

No worries, JL….after the game our party began….once, after a Jackson game, the daughters of Governor Cliff Finch invited a few of us players back to the mansion…these girls attended ole miss, so, we knew of them….we had the run of the place….steaks were cooked on the stove and we all sat down to eat them at the large dining room table…having consumed copious amounts of alcohol, we entertained ourselves by throwing pieces of steak onto the dining rug for the dog to eat….good times

By: Jessie Louise

Jessie Louise — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:44:28 +0000

Yes, my dear that was in the Reggie Collier/Sammie Winder days. I was an equal Mississippi School Supporter – I had an autographed picture of John Bond on my bedroom wall. I’m sure IR does not know that I had a cowbell bracelet given to me by Lawson’s Hardware – I loved hanging out in the hardware store in my day. One of his good friends is the grandson of Lawson Smith, may he rest in peace. Good memories all the way around. I saw you play and didn’t even know it to appreciate it. So sorry Mr. Q09!

By: quail09

quail09 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:06:10 +0000

JL….i believe you are right….USM won ..i think….those were reggie collier days…i played in that game….my memory is tellin me that there was a huge free-for-all after the game ….pandemonium….donny brook

By: Jessie Lou

Jessie Lou — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:10:56 +0000

Q09 – Didn’t USM play Ole Miss in Jackson in 1980? Although hazy due to the jungle juice I was ingesting I was there. At least I think that was the game – perhaps you can shed some light on that one for me.

By: quail09

quail09 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:12:51 +0000

Well said, IR…..State folks deserve to cheer loud and long over their totally dominating win over their nationally-ranked in-state rival…having played in 3 egg bowls (including the initial 1978 game), i can confess to some lingering sour feelings toward our cousins down south…..but crazy things happen in these games….as a matter of fact, the rebels were huge underdogs in the ’78 game….we upset the dawgs that day, so i wasn’t surprised last saturday….but, we lost in jackson in ’80 in my final college game when john bond and company put a whuppin on us….i laughed a couple of years later when the wind blew the game-winning field goal back into the field of play and the bullies lost a game the should have won….TB has been great when it comes to this rivalry….he good-naturedly accompanied me to the M-club room at a recent ole miss home game…i introduced him around to various past ole miss players and he took it all in stride…he looked around the manning room and checked out all the all-american pictures on the wall…he even agreed to have his picture taken with me in front of the john vaught statue……i have to say, i don’t hate state..it’s a good school……i hate the football team, nay, the whole athletic department…..every athletic team there…because, somewhere, in the back of mind, i have memories of the talking and the arrogance that comes out when state succeeds at any one of those sports….it’s been really tolerable in recent years, but just wait if they rise to prominence again…the are worse than alabama fans…..but not quite as bad as LSU fans

By: irvineredd

irvineredd — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:56:24 +0000

I never had any hate for the Bulldogs, until the summer before I started college when my friends who were going to State began to just run their mouth about MSU. Then I began to have a problem. Especially because it’s not like those of us headed to Ole Miss were screaming Hotty Toddy or even doing anything close to what those bound for Starkvegas were doing. That’s when I started to hate State.

As I’ve gotten a little older that hate has waned (I’m much more concerned about beating LSU) and is now reserved strictly for cowbells. I hate those cowbells more than anything. Mostly because they are against the rules, but yet State fans get away with having them.

I read the MSU AD saying they do what they can and that if they see them they take them. I don’t buy that for a second. You can hide a plastic baggy filled with whiskey, you can’t hide a big metal bell. Why don’t you State folks learn to use your hands, feet, and voice? (I’ve never heard anything louder than crowds at soccer games in England, I’ve been to four different stadiums around England, and they would never use an artificial noisemaker.)

Actually, I just remembered, that my distaste for cowbells started at the Coast Basketball Classic, I think that’s the name. The little tournament they used hold at the Coliseum for high school basketball. I remember being surrounded by East Central fans/parents, and they all had either cowbells or milk jugs filled with rocks. It annoyed the hell out of me.

Anyway, kudos to State for the victory. I’d like to see all the big state schools become nationally prominent. That’s good for everybody.

By: Jessie Louise

Jessie Louise — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:52:31 +0000

I went to my nap leading the Bullies and woke up loosing to them rather handily. At which point I just smiled and thought the new Coach deserved it, especially when the boys wearing red and blue were not prepared – and make no mistake they were not prepared and they got what they deserved. They were looking way into the future to a Capitol One bowl that will likely fade into oblivion with someone else’s team playing. One never knows does one?

I reserve my hate for those that really deserve it and it is not a football team.

The ride home is never as fun as the ride there, especially if you are the driver. Although the anticipation of sleeping in your own bed is one that can be enjoyed. The moment that brings the “ahh” into cool, clean sheets is one of contentment and that is a wonderful thing.

Here is to the TBU and the last day of hurricane season 2009.