Big News this morning at 10:00 AM

[ShotgunDawg]

I'm sure it's something minimal like, "There will be new toilet seats installed in bathrooms on the west side.", but nonetheless, they are announcing something:

Kyle Niblett ‏@KyleNiblett 13m
Awesome news coming this morning. Make sure you're following @HailStateFB around 10 a.m.

[It_Could_Happen]

The suspense is killing me****

[Dawgface]

Well.......you know it won't be a D Day suspension announcement.

[starkvegasdawg]

My prediction:

SEC and ESPN realized how bad it was to have such an early start to kickoff has been pushed back to 11:15AM.

[dawg1]

I'd be they have the money for the baseball stadium

[Pinto]

Gameday is coming oct 4th

[ShotgunDawg]

I'd be they have the money for the baseball stadium

It's a football announcement

[jumbo]

SEC Nation for the A&M game

[BulldogBear]

SEC Nation for the A&M game

This would be my guess

[#660000]

Will it be the equivalent of Comcast getting SEC Network? That was our last huge announcement. ***

[CadaverDawg]

Holloway has been moved to starting RB**

[Jacksondevildog]

Bottled water lowered to $3.99 for September home games starting next year.

[Original48]

Bracky retirement.

[CadaverDawg]

Wonder if it's that we have officially adopted the anniversary jerseys as our full time home jerseys?

[CadaverDawg]

Bracky retirement.

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2012/7/16/11/anigif_enhanced-buzz-21477-1342451520-1.gif

[RossDawg82]

My prediction:

SEC and ESPN realized how bad it was to have such an early start to kickoff has been pushed back to 11:15AM.

That's funny

[shoeless joe]

Wonder if it's that we have officially adopted the anniversary jerseys as our full time home jerseys?

My first thought was similar, and prolly wishful thinking...interlocking MSU has returned.

[BeardoMSU]

Dak was drafted #1 overall in the NFL supplemental draft, so he will leave school and start for the Vikings next week*************

[yjnkdawg]

Will it be the equivalent of Comcast getting SEC Network? That was our last huge announcement. ***

Could be that the alternate SEC Channel is now working properly.

[RossDawg82]

Dak was drafted #1 overall in the NFL supplemental draft, so he will leave school and start for the Vikings next week*************

I would be OK with that if it were the Bucs

[BrunswickDawg]

ESPN has a new article up?

http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/89222/campaign-trail-mississippi-state
It features this:
http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/0923/ncf_missstbanner_ms_576x748.jpg

[RC3]

sec network for the A&M game

[DudyDawg]

God I hope they moved the kickoff for TAMU

[bgover4]

Wish they would kickoff a Dak heisman campaign

[I seen it dawg]

Wish they would kickoff a Dak heisman campaign

ED did that already...

[Johnson85]

ESPN has a new article up?

http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/89222/campaign-trail-mississippi-state
It features this:
http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/0923/ncf_missstbanner_ms_576x748.jpg

Did they move Mullen's hunch back to his neck in this picture? Or is that supposed to be a picture of somebody else. Awful if that's supposed to be Mullen.

[ShotgunDawg]

Still waiting....

[Jacksondevildog]

We are having to make sure we use the right HTML5 code before we send the info out because Bracky will turn us into the NCAA.

[ShotgunDawg]

Moved to 10;30 brutal

Kyle Niblett ‏@KyleNiblett 35s
10:30am.

[Jacksondevildog]

10:30 now per Niblett
Still waiting....

[TheRef]

Niblett just pushed it back to 10:30.......DAMN YOU!

[starkvegasdawg]

Game Day committed to Starkville but Ole Miss is trying to flip them at the last minute.

[Jacksondevildog]

If it's SEC Nation, I will be happy, but I'm not sure why it would be such a big deal. Every school will have them come at some point.

[Outside Dawg]

Game Day committed to Starkville but Ole Miss is trying to flip them at the last minute. +1 We are waiting by the fax machine

[RougeDawg]

Niblett is trolling us.

Maybe they sent in the KBeckwith video in.

[TheRef]

If it's SEC Nation, I will be happy, but I'm not sure why it would be such a big deal. Every school will have them come at some point.

Because we weren't originally scheduled to get them this week...

[Jacksondevildog]

I understand why it would be good if they changed, but I'm not exactly pumped about this like I would Gameday. Honestly, I rarely watch SEC Nation. But it would be good, positive pub for the school and program.

[engie]

I think it's going to be the last power 5 home and home on the schedule for 2016 and 2017...

[curmudgeon]

engle nailed it. We're making a trip to Indiana.

[Dawg496]

I think it's going to be the last power 5 home and home on the schedule for 2016 and 2017...

That makes the most sense since the SEC Nation schedule has been announced already.

[quickstrike2]

engle nailed it. We're making a trip to Indiana.

Probably it, last time I will be lured in to a "huge" announcement.

[mstatefan91]

It's SEC Nation

[DudyDawg]

SEC Nation will be here october 4

[bluelightstar]

SEC Nation before Aggie

[ShotgunDawg]

SEC Nation it is.

Just curious, what if Ole Miss loses this weekend?

I get that SEC Nation is going to every SEC school, but it makes it more special that they are coming for a big game rather than a crappy one like Vanderbilt

[DudyDawg]

I'm not exactly thrilled due to the start time. Doesnt the show go until 11? All the students will be gone by 930 and the very few who dont go into the game will not all go. It'll look like a ghost town by the end IMO. Hope its set up where it looks full or you can see into the stadium

[jumbo]

SEC Nation it is.

Just curious, what if Ole Miss loses this weekend?

I get that SEC Nation is going to every SEC school, but it makes it more special that they are coming for a big game rather than a crappy one like Vanderbilt

Then they go to South Bend for Stanford/Notre Dame and come to Starkville the next week if we beat A&M

[ShotgunDawg]

I bet this turns into a "duel" College Gameday of sorts. I wouldn't be surprised if the main Gameday in Oxford checks on Starkville a few times.

[War Machine Dawg]

I'm not exactly thrilled due to the start time. Doesnt the show go until 11? All the students will be gone by 930 and the very few who dont go into the game will not all go. It'll look like a ghost town by the end IMO. Hope its set up where it looks full or you can see into the stadium

Broadcasting in the Junction, per the Twitters.

/Ghost town it is
//FAIL

[jumbo]

I bet this turns into a "duel" College Gameday of sorts. I wouldn't be surprised if the main Gameday in Oxford checks on Starkville a few times.


They did last week for Bama/Florida

[BeardoMSU]

How does this even work with an 11am kickoff? Talk about salt in the wound.

[Dawgtini]

Game Day committed to Starkville but Ole Miss is trying to flip them at the last minute.

+1 I hope they didn't sign more than one LOI

[RossDawg82]

And all the women go crazy because they can stand and stare at Tim Tebow for 3 hours

[DudyDawg]

Broadcasting in the Junction, per the Twitters.

/Ghost town it is
//FAIL

I know it'll be in the junction, but where in it. It's a big area. And with students going in a few hours before the show is over to get seats, it won't look great IMO. Unless they really point out that we all went in and show a lot of student section crowd shots.

[Statefan]

I'm sure they will mention it several times over that we have a big game going on..

Does the show run til 12? It's gonna be great with the sound cowbells in the background every time Dak scores

[ShotgunDawg]

It will be fine!

The show runs from 9:00-11:00 and I'm sure they'll use the inside of the stadium as a backdrop.

It will be a great atmosphere.

[TheRef]

I'm sure they will mention it several times over that we have a big game going on..

Does the show run til 12? It's gonna be great with the sound cowbells in the background every time Dak scores

Only runs until 11 CT...so up to kickoff.

[BulldogDX55]

It'll also be fun, because this will be in the junction, to watch them try to talk over the Dawg Walk.

[jumbo]

I would think they'd setup in the amphitheater

[TheRef]

Basic quick article with my thoughts on where they will most likely setup. Two locations are most likely for me.

http://maroonandwhitenation.com/2014/09/23/sec-nation-coming-starkville-texas-matchup/

[ShotgunDawg]

I think they'll set up either near the alumni tent in the junction just west of the M-Club (this would offer an excellent view of the stadium) or they will set up where the C-Spire pregame show normally is, right across the street from the Junction.

I don't see the amphitheater as an option. Too many other better options.

[Alldawg]

Then they go to South Bend for Stanford/Notre Dame and come to Starkville the next week if we beat A&M

Not happening. You can bank on Oxford regardless of outcome. From someone who should know stated that Game Day is not set up to where they can just change course in a matter of a week. The only other option they planned out that weekend was LSU/Auburn but that game now would have no more of a draw than a Bama/ one loss Bear team.

[TheRef]

Rhett Hobart
@RhettHobart
If you're making tent location decisions, #SECNation will be set up on Creelman Street with the Junction/DWS being the backdrop.

11:01am ? 23 Sep 2014 ? TweetDeck

[Jacksondevildog]

A poster on the spirit said that ESPN has already booked an entire hotel in Oxford for next weekend.

[TheRef]

One thing that's lost in this: Show will start with the Dawg Walk and end with the pre-game festivities. Potential electric atmosphere throughout the show.

[RC3]

Rhett Hobart
@RhettHobart
If you're making tent location decisions, #SECNation will be set up on Creelman Street with the Junction/DWS being the backdrop.

11:01am ? 23 Sep 2014 ? TweetDeck

cool. i hope they have dorman as the backdrop**

[DudyDawg]

It'll be near that bulldog statue that starts the dog walk

[RougeDawg]

One thing that's lost in this: Show will start with the Dawg Walk and end with the pre-game festivities. Potential electric atmosphere throughout the show.

If you consider half awake fans wiping sleep out of their eyes electric. Then yes, it will be electric. What an all around joke.

[TheRef]

If you consider half awake fans wiping sleep out of their eyes electric. Then yes, it will be electric. What an all around joke.

Non-confidence of our fans....nice.

[RC3]

Well at least it will give the students a reason to get up early and get rowdy before the game

[DudyDawg]

Well at least it will give the students a reason to get up early and get rowdy before the game

Gates open at 830 and usually students are near full just above an hour before. So students may have about 1:00 to be at that. 2:30 game would've been perfect

[Tdawg]

If you consider half awake fans wiping sleep out of their eyes electric. Then yes, it will be electric. What an all around joke.

That's horseshit. If we want a championship team then we need to be championship fans. If that means sucking it up then so be it. If that means going to bed an hour or two earlier then get your ass to bed. Our team and program need you more than you need an extra beer Friday night or an extra hour of sleep Sunday morning. Get your shit together.

[RC3]

Gates open at 830 and usually students are near full just above an hour before. So students may have about 1:00 to be at that. 2:30 game would've been perfect

Well they need to wait until 10:30 this weekend

[DudyDawg]

That's horseshit. If we want a championship team then we need to be championship fans. If that means sucking it up then so be it. If that means going to bed an hour or two earlier then get your ass to bed. Our team and program need you more than you need an extra beer Friday night or an extra hour of sleep Sunday morning. Get your shit together.

Hard to go to sleep early with the biggest fall party going on in the district

[DudyDawg]

Well they need to wait until 10:30 this weekend

Not plausible

[RC3]

Well I'm not a student but I won't be going in until 10:30

[CadaverDawg]

Why should we expect the same fan base that is trying to get our own center suspended for one of the biggest games of the year, Not to bitch about SEC Nation coming to campus?*

[DudyDawg]

Well I'm not a student but I won't be going in until 10:30

Which is what students could do if we had block seating. But alas we don't, and we can't.

Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled sec nation is coming, just thing 11 am kickoff will make us not look as good and dilutes the atmosphere for this special event

[RC3]

Plenty of student seating available

[campshelbydog]

If you consider half awake fans wiping sleep out of their eyes electric. Then yes, it will be electric. What an all around joke.

SEC nation is from 9-11 every week. The early kickoff will actually put more people on campus at the time of the show. If the kickoff was at 6, no one would be on campus at 9 in the morning.

[RC3]

Yeah deal with it. It's gonna be fun and a great
Day for msu and the state of mississippi

[WinningIsRelentless]

Strick needs to give every student two free bottles of water to keep them in the whole game.

[TheRef]

Strick needs to give every student two free bottles of water to keep them in the whole game.

"Water"

[hailmari]

There's not a bad seat in that entire student section now. I sat in it all last year. They can wait until at least 10:30 with no worries.

[Intramural All-American]

If everyone waits til 1030 to go into the game, the stadium will be half full at kickoff. It already takes forever to get in the gates, and adding all the students to that mess would be a debacle. The way out student seating is setup, you have to go I early to get a seat with who you want to sit with. I think they could wait until 1000 at the latest to go in

[maroonmania]

Why should we expect the same fan base that is trying to get our own center suspended for one of the biggest games of the year, Not to bitch about SEC Nation coming to campus?*

Who in OUR fanbase is trying to get Day suspended? That's news to me.

[MadisonDawg]

It helped this year that before the first game all of the fraternity presidents got together and designated which section each would take. Not exactly "block seating" but a start.

[Reason2succeed]

Ask Stricklin for one game only block seating for the students. Pick it out on Friday night or…gulp…early on Saturday morning. Send the freshmen in to tape off reserved areas.

[I seen it dawg]

Who in OUR fanbase is trying to get Day suspended? That's news to me.

Well damn sure keeps getting brought up over and over and over and over and over and over and over. And over.

[DudyDawg]

There's not a bad seat in that entire student section now. I sat in it all last year. They can wait until at least 10:30 with no worries.

It's not just about getting a seat. There are large groups of friends and clubs and fraternities who wouldn't be able to sit together, which is why we go in early. Also why we want block seating.