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[Coach34]

Mullen got us to the Orange Bowl. He raised the ceiling.

Mullen may not have won the SECW, but that?s because other teams raised their ceilings too.

Jackie got us an SEC West title and a Cotton Bowl. For the first time in modern history- we showed we could compete. We beat Bama one time in the 36 years before Jackie arrived. He beat them 4 times in the span of 7 years- not to mention us getting screwed in 1999.
Jackie evened up the Egg Bowl rivalry and set it on its ear for the 1st time since the 1940's.

It's kind of like being Led Zeppelin. They are great and people look to them as one of the best ever- but there are people now that are doing extraordinary music now as well. The difference? Zeppelin was the 1st to show people it could be done. Blazed the trail. Without Jackie- there is no Mullen.

[Tbonewannabe]

Jackie got us an SEC West title and a Cotton Bowl. For the first time in modern history- we showed we could compete. We beat Bama one time in the 36 years before Jackie arrived. He beat them 4 times in the span of 7 years- not to mention us getting screwed in 1999.
Jackie evened up the Egg Bowl rivalry and set it on its ear for the 1st time since the 1940's.

It's kind of like being Led Zeppelin. They are great and people look to them as one of the best ever- but there are people now that are doing extraordinary music now as well. The difference? Zeppelin was the 1st to show people it could be done. Blazed the trail. Without Jackie- there is no Mullen.

Good job of getting me pissed off on a Monday. I will never forget MSU somehow getting a holding call on a punt return where the penalty was somehow behind the damn returner. The only person back there was the damn ref. That game was a consistent, hey MSU just got momentum, throw a flag for whatever bullshit you can. I am surprised a ref didn't call a balk or a double dribble in that damn game.

[Commercecomet24]

Good job of getting me pissed off on a Monday. I will never forget MSU somehow getting a holding call on a punt return where the penalty was somehow behind the damn returner. The only person back there was the damn ref. That game was a consistent, hey MSU just got momentum, throw a flag for whatever bullshit you can. I am surprised a ref didn't call a balk or a double dribble in that damn game.

I was at that game in Tuscaloosa! Talk about phantom calls, geez! Bama also score the go ahead TD on a pick play. The pick play happened right in front of me and Smoot was screaming from the get go. While I subscribe to the notion that you have to be good enough to win no matter what, the officials in that game GREATLY affected the outcome. Those 2 plays cost us 7 on that called back punt return and basically gave them 7 on the pick play.

[Tbonewannabe]

I was at that game in Tuscaloosa! Talk about phantom calls, geez! Bama also score the go ahead TD on a pick play. The pick play happened right in front of me and Smoot was screaming from the get go. While I subscribe to the notion that you have to be good enough to win no matter what, the officials in that game GREATLY affected the outcome. Those 2 plays cost us 7 on that called back punt return and basically gave them 7 on the pick play.

My wife and I actually went to every game in 1999 and stayed from kickoff to final whistle. The Bama game wasn't as horrible as the BYU game but the refs made game changing penalties at just the right time. Every time we started getting momentum, the ref threw a flag or in the case of the pick play, didn't. I have seen too many LB or Defensive Ends get dragged down from behind by Bama Oline to get surprised by a lack of holding calls now. The refs have to really do something crazy for it to upset me. I take the same approach watching MSU against UK basketball.

[Commercecomet24]

Jackie got us an SEC West title and a Cotton Bowl. For the first time in modern history- we showed we could compete. We beat Bama one time in the 36 years before Jackie arrived. He beat them 4 times in the span of 7 years- not to mention us getting screwed in 1999.
Jackie evened up the Egg Bowl rivalry and set it on its ear for the 1st time since the 1940's.

It's kind of like being Led Zeppelin. They are great and people look to them as one of the best ever- but there are people now that are doing extraordinary music now as well. The difference? Zeppelin was the 1st to show people it could be done. Blazed the trail. Without Jackie- there is no Mullen.

Perfect analogy! Very well said. The Kang was the first coach who showed us we could compete and win and we weren't second fiddle to anyone. I shudder to think where our program would be if we hadn't of hired JWS. He changed the course of football at State even with the way it ended(which happened because of the turds at unm and their jealousy).