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I feel like I should know this, but does RAT stand for random ******* theory? Couldn’t remember the last word. Also, is that a SixPack or Mississippi State original. Was a little scared to Google it on my work computer, but didn’t see much when I googled it on my phone
 
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ZombieKissinger said:
I feel like I should know this, but does RAT stand for random ******* theory? Couldn’t remember the last word. Also, is that a SixPack or Mississippi State original. Was a little scared to Google it on my work computer, but didn’t see much when I googled it on my phone
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Yes, that is what it stands for and yes it's original to MSU.
 
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If memory serves correctly it came up during the Xavier game in the tournament many moons ago. Could have been before but that's when I first remember it.
 
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MStateU said:
First I remember was a South Carolina football game we were winning and their qb got hurt. They put in some random ahole and he completed a game winning touchdown pass.
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Yeah you may be right I seem to remember that too. My brain is hurting now.
 
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Chesusdog said:
Have we ever had a RAT ruin someone else's party? Maybe Key Thompson leading us over Lamar Jackson and Louisville in 2017 Gator Bowl?
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What immediately comes to mind is RAT king Tanner Leggett. Can you imagine how Texas felt when some tiny (sorry Mr. Leggett) pinch hitter comes in and ropes a drive in left center to send them home and us to the championship series.
 
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MStateU said:
First I remember was a South Carolina football game we were winning and their qb got hurt. They put in some random ahole and he completed a game winning touchdown pass.
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That QB was the king of RATs. Dude comes in and throws a perfect TD pass and is never heard from again. I believe he may have played a few downs in mop up duty for a non-SEC game after that.
 
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Negative Waves said:
That QB was the king of RATs. Dude comes in and throws a perfect TD pass and is never heard from again. I believe he may have played a few downs in mop up duty for a non-SEC game after that.
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My memory was that he was their third string. I feel like one of the QBs above him was recently out prior to the game and the other got injured during the game, but I was also like 15 and don’t remember
 
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dorndawg said:
#3 on UL-L in basketball in 2002. Boyd, maybe?
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That guy.

We were preseason ranked No. 12 (an oddity in basketball) and opened the season against a middle of the pack ULL team. We had a finger up that kids nose and he dropped 33 on us. Hit nine three pointers that night.

Brad Boyd was his name.

Men's Basketball Scoreboard: Louisiana-Lafayette upsets No. 12 Mississippi State

Men's Basketball Scoreboard: Louisiana-Lafayette upsets No. 12 Mississippi State
sunbeltsports.org sunbeltsports.org

He's a high school basketball coach now.
 
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MStateU said:
First I remember was a South Carolina football game we were winning and their qb got hurt. They put in some random ahole and he completed a game winning touchdown pass.
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This is right answer.
No way he should have completed that pass!
 
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He wasn't a total random but I'll always think of Bobby Dalbec in the 2016 Super as a RAT, dude played out of his freaking mind that weekend
 
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I recall a guy on Butler's team killing us over in Birmingham. We had a good team that year dang
 
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MStateU said:
Ha. A walk-on off the bench drops a dime. The most Mississippi State thing ever.

Also, a documentary being done on that pass is wild.
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Here's a vid of that game. Go to 2:34:08 to see the play where the starting QB gets hurt (hyperextended knee). The very next play (4th and 10), their backup QB comes in and drops a dime to their WR from 25 yards out.

You're welcome.

 
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columbiadawg2 said:
The ultimate RAT - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Kimrey
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2000 MSU football was 8-4 lost 3 games by a total of 18 points - this crap at USCE 23-19, LSU 45-38 in overtime in Red Stick, & Arkansas in Starkville 17-10 in OT plus 45-30 @ Ole Miss in a torrential downpour (Wayne Madkin flu game). It was really a weird season - crazy weather with hottest game I've ever attended @ Memphis, near monsoon level rain @ Ole Miss, & The Snow Bowl plus 3 overtime games. What could have been in 2001?
 
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That Virginia pitcher in Omaha that was a nobody and pitched 8 scoreless innings against us was close to becoming a rat
 
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The Random ******* Theory is only applicable when you have a reasonable expectation of success. RAT is not a factor when you are a 38.5 underdog. I think we might be a good case study for The Peter Principle right now, though.
 
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I think it’s now Random A$$hole Theorem since it’s been proven to be true
 
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In the early 2000s, I thought maybe it was a Vanderbilt guard who, for one night, could shoot anything and make them into three-pointers. My brain went so dead from the experience that I cannot remember his name. All I know is he could've given Steph Curry a run for his money that night.
 
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IBleedMaroonDawg said:
In the early 2000s, I thought maybe it was a Vanderbilt guard who, for one night, could shoot anything and make them into three-pointers. My brain went so dead from the experience that I cannot remember his name. All I know is he could've given Steph Curry a run for his money that night.
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Shan Foster 2008 is maybe the game you’re thinking of. But he was SEC POTY so not really a RAT.

That Foster game is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen. We were defending him air tight half the time and he was still making them.
 
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Center Z said:
This is 100% correct. I was there. Trace it back to the beginning and there's an ezboard post I made about it, if those are even still searchable.
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I remember this.

After Boyd lit us up, someone posted on the old board that anytime we are ranked or we think we have a game in the bag, some random ******* comes out of no where with a career game to ruin it for us. Then people starting talking about the all the times it’s happened to us.

Boyd was the catalyst to come up with the RAT.
 
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