I hate losing to them but I know the outcome Friday. Usually I have sense of nervousness because just the thought of losing the Egg Bowl makes me sick. If we win, I'll be elated but I have zero expectations of a win on Friday.
Is this the least nervous you have been about an Egg Bowl?...
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I'm not nervous at all, because as you said, I think we all know the outcome.
I'd say that I feel like I did going into our last Egg Bowl under Croom. Very similar to that. Hoping that the bad outcome bears fruit in the form of better coaching on the defensive side of the ball next year.
I've already make my congratulatory remarks to some friends, and will not be offering any congratulations, post game.
My fandom goes back to the early 70's & I've bought season tickets since the early 90's. They have absolutely driven me to the point that I do not give one 17 about MSU football. It will be HE!! to get me to buy the 8-10 season tickets next year that I have been buying since 91. I just more than doubled my annual Bulldog Initiative now State Excellence contribution, but I may just focus on basketball & baseball.
It's sad that in a year 1 of a coaching staff we have zero hope. That is supposed to happen when you know that your staff is on the verge of getting fired, so this is totally new territory.
I don't know what is worse, and we have experienced both of these. Knowing that you have no prayer of scoring, or that you have no prayer of stopping the opponent. Both are almost equally bad.
But, STILL, I don't think anything tops 24 yards of total offense, 0 points and seeing your receiver's leg break in half by the Vaught Hemingway turf.
I don't know what is worse, and we have experienced both of these. Knowing that you have no prayer of scoring, or that you have no prayer of stopping the opponent. Both are almost equally bad.
But, STILL, I don't think anything tops 24 yards of total offense, 0 points and seeing your receiver's leg break in half by the Vaught Hemingway turf.
Bad news. Excellence Fund doesn’t accept designated gifts. They’ll use your donation any way they see fit. And Bulldog Initiative will be corporate deals only. You read that right. We actually turn away designated donations.
I'm at the laugh at ourselves stage of grief. No nerves or expectations at all. Just get it over with and hope Lebby and Selmon put their big boy britches on.
I’m at Disney and want to thank state for making sure I’m not distracted from my family at all on Friday. I could not care less about this game.
I am not opposed to them using the $ as needed. I am just numb about football right now.
to quote the six pack lexicon, that money is better spent on the extra value meal or the nachos Bell grande.
Either way you're gonna be eatin' shiit
2008 is the only time I've never watched the game. That year I knew the outcome and was just hoping it was bad enough to justifying a firing. I don't think anything will top that level of apathy for myself. This year is pushing it though. I even sat through every minute of the 2003 game.
What's an emotion?
1st time since my teens that I have ZERO plans to watch the game. Unless the wife knows of a Friday dinner I haven't been told about yet, I'll be in the woods. Most likely in a shooting house until dark. After that, 1/2 hour to the truck and at least 1/2 hour home so it'll be half time at best before I would be in position to turn it on and I really doubt I'll want to at that point.
1st time since my teens that I have ZERO plans to watch the game. Unless the wife knows of a Friday dinner I haven't been told about yet, I'll be in the woods. Most likely in a shooting house until dark. After that, 1/2 hour to the truck and at least 1/2 hour home so it'll be half time at best before I would be in position to turn it on and I really doubt I'll want to at that point.
My neighbor was down at Tunica the other day (he’s a Memphis fan) and did a parley with State +26.5 as part of it. I just laughed.
I have been surprised by the fact that people who aren’t state fans don’t seem to understand how truly bad we are. I get things like “yeah, we were there during the Matt Luke years”. Shut up, Nathaniel Beauregard the 3rd, no you weren’t .
Have NO hope! The only reason I’ll be watching is because this will be last game my granddaughter will be a cheerleader for the football team.
It really makes me angry to have no hope! Now I want to hear from our President, AD and head coach how they plan on fixing this fiasco!
It really makes me angry to have no hope! Now I want to hear from our President, AD and head coach how they plan on fixing this fiasco!
We've actually been pretty good ATS this year against SEC competition.
I still wouldn't take that bet though.
Not nervous at all. First one in a while that I truly believed the outcome is a forgone conclusion and only final score is in question. Depressed is a better word...
Can’t be nervous about a game when I am not on the field participating in the game.
It is funny to see their nervousness this week. That shows how little they know about this Defense we are going to trot out there.
Meh...I'm going into like I do all other State sporting events: hope for the best, expect the worst***
It'll be just like us to play well and get the hopes up during the game, maybe even be ahead, then lose at the last minute.
I'm not one of those that remembers every Egg Bowl game and each play over the years, but we kept the game reasonably close last year, and we've beat them more than once when we weren't supposed to. When we win it's usually an upset. However, up until recently, the players typically had a great deal of allegiance to the school and played all out for this game. I'm not sure that's the case now in the pay-for-pay and portal era.
One would think that since it's your money you're giving to the school, that they'd have to spend it as you wish. But I know that's not the case. It also irks me that they consider whatever you gave to sports last year will be considered a pledge for the following year. I suppose it's for forecasting budget, but it still seems presumptuous.
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