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...Watching the team warm up, it looked as though we didn't care. My pop asked me "Well, how in the hell can you tell that by looking at them?" I just said something like "I don't know.. but they just look flat."

It's no wonder we can't field punts like we saw Saturday night. I'm sure Smith couldn't believe somebody could actually kick a ball 50 yards and make it hang in the air for so long. And evidently our coaches have never seen it either since we didn't tell him to back his *** up after watching the first few punts. ...Because for damn sure, WE can't kick like that.

Having to continually bring LB's and safties off the corners to get pressure on the QB is going to cost us some big plays.

Probably nobody was more glad to leave Ruston than Michael Gates. He got his *** whipped. Every. Play.

Gambling in the last 3 minutes that they can't get a first down when they've done it all night.... Me before we punted: "See, these are the dumbass decisions that make people question Croom."

When Tyson Lee actually handled the snap ok and didn't run into Fatass while trying to make a handoff, I thought he looked ok. I was kind of surprised at the backlash from fans for Croom pulling Carroll. It was not Carroll's night.

Riley's holding didn't look that blatant when it happened <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">or on the replay board.</span> Maybe his hands were on the outside of the shoulder pads instead of in on the chest, but he didn't reach out and grab the guy. We've all seen worse go uncalled.

We miss Anthony Johnson something fierce.

I wonder if Ruston and La Tech let the traffic back up like that on I-20 prior to every game or if they simply aren't used to 18K people trying to get off at that exit an hour or so before the game.

A big shout out to LA state troopers and/or Gustav. Thanks for not patrolling I-20 east after the game. Driving 90 mph between Ruston and the river was nice.

All the LA Tech fans around us were gracious winners and the MSU fans took the loss well (hell knows we've had enough practice). The only absurd thing I saw was an extremely obeese Tech fan turn around in the closing moments and for probably a full minute jingle his keys and shout "Wooo!" over and over directly toward a group of young guys who were MSU fans. Had it gone on much longer one of the young guys would have rolled his fat *** down the stadium, but his equally whale-ish chick flopped her arm around his shoulders and convinced him turn around. It was very comical and provided some levity to just having given away a football game.

The photo below was taken just after the last interception and long return with the late hit. It's the first moment when I realized we were probably going to lose.

 

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...Watching the team warm up, it looked as though we didn't care. My pop asked me "Well, how in the hell can you tell that by looking at them?" I just said something like "I don't know.. but they just look flat."

It's no wonder we can't field punts like we saw Saturday night. I'm sure Smith couldn't believe somebody could actually kick a ball 50 yards and make it hang in the air for so long. And evidently our coaches have never seen it either since we didn't tell him to back his *** up after watching the first few punts. ...Because for damn sure, WE can't kick like that.

Having to continually bring LB's and safties off the corners to get pressure on the QB is going to cost us some big plays.

Probably nobody was more glad to leave Ruston than Michael Gates. He got his *** whipped. Every. Play.

Gambling in the last 3 minutes that they can't get a first down when they've done it all night.... Me before we punted: "See, these are the dumbass decisions that make people question Croom."

When Tyson Lee actually handled the snap ok and didn't run into Fatass while trying to make a handoff, I thought he looked ok. I was kind of surprised at the backlash from fans for Croom pulling Carroll. It was not Carroll's night.

Riley's holding didn't look that blatant when it happened <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">or on the replay board.</span> Maybe his hands were on the outside of the shoulder pads instead of in on the chest, but he didn't reach out and grab the guy. We've all seen worse go uncalled.

We miss Anthony Johnson something fierce.

I wonder if Ruston and La Tech let the traffic back up like that on I-20 prior to every game or if they simply aren't used to 18K people trying to get off at that exit an hour or so before the game.

A big shout out to LA state troopers and/or Gustav. Thanks for not patrolling I-20 east after the game. Driving 90 mph between Ruston and the river was nice.

All the LA Tech fans around us were gracious winners and the MSU fans took the loss well (hell knows we've had enough practice). The only absurd thing I saw was an extremely obeese Tech fan turn around in the closing moments and for probably a full minute jingle his keys and shout "Wooo!" over and over directly toward a group of young guys who were MSU fans. Had it gone on much longer one of the young guys would have rolled his fat *** down the stadium, but his equally whale-ish chick flopped her arm around his shoulders and convinced him turn around. It was very comical and provided some levity to just having given away a football game.

The photo below was taken just after the last interception and long return with the late hit. It's the first moment when I realized we were probably going to lose.

 
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There is nothing at all like walking out of Joe Allet (sp) stadium and having some clueless Tech fans talk **** to you. This one guy asked me how long of a drive back to Starkville would it be for me. I told him that not all of our fans were located in Starkville. I don't think he understood. He said that most all Tech fans are LSU fans first and Tech fans second. I told him that's why this loss hurts so much because we are MSU fans first and don't give a **** about anybody else except for Peaches and his love for LSU. I don't think he understood. He asked if Croom would be fired after this year. I said no, because we don't have expectations like most big conference programs. He definitely didn't understand that and neither did I.</p>
 

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for actually traveling to watch that ****.

But:
Riley's holding didn't look that blatant when it happened ...
A judge on dancing with the stars gave Co-hype and his dance partner a 9. Sumbitch had a f'n cholkhold going.
 

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Riley's holding didn't look that blatant when it happened <span style="TEXT-DECORATION: line-through">or on the replay board.</span> Maybe his hands were on the outside of the shoulder pads instead of in on the chest, but he didn't reach out and grab the guy. We've all seen worse go uncalled.
Riley's holding didn't look that blatant when it happened: Yes it did.
Maybe his hands were on the outside of the shoulder pads instead of in on the chest: Yes they were.
he didn't reach out and grab the guy: Yes he did.
We've all seen worse go uncalled: Yes we have.
 

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he didn't get to see a replay.</p>
 

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....on the replay, it was painfully, painfully obvious.
 

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..I'm sure it was holding. I'm just saying that as I watched the ball carrier come around the end, I though Riley had him locked up like any OL locks up a DL. But then I saw the laundry fly and Riley throw his hands up like Nu'uh.. no I di'nt!... and I knew the play was over.
 

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I was in OO 57 almost directly on the 50 on the very top row. Just to my right was the little wooden platform where presumably a camera might go. There was a group of guys about five rows down from me that I thought to myself HAD to be Six Packers. One of them got into a little "exchange" with some overweight buck toothed Tech fan and another Tech fan. Both of them ended up moving, which was easy to do since there were seats available all over the stadium as your photo shows.
 

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I can't help but think that this defeat would have been easier to handle for you guys if you would have actually listened to the things we (LaTech fans) were trying to tell you earlier. This was going to be a close game regardless of how well your guys performed. Many of our fans expected to win this game, and it was not blind homerism. We knew our team was well-conditioned. We knew our QB would not make the same kind of mistakes that our QB last year made (and he didn't, you guys got ZERO sacks which allowed our offense to stay reasonably on schedule). We knew our run defense would frustrate your offensive game plan. We knew our special teams was better than yours. We expected to win the field position battle without having to beat you in offensive production. We fully expected to win the turnover margin. We knew our coaches could outcoach yours. Although I know you feel like your team underperformed (and I agree), you guys were not giving LaTech and the WAC much credit going into this game.

On a side note, the State fans I met at the game were nice. Attendance was less than stellar, but your fans did not travel very well either. I am sure if we got a nice SEC revenue sharing check we could have nicer things, too. But all that is neither here nor there, because we can beat you guys without it.
 

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LaTechIsBetter said:
I can't But all that is neither here nor there, because we can beat you guys without it.

with the most incompetent coach in the SEC. (Sorry to take away from your win, but the fact is someone with a brain beats you with our team)
 

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I don't care what they called him for!

I hope he continues to play with the same emotion and intensity because he knoocked the crap out of that dude!!!
 
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we got beat, deal with it. The Tech fan is right. Don't even go there, don't you remember how stupid Bruiser and them looked after we beat them?
 

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Goat Holder said:
we got beat, deal with it. The Tech fan is right.

what Ole Miss fans will be saying this November?

I guess you agree that they had the better team? I don't. We shouldn't have lost.
 

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LaTechIsBetter wrote: _________________________________________________ We knew our run defense would frustrate your offensive game plan. We knew our special teams was better than yours. We expected to win the field position battle without having to beat you in offensive production. We fully expected to win the turnover margin. We knew our coaches could outcoach yours.
If we would have used any gameplan from last year, we would have won by 14 points.
Run the damn ball down the middle.
Our special teams do suck, but they will get better..

Any coach with half a brain could out-coach our coaches, so that's nothing to be proud of...
Seriously, I would be so proud of the win, but you are LA Tech....
 

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...and if he is right, then Croom has done a far, far worse job than any of us could've imagined.
 
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if we wanted to talk about how much better we were than them, we should have proved it on the field. The hell with all this, "We're better than you, we threw the game away" junk. We got our asses handed to us.
 
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We are in the SEC and have money, they are in the WAC and don't have money. Who cares why, when, where, what and how? Who cares what the Tech fan says how it got that way? It doesn't matter. I care about results. Most people with a choice would choose to watch, attend, go visit, etc. Mississippi State over Louisiana Tech.

It also doesn't matter why, when, where, what and how they beat us. They just beat us.

End of story.
 

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I can't help but think that this defeat would have been easier to handle for you guys if you would have actually listened to the things we (LaTech fans) were trying to tell you earlier. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Peaches?!? Is that you. </span> This was going to be a close game regardless of how well your guys performed. <span style="font-weight: bold;">With our offense, I don't think anyone could have predicted us blowing you out, but we got accustomed to WINNING the close games last year.</span> Many of our fans expected to win this game, and it was not blind homerism. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Regardless of the game outcome, to expect to beat a team that beat 4 SEC schools last year and returns most of their starters IS blind homerism.</span> We knew our team was well-conditioned. <span style="font-weight: bold;">We thought ours was too.</span> We knew our QB would not make the same kind of mistakes that our QB last year made (and he didn't, you guys got ZERO sacks which allowed our offense to stay reasonably on schedule). <span style="font-weight: bold;">We were hoping for some new-guy confusion though. And to be fair, your QB didn't have a great outing either.</span> We knew our run defense would frustrate your offensive game plan. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Our coaches got frustrated with our running game well before the fans did. So however you want to call that, whatever. </span> We knew our special teams was better than yours. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Based on last years' special teams, we had reasons to be optimistic. </span> We expected to win the field position battle without having to beat you in offensive production. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sounds like a page from our own book.</span> We fully expected to win the turnover margin. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Again, based on our team play of last year, I think we could've expected to win the turnover margin as well.</span> We knew our coaches could outcoach yours. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Doesn't take a rocket scientist to predict this.</span> Although I know you feel like your team underperformed (and I agree), you guys were not giving LaTech and the WAC much credit going into this game.

On a side note, the State fans I met at the game were nice. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Glad I wasn't there because I was in a foul mood by the end. I'm glad you met nice fans instead of me. </span> Attendance was less than stellar, but your fans did not travel very well either. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Too lazy, hurricane coming, gas prices, etc. </span> I am sure if we got a nice SEC revenue sharing check we could have nicer things, too. But all that is neither here nor there, because we can beat you guys without it. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ouch, but fair game. Y'all won. End of argument.</span>
 

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...but what is your point? He's basically saying "You should've listened to us. We knew we were better than ya'll, or at least close enough in enough aspects of the game to beat you." I reject that. That better not be true. What happened is that the stars lined up for them and they got five turnovers, help from the officials, and help from some bad coaching on our part. We were much more talented than them. If that's not the case, and in year 5, we are not vastly superior to La Tech in year 5, we've got serious, serious trouble.

We played at a place that we had no business playing, and we lost the game because we gave them the ball 5 times, not counting McAdams punt before the half which might as well've been a turnover OR we lost because we got away from running the ball OR because we didn't put Carroll in late in the game OR because CoEric held on a 75 yard play. If any one of those things doesn't happen, we win the game, albeit in an ugly fashion. The stars lined up for them. We gave it to them. All of that is true. But they are not better than us.
 
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what you are doing is my pet peeve. "We're better than you even though you beat us on the field." That's a bunch of ********. Sounds like the **** the Rebels spewed after we beat them, blaming it on Orgeron and ****. Hell, he was THEIR coach. So he is part of the "team".

Dude, you crow about how good Croom was last year and how everyone should give him credit but don't you understand that we won games last year the way Tech won this game???? Very hypocritical. Woulda shoulda coulda turnovers, etc.....yeah you weren't singing that tune last year when we beat Auburn.

And my point is that none of that matters. We were winners last year no matter how we got them. Just like Louisiana Tech was BETTER than Mississippi State last Saturday night.
 

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....it's as if the word "upset" isn't in your vocabulary. Were we better than Auburn last year? Hell no. I've never said we were. We were good enough to go in to their place and beat them, but they were the better football team in 2007. Auburn's going to win that game most days.

Did La Tech play better than us Sat. night? Yep. Did they deserve to win? Yep. Would we win that game 9 times out of 10? I hope so. Does it matter? Nope, except that we better be a better team than we showed Saturday night or we are going to be a bad, bad football team. And if THAT is the case, Croom should be fired yesterday. You are the one talking about how there's no reason to give up. If that's true, then you have to believe that we are better than what we showed Saturday night.
 
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Having more talent is not the same thing as having a better team.
 
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...because trying to convince Tech fans of that is completely fruitless. It doesn't matter what they think. It only matters what we do from here on out. And I'm convinced that we are better than them, and when I become convinced that we aren't, then that is when I give up.
 

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With halfway decent coaching and playcalling, MSU would have won easily. But we have the worst coach in the SEC (and possibly the worst in any BCS conference). </p>
 

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patdog said:
With halfway decent coaching and playcalling, MSU would have won easily.</p>
That is not true, but better playcalling would have helped.
 
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