Twenty Years Ago Today We Lost Keefer McGee

[maroonthruandthru]

https://youtu.be/1CilkS9PDdA

 

[TBone.sixpack]

I remember some of that Peach Bowl. Drank waaaaaaaaay too much that day. Then we missed the Marta cut off that night and luckily waved down a cab. Ah to be young and dumb.


And to Keefer. I still remember the news like it was yesterday.

 

[aTotal360]

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

I remember hanging with Jackie the spring before Keefer died. He just lit up when he started talking about him and you could tell they were very close.

I still think that was one of the things that Jackie just could not shake and piled on his psyche leading to his fall. The inmates running the asylum was the final blow, but he never was the same after Keefer's death.

 

[Dawg1976]

He was a good one. What a tragic death......

 

[Hatchie Dawg]

Terrible tragedy. He was a good one.H
HD

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

No disrespect meant to the OP, but it is spelled Keffer.

 

[msudawg1200]

I was driving to football practice that day. I heard on the radio that a Mississippi State football player had drowned. I was "please don't be Keffer McGee". I was in total shock when they announced who it was a few hours later. Very sad day.

 

[Perpetual Underachiever]

Such a tragic story, he was going to be a great back.

This was posted by Sherrill on FB earlier today. I'm in agreement with JWS.

I'm seeing a fair amount of discussion as to whether or not the number 21, which belonged to Keffer McGee, was ever officially retired. It was. We had a game day, on field ceremony and his jersey was presented to his family and mother, Matilda. That number should stay retired unless Matilda specifically gives her permission to use it. In the past, I was asked by the head of the athletic department to talk to Matilda about using the number 21, which I did. Several members of the athletic department also paid her a visit to make the same request. On each occasion, her answer was an emphatic no.
While I don't make it a habit to voice my opinions regarding anything MSU, I am committed to honoring Matilda McGee's request and Keffer's memory.
To use his number without her consent would be disrespectful to Mrs. McGee, to Keffer's teammates, to the MSU family and to Keffer's memory.