Hope everyone complaining about the egg bowl is happy now

[DEDawg]

Selmon was not here when that decision was made.

That makes me feel much better. Selmon seems to get it.

[Cowbeller]

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**

I think the majority of the fanbase hunts. Some of us have to work though

[PGHBulldogBG]

I think the majority of the fanbase hunts. Some of us have to work though

Our fan base definitely hunts more than probably any other in the power 4 and they put that before sports which is just a small part but still a part of why our fanbase is smaller than all other sec schools outside vandy

[Turfdawg67]

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

Exactly. He just gets a stiffy thinking he's the only smart one on ED and we're all dummies

[R2Dawg]

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.

I agree its been good for a long time but back in the 90s the Thursday night game was the game of the week on ESPN and Egg Bowl night became famous nationally because of that that decade. Kirk, Corso and Fowler did the game. It was huge; almost as big as getting gameday at that time.

[Todd4State]

I agree its been good for a long time but back in the 90s the Thursday night game was the game of the week on ESPN and Egg Bowl night became famous nationally because of that that decade. Kirk, Corso and Fowler did the game. It was huge; almost as big as getting gameday at that time.

It was probably more memorable for MSU fans because we won the SEC West in 1998, had the pass, pick, and kick in 1999, and then beat Eli in 2001. I don't think the rivalry really stood out to the rest of the country until 2019 when Elijah Moore pretended to be a dog and cost Ole Miss the Egg Bowl. Maybe 2018 when Abrams bitch slapped AJ Brown and started that brawl. Maybe a combination of the two. Leach and Kiffin was good for TV too. Football fans want to watch a match up like that.

And let's be honest - Elijah Moore probably would have went viral no matter when we played that game.

Same thing ended it last time. We started to suck under Jackie and ESPN put Texas and A&M and maybe West Virginia/Pitt on instead.

Like I said though- Thanksgiving is eventually going back to Texas/Texas A&M. This was going to happen eventually.

[BravesDoggy]

The 11am game last year was Tech and Georgia. Stop being such pussies and get over the damn night games. It?s not all that common these days. The TV people want 11am and 2:30 and 5 filled to the brim

[Todd4State]

The 11am game last year was Tech and Georgia. Stop being such pussies and get over the damn night games. It?s not all that common these days. The TV people want 11am and 2:30 and 5 filled to the brim

That's true. The Iron Bowl is probably most commonly played at 2:30 if I had to guess.

Our fans have to stop making excuses about time as far as creating an awesome atmosphere.

"Well, we can't get up, can't see the LED lights, couldn't tailgate optimally, etc. "

Just show up and support the team.

[viverlibre]

I'm very happy it is off Thanksgiving.

[bulldawg28]

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.

Lol, when have people not watched SEC games, especially rival games, and a potential ranked team? There will be plenty of watching. I love it!!!

[DEDawg]

That's true. The Iron Bowl is probably most commonly played at 2:30 if I had to guess.

Our fans have to stop making excuses about time as far as creating an awesome atmosphere.

"Well, we can't get up, can't see the LED lights, couldn't tailgate optimally, etc. "

Just show up and support the team.

I feel like you are trying to punk me. That is literally the whole point of this thread.

[TALL DAWG]

At least it is NOT on Thursday. I have never liked the Thursday game.
Friday is fine regardless of the time slot.

[Cooterpoot]

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

Our fans want it played on Saturday. We only have two Saturday home games after Sept this year. The SEC and TV 17s is at every opportunity and we bend over and take it for the check. I'd just assume we tell tv to suck it and it not be televised this year anyway.
This is the hardest schedule I've ever seen and the hardest to sell to fans. It's time to stop treating the Egg Bowl like it's special too. Put the 17er on Saturday and be done. We need Saturdays in Starkville!

[StarkVegasSteve]

Our fans want it played on Saturday. We only have two Saturday home games after Sept this year. The SEC and TV 17s is at every opportunity and we bend over and take it for the check. I'd just assume we tell tv to suck it and it not be televised this year anyway.
This is the hardest schedule I've ever seen and the hardest to sell to fans. It's time to stop treating the Egg Bowl like it's special too. Put the 17er on Saturday and be done. We need Saturdays in Starkville!

Our fans can want all they want for that game to be played on Saturday. It does not matter. If the SEC tells us we are playing it 2 PM on a Tuesday then whether there are 50 fans or 50,000 fans we will be playing at 2 PM on Tuesday. This fallacy that we get to choose when we want to play the egg bowl is exactly that, a fallacy.

Unless we start showing a couple of years of upward mobility and looking like we can be a good team, then the egg bowl is going to stay on Friday at 11 AM or maybe we get the 2:30 Friday slot one year. When we opted against continuing the game on Thanksgiving for a few years, we gave up all bargaining power with ESPN And the SEC.

[Todd4State]

Our fans want it played on Saturday. We only have two Saturday home games after Sept this year. The SEC and TV 17s is at every opportunity and we bend over and take it for the check. I'd just assume we tell tv to suck it and it not be televised this year anyway.
This is the hardest schedule I've ever seen and the hardest to sell to fans. It's time to stop treating the Egg Bowl like it's special too. Put the 17er on Saturday and be done. We need Saturdays in Starkville!

Does any SEC school have any say as far as when they're televised? I don't really think that they do.

[Cooterpoot]

Our fans can want all they want for that game to be played on Saturday. It does not matter. If the SEC tells us we are playing it 2 PM on a Tuesday then whether there are 50 fans or 50,000 fans we will be playing at 2 PM on Tuesday. This fallacy that we get to choose when we want to play the egg bowl is exactly that, a fallacy.

Unless we start showing a couple of years of upward mobility and looking like we can be a good team, then the egg bowl is going to stay on Friday at 11 AM or maybe we get the 2:30 Friday slot one year. When we opted against continuing the game on Thanksgiving for a few years, we gave up all bargaining power with ESPN And the SEC.

We can absolutely tell the SEC what we want. It will fall on deaf ears as it always does, that's the whole point. We've gotten 17d over by the SEC these two years of expansion schedules. They couldn't have 17 us harder with a Clam Rattler 5000, with a 1000 HP engine.

[DEDawg]

Our fans want it played on Saturday. We only have two Saturday home games after Sept this year. The SEC and TV 17s is at every opportunity and we bend over and take it for the check. I'd just assume we tell tv to suck it and it not be televised this year anyway.
This is the hardest schedule I've ever seen and the hardest to sell to fans. It's time to stop treating the Egg Bowl like it's special too. Put the 17er on Saturday and be done. We need Saturdays in Starkville!

I mean yeah I get that, I would also love it on a Saturday. It isnt an option. Our options were the thanksgiving slot where we are a national televised game with a lot of attention or taking our chances to say no to thanksgiving which ended up with us in the worst possible TV slot you could come up with.

[Cooterpoot]

I mean yeah I get that, I would also love it on a Saturday. It isnt an option. Our options were the thanksgiving slot where we are a national televised game with a lot of attention or taking our chances to say no to thanksgiving which ended up with us in the worst possible TV slot you could come up with.

You're missing my conspiracy theory

[DEDawg]

[Mjoelner34]

I mean yeah I get that, I would also love it on a Saturday. It isnt an option. Our options were the thanksgiving slot where we are a national televised game with a lot of attention or taking our chances to say no to thanksgiving which ended up with us in the worst possible TV slot you could come up with.

That died when the NFL went to a 3rd game on Thanksgiving and the numbers from last year show that. In 2023, the Egg Bowl on Thanksgiving had 2.29 million viewers. Last year on Friday, we had 4.33 million viewers.