Was having a conversation today and the KJ Costello LSU game came up. Who are some others in our history who have had one great moment and then not much else to show for it?
Greatest MSU one hit wonders
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Orlando Lundie, also against LSU.
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Maybe sirmones?
Dunno. That's a memory test.
Dunno. That's a memory test.
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This only counts for half of a career but I specifically remember Jameon Lewis going ham on Memphis Week 1 as a freshman and then doing exactly nothing for the next two years (he would later have an excellent 2013 so he’s not a true one hit wonder).
Probably not a good comparison but Brooks Auger vs Ole Miss in Hoover. Kid was elite that night. I can't remember if he pitched at UVA?
Robert Issac (21 carries for 103 yards and 1 TD) against 'bama in '96. Jackie's first win over his alma matter, and State's first win over the evil empire in 16 years.
Jason Nappi with 3 HRs and an SEC record 11 RBIs vs UAB in 2008.
Raffo was a little better than a one hit wonder I think.
Reynardo with a punch in Hawaii. Never did anything else worth remembering
Keytaon Thompson leading us to victory over Lamar Jackson and Louisville in 2017 Taxslayer Bowl
Jamal Smith or something like that, had a 200+ yard receiving game against Arkansas in the Wesley Carroll season
I still remember Will Bednar throwing the greatest horns down in that game.
Honorable mention to Ty Martin. Sent us to Omaha I believe in 2000 with a walk off HR to beat Notre Dame 10-9. That was fun.
De’mon Glanton had one hit I remember…
Pretty sure I still have that video saved in my youtube favorites.
Kendall Watkins , our 300 lb tight end who caught the game winning TD with 90 seconds left to beat tennessee ... Peyton's first collegiate game... September 24th,1994... be 30 years ago next month... I WAS THERE
Boy was that a nice little piece of hitting. Really drives home how much you need everybody to get that big prize. A lot of later heroics might have never happened without every little thing that allowed them to.
I know it wasn't a big game, but it was a pretty shocking performance. Guy was on a heater early that season and he wore out his hometown school.
So right. That video led me down the rabbit hole of the CWS. Watched the 8th inning against VA. Scotty Dubrule's leadoff walk was one of the greatest at bats in State history, because it led to the rest of that inning against a guy who had no-hit us through 8. Incredible.
Issac had a lot of other good games and moments. Had a 50+ yard TD against South Carolina in 1997….was always a decent backup RB.
Billingsley in the super regional, I think in 2017?
I remember Renardo going for like 26 and 12 vs OM in Oxford. I feel like I remember Malik Newman going for 27 or something against OM in the Hump as well.
Brian LaNinfa had a decent later career, but his first weekend as a freshman he hit something like 5 HRs and had 14 RBIs. Then finished that year with, maybe, 9 total HRs.
Jacob Billingsley is a huge one in that elimination game against USM in Hattiesburg. Our pitching was totally depleted after fighting through loser’s bracket and he threw a complete game 2 hitter or something. Then we beat them again later that night.
That same game Jamayel Smith had 200+ receiving vs Arky, I guess it was Wes Carroll that threw for around 450. That was an insane amount considering our offensive passing history to that point. Not sure he ever had another game over 300 yards.
Marcus Grant isn’t a one-hit wonder but I don’t think he had any other games close to the one he had in Lexington in 1995.
Brian LaNinfa had a decent later career, but his first weekend as a freshman he hit something like 5 HRs and had 14 RBIs. Then finished that year with, maybe, 9 total HRs.
Jacob Billingsley is a huge one in that elimination game against USM in Hattiesburg. Our pitching was totally depleted after fighting through loser’s bracket and he threw a complete game 2 hitter or something. Then we beat them again later that night.
That same game Jamayel Smith had 200+ receiving vs Arky, I guess it was Wes Carroll that threw for around 450. That was an insane amount considering our offensive passing history to that point. Not sure he ever had another game over 300 yards.
Marcus Grant isn’t a one-hit wonder but I don’t think he had any other games close to the one he had in Lexington in 1995.
I feel confident I could make a list of about 50 one-hit wonders against us. RATs are easy to come up with.
Some that come to mind for me:
1) Marcus Grant’s Valentine’s Day massacre over UK in Rupp in 1995. Grant was a pretty decent 3rd / 4th scoring option, but was never as good as he was that night before or since.
2) Luke Alexander’s walk-off double against Washington in the first game of the 2018 CWS.
3) Korey Banks in the 2001 Egg Bowl. Picked off Eli twice.
1) Marcus Grant’s Valentine’s Day massacre over UK in Rupp in 1995. Grant was a pretty decent 3rd / 4th scoring option, but was never as good as he was that night before or since.
2) Luke Alexander’s walk-off double against Washington in the first game of the 2018 CWS.
3) Korey Banks in the 2001 Egg Bowl. Picked off Eli twice.
I’d forgotten that the fight was broken up by Mark Zuckerberg trying to order Korean BBQElgin Bailey
If you were the Asian guy between the 6'10" dude and the 6'8" dude you'd probably feel different about the situation.
Frontcourt players at that level are basically a different species.
The #1 finger after he hit it. Two juco bros downed the might horns that night. Texas was a dam good team that year
You got it half right. He did walk them off to win the regional, but in true State fashion they lost the next weekend in the super at Clemson the next week.
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