Bball game atmosphere

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Originally Posted by rabbitthedawg

firing Stans...looks as if you haters are getting what you wished for.

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Teams loaded with talent that aren't massively underachieving?

Saw on nafoom that some bears at the hump Saturday had a rebel flag blanket that was shown on TV, does anyone have a pic of that?

Back in the mid 90's when I was a student there the hump was ranked as one of the most hostile venues to play in. It wasn't just the student section then. It was the entire coliseum. I think even the concession vendors yelled. Our final four year I remember we were camping outside the hump to make sure we got a seat. The atmosphere in that place was so incredible I'm surprised there wasn't structural damage. Anybody that told someone to sit down and be quiet would have had their teeth kicked out and used for a noisemaker.

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Originally Posted by bully99

No, but I just don't understand the blind loyalty to Byrne when he screwed up on lots of things and then hightailed his ass out of Starkville less than two years as AD. He certainly wasn't loyal to MSU.

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I'm with you on this. He did some good things and he did some bad things. He rode us to the state line and dumped us for another horse. I say don't let the magnolia hit you in the ass. Others want to talk about great he is. Saben's a great coach, but he's not our coach. Byrne is not our AD.

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Originally Posted by bully99

No, but I just don't understand the blind loyalty to Byrne when he screwed up on lots of things and then hightailed his ass out of Starkville less than two years as AD. He certainly wasn't loyal to MSU.

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He did more good than bad in my opinion. He did use us as a stepping stone, but it is what it is. What made Byrne seem so great was the absolute incompetent AD we had in Templeton prior to him. Any common sense thing that Byrne did that didnt try to **** us, seemed almost magical since we had not had that before. Getting rid of Polk and Croom and making solid hires will always make me appreciate Byrne. Took both of those programs out of the cellar and into competitiveness.

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Originally Posted by Coach34

I'm proud to say I was part of the group that got the atmosphere in the Hump going. 1990 was when it really started getting rowdy and loud. Then when we ended up winning the SEC in 1991- that season really took off. We gave other teams Hell. We ended up having to sleep outside the Hump for the game with LSU in 91 to make sure we got a good seat. It was so loud that day I couldnt even hear I Seen It Dawg talking to me standing right beside me.

There definitely needs to be something done to make it better for the students

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That really was a special season, beating LSU to share the SEC. Sucked to get knocked out of the NCAA's by Eastern Michigan. Williams suspended one of our starters for the game. Can't remember which.

Now that football and baseball are good again, people can go back to caring about sports that matter.

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Originally Posted by rabbitthedawg

firing Stans...looks as if you haters are getting what you wished for.

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I haven't been to but one opponents arena and that was Rupp. The student section doesn't have seats, I guess that does make it easier to jump up and down, and certainly doesn't hurt to have something to jump up and down about. But I bet you could move them anywhere in there and they would be just as active. They wouldn't be pouting over being moved. Hell everybody in the Hump got moved to some extent.

I was and am a Stansbury supporter not a Rick Ray distractor. I am a critic of all the Stansbury haters that are not more supportive of Rick Rays team. From the quantity and number of posters spewing out the hatred , you could easily fill the Hump in support of the team, and could do a little jumping and screaming that you are bitching and moaning about.

Rick Ray should have printed up T shirts, Rick's Rowdies 2.0, to hand out to all students at a pep rally and try and tie the Stans era to his era.