My God- watching the 2007 Egg Bowl is sickening

[Coach34]

how bad both those teams were.

[fader2103]

Croom at least found a good kicker!*

[Billy Ray Valentine]

Croom at least found a good kicker!*

He makes this one but good might be a bit of a stretch

[Coach34]

good for Carlson. Every player should have a good memory to think back on- he definitely has one to live off.

[fader2103]

I tell you I know most hate Croom as a coach but he is a great man and truly cared for his players. I will always support all our former coaches (aslong as they don't coach against us that is)

[messageboardsuperhero]

The quality of play was so bad... And to think that the media tried to shame Byrne for canning Croom.

[Original48]

Russell Athletic

[ShotgunDawg]

I tell you I know most hate Croom as a coach but he is a great man and truly cared for his players. I will always support all our former coaches (aslong as they don't coach against us that is)

True, but he was paid to coach, not be a good guy.

[messageboardsuperhero]

I tell you I know most hate Croom as a coach but he is a great man and truly cared for his players. I will always support all our former coaches (aslong as they don't coach against us that is)

I've never seen any State fans criticize him as a person. He was a terrible head coach and deserved that criticism.

[Harrydawg]

I really think we are about to look at basketball the same way.....in short time, we'll look back and chuckle at how ugly we have been in the past few years.

It's hard to believe how far we have come in football in less than 10 years.

[BeardoMSU]

Ironically they just replayed "Croom" tonight. I just loved watching him throw us under the bus again. "I just thought the administration would have understood all the injuries [and arrests, ha!], but at the same time forget about the fact I didn't have a SWAC calliber QB on campus, or a single WR over 6' tall. Yes!!!111!!!....I got asked to step down because they didn't see how our program was progressing in a positive manner...I just needed 1 more year".*




*This is not a direct quote, but instead my own interpretation.

[basedog]

Watching the replay and seeing O on the sideline with no emotion, I suppose he was drained from all the stress and failure he endured. That 4th Quarter was just flat out shocking! I remember leaving the stadium in the 4th before our comeback disgusted, turned on the radio and Jack had me swaying all over the road, he painted a perfect picture of the game for me as I was excited and shocked! RIP Jack!

[BulldogBear]

Watching the replay and seeing O on the sideline with no emotion, I suppose he was drained from all the stress and failure he endured. That 4th Quarter was just flat out shocking! I remember leaving the stadium in the 4th before our comeback disgusted, turned on the radio and Jack had me swaying all over the road, he painted a perfect picture of the game for me as I was excited and shocked! RIP Jack!

I was thinking at the time how cool it must be for those that left to get to hear Jack make them wish they stayed!!!


It's something it seems I'm never going to as I am OCD when it comes to the fact that I have never left sight of the field until that last tick of the clock. Oh I'll leave my seat and all but won't leave the stands till it's over. And I've only been late twice, '05 Egg Bowl and '06 Arkansas. It's like if I physically inhabit the game I want the whole experience and all my moneys worth!

As far as that '07 Egg Bowl..... It was the first year I carried cowbell to football games. My best friend since 9th grade is Beardshark and we've been to every Egg Bowl together without fail since '02 (This season will be 14 straight), with the "home" side providing seats, food, refreshment, etc. Well, I hadn't had a reason to ring the bell all game And he didn't even know I had it. What a joy it was to bring it out near the end and be an obnoxious ringer. He's gotten used to it now!

[West Houston Dog]

I could swear I saw him on their sideline.

And I forgot how Croom was overcome with emotion when interviewed after the game. You know, we had to make the coaching change, but I thank Croom for what he did and do admire him.....

[Jack Lambert]

I tell you I know most hate Croom as a coach but he is a great man and truly cared for his players. I will always support all our former coaches (aslong as they don't coach against us that is)

I kind of feel the same about Croom but the ending of his SEC story kind of turn me off a little. I do think his firing has a little to do with the why ESPN and other sports media don't give us any respect. I hope tha statement donesn't get me in trouble.

By the way I did not watch the SEC network. I was watching the 1976 and 1977 ARkansas vs Texas on the LHN. Both teams were 5-5-1 in 1976 and I think both coaches got canned but in 1977 at the time of the game Texas was number 2 and ARkansas was number 8. HOw do you do that? Lou Holtz was a young man and Earl Campbell was a beast. I tried to watch Holtz to see if he left wet spots on the side line when he talked.

[maroonmania]

I tell you I know most hate Croom as a coach but he is a great man and truly cared for his players. I will always support all our former coaches (aslong as they don't coach against us that is)

While he certainly is a great man from all indications and while I'm sure he cared deeply for his players he did very little to endear himself to the MSU fanbase. He never really embraced MSU because IMO he was too emotionally tied to the school 90 miles to the East. He never got involved in the community and I, to this day, couldn't tell you that Sly was married because his wife never showed her face in public ever that I'm aware of. He was stubborn and hardheaded to a fault and overall very antagonistic toward the fans relative to any criticism of how he was running the program. And I mean its great to be loyal to a friend but the whole Woody McCorvey fiasco was ridiculous. Without the 2007 year with Ellis Johnson's defense pretty much single handedly winning us 7 games the entire Croom tenure would be a string of nothing but disgraceful 3 and 4 win seasons.

[TrapGame]

Wesley Carrol saved Croom's ass in 2007. He'd audible out of Woody's play at the line most of the time. It pissed Croom off but he still couldn't see his twenty yr old QB was far better at calling plays than his OC.

[BulldogDX55]

Wesley Carrol saved Croom's ass in 2007. He'd audible out of Woody's play at the line most of the time. It pissed Croom off but he still couldn't see his twenty yr old QB was far better at calling plays than his OC.

Eighteen or nineteen year old. Dude was a true freshman that year.

[Dawgtini]

I was surprised that Wes Carrol left when mullenz was hired. I thought he might have flourished in this offense.

[TrapGame]

Eighteen or nineteen year old. Dude was a true freshman that year.

Which makes it even more hilarious. Wes ran the offense better than Woody on his best day after staying at a Holiday Inn express the night before.