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The Eggbowl

Filed Under Mississippi State Sports | Posted on November 23, 2006

Well its what we’ve been waiting for. What we’ve been waiting for since we lost to Tulane, the only thing we had to look forward to for most of the season. The short trip to Oxford for a game that most people won’t even see or listen to. No television, so you have to have a ticket or hear it on the radio. For me I will be listening on my satellite radio and waiting for Jack to say wrap it in maroon and white.

Here is a look at what’s being said around the web this week:

• From Dawg Sports - Mississippi State at Ole Miss—The resistible force meets the movable object as a pair of 3-8 teams meet on the gridiron to settle last place in the Western Division. Seriously, can’t we find a way to declare this one a tie and spare everyone the indignity of the Rotten Egg Bowl? On the other hand, no team in the league has scored fewer points than the 103 tallied by the Rebels and only one team in the conference has allowed more points than the 202 surrendered by the Bulldogs, so we should be in for a competitive game, as long as equal and opposite ineptitude yields a balance of offsetting weaknesses. While I don’t rule out the possibility that this one will be settled by a safety in double-overtime to hand the slightly less putrid squad a 2-0 victory, I believe Mississippi has slightly more spark than M.S.U., so I like the home team.
• The Advocate - JACKSON, Miss. — Like a couple of high-stakes gamblers with low-stakes hands, Mississippi coach Ed Orgeron and Mississippi State’s Sylvester Croom weren’t saying a lot about their plans for quarterback as they prepare for Saturday’s Egg Bowl.
• The Sun Herald - The stakes for Saturday’s Egg Bowl may be minimal, at least on the surface. Just don’t expect players from Ole Miss and Mississippi State to believe it. Both teams are 3-8, but the game still matters, as far as they’re concerned. “We’re not going to get down on ourselves,” said Ole Miss running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis, who had another solid game in the Rebels’ 23-20 loss to ninth-ranked LSU on Saturday night in Baton Rouge. “We know we have a big game with Mississippi State. We’re ready to get back to work.” The Bulldogs haven’t beaten Ole Miss in Oxford since the 1998 season, when Jackie Sherrill’s MSU squad played in the SEC championship game. Mississippi State struck for a 35-14 upset of Ole Miss last year in Starkville.

Quotes

• “Anytime you say ‘Ole Miss,’ it means it’s a very important game. The game will be a very emotional game for the seniors. It’s for the entire state of Mississippi, so we are going to work hard.” — Mississippi State defensive lineman Deljuan Robinson.
• Rory Johnson - “It means a lot to me playing Mississippi State because they’re like one of the ones that thought I’d never make it up here (at Ole Miss) and so it’s kind of personal,” Johnson said. Johnson plans to take out his aggression on the field during Saturday’s game between the state rivals. “I have a lot of built-up aggression in me and I just want to go out there and make some hits,” Johnson said. “I just want to go out there and hit. I had a dream about hitting last night. They were hard hits. I’m talking about some take out shots.” Johnson, a junior from Vicksburg, said he realizes the players he signed with at Mississippi State will be ready for him and his response to that is “just tell them to bring it to me.”