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2006
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the Mississippi State Bulldogs
Mascots
Mississippi State, being the innovators that they are, decided to steal the mascot name of the Georgia Bulldogs. It was well documented that the first mascot at MSU was in fact a stolen Uga, or the “lost Uga.” Georgia fans don’t like to talk about it, so don’t ask.
Aside from the fact that the lineage of the mascot can be traced to a felony, the fans of Mississippi State are very proud for what they’ve done. Shame, Mississippi State, Shame.
Stadium
The stadium at Mississippi State, which actually has a name (Davis Wade), was built around the time of the Roman Empire as can be evidenced by the columns lining the stadium. There wasn’t any mention of the particular stadium in the Roman history books soley due to the fact that it would have taken years to write out “Mississippi State” in Roman lettering.
One of the more interesting features of the stadium is that it was built on a site that was originally planned to be the University academic department. This plan was soon dissolved when it was mentioned that they were playing in the SEC, and academics had no place in a conference such as that.
Traditions
Mississippi State has the distinction of being the longest school name in the SEC. For this reason alone, it has become tradition for most sportswriters to never write about them, simply because they do not feel like typing out M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i–S-t-a-t-e (that took me in the neighborhood of 12 hours to type).
Mississippi State became famous for being “party poopers” when they decided to take a cheer to a new level when the bells were taken off of every cow in the state in order to make up for the fact that there weren’t any fans in the stadium whilst still creating an imposing atmosphere. The NCAA soon ruled that the practice of bringing cow bells to games was “too hick,” creating panic for every tradition at every other SEC school. Other SEC schools were spared the embarassment of having all of their traditions banned by the NCAA when they pointed out that Mississippi State was in fact the stepchild of the SEC.
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Funny. Mississippi State had it’s first live mascot, Ptolemy, in 1935 — twenty years before Uga I roamed the sidelines. Bully I took over that same year. While Georgia had live mascots for many years prior, Uga I began his reign in 1956.
That’s why we’re on Bully XIX (yes, 19) and Georgia has Uga VI. Well, actually some Bullys have had poor health or weren’t cared for as well today — they often ran free on campus or were cared for by fraternities. Bully I was run over in 1939 by a campus bus.
Besides, MSU’s traditional white and fawn bulldogs are much prettier than UGa’s all-white variety.
you know, i’ll actually agree with you that the MSU bulldog looks better than the UGA bulldog. Uga can’t stand up for more than 5 minutes without having to plop back down on a bag of ice… weak
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Well, I do believe the part about sports writers not wanting to type out Mississippi State, but the rest of what you said about MSU is totally a crock!!! And I agree, our fawn and white bulldogs are MUCH prettier than the all-white wannabe’s of Geogia.
You guys are nuts! Have you seen the price of a bully that is all white vs. fawn and white! It will tell you which is supreme. GO DAWGS and UGA VI!
Tennessee sucks. Your coach is washed up. I can’t wait till MSU beats TN, So fuck off and go brush your tooth hillbilly.
You know, i was gonna brush my tooth, but it fell out. That’s too bad, cuz i wanted it pretty for the folks down in Mississippi to see what a tooth looks like.
…..oh, boy, Jon. That was some comment. I sure hate that to be your first post in the grown-up section. So you want a do-over?
When you can come up with a clever retort, pull up a chair to the big boy’s table. (Did you really write “but it fell out”?)
huh? grown-up section? big boy’s table? this post was from, what… over a year ago?
I was simply retorting back about the hillbilly comment, and instead of getting into a flame war, decided it’d be more fun to play into the idea that I only had the singular tooth. In reality, I have a substantially higher number of teeth than 1, but honestly, how many does one really NEED?
The cowbell was banned by the SEC not the NCAA, and the stadium was completely changed roughly 5 years prior to you posting this article. You’re an idiot. Is it true that Tennesse chose bright Orange as their primary color so they can wear the same shirt to the game on Saturday, hunting on Sunday and picking up trash every other day of the week?
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