So football got rings for winning egg bowl?

[Homedawg]

Moorhead had to make sure Fitzgerald had something to go in that space he cleared out in the trophy case.

That's gold!!

[Homedawg]

Who cares? This whole thread is ignorant. God forbid the coach does something for the players because fans are too worried about what someone else thinks... Some of you folks need to grow a pair and stop validating your self worth using other people's opinions.

It's stupid to give rings for the egg bowl. Just dumb especially when they sucked donkey balls. But whatever. You have your opinion. I'll have mine. Thanks.

[Homedawg]

I have no issue at all with this. Whatever it takes to motivate them to whip that butt every year.

So he had to promise them a ring to get them to win? Hahaha. Hell most of them wanted to pawn it anyway.

[Homedawg]

Im fine with it. If we wouldve lost yall wouldve wanted to fire him. I guess some people will hate on him no matter what. I promise you the kids loved it

We won. He will be fired soon enough....

[Dawgcap]

You don’t give a ring to someone who made a C when at worst deserved a B. To raise expectations you set higher goals.

[BuckyIsAB****]

We won. He will be fired soon enough....

Dont jump back on the train if we win this year. Some of yall are wild

[DancingRabbit]

So he had to promise them a ring to get them to win? Hahaha. Hell most of them wanted to pawn it anyway.

Not sure what this means. Why would they pawn them?

[confucius say]

We should never give rings for winning a regular season rivalry game. I don't think we should give rings for anything less than an actual championship. They're called "championship rings" for a reason

I disagree. I'm not saying it has to be a ring, but I fully support giving smn for beating OM. A parade, a PlayStation, smn.

[confucius say]

What if we went 1-11 and they were our only win? Do we still do the ring thing?

I know they're our rival, and it matters a lot to win that game, but beating them shouldn't define our season. I absolutely hated when Dan would say "he could go 1-11 and as long as our 1 win was OM, he'd be loved"...I just think that makes us look small as hell. Beating your rival IS important, but so is taking steps forward as a program, playing in NYD bowls, access bowls, etc.

My 2 cents.

Yes.

And I agree it shouldn't define our season. There are bigger things, such as those you mention. But it should always be a top priority to beat them. Always. Anyrhing to incentivize that and make it s big deal, I'm all for it.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Bitching about this is bitching just to bitch. Some of yall have already dug his grave

[confucius say]

Dont jump back on the train if we win this year. Some of yall are wild

Joe can average a 7.1-4.9 regular season here just like dan did and folks will want him gone. That is joes biggest problem.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Joe can average a 7.1-4.9 regular season here just like dan did and folks will want him gone. That is joes biggest problem.

We will win 7-8 games this year and people will still bitch about 2018

[msstate7]

Joe can average a 7.1-4.9 regular season here just like dan did and folks will want him gone. That is joes biggest problem.

This is such a false statement. I adjust expectations year-to-year. Last season should've been a 10-win regular season. This season, I expect 6 wins, and won't be mad if we get them.

[Dawgcap]

Yes.

And I agree it shouldn't define our season. There are bigger things, such as those you mention. But it should always be a top priority to beat them. Always. Anyrhing to incentivize that and make it s big deal, I'm all for it.

It’s always great to be a rival but we don’t recruit to beat 1 team. We don’t play to win 1 game. We play to be special and every team should have the same goals. I don’t believe you give special treatment to anyone who was better because of another’s weakness. It’s about rewarding the long haul, the season. Special deseserves special.
While I loved the win and don’t agree with the recognition of 1 game I do still believe in the coaches at this point but I don’t believe any team should be recognized for 1 game I believe it has to be recognized for greatness over a whole year

[Lord McBuckethead]

Participation trophies would be if we lost. We won.

What specifically irks you about the ring. You think beating OM is not important enough to warrant a ring?

Yeah, rings are for 17n championships. Not beating a 1-7 rival. That is what the rival game trophy is for. You want a ring, stop losing 17n games to Bama and everyone else with a pulse.

[Relardo Sidney]

I'm betting MSU had already bought the rings for making the Outback bowl and then Joe decided it was better to label them as Egg Bowl winning rings instead of Outback appearance rings.

[Relardo Sidney]

This is such a false statement. I adjust expectations year-to-year. Last season should've been a 10-win regular season. This season, I expect 6 wins, and won't be mad if we get them.

You've lost your brain if you think post-injury Fitz is a ten win QB. Just stop.

[BeastMan]

We will win 7-8 games this year and people will still bitch about 2018

If he wins 8 next year I’ll be shocked and he’ll regain some fan confidence. I think he’s in the 5-7 range. 7 will keep folks happy enough, 6 will keep his job safe but fan base will be very restless, and 5 will be a shitshow. If anything under 5 happens Cohen’s seat gets warm too.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Bitching about this is bitching just to bitch. Some of yall have already dug his grave

Dug his grave? I want to see one iota of progress beyond keeping our d coordinator from one season to the next for the first time in 6 years.

I want to see our offense work.
I want to see our QB complete 60% of his passes.
I want to see our running game work without running the qb 250 times and our best weapon rb 130 times.
I want to see our QB use his athleticism to buy him time to use his arm.

I will tell you what.....you want rings, give it to them after they 17n do something. UM 17n sucks and we lost to Iowa. Gator bowl doesn't mean shit if you lose it and only got there by beating Kansas State.

[Lord McBuckethead]

You've lost your brain if you think post-injury Fitz is a ten win QB. Just stop.

We could have beaten UF and maybe UK to get there.