Honor Fitz tomorrow for senior night

[anon1787432961]

QBs get roasted for every mistake and it's time to honor his efforts.

Realize that we didn't run him early to protect his ankle from a potential lifelong injury. He ran anyway.

All time QB rushing leader. Give him his props.

 

[Junction John]

He'll get a standing O, from me if no one else. The guy deserves it.

 

[Clarence Boddicker]

I'm probably going to the game just to give him his due. Great bulldog.

 

[WutheringDawg]

As much of a cluster-17 as this season has been, and this isn't the thread to get into it for sure, Fitzgerald's legs get him on the Mississippi State Rushmore of QBs. We all know that we have one of the least storied histories when it comes to SEC quarterbacks, and the fact that one of ours now owns a QB record is pretty cool. He'll probably end his career with a 2-1* (would have been 3-0) record vs. the rebs and will hopefully have a chance to go out with a win over a pretty decent team. Anyone who doesn't cheer for his career is big time dummy.

 

[T-TownDawgg]

Comparisons are simply unfair. Fitz is not most quartebacks. He deserves recognition for a lot of things, but last year, Thanksgiving night, he showed toughness rarely seen, and loyalty rarely shown. He received a battle scar while wearing the maroon and white he will have to look at and endure for life. He came back, and while this year was surely not what he'd hoped for, I have no doubt he left all he had on the field, and my hats off to him.

 

[MSUDC11]

Following Dak Prescott was always going to be an incredibly difficult task, and he did a far better job than most expected when we signed him. Great player in MSU history.

 

[Dawgtruc]

Maybe the toughest Bulldog QB (certainly in my lifetime) Well, I guess he and Dak are 1A and 1B, but Fitz probably took more of a beating, IDK.

 

[StarkVegas Steve]

Every time that kid has stepped on the field he's left it all out there for us. There's absolutely no doubt about that. We may not have always agreed with putting him out there and I know I for one have cussed him up and down multiple nights, but through all the criticism he's taken he keeps going out there and battling. I know I'll be standing giving him a huge ovation tomorrow.

 

[Hatchie Dawg]

He’s earned it and deserves it. A great Bulldog.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Booing anyone at Senior Night is a dick move. I even cheered for JWS on Senior Night in 2003. Was glad to see him (and a lot of others on that team) gone after that, but I cheered them all when they came out of the tunnel.

 

[PBRME]

Are we seriously having to tell people to not boo Fitz tomorrow night? After everything he’s accomplished at State we have morons that would boo him on Senior night? I’m just assuming but he will probably get one of the loudest applauses of anyone.

 

[maroonmania]

Booing anyone at Senior Night is a dick move. I even cheered for JWS on Senior Night in 2003. Was glad to see him (and a lot of others on that team) gone after that, but I cheered them all when they came out of the tunnel.

Why in the world would anyone do anything but cheer wildly for a record breaking MSU QB. Can't believe this would even be a topic.

 

[Funk6652]

Say what you will, but Fitz is a straight up warrior. Only he knows what he’s had to deal with this year. He’s got my respect.
Hail State.

 

[johnson86-1]

This thread really helped me understand this cartoon:

https://xkcd.com/2071/

Who knew there were people out there that had to be told that Fitz deserves to be cheered on senior night.

This season's offense has been tough to watch and certainly Fitz has some shortcomings that Moorhead has managed to really emphasize and showcase this year, but I think I can manage to not boo the second best MSU QB I've gotten to cheer for.

Just as a thread hijack: the order for my fandom is something like Dak, Fitz, Russell/Relf, Madkin/Wyatt, Tate, Wesley/Omar (still painful to think about how badly he was wasted), Tyson Lee, Money Mike (and maybe some others I'm forgetting because of the drunken haze induced by the suckage of the later Sherrill and entire Croom years).

ETA: not sure how the hell this ended up in a reply to Funk6652; ghosts in the machine

 

[Funk6652]

It’s cool. Funk6652

 

[Dawg1976]

Agree. He gave it his all and that is all you can ask for....

 

[Walter White.sixpack]

Isn't kickoff at 11 or so?

I doubt many folks stick around for an evening ceremony.

QBs get roasted for every mistake and it's time to honor his efforts.

Realize that we didn't run him early to protect his ankle from a potential lifelong injury. He ran anyway.

All time QB rushing leader. Give him his props.

 

[RocketDawg]

Presumably it'll be the usual honoring of seniors before the game starts, meaning they get announced individually, and run out by themselves with a rose that they present to their parents.

 

[RocketDawg]

As much of a cluster-17 as this season has been, and this isn't the thread to get into it for sure, Fitzgerald's legs get him on the Mississippi State Rushmore of QBs. We all know that we have one of the least storied histories when it comes to SEC quarterbacks, and the fact that one of ours now owns a QB record is pretty cool. He'll probably end his career with a 2-1* (would have been 3-0) record vs. the rebs and will hopefully have a chance to go out with a win over a pretty decent team. Anyone who doesn't cheer for his career is big time dummy.

You could really say that he's 2-0 against the Bears, considering that he didn't get to play much last year.