Seeing MSU coming into Bryant-Denny Stadium ranked #1 was almost surreal.

Blake Simms was a really good QB. Would've loved to have seen what he could've done with one more year. Loved, how he was going through his progressions. Actually, AJ, Simms and Coker, all were good a checking their progressions. Nice to see with Tua, and Alabama qb do that again.

Die hard bama fan, great win but I'm honestly not sure who the better team was in this game. MSU really had a lot of careless mistakes.

This randomly showed up on my feed today. All these years later. I'm a State fan. I've never revisited this game and won't watch this video. All I'll say is that over the last 18 years or so we've gotten use to having our ass handed to us by Alabama. The butt-kickings aren't even painful anymore. The real pain comes from the few times we probably should have won the game. 2014 and 2017 are the two times that we probably were the better team that day but couldn't close it out. 2014 was due to silly mistakes early on (which we hadn't made before then that year) and 2017 was due to Jalen Hurts deciding that he had enough that day and took over the game on a long drive that slammed the door shut. That and some suspect officiating when Calvin Ridley plainly goes out of bounds and is allowed too catch a 65 yard pass. But whatever. The losses to Alabama became normal. The missed opportunities became painful. (Side note, that game in 2017 was the second loudest sporting event I've ever been to behind only the 2014 MSU/Auburn game we won. I've been to BD and JH several times each and while both stadiums are generally louder they have never touched those to games in Starkville. When I'm 60 and deaf it will be because of the damn cowbells. LOL) And 2024 comes around and we don't play Alabama. Or Auburn. Or LSU. F'n wild times.

I generally stay neutral in SEC stuff, I've been to most of the places and have a genuine affection for the culture of SEC football. But Have to confess I was sad for Mississippi State on this day,. I know they had a rough bowl game after this and maybe they would have been housed in their playoff game, but this was most likely their best shot given the challenges in Starkville and the name brands they have to beat just to recruit in their own division. Same with Ole Miss against LSU/AUB this season. I know their coach turned out to be a turd, but I think a #1 vs #2 EGG BOWL with the loser probably still getting a playoff berth is an amazing thing to think about. If it didn't completely upend the fabric of our reality. Also crazy to think this is a mildly disappointing Bama team in the scope of Saban's insanely well built program. Cheers y'all.

2:20 "Ending the Gators SEC East hopes" *Smug smile*

6:34.............what a beautifully designed play. For all of Kiffin's flaws, he's a heck of a playcaller and play-designer. He excels at getting favorable receiving matchups.

BAMA FACTOR

MSST games are always weird for Bama. They get us late midseason when we're finally starting to settle in to what we are as a team but not entirely there. So it can either be a blowout (2020) or a squeaker (2016). You just never know.

My husband walked on the golf team in Starkville. He's torn.

Roll Tide Roll!

ROLLTIDE

Go Bucks! OH-

Prescott over rated