I can't believe we rode a 17ing bus...

[C222]

Yea bus rides are horrible. That's why Starkville High lost to SP. They should have traveled by plane and landing on the field. This bus ride theory is the most absurd excuse I've seen.

Seriously.... We have fans blaming it on a bus ride. Hahaha. What an embarrassment.

[I seen it dawg]

Nobody is blaming the loss on a damn bus ride. We got our asses kicked. But every little thing matters in a game like this. Stupid to not go stay in tupelo the night before and ever dumber to let them go home for thanksgiving.

[I seen it dawg]

Yes I did. You have anger issues. Do you always feel the need to cuss at people who disagree with you? (**** no)

Many teams travel short distances the day of whatever game they are playing or are you saying they don't? sureUncommon for college football? Sure my point. Uncommon for sports in general? No we aren't talking about sports in ****ing general

We are talking about football not sports in general. And I don't have anger issues. I have issues with others obtuseness and inability to understand or see both sides in an argument when it's valid. Being dismissive thinking people are simply blaming a loss on one thing (a bus ride) is your problem. It's asinine to think that anybody is blaming a bus ride for a loss. Totally ****ing stupid.

If my language is offensive to you ignore the words with the ****ing asterisks in them.

[BurgDawg]

Auburn stays in Montgomery for every home game and in Birmingham when they play bama wish we would have stayed in olive branch on Friday night just to get our players outta Starkville and focused

[oldwave]

Who knows if getting out of Starkville would have changed things. They stayed in team motel, same as home games. Guess it could be argued that the "routine" should have helped.

[FootLongDawg]

It damn sure doesn't help. Stay in ****ing tupelo. It's part of focusing.

From here to Oxford is 1 hr 47 min. From Tupelo to Oxford is about an hour.

[State82]

Seriously.... We have fans blaming it on a bus ride. Hahaha. What an embarrassment.

You know, when I first saw the comments on the bus ride I kind of scoffed at it and waved it off. However, the more I think about it the more I see the point. Is it a major issue? No, but you have to take every advantage and consider every tiny detail at this level and the staff didn't. Same with the day off on Thurs. Bad idea.

Oh, C222. Make another post quickly. That's a bad post number you are sitting on. Don't know how I noticed that.

[Maroonthirteen]

Did we stay in Grenada in Jackie's day? I know OM stayed in Columbus in te early 90s. We whipped them those years.

But I stayed in the same hotel as Nichols St early this season when they were playing UCA. This was a big nice hotel. The hotel had breakfast for them in a reserved area. They had multiple team meeting rooms. I can't think of a hotel anywhere in between campuses as nice and large as this hotel. I am pretty sure Florida stayed in Tuscaloosa back in the Spurrier days. Oh yeah, UCA destroys Nichols that day.

[PendingTransaction]

Just checked..The Inn at Ole Miss has rooms available for November 25, 2016!!! It's on campus. The players could walk to the game. This could loosen them up...get them juices flowing.

[I seen it dawg]

From here to Oxford is 1 hr 47 min. From Tupelo to Oxford is about an hour.

Yes!!!!

[Churchill]

What have Bama and OM done when they came to Vegas in recent years.

[mstatefan91]

We are talking about football not sports in general. And I don't have anger issues. I have issues with others obtuseness and inability to understand or see both sides in an argument when it's valid. lol says the guy who constantly tries to berate people who disagree with him Being dismissive thinking people are simply blaming a loss on one thing (a bus ride) is your problem. I never said that's the one thing people were blaming it on. I simply think it's a non-issue and silly to get all up in arms about considering bigger issues that were exposed during the game. It's asinine to think that anybody is blaming a bus ride for a loss. Totally ****ing stupid. Some people seem to be partially blaming the bus ride. I don't think anyone is blaming the bus ride alone

If my language is offensive to you ignore the words with the ****ing asterisks in them. Don't care about the cussing. Just think it's funny that you feel the need to use it to get your point across no matter what.

High school teams ride buses all the time. Junior college teams ride buses all the time. It wouldn't surprise me if some Pro teams in the Northeast take buses to nearby locations the day of if it's a night game.

[scottycameron]

What have Bama and OM done when they came to Vegas in recent years.

that's what I'm wondering. Just do what they do. or other teams do. It shouldn't matter but may be it does.
Screw that tho, who the **** is driving the bus??? Knew skillet wrecked it once, now hearing he wrecked it a second time after they got it back home. Is that a joke or real?

[I seen it dawg]

High school teams ride buses all the time. Junior college teams ride buses all the time. It wouldn't surprise me if some Pro teams in the Northeast take buses to nearby locations the day of if it's a night game.

I don't constantly berate people who disagree, I berate stupid posters who disagree. That's just a cheap submissive argument to try to end a debate. I'll move on.

[Maroonthirteen]

Oh yeah, we stay in a very nice large hotel everytime we play in little rock. It is a 15 minute drive to the stadium. We got our asses handed to us everytime. Ark stayed at the same hotel I was in this fall.

[scottycameron]

Oh yeah, we stay in a very nice large hotel everytime we play in little rock. It is a 15 minute drive to the stadium. We got our asses handed to us everytime. Ark stayed at the same hotel I was in this fall.

well, little rock is way too far to bus to that day, so I don't see how that matters. And we don't know what hotel you stayed in. At least I don't, maybe you brought it up before, don't know.

[C222]

You know, when I first saw the comments on the bus ride I kind of scoffed at it and waved it off. However, the more I think about it the more I see the point. Is it a major issue? No, but you have to take every advantage and consider every tiny detail at this level and the staff didn't. Same with the day off on Thurs. Bad idea.

Oh, C222. Make another post quickly. That's a bad post number you are sitting on. Don't know how I noticed that.

Good catch!

[IMissJack]

Yup, for years we stayed the night before. I thought they did a walk through the afternoon before most years. Could be wrong. Mullen's thinking must be it is better to sleep in your own bed when possible. But a 2.5 hour ride cancels that out imo.

Other than LSU, aTm, and Auburn, we played pretty uninspired in several games. Most of us wanted to think we could turn it back on and be dominating, but it just did not happen. Looking back, the Ark game was probably our next best game.

[Smitty]

I don't know how you could play uninspired... I just don't. I mean does it just come from not a complete love for it? I've been truly invested since about the age of 7 and I would run through a brick wall to get out there if I could... But would I do the same for.. lets say.. Texas Tech? Hell no.

You've got to be 1000% bought in with a tenacity for it. Is that what was lacking yesterday?

Not saying all the players don't love the university and playing for it but growing up a Dawg I just couldn't give it the same complete mindset that playing for someone else would get... This goes for Dan too BTW.

I dunno... Still can't wrap my head around losing a shot at the playoff to them with that all around effort from the coaches on down.

[mstatefan91]

I don't constantly berate people who disagree, I berate stupid posters who disagree. That's just a cheap submissive argument to try to end a debate. I'll move on.

You are really good at speaking out of both sides of your mouth aren't you? Please continue

(I don't berate people who disagree with me. I berate people who disagree with me whom I think to be dumb because they disagree with me.)

Really fascinating.


Also let it be noted that you are the one who incorrectly assumed that I thought posters were only blaming the loss on the bus ride. I never said any such thing or insinuated any such thing.

I just simply don't think it was an issue.