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    Anyone remember the last time we played Illinois

    It was a 28-21 win up there in 1980. I was in the third game but remember it well. I remember bits and pieces from the 1978 and 79 seasons, but I remember everything about 80. They had QB Dave Wilson( Saints fans will remember him), and they threw it around especially for 1980. He actually threw for 623 yards against Ohio State in a loss. Anyway, I vividly remember watching the Emory Bellard Show that Sunday night, and Coach being proud of our defense for holding Wilson to around 300 yards. Any stories from that game?

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    Wasn't that Austin Willliams' sophomore year?

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    1980--according to Jack

    https://youtu.be/bVi6hKJJ3xk

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    I was 2 years out of college and that also was the year we beat BAMA 6-3.

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    Quote Originally Posted by starkvegasdawg View Post
    Wasn't that Austin Willliams' sophomore year?
    Rep!
    "We will have no problem in handling Kentucky."-Turfdawg67. MSU suffered a 27-17 defeat in 2022 with 225 yards in total offense.

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    I rode the train up there and the train station was about a mile from campus ...J Cooks ate Champagne Tony Eason up

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    Quote Originally Posted by starkvegasdawg View Post
    Wasn't that Austin Willliams' sophomore year?
    Brutual

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    Quote Originally Posted by tcdog70 View Post
    1980--according to Jack

    https://youtu.be/bVi6hKJJ3xk
    Most of those guys still get together to watch games at Scott Field.

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    Quote Originally Posted by parabrave View Post
    Most of those guys still get together to watch games at Scott Field.
    Billy Jackson—one of my favorite players

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    Quote Originally Posted by tcdog70 View Post
    Billy Jackson—one of my favorite players
    Gulfport boys Roman Grace, Fred Collins, Bill Bell and Bobby Mik.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ezsoil View Post
    I rode the train up there and the train station was about a mile from campus ...J Cooks ate Champagne Tony Eason up
    That's pretty cool.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tcdog70 View Post
    1980--according to Jack

    https://youtu.be/bVi6hKJJ3xk
    Nice find on that video. Homecoming was brutal but we made up for it in the end.

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    Quote Originally Posted by State82 View Post
    Nice find on that video. Homecoming was brutal but we made up for it in the end.
    folks now days don't know what bad-asses Mc Dole and Haddix were--throw in Bond and Donald Ray King.

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    Quote Originally Posted by parabrave View Post
    Gulfport boys Roman Grace, Fred Collins, Bill Bell and Bobby Mik.
    Didn't Collins at FB break a 90 yard run for a TD right up the middle against OM in a game at Jackson? Watching the Wishbone was a thing of beauty those years. Hail State!

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    Yep. Fred was a as big as a Linebacker and still is.

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