State 6, Bama 3 (need help)

[Rick Cleveland]

Does anybody have a preserved page of the front page of the sports section of The Clarion-Ledger the day after State 6, Bama 3 in 1980?

 

[dorndawg]

Dang Rick, they don't even let you back in the building at the CL???**

 

[Scotty's]

MAU BAMA

I was there. I am old and can't type. Sorry MSU

 

[Rick Cleveland]

Oh yeah, they will. But they just have microfilm. I need the full page.

 

[Rick Cleveland]

If you do email, please email me at [email protected]

 

[Rick Cleveland]

A date to put on your calendar: On Sept. 23, we will host a 35-year anniversary of State 6, Bama 3. Reception, banquet, Bond, Cooks, Collins, Keys, etc., game highlights (with Jack's call). Gonna be a great night. Ticket info to come. The annual Kent Hull Golf Tournament is the next day at Live Oaks. Info on that coming shortly. Just wish Kent and Emory could be at both...

 

[thatsbaseball]

I`m all over that. Thanks

 

[Rick Cleveland]

I have covered sports in Mississippi for half a century this fall. That would easily be one of the top three events I ever covered. Still unbelievable...

 

[thatsbaseball]

Friend and I took 14 tickets to the game (to sell for friends and such) and couldn`t sell a damn one to any State people so we gave our extra tickets to some kids selling programs outside the stadium. Truly a day I`ll never forget.

 

[Rick Cleveland]

When I think about that morning, my head still hurts...

http://msfame.com/ricks-writings/state-6-bama-3-sports-writers-played-hurt/

 

[tatedog]

I don't know how often Bryant visited the opponent's locker room after a game, but as you pointed out in a thread from a few years back, he did that day.

 

[was21]

dele'

 

[Rick Cleveland]

Indeed, he did. Stood up on a metal folding chair with help from highway patrolmen, told State players they deserved to win. Whenever I talk to State players about the game, they talk as much about that as anything else that happened that day. Made it all the more special.

 

[tatedog]

My dad quoted Bryant as saying he didn't understand why we didn't beat them on the scoreboard worse than we did

Bama refs.*

 

[patdog]

I know he did the day Southern Cal beat them in Birmingham with a black running back (Sam Cunningham). He had scheduled the game knowing Southern Cal would win and he announced the next day that Alabama would have black players the following year. Bear Bryant may have done as much to integrate the South as any one man.

 

[Resolved]

Rick, you had a framed one at one point. You showed it to me in your car leaving Winona Rotary Club about 10 years ago. I tried to buy it from you! Wonder where it went?....

 

[o_fredgarvin]

I don't know how often Bryant visited the opponent's locker room after a game, but as you pointed out in a thread from a few years back, he did that day.

I bought an end zone ticket that day for two bucks.

 

[DudyDog]

Rick; I don't have the paper, but I do have the T-Shirt

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[Rick Cleveland]

Great Tee...would buy one if anyone has one available...

 

[Rick Cleveland]

Are you sure? I swear I don't remember that.

 

[rem101]

Must not have answered the flag question yet.**

 

[Elmer]

Rick, since you didn't ask...

I have a copy of the Reflector from that game.

(and yes I was there)

 

[ArcherSPS]

Hell yes

 

[patdog]

I had planned to go to the MSU-Bama game in 1980, but then I went up to Starkville and saw USM beat us 42-14, then to Tuscaloosa to see Bama beat USM 42-7. After that, I figured I didn't need to see the beatdown Bama was gonna put on us, so I stayed home that day. Doh!

 

[Jism Dawg]

Rick, I have a framed picture (JPG of the front page)