Hope everyone complaining about the egg bowl is happy now

[StarkVegasSteve]

For you young pups back in 90s, the Egg on Thanksgiving was the cherry of ESPN. Jackie had the Dawgs barking and the nation tuned in. Man how far we've fallen.

The 23 Egg Bowl was also on ESPN, and did a good rating, and we were terrible. They would've let us stay on Thanksgiving but too many of our fans were complaining that it was on Thanksgiving and just thought we'd get to pick what day we played on. We've now left it up to ESPN/SEC like it was from 04-12. There may be a couple of years we get that Saturday game but for the most part we'll be playing at either 11 or MAYBE 2:30 on Friday.

[Todd4State]

The 23 Egg Bowl was also on ESPN, and did a good rating, and we were terrible. They would've let us stay on Thanksgiving but too many of our fans were complaining that it was on Thanksgiving and just thought we'd get to pick what day we played on. We've now left it up to ESPN/SEC like it was from 04-12. There may be a couple of years we get that Saturday game but for the most part we'll be playing at either 11 or MAYBE 2:30 on Friday.

The bigger factor is Texas joining the league. Eventually they're going to play that game on Thanksgiving I assure you. Fans of both of those schools enjoyed playing on Thanksgiving.

I don't believe very many Ole Miss fans liked playing it on Thanksgiving and per several informal polls only 60-65% of MSU fans were for it.

I think our fans were starting to get burned out on it. If we're going to play on Thanksgiving I'd prefer we rotate it with others so we're not stuck there.

[StarkVegasSteve]

The bigger factor is Texas joining the league. Eventually they're going to play that game on Thanksgiving I assure you. Fans of both of those schools enjoyed playing on Thanksgiving.

I don't believe very many Ole Miss fans liked playing it on Thanksgiving and per several informal polls only 60-65% of MSU fans were for it.

I think our fans were starting to get burned out on it. If we're going to play on Thanksgiving I'd prefer we rotate it with others so we're not stuck there.

There's no rotating. It's all or nothing. That's according to people in the athletic dept. ESPN offered us that date for 3 years and we turned it down. It would've ran from 24-27. MAYBE they offer us that date again in the future but I imagine Texas will get first crack at it. This means it's completely up to ESPN when we will play that game. And I imagine more times than not we'll be playing at 11 AM on Friday.

[Todd4State]

There's no rotating. It's all or nothing. That's according to people in the athletic dept. ESPN offered us that date for 3 years and we turned it down. It would've ran from 24-27. MAYBE they offer us that date again in the future but I imagine Texas will get first crack at it. This means it's completely up to ESPN when we will play that game. And I imagine more times than not we'll be playing at 11 AM on Friday.

Even if we had taken that offer Texas/Texas A&M was eventually getting it.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Even if we had taken that offer Texas/Texas A&M was eventually getting it.

The point I was trying to make was that sometimes you need to play the game with ESPN. They probably would've been more likely to put us on Saturday at whatever time we wanted had we taken the Thanksgiving slot for an additional 3 years. Now we just have to hope every year we get Saturday.

[KOdawg1]

I don't mind the times.

I get it's not ideal for everyone, but for me personally, I'm more likely to come to the football game if I can go to the basketball game right after to help forget about it.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I don't mind the times.

I get it's not ideal for everyone, but for me personally, I'm more likely to come to the football game if I can go to the basketball game right after to help forget about it.

Mississippi State definitely made chicken salad out of chicken shit with putting the basketball game on the same day to keep people in town. IF, and it's a massive ass if, we were to win the football game then the basketball crowd would be unbelievable.

[DEDawg]

The 23 Egg Bowl was also on ESPN, and did a good rating, and we were terrible. They would've let us stay on Thanksgiving but too many of our fans were complaining that it was on Thanksgiving and just thought we'd get to pick what day we played on. We've now left it up to ESPN/SEC like it was from 04-12. There may be a couple of years we get that Saturday game but for the most part we'll be playing at either 11 or MAYBE 2:30 on Friday.

Yep. Nobody cares about your thanksgiving dinner, and especially not when it means were playing at 11 on a friday

[Coursesuper]

Yep. Nobody cares about your thanksgiving dinner, and especially not when it means were playing at 11 on a friday

This is the dumbest thread on here. So what. We are not good, you want to point fingers go point them in the mirror, we are our own worst enemy. Our own people made this mess by forcing an incompetent AD on us. Also we don’t set the TV times and haven’t for over 3 decades. Shit!

[DEDawg]

This is the dumbest thread on here. So what. We are not good, you want to point fingers go point them in the mirror, we are our own worst enemy. Our own people made this mess by forcing an incompetent AD on us. Also we don’t set the TV times and haven’t for over 3 decades. Shit!

Except if you could read you’d see clearly where we were offered the Thanksgiving night slot through 2027 and turned it down cause our fans just cant help themselves from complaining. Go on tho

[DEDawg]

For you young pups back in 90s, the Egg on Thanksgiving was the cherry of ESPN. Jackie had the Dawgs barking and the nation tuned in. Man how far we've fallen.

Not even that far back 18 through 22 was electric too even with the awful coaches. ESPN gave their announcers the green light to lean into the true hate between the schools and it got eaten up. I remember national media guys praising how fun of a rivalry the egg bowl is those years. As doom and gloom as people want to be on here, ole miss is not a better program than us. Like always over the past 40 years one school gets hot then the other and you will get more good egg bowls than bad.

[Todd4State]

I don't mind the times.

I get it's not ideal for everyone, but for me personally, I'm more likely to come to the football game if I can go to the basketball game right after to help forget about it.

Personally, I like it better. The game will be over by 2:30 or so which means I get home at a decent time and if we win I can enjoy a nice dinner at a nice restaurant. Or I could go watch one of the State Championship High school football games after. Plus, I would imagine more things are open in Starkville on Friday anyway. This has to be better for local businesses.

And I know the biggest criticism is 11:00 tailgating sucks which is a fair point but at the same time who really wants to go to The Junction and Grove for Thanksgiving dinner? I'm sure there are a few sects of fans whose entire family goes with them to games and they tailgate but I can't imagine that is the case for most people. It does seem like there are WAY fewer people tailgating on Thanksgiving Egg Bowls. I can't imagine very many people want to keep gorging themselves with food at a tailgate after a Thanksgiving dinner. I also can't imagine that are very many people dragging Grandma to the tailgate at the Junction or Grove to have Thanksgiving.

I would imagine that Friday works better for most students too. They're off that week I think so they'll have plenty of time to see family and get back for the game without it interrupting their Thanksgiving family plans too much.

[Todd4State]

Yep. Nobody cares about your thanksgiving dinner, and especially not when it means were playing at 11 on a friday

But Thanksgiving kind of IS an issue there isn't it? Whether you are for having the Egg Bowl or not on Thanksgiving- if you want to go to the game it's something that our fans have to address with their families and it definitely affects plans for those that want to go to the game or not.

For some fans it's no problem.

For many of our fans it may be a little harder because they essentially have to choose between spending time with their family on Thanksgiving vs going to the game. Some choose to go to the game and some choose to stay home. Some people go out of town for Thanksgiving and having it on Friday might give some of those people more of an opportunity to go to the game.

I do think it affects attendance in a negative way based on what I have seen over the years and I honestly would not be surprised if the attendance is much better this year than it has been in awhile especially if our team looks respectable.

[bulldawg28]

I like having the attention. People across the country will be watching on Black Friday. Thanksgiving with family, football on Friday, let's go!!!!!

[DEDawg]

But Thanksgiving kind of IS an issue there isn't it? Whether you are for having the Egg Bowl or not on Thanksgiving- if you want to go to the game it's something that our fans have to address with their families and it definitely affects plans for those that want to go to the game or not.

For some fans it's no problem.

For many of our fans it may be a little harder because they essentially have to choose between spending time with their family on Thanksgiving vs going to the game. Some choose to go to the game and some choose to stay home. Some people go out of town for Thanksgiving and having it on Friday might give some of those people more of an opportunity to go to the game.

I do think it affects attendance in a negative way based on what I have seen over the years and I honestly would not be surprised if the attendance is much better this year than it has been in awhile especially if our team looks respectable.

Well yes of course it is an issue there is no doubt there. But the positives that come with it are much better for Mississippi state than an 11am Friday game. We are not getting a Saturday 2:30 or 6pm slot ever on rivalry week. A prime time national game on Thursday night blows an 11am Jefferson pilot out the water.

The attendance thing I think is a moot point you will have more young crowd there for Thursday and more old crowd for Friday. It is going to be absolutely dead Friday at 11

[StarkVegasSteve]

I like having the attention. People across the country will be watching on Black Friday. Thanksgiving with family, football on Friday, let's go!!!!!

No one will be watching. We had a prime time spot, and gave it away because too many people were complaining they could not miss listening to Uncle Skeeter tell the story about the time he almost got a scholarship to Mississippi State in 79. Also puts another hole in the we do not listen to the fanbase argument.

[DEDawg]

No one will be watching. We had a prime time spot, and gave it away because too many people were complaining they could not miss listening to Uncle Skeeter tell the story about the time he almost got a scholarship to Mississippi State in 79. Also puts another hole in the we do not listen to the fanbase argument.

Yeah if anything I was hoping Selmon would bring more of a modern take to our program and let the twitter complainers do their thing and ignore them. Honestly this is Selmon?s first big strike imo. I don?t know maybe some of the big money boosters were pushing him for this and he didn?t have a choice. Either way this sucks, we just can?t help but shooting ourselves in the foot.

[basedog]

I like it, I can get early morning deer hunt, then come in and watch the game and back out in afternoon for late afternoon hunt. Obviously, you peeps don't hunt or never shot a gun much less a deer**

[StarkVegasSteve]

Yeah if anything I was hoping Selmon would bring more of a modern take to our program and let the twitter complainers do their thing and ignore them. Honestly this is Selmon?s first big strike imo. I don?t know maybe some of the big money boosters were pushing him for this and he didn?t have a choice. Either way this sucks, we just can?t help but shooting ourselves in the foot.

Selmon was not here when that decision was made.

[Turfdawg67]

Who is "they" Bothrops? Lolz

I have no idea what the TV ratings were on Thanksgiving. But what I do know is that I've lived in multiple states and any sports fan that I talk to watched the Egg Bowl. Probably because it was the only thing on. Pretty much guaranteed that none of those people will watch that game at 11 AM on Friday.