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Offense was trash that day too.Ah yes, the game that broke Jackie Sherrill and the Joe Lee defense. We came into the game with a decent ranking and expected to have a stout defense again. Lou Holtz ran a QB draw on Joe Lee's blitzing D and picked up a huge chunk. Joe Lee just kept blitzing and Lou Holtz kept on QB drawing for big plays. Joe Lee's D was never the same after he was exposed in this game. This was my Senior year at State, so I can't complain. Jackie and Joe Lee gave me some good experiences during my college days in the previous years.
Yep that game was the beginning of the end for JWS and JLDAh yes, the game that broke Jackie Sherrill and the Joe Lee defense. We came into the game with a decent ranking and expected to have a stout defense again. Lou Holtz ran a QB draw on Joe Lee's blitzing D and picked up a huge chunk. Joe Lee just kept blitzing and Lou Holtz kept on QB drawing for big plays. Joe Lee's D was never the same after he was exposed in this game. This was my Senior year at State, so I can't complain. Jackie and Joe Lee gave me some good experiences during my college days in the previous years.
So did he buy or rent in Oxford?I can confirm he did.
South Carolina seemed to 17 us up a lot back in the day, in weird spots when we had something on the line. Cost us a special 2000 season, sent us on the downward spiral in 2001. Believe they kicked the shlt out of Croom's best team too.Ah yes, the game that broke Jackie Sherrill and the Joe Lee defense. We came into the game with a decent ranking and expected to have a stout defense again. Lou Holtz ran a QB draw on Joe Lee's blitzing D and picked up a huge chunk. Joe Lee just kept blitzing and Lou Holtz kept on QB drawing for big plays. Joe Lee's D was never the same after he was exposed in this game. This was my Senior year at State, so I can't complain. Jackie and Joe Lee gave me some good experiences during my college days in the previous years.
No doubt, one of those years our defense had been controlling them much of the game. Their QB got knocked out of the game, which seemed like was already QB2, and in came QB3 who had never played a college down in his career. If memory serves me right, his first play was a deep touchdown pass and they went on to win.South Carolina seemed to 17 us up a lot back in the day, in weird spots when we had something on the line. Cost us a special 2000 season, sent us on the downward spiral in 2001. Believe they kicked the shlt out of Croom's best team too.
Seems like they whipped one of Jackie's early teams too, when we were having a good year.
I remember 1995 when South Carolina had Tanneyhill at QB and Duce Staley at RB. They whipped us proper and put up 65 points or something.South Carolina seemed to 17 us up a lot back in the day, in weird spots when we had something on the line. Cost us a special 2000 season, sent us on the downward spiral in 2001. Believe they kicked the shlt out of Croom's best team too.
Seems like they whipped one of Jackie's early teams too, when we were having a good year.
2000 - we knocked Phil Petty out of the game & backup Eric Kimrey thru a dime for a TD on 4th & approximately a mile very late in the game maybe the last minute.No doubt, one of those years our defense had been controlling them much of the game. Their QB got knocked out of the game, which seemed like was already QB2, and in came QB3 who had never played a college down in his career. If memory serves me right, his first play was a deep touchdown pass and they went on to win.
ah yes, that is right. One of the first of many defeats grabbed from the jaws of victory I have witnessed as a State fan.2000 - we knocked Phil Petty out of the game & backup Eric Kimrey thru a dime for a TD on 4th & approximately a mile very late in the game maybe the last minute.
That is correct. In 1992, we started the year with a win over Texas in Austin. After our annual loss to LSU, we pulled the big upset over Florida on a Thursday Night and then beat Auburn the next week. We went to South Carolina at 4-1. South Carolina was 0-5. Steve Taneyhill was a freshman and got his first start. The result was predictible. The game is available on a USC archive site, if anyone would like a refresher.Seems like they whipped one of Jackie's early teams too, when we were having a good year.
Those were my formative years of MSU football. I think maybe everybody gets an idea in their heads around 8-12 years old. That was the end of Rockey and the beginning of Jackie for me. I had even convinced myself that MSU was a good program and the Rockey years were the aberration.That is correct. In 1992, we started the year with a win over Texas in Austin. After our annual loss to LSU, we pulled the big upset over Florida on a Thursday Night and then beat Auburn the next week. We went to South Carolina at 4-1. South Carolina was 0-5. Steve Taneyhill was a freshman and got his first start. The result was predictible. The game is available on a USC archive site, if anyone would like a refresher.
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Football--South Carolina vs Mississippi State 1992--Full Game
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Ah yes, the game that broke Jackie Sherrill and the Joe Lee defense. We came into the game with a decent ranking and expected to have a stout defense again. Lou Holtz ran a QB draw on Joe Lee's blitzing D and picked up a huge chunk. Joe Lee just kept blitzing and Lou Holtz kept on QB drawing for big plays. Joe Lee's D was never the same after he was exposed in this game. This was my Senior year at State, so I can't complain. Jackie and Joe Lee gave me some good experiences during my college days in the previous years.
Most talented roster we've ever had. But they just didn't have that edge in them that the previous year's team had. Tends to happen when a have-not program has a year like 1999......folks get a little complacent.I would argue that JLD’s defense broke in 2000 given all the leads we blew and high scoring games we found ourselves in.
That team was a frustrating one. 4 losses and all 4 were in games we led by at least 9 points.
Most talented roster we've ever had. But they just didn't have that edge in them that the previous year's team had. Tends to happen when a have-not program has a year like 1999......folks get a little complacent.
But we had lost some real talent off that 1999 defense (Bean, Cooper, Simpson, McKinley). I'd say Jackie's handling of the crootin broke things more than JLD's defense. Then of course in 2001 we were total trash with those AZ Western guys.
Secondary had a few flops that year. Kendall Roberson was in class with me and he's the one that gave up the bomb to South Carolina. He was a great player in 98 but never really recovered after his knee injury.
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