OT - What's your most prized MSU possession?

[bulldognation]

Outside of your degree, of course.

For me, it's a piece of Scott Field I cut from the turf after we beat a Bama in '96 and rushed the field. That win broke a 15-game losing streak to them. Prior to that, our last victory against the Tide was the 1980 6-3 game.

 

[vhdawg]

A piece of one of the uprights from the 1999 Egg Bowl. It has held my business cards my entire career.

 

[Clarence Boddicker]

I have a white cap signed by the 1990 baseball team. I have a couple baseballs signed by the 1989 team and 1990 team too.

Overall I don't keep many momentos, more just pride and memories.

 

[T-TownDawgg]

MSU sports has given me a liver that probably looks like a lava rock. I carry it with me everywhere

 

[StillTbonewannabe]

I have the LB sign from the MSU bench from the 1998 Ark win. I helped tear down the goalposts in the student section end in the 1999 Egg Bowl and the 2000 UF win but I didn't get a piece of the goal post either time. What you don't think about at the time is when you finally get the base to pull from the ground that it goes about 15 feet into the air.

 

[DawgInThe256]

98 SEC Championship football signed by DD Lewis, Kent Hull, Walter Packer, Stan Black, Cedric Corse, and a couple of others that I can't remember right now.

 

[cowbell88]

Football helmet signed by Byrne, Mullen and DD Lewis. Helmet was purchased by my ole miss gf/ wife. I keep EB scores on the inside.

 

[anon1787432961]

My lucky maroon boxers circa 1993

 

[gwadSIG]

Game program from the 1996 Final Four

 

[17thebears]

Brandon Turner's HR ball in 2007 CWS. Landed among me and my friends, and my friend that ended up with it was killed in a car wreck less than 2 months later. His family gave the ball to me shortly after his death, and it's something that I will always cherish.

 

[LawDawg97]

That’s really strong

Brandon Turner's HR ball in 2007 CWS. Landed among me and my friends, and my friend that ended up with it was killed in a car wreck less than 2 months later. His family gave the ball to me shortly after his death, and it's something that I will always cherish.

Sorry that happened to you, but glad the family did that for you.

I have a lot of cool autographs and memorabilia, but #1 is my cowbell. Dad bought it for me before we went to the 1992 Peach Bowl when I was considering going to State. Have rung that sumbitch like crazy for 26 years and it was with me storming the field for Bama ‘96 and Arkansas ‘98. It still has the original clapper. Well made.

 

[Hugh's Burner Phone]

Will Clark signed baseball and my cowbell.

 

[T-TownDawgg]

My son's baseball. He got it on foul ball down 1st base side at TD Ameritrade in the 2nd game vs UCLA. The following spring, we met with Cohen after the Friday night Bama game and he signed it for the little fella. John saw the blue world series logo immediately and was impressed. He and T-Town jr had a long conversation about the trip like old pals. The ball is under glass now and will stay there.

 

[aTotal360]

Jack Cristil's script from the last coaches show he ever did. He even signed it for me.

 

[PointAfter]

My father's course catalog (remember those?) from the late 1920's.

 

[Mjoelner]

I've got 3 in this order: Memories of great teams, great players and great plays. A small slip of paper autographed by Clark, Palmeiro and Brantley during the '84 regional. My first cowbell.

 

[bulldogcountry1]

Pete Young signed baseball card from 1989. It was my first game and happened to be the Saturday DH where the attendance record was set and stood for many years. Between games, Pete was taking BP in the cage under the 3B bleachers, and he signed my card. I've been hooked on MSU baseball since.

 

[ezsoil]

Jack's book signed by him and Sid Salter

 

[BrunswickDawg]

Sorry that happened to you, but glad the family did that for you.

I have a lot of cool autographs and memorabilia, but #1 is my cowbell. Dad bought it for me before we went to the 1992 Peach Bowl when I was considering going to State. Have rung that sumbitch like crazy for 26 years and it was with me storming the field for Bama ‘96 and Arkansas ‘98. It still has the original clapper. Well made.

My cowbell was given to me by the season ticket holders who sat in front of me and my parents. It's still my gameday bell. Not as lucky with the clapper - but I have a winning streak when loosing the clapper mid-game - '99 Peach, '11 Gator, '14 Auburn. Sorry to the folks who caught those clappers in the head.

I also have a ticket stub to every MSU game I've ever attended. Going to frame them eventually.

 

[rem101]

During the 1993 baseball season someone from the University snapped a picture of a kid in left field lounge. That picture made the 1994 schedule poster and the kid was me. I got to throw out the first pitch of the home SEC opener and go back to the dugout where the team signed the ball for me.

I also have several autographed balls and posters (clark, palmeiro, mullen, crxxm, etc.) and my dad's original cowbell.

My mom still has several posters in her attic if anyone would like a copy.**

ETA - piture of poster. Ignore the white blob where I marked out my 8 year old autograph.
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[HotMop]

A piece of the upright from the 1996 Bama game and the piece of *** I married from there.

 

[Arthur2478]

I have a brick from Old Main Dormitory

 

[00Dawg]

Program and ticket from the '35 Army game.

Vying for second are an Allyn McKeen autograph and the recently-acquired program from the '37 Orange Bowl.

 

[aTotal360]

Similar thing happened to me in 1999. As a student, I rushed the field after the Egg Bowl. I snaked my way into the middle of the players hoisting up the trophy and put my hands on it. At some point an photographer took a picture and it made the MSU calendar the next year. I stick out like a turd in a punch bowl because I'm a skinny, white kid wearing a fire engine red ski jacket.

 

[Porchdog]

A home run ball, off the bat of Bruce Castoria. Was hit OVER the cedars in right center! No autograph, but it has a rather large flat spot. Didn't realize that baseballs could dent.

 

[Mayor of Little London]

In no particular order:
My Wife (kidding, she is 1st)

Piece of 99 Egg Bowl goalpost (signed by the Kang and Joe Lee back then and by Mr. Cristil on his book tour a few years back).

Cowbell signed by Bailey Howell, Eric Dampier, Jackie Sherrill,” and Will Clark.

Metal signs from DNF when the outfield fence went from chain link to padded, including the Mississippi State sign (had one for each conference school), as well as a super regional and CWS sign showing years of participation on a maroon sign with white writing. These things are at least 3ft by 5ft. I believe this was after the 99 or 2000 season.

 

[G-Dawg]

I basketball signed by Bailey Howell and a piece of the net from the '91 SEC Championship cut and handed to me by David Domingue.

 

[BigDog72.sixpack]

I've got Nick Bell's black jersey he wore for a black out we did at State. I got it at a silent auction and it was for the Bell Foundation. I'm probably going to give it back to Ms. Bell because I've never worn it and wouldn't and it sits in my closet.

 

[Drebin]

I have tons of memorabilia and I love all of it. I have a piece of the goalpost from 1996 Alabama. I have an old football program signed by Jack Cristil. I have several things signed by Jackie Sherrill. I have a collection of NBA/NFL/MLB trading cards of bulldogs in the pros and some of them are signed.

This past year, a baseball with the CWS logo stamped on it was gifted to me and it's signed by every player from last year's CWS team. That's a good one.

 

[512taylor]

The cowbell I purchased my sophomore year at MSU(1969)

 

[Clarence Boddicker]

Brandon Turner's HR ball in 2007 CWS. Landed among me and my friends, and my friend that ended up with it was killed in a car wreck less than 2 months later. His family gave the ball to me shortly after his death, and it's something that I will always cherish.

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[prdubya]

Not nearly as cool as '99 egg bowl, but I have a piece of the goal post from 2004 Florida at my parents place in Starkville.
Upside: memento from a cool win from my college years (there were not many... Thanks Crxxm!).
Downside: it's the hideous bright yellow rather than classic white.

Wish I had '99 goal post... I was a wee lad back then, Dad let us run on the field and touch the goal post as it went by, but didn't follow for cut up process. Room always gets real dusty when I watch the replay of that game (every year on opening day and EB day...); probably my favorite childhood memory.

And much like T-TownDawgg and his liver, I am sure my heart will stop one day during a game that we should win easily but are struggling... but it will pump the Maroon & White through my veins until it can't anymore.

 

[QuadrupleOption]

Photograph of my wife's great-grandfather posing in a group photo at MSU in the 1920's. It was still A&M at the time and they were wearing military-style uniforms. It's pretty cool.

 

[vandaldawg]

Two unused tickets to the 1980 Bama game, framed. Courtesy of my best friend who is a lifelong Bama fan and whose dad worked in the Bama athletic department for almost all his career. My buddy went digging through an old chest of junk when his folks were moving, and found them. Gave them to me framed as a wedding gift. I got some other pretty good stuff, but that has to be the winner.

 

[The Peeper]

In no certain order:
1. My 33 yr old cowbell
2. My dads cowbell that I inherited upon his death
3. A small saucer w/ picture of Montgomery Hall on it w/ caption that says "Mississippi A&M" instead of Miss State Univ. It was given to me by my great uncle who was Mississippi A&M class of 1938 so it could date back to then I suppose.

 

[Bulldog from Birth]

I’ve got 3. A piece of the ‘99 Egg Bowl goal post. And I’ve got 2 items signed by King Jackie....my 2000 Florida game ticket and an unused Nike Mississippi State cap. Me and some friends went and met Sherrill very briefly in his office in the days he was packing up immediately after retiring. We were all students at the time. I was surprised we were able to get an appointment with him. But we just thanked him for what he did for MSU football and we gave him one of our homemade custom cowbell smuggling devices on the condition that he wouldn’t reveal our method to Templeton. It was a great couple minute visit and he gave us the signed caps as we left his office.

 

[BiscuitEater]

'96 Photo of #21, Keffer McGee and my son, age 12, in DWS.

 

[Shmuley]

My “Maroon is all that matters” oil rag.

 

[LandsurveyorDawg]

My piece of the 96 Bama goalpost.

 

[blacklistedbully]

View attachment 11904View attachment 11905View attachment 11906I have a book from when my dad attended State, 1955 edition of The Engineer's Manual that he bought from, "The Book Store State College Mississippi".

It has an intact Mississippi State College book cover that includes advertising from IBM, including this on the rear flap:

IBM* offers rewarding careers

*A recognized leader and pioneer in the one "unlimited" field of today--the development, manufacture and sale of computers for scientific and business applications. To investigate IBM, contact your College Placement Office or write to:
Manager of College Recruiting, International Business Machines Corporation, Room 6113, 690 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.


And a logo at the bottom:
IBM International Business Machines Corporation
Data Processing * Electric Typewriters * Time Equipment * Military Products


ETA - Looks like he paid $4.00 for it, which I imagine was fairly expensive back in 1955.