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Best/Worst game at DWS
Thread stolen from SPS bc I think it will be entertaining.
What is your best game atmosphere ever attended at DWS?
What is your worst game atmosphere ever attended at DWS? Not counting 2020.
Best for me is hard bc Ill be honest I have been to a lot more good ones than bad. I first started going to every home game in about 2004. 2014 games would be easy to say but my personal favorite is the 2013 Egg. 2017 LSU was jumping too
Worst is probably vs Tulane in 2006. We lost. We were losing 32-7 at one point. We put Omar Conner at QB and we came back to make it 32-29 but it was just depressing
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You're right, 2014 is easy. Auburn 2014 is the best.
The worst is tough, but 1st thing that came to mind was 2016 when we lost to South Alabama at home 1st game of the season. They outscored 14-0 in the 4th quarter to win 21-20. I believe it was an 11:00 (or at least not a night game). I remember sitting there after it was over like the entire season was over before it even began. I had hoped for another good season, but now 1 week in I knew it was already done.
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Best game atmosphere is Florida 09. Campus was rocking and the stadium was electric from warmups.
Worst game atmosphere is probably Houston 09. 11 AM game. We had just lost to LSU in the heartbreaker a week before. It was dreary and depressing. Also The Junction was torn to hell. There was almost no grass because it had been ruined the week before.
A close second would be Arkansas 08. The last home game for Croom. We won on a missed FG last second, but there was no one there.
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Originally Posted by
StarkVegasSteve
Best game atmosphere is Florida 09. Campus was rocking and the stadium was electric from warmups.
Worst game atmosphere is probably Houston 09. 11 AM game. We had just lost to LSU in the heartbreaker a week before. It was dreary and depressing. Also The Junction was torn to hell. There was almost no grass because it had been ruined the week before.
A close second would be Arkansas 08. The last home game for Croom. We won on a missed FG last second, but there was no one there.
Was at all 3. The refs absolutely hosed us vs Houston called 2 tds back and at one point tried to give Houston a 5th down. Man thanks for reminding me haha
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As a student: '91 Texas & '92 Florida were two of the best. The Texas was just wild in the student section - and was a huge win against a ranked team in Jackie's 2nd game. '92 Florida - ranked Florida on a Thursday night (back when that was a big deal), with Shane "I was too good for any Mississippi School" Matthews. Underrated - '94 Tennessee - First game for Peyton Manning. Worst was '93 Arkansas State
As an alum: '96 Bama/'98 Arkansas/'14 Auburn are my best. '16 South Alabama (I thankfully never went to a Slytanic game at home).
"After dealing with Ole Miss for over a year," he said, "I've learned to expect their leadership to do and say things that the leadership at other Division I schools would never consider doing and to justify their actions by reminding themselves that "We're Ole Miss.""
- Tom Mars, Esq. 4.9.18
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Originally Posted by
BuckyIsAB****
Was at all 3. The refs absolutely hosed us vs Houston called 2 tds back and at one point tried to give Houston a 5th down. Man thanks for reminding me haha
We would have been 7-6 that year had Dan known he could challenge a play.
Also completely forgot about the without a doubt worst game atmosphere: 2019 Abilene Christian. Cold, rainy, wind blowing 50 mph, and everyone in the stadium(of which there were very few) wanted Moorhead fired
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Best is a Tie. Fla 92 and The Bama 07 game.
Worst was Bama 09,
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Everyone wants to be a beast...until its time to do what beasts do.
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1998 Arky game when we won the west. I was sitting on the 20 yard line in row 5 on the west side with my 4 year old son. Brian Hazlewood lined up to kick that game winning fg right in front of us and with the angle there was no way I could see if it was gonna be good or not so I just watched Hazlewood and his reaction. The place was shaking it was so loud! Me and my son went down on the field and almost got hit by the goal post in the south end zone when they came down. We dug up some Maroon and White dirt from the end zone and I still have that dirt in a zip lock bag! A memory I'll never forget!
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Three best
1. Bond and Co. defeating LSU in first night game and bitter cold at DW.
2. Dave Marler defeating Florida State with a howling north wind.
3. Sherrill defeating Bama first time.
4. Sherrill defeating Eli in his soph year. Thanks D.Miller (What a warrior).
5. Bellard and Johnie Cooks defeating Kelly and the U. Probably the most incredible defensive effort ever from the DOGS.
1. Losing to USM, I think the year DOGS beat the Bear.
2. Losing to Auburn in 78.
3. Losing in the rain to Eli, Sherrill?s last game.
JMO
Last edited by lastmajordog; 01-09-2023 at 12:14 PM.
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Originally Posted by
parabrave
Best is a Tie. Fla 92 and The Bama 07 game.
Worst was Bama 09,
I think we wore black for Bama in 09. It was a pretty good atmosphere I felt like
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Originally Posted by
lastmajordog
Three best
1. Bond and Co. defeating LSU in first night game and bitter cold at DW.
2. Dave Marler defeating Florida State with a howling north wind.
3. Sherrill defeating Bama first time.
4. Sherrill defeating Eli in his soph year. Thanks D.Miller (What a warrior).
5. Bellard and Johnie Cooks defeating Kelly and the U. Probably the most incredible defensive effort ever from the DOGS.
1. Losing to USM, I think the year DOGS beat the Bear.
2. Losing to Auburn in 78.
3. Losing in the rain to Eli, Sherrill?s last game.
JMO
Yep USM was 1980, Reggie Collier went totally apeshit that day.
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Originally Posted by
parabrave
Yep USM was 1980, Reggie Collier went totally apeshit that day.
Reggie playing in todays game of spread option zone reads...my goodness
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Florida '00 was pretty fun.
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Originally Posted by
Really Clark?
Reggie playing in todays game of spread option zone reads...my goodness
Had to play against him in HS. I still say that he was one of the best QBs in the history of Mississippi FB.
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Originally Posted by
parabrave
Had to play against him in HS. I still say that he was one of the best QBs in the history of Mississippi FB.
Agree. He was beast. 2 QB's playing out of their time in the state, Reggie and Steve McNair. Those 2 playing in the modern dual threat QB offenses...Heisman winners.
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Originally Posted by
Really Clark?
Agree. He was beast. 2 QB's playing out of their time in the state, Reggie and Steve McNair. Those 2 playing in the modern dual threat QB offenses...Heisman winners.
Hell, McNair came in 3rd for the Heisman as it was.
It's criminal that McNair wasn't our QB in the 1990s. I wonder if Jackie had been hired a year earlier if we could have gotten him as a QB. Imagine McNair throwing to Keyshawn Johnson AND Eric Moulds, with Bouie and Davis pounding the rock. We would have been unstoppable!
"After dealing with Ole Miss for over a year," he said, "I've learned to expect their leadership to do and say things that the leadership at other Division I schools would never consider doing and to justify their actions by reminding themselves that "We're Ole Miss.""
- Tom Mars, Esq. 4.9.18
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Originally Posted by
BrunswickDawg
Hell, McNair came in 3rd for the Heisman as it was.
It's criminal that McNair wasn't our QB in the 1990s. I wonder if Jackie had been hired a year earlier if we could have gotten him as a QB. Imagine McNair throwing to Keyshawn Johnson AND Eric Moulds, with Bouie and Davis pounding the rock. We would have been unstoppable!
Can someone who was around at the time explain the Keyshawn Johnson thing for me? That was a couple of years before my time
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Originally Posted by
StarkVegasSteve
Can someone who was around at the time explain the Keyshawn Johnson thing for me? That was a couple of years before my time
The story I've heard is Keyshawn was recruited out of JUCO to come to State by Jackie. Got here, spent a week in the summer (I believe), and decided MS was a little bit too much "not California" for him and went back to California.
ETA: The early 90s was a wild time in Starkville. You never knew who would show up. Andre Agassi was dating a tennis player, you could buy Jerry Rice a drink at Cheers, John Popper from Blues Traveler would cruise frat row looking for pre-concert coke, Garth was wearing State football jerseys and Boys 2 Men were wearing MoverS hats to awards shows.
Last edited by BrunswickDawg; 01-09-2023 at 03:16 PM.
"After dealing with Ole Miss for over a year," he said, "I've learned to expect their leadership to do and say things that the leadership at other Division I schools would never consider doing and to justify their actions by reminding themselves that "We're Ole Miss.""
- Tom Mars, Esq. 4.9.18
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Originally Posted by
BrunswickDawg
The story I've heard is Keyshawn was recruited out of JUCO to come to State by Jackie. Got here, spent a week in the summer (I believe), and decided MS was a little bit too much "not California" for him and went back to California.
With all of Jackie's success with JUCOs, even though that is what eventually did him in, can you imagine how good he would be in the transfer portal era?
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