Yeah ok. Our atmosphere is MAC level compared to theirs. Too bad we waste our fan support on a losing club sport
I think many, in fact, most outside objective people would disagree with you there. Here's a few:
“Mississippi State has become the loudest stadium in America. They get those cowbells ringing about three hours before kickoff out in the parking lots. You go through a game there, you come out of there and you can’t hear for about a day and a half. It is unbelievable.”
- Pat Forde, Yahoo Sports on Dan Patrick Show (8.22.17)
"Alabama at Mississippi State last year was the loudest stadium I've ever been in."
- Greg McElroy, ESPN (summer 2018)
“As road environments go, Mississippi State gets really loud – lot of CLANGA going on. The CLANGA in real life is a lot different than the CLANGA off the speaker.”
- Andy Staples, Sports Illustrated (9.14.17)
“The facilities just get better and better every time I come.”
-Todd Blackledge, ESPN (9.16.17)
“When there is a big game at Davis Wade, I’d put that atmosphere up against anything in college football. You gotta see it to believe it.”
-John Hayes, Producer of The Paul Finebaum Show, (9.19.17)
“The atmosphere inside Davis Wade Stadium is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. It’s the best gameday experience and atmosphere I’ve seen in more than 10 years of attending and covering SEC football. Yes, the cowbells exist and they are quite, quite loud. But it’s so much more than that. More than anything, the experience is modern. So many SEC schools are stuck in the past, unwilling to change the old guard, relying on the outdated marching band to belt the same tired fight songs and between-downs music. Any music they do pump in is normally out of touch or not what players and fans are currently listening to. Two ginormous high-definition video boards were airing the Georgia-Auburn game prior to kickoff, drawing you into the stadium early when you might otherwise stay outside. During the game, the boards transformed into the best television sets one could want, airing replays, music videos and hype trailers. The crowd remained engaged from an hour before the game until Nick Fitzgerald’s Hail Mary sailed out of the end zone. … But what was displayed on Saturday night bested anything you’ll find anywhere else in this conference.”
-Chandler Rome, Anniston Star (11.13.17)
“Furthermore, Scott Field had become a virtual noise factory, louder than ever and that is really loud. You could not hear the guy next to you even when he was yelling.”
- Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame writer (11.11.17)
"As road environments go, Mississippi State gets really loud - lot of CLANGA going on. The CLANGA in real life is a lot different than the CLANGA off the speaker."
-Andy Staples, Sports Illustrated (9.14.17)
"I've been here many times. They are simply the best and most genuine fans in college football. I have one request, more cowbell!"
- Paul Finebaum, SEC Network (9.10.16)
"Honestly, it's the trip I look forward to the most ... They lay out the red carpet. The people are great. #HailState man."
- Marcus Spears, SEC Network (9.10.16)
"To all those Bulldog fans shining those cell phone flashlights and signing along to Don't Stop Believin', they make Davis Wade Stadium the most fun place to watch a football game in the SEC."
- Kevin Scarbinsky, AL.com (11.14.15)
"Those polite Mississippians ditch the Southern hospitality in favor of sadism, transforming their stadium into a torture chamber. They ceaselessly pound upon your eardrums. The high-volume video board functions as a waterboard. Then the fans add one more layer of sound by howling hysterically for four hours. On football Saturdays in 2014, with a dream of a team to cheer for, it is an ear-splitting slice of hell for the visiting team. Of all the intimidating venues in America, I cannot imagine a single more oppressive place than previously sleepy Davis Wade Stadium."
- Pat Forde, Yahoo.com (10.11.14)
"Want to know what a revolution sounds like? Between the third and fourth quarter, Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" blares through the stadium speakers. The throng rings cowbells to the beat, creating a deafening roar as they try to hold on to the feeling."
- Pete Thamel, Sports Illustrated (10.10.14)
"It was the most awe-inspiring effort by an SEC fan base in memory. They didn't just watch some amazing things happen Saturday in their own Dawg Pound. They helped make them happen. They didn't just ring responsibly. They celebrated responsibly, too. They didn't just help make a difference. They helped make a statement. A Mississippi State-ment. The Bulldogs are setting the pace on and off the field these days. Let's hope that what happened in Stark Vegas doesn't stay in Stark Vegas. College football would be better for it if other fan bases followed their lead."
- Kevin Scarbinsky, AL.com (10.14.14)
"The combination of the big-game atmosphere with the clanging of the cowbells created a raucous environment that rivals that of any stadium in any sport."
- Barrett Sallee, Bleacher Report (10.13.14)
"Mississippi State was truly incredible. If I was to rank the SEC Nation shows and experiences this year, Mississippi State is number one."
- Joe Tessitore, SEC Network (10.23.14)
"We could spend the rest of our lives trying to top that show."
- Paul Finebaum, SEC Network, on the Oct. 4 SEC Nation Show in Starkville (10.23.14)
"Las Vegas is great but there isn't any place like StarkVegas right now. My man Dan has StarkVegas shoes."
- Jim Rome, Jim Rome Show (10.15.14)
"The loudest game I have ever attended - start to finish - even postgame. You haven't lived until you've heard 'Don't Stop Believing' with accompaniment from 50,000 cowbells."
- Stewart Mandel, Fox Sports (10.11.14) following MSU's 38-23 home win vs. No. 2 Auburn
"The environment Saturday at Davis Wade Stadium was as electric as any college sporting event you're ever going to find. It was the loudest stadium I've ever been in and it wasn't just the cowbells. It was an awesome environment all the way around and great people."
- Chris Low, ESPN.com (10.11.14)
"Poor you. You spent Saturday somewhere other than Mississippi. I'm sorry. You didn't get goose bumps from a late-morning Starkville din so loud it seemed set to jar loose the Mississippi-Alabama borderline and hurl it nearer Tuscaloosa."
- Chuck Culpepper, Washington Post (10.5.14)
"I was driving back to Birmingham and my ears were still ringing. What they've done enclosing that one end zone and putting all the students there has really created a difficult environment."
- Tom Luginbill, ESPN (10.6.14)
"The weekend in Starkville was one of the most electric and extraordinary I've ever experienced covering the Southeastern Conference. I have never seen anything quite like this in my 35 years of covering college football."
- Paul Finebaum, SEC Network (10.4.14)
"This is what college football is all about. This is what gets players blood boiling. Imagine how the players will feel walking through the Dawg Walk going into Davis Wade Stadium."
- Marcus Spears, SEC Network (10.4.14)
"If you think you're tailgating today, stop it. You cannot find a square inch of open grass (in the Junction). The loudest fans we have heard so far in college football this year. It's a truly incredible crowd."
- Joe Tessitore, SEC Network (10.4.14)
"Such great noise in Starkville that it might shake and relocate the Mississippi-Alabama border."
- Chuck Culpepper, Washington Post (10.4.14)
"I expected nothing less than this scene that we have here (in Starkville). This is easily the best scene that we have had on a Friday. No disrespect to anywhere else we have been, but I think you guys are going to raise the stakes for what it means to bring SEC Nation to a campus on Saturdays."
- Kaylee Hartung, SEC Network (10.3.14)
