Quote Originally Posted by BeardoMSU View Post
There is plenty of nostalgia to like in that clip, but you're not wrong. It seems we always have to lower/reduce ourselves...the general "tone" of the segment was probably a condition of LT to even be included, lol.

1980 was a huge win, and I love hearing Jack's call...but there are others we could've included in addition...rather than the self-deprecating stuff. I don't mind the "drive home to Tupelo" bit, since that shows Jack's humor, but MSU always seems to be made out to be the joke of the conference, and we seemingly just accept it. Not only do we mention OM in our segment, but its a loss to OM, lol. WTF.

This is also a reminder of our home games being played in Jackson rather that Starkville, and should make everyone of us sick.

During that time, did OM do the same? Did they play their home Egg Bowl games in Jackson or in Oxford?

The fact we also elected to play Bama and other schools in Jackson rather than at home just shows the levels of self sabotage we were willing to inflict upon ourselves. It's honestly a wonder we've ever had any football success considering our past.
Back then the stadium in Jackson was bigger (even before it was expanded), nicer, and had lights. If you weren't going to MSU games prior to 1986 you really have no concept of how bad our stadium was. It was a little over 30k and did not have lights. It was a complete dump, even by the standards of the day.