Egg Bowl on Hardwood OPEN THREAD
by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Jan 18, 2012 4:30 PM EST
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The roundball Rebels, reeling from the most Ole Missian loss this young calendar year after falling to Auburn in double overtime by one point, return to the Tad Pad to take on the nationally-ranked archrival Mississippi State Bulldogs. Ole Miss hasn't defeated Mississippi State in like two years or something - I dunno, I kinda lost count there for a while - and doesn't look like a team capable of ending that streak in 2012. Still, there are a few keys to a Rebel victory, all of which would need to take place tonight to give Ole Miss a chance.
For starters, the game will be close. State seems to play down or up, depending on the competition. Their recent two-point victory over Utah State and their early season loss to Akron serve as testaments to such. Similarly, their two-point loss to the now top-five Baylor Bears and their four-point win over Alabama both serve as testaments to this. Ole Miss, like every opponent State has had this year, could legitimately keep this game interesting all the way into the final minutes.
Dee Bost will have to be forced to make poor shots and decisions. This won't be at all easy, as Bost is one of the conference's best guards, but the stingier-than-normal Rebel defense should, at the very least, force him to earn whatever open looks he gets.
Arnett Moultrie is, for all intents and purposes, unstoppable. Just keep the ball away from him. To have an idea of what he is capable of, imagine a guy with Murphy Holloway's presence, motor, and basketball acumen, but bigger. He'll likely have a double-double against Ole Miss tonight. Also getting a double-double tonight (I call it a meat cube) will be Renardo Sidney, who should as well look to earn double-digit statistics in two significant categories.* He seems to play very well against Ole Miss every time he takes the floor against us.
As far as our offense goes, we'll need to be lightning fast with the ball. We will need to be able to score from a distance, something which has been a bit of a luxury since CousCous' dismissal. If Nick Williams, Jarvis Summers, and (gulp) Maurice Aniefiok can keep them honest from beyond the arc, we'll be able to distribute the ball well enough amongst Terrence Henry, Murphy Holloway, Reginald Buckner, and Jalen Kendrick.
Speaking of Kendrick, tonight would be a wonderful opportunity for him to McDonalds All-American it up for us, don't you think?
As you can see, it's a bit of a long shot for a Rebel victory, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't make it out to the Tad Pad if you can tonight. It will be a lot of fun, I imagine.
OLE MISS VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE
OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI
TAD SMITH COLLISEUM
8:00 PM CENTRAL
SCORE PREDICTION: Ole Miss 59 - Mississippi State 65
*What I've done here, you see it. It involves Renardo Sidney being fat, which he is. Also, he's disgusting. Also, he's foul. Also, he's a hothead. Also, he hates Ole Miss' guts - like, hates us. He'll go off on us unless he a) fouls out early or b) gets ejected for biting Reginald Buckner.
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Sidney
He’s fat- lulz. But seriously- I hope he fights his teammates again. When he hits threes, I die a little inside.
by I see what you did there on Jan 18, 2012 4:54 PM EST reply actions
I hope Jimmy Dykes calls the color for the leader
His thiny-veiled swipes at Ole Miss will amplify my state hate.
The spectator is compelled to look directly down the road and into the middle of the picture. -Baldessari
Yep.
The SEC signs a bazillion dollar deal with ESPN and somehow the network no one gets still managed to get a slice of the pie. It’s ridiculous. If we didn’t suck, I’d be pissed.
Valid point
I’ll probably watch the first 6 minutes on Gamecast and then do something else once we’re down by 30.
Announcer on espn 3
State is TOO focused right now..thats why they are struggling
by WrigleyvilleReb on Jan 18, 2012 9:18 PM EST via Android app reply actions
Per mccready
Tad pad is packed. Doesn’t sound too bad on tv. Rebs playing to win tonight…so far. 28-23 rebs. Buckner just airballed a free throw.
by WrigleyvilleReb on Jan 18, 2012 9:36 PM EST via Android app reply actions
St. Louis fan?.....
Is that you Murray?
Do we really have to wait for the next Manning to be relevent again?
Williams to bench with eye injury
No foul called..
by WrigleyvilleReb on Jan 18, 2012 9:39 PM EST via Android app reply actions
Saw the replay
Sydney clearly poked him in the eye while he was shooting
by WrigleyvilleReb on Jan 18, 2012 9:41 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Fuck Sydney
Hope he chokes on a doughnut.
by Whiskey Wednesday on Jan 18, 2012 9:53 PM EST up reply actions
He taunted the crowd
after making a three. Then quickly committed a foul in front of the students, shit got loud quick.
by WrigleyvilleReb on Jan 18, 2012 10:02 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
He probably has two or three times today.
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Jan 18, 2012 10:10 PM EST up reply actions
Shit it is loud in the pad
Buckner with a sick dunk. 38-33 Rebs
by WrigleyvilleReb on Jan 18, 2012 9:49 PM EST via Android app reply actions
Buckner's decided to show the fuck up tonight.
Dude’s dunking all over Sidney and company.
Red Cup Rebellion - Changing the Culture of Ole Miss Athletics
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Jan 18, 2012 10:11 PM EST reply actions
Sidney is absolutely one of the least likeable players I've seen in a long time
Probably the most talented player in the conference, but an absolute ten cent mind. How stansbury has not got him into shape after 3 years on campus mystifies me.
What's so mystifying about it?
There’s a Barnhill’s in Starkville, isn’t there? That, and Domino’s delivers.
Red Cup Rebellion - Changing the Culture of Ole Miss Athletics
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Jan 18, 2012 10:13 PM EST up reply actions
Good point
But when I was growing up playing ball, I could eat whatever I wanted and I didn’t look like a huge fat ass trying to get up and down the floor
Yeah, but you're not Renardo Sidney.
Dude’s just fat. He won’t ever not be fat.
Red Cup Rebellion - Changing the Culture of Ole Miss Athletics
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Jan 18, 2012 10:15 PM EST up reply actions
Reggie Buckner with the and one?!
Sidney on the foul? This is awesome. Sidney’s flipping shit. Because he’s fat.
Red Cup Rebellion - Changing the Culture of Ole Miss Athletics
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Jan 18, 2012 10:14 PM EST reply actions
BREAKING NEWS: PICTURE OF RENARDO SIDNEY
Red Cup Rebellion - Changing the Culture of Ole Miss Athletics
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Jan 18, 2012 10:18 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
Sidney is so fat,
lazy, and out of shape, they aren’t even lining him up to rebound for some of the free throw attempts. Last sequence he was lined up with Dee Bost in the back court. #FatAlbert
by Bro. Mouzone on Jan 18, 2012 10:20 PM EST up reply actions
Sidney may be the first NBA player to play
After getting a lap band
by chiefcuda on Jan 18, 2012 10:22 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I cringe
with every missed free throw.
by WrigleyvilleReb on Jan 18, 2012 10:28 PM EST via Android app reply actions
Yeah it could definitely kill us if we cant hit them late in this game.
We have given up several teams comeback this year through bad FT shooting.
This is going to be Legen...wait for it....Dary!-Barney Stinson
Am I the only one
who has been afraid to post the score lest we give up our rapidly shrinking lead?
by WrigleyvilleReb on Jan 18, 2012 10:34 PM EST via Android app reply actions 1 recs
is the announcer calling cox, 'the bear'?
Just another "good for nothing law school grad".
by RebelBarrister on Jan 18, 2012 10:36 PM EST via mobile reply actions
If he hits Sydney with a baseball bat
I’ll Auburn a little cash his way.
by TwoYardsandaCloudofEnricky on Jan 18, 2012 10:40 PM EST up reply actions
Fat ass can hit his
free throws, why can’t we?
by WrigleyvilleReb on Jan 18, 2012 10:42 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Please drive at sydney
And get his ass fouled out.
by WrigleyvilleReb on Jan 18, 2012 10:45 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Holy shit
This is happening.
by WrigleyvilleReb on Jan 18, 2012 10:56 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Something is not right
It’s the end of an UM athletic event, and I’m happy?
by WrigleyvilleReb on Jan 18, 2012 10:58 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
That's how I'm feeling right now also. It's very strange.
I always say 'beer me.' It gets a laugh, like, a quarter of the time.
by BeerMeAHottyToddy on Jan 18, 2012 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
Red Cup Rebellion - Changing the Culture of Ole Miss Athletics
Sports are chaotic and stupid; and we're bad at them.
by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Jan 18, 2012 11:00 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So as I check my ole miss
fandom chart. I see that we are due for a let down..right about..now.
by WrigleyvilleReb on Jan 18, 2012 11:09 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Damn android app
Is putting all my posts in the middle of the thread.
by WrigleyvilleReb on Jan 18, 2012 11:10 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Sidney with another foul
Mad fat kids are always funny.
I always say 'beer me.' It gets a laugh, like, a quarter of the time.
by BeerMeAHottyToddy on Jan 18, 2012 10:44 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
We've played almost a perfect game
Few turnovers, decent shooting percentage, good defense. Other than the missed free throws, there’s not much to complain about. Losing this would be disheartening but a typical WAOM moment.
The free throws have been atrocious. Truly atrocious.
Red Cup Rebellion - Changing the Culture of Ole Miss Athletics
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Jan 18, 2012 10:49 PM EST up reply actions
After Saturday, nothing would surprise me
We’ve done everything but put them away
We won't be able to say we didn't have our chances
that is for sure.
The poster who said that Sidney
has a ten-cent mind was absolutely correct. However, if Sidney has a ten-cent mind, than T Henry has about a one-cent mind. He commits some of the dumbest (offensive) fouls on the planet game-after-game.
And he makes me look bad by hitting two free throws
Thank you for that sir.
Henry's going to join Terrico White
on the underdeveloped All-American team. Both should have been a lot better than they were.
Yet outside of ft shooting
Murphy is a lot better than he should be. He kept us out of the tourney by being in sc last year
I honestly don't think we would have
been in the tourney even with Murph last year, but I agree with your general point about him. He has worked himself into an all-league talent by sheer effort and will-power. Too bad more of our guys don’t follow his lead. It still amazes me that he gets consistent double-doubles and has no right hand.
Sweet Jeebus that was an ugly free throw shot
I always say 'beer me.' It gets a laugh, like, a quarter of the time.
by BeerMeAHottyToddy on Jan 18, 2012 10:56 PM EST reply actions
Hotty toddy
Finally something to be excited about. Just hope they don’t turn around and screw up bad this weekend. But I’ll be happy about this one for now.
Ole Miss: the only place where drinking means more than winning.
On a side note.
Kellum said the Dogs took down that hideous eyesore billboard on Jackson Ave. today.
Ole Miss: the only place where drinking means more than winning.
They're having to take down a bunch of them
that were strategically placed in recruits’ hometowns. NCAA said it was a “no no”.
So, does this mean
we can start putting up “This is Our State” billboards at strategic interstate entrances into the Magnolia State, claiming we won a championship even if we don’t win another conference game, and making thinly-veiled comments about how recruits can come “play with the best”?
Sign me up for that.
Yep, we just need a picture of Buckner with one of his monster dunks on it too!
This is going to be Legen...wait for it....Dary!-Barney Stinson
It was reported on Rivals earlier that
Jeremy Liggins, Isaac Gross, and 2013 running back prospect Kailo Moore were planning on attending the game. I hope they were all there to experience that.
I always say 'beer me.' It gets a laugh, like, a quarter of the time.
by BeerMeAHottyToddy on Jan 18, 2012 11:14 PM EST reply actions
Liggins was there in Red!
This is going to be Legen...wait for it....Dary!-Barney Stinson
That's what I heard.
That makes me happy.
I always say 'beer me.' It gets a laugh, like, a quarter of the time.
by BeerMeAHottyToddy on Jan 18, 2012 11:16 PM EST up reply actions
Obviously, that's supposed to say "Issac"
Fucking edit button
I always say 'beer me.' It gets a laugh, like, a quarter of the time.
by BeerMeAHottyToddy on Jan 18, 2012 11:15 PM EST up reply actions
Someone said the student section occassionally chanted "We want Liggins!"
Which is pretty good. Showing a little hometown love, without violating NCAA rules!
This is going to be Legen...wait for it....Dary!-Barney Stinson
Tad Pad sounded like it exploded
when Murf had the dunk at the end. Solid game. Amazing what happens when you don’t turn it over 17 times.
by Iamblackbearhearmeroar on Jan 18, 2012 11:15 PM EST reply actions
More info on liggins anyone? That’s got to be a good sign he was there tonight in red
"Dont taze me bro"
by Bringing the Pena on Jan 18, 2012 11:29 PM EST via mobile reply actions
So are we the supreme basketball champions of Mississippi now?
According to Mullen Logic?
See you, Space Cowboy
Just got home...
That was an awesome game. Like bball said up above, aside from FT shooting, there wasn’t much more you could ask for. How about that defense?
One thing of note: I know that any idiot could look at the box score and see how dominant Buckner was, but what they won’t see is how composed and commanding of the team he was. There were moments were you could hear him demanding the ball so he could take it at Sydney. That was exciting. He look smart out there, which is not usually how you describe that guy.
The “This Is Our State” chants at the end were awesome as the small groups of maroon left. Oh and I don’t know if it was Michael Thompson’s doing, but aside from one moment in the 1st half when you could briefly hear some State chants, if the band was not playing there was music or some other piece of PR genius. Coming from a basketball town, I have always been upset about how the Tad Pad never felt like a home court but tonight there was no doubt. Fun night…
so far. Come on Lobos!
I'm a Rebel, but I bleed the cherry and silver of the Lobos.
On top of that
At the end, when things started getting chippy between Nick and Dee Bost, Reggie stepped between them to break it up. He’s maturing beyond what we could imagine.
And Renardo Sidney’s favorite flavor of Gatorade is Gravy
by WVTNRebel on Jan 18, 2012 11:57 PM EST up reply actions 7 recs
sure I'm drunk...
… That’s all I have to say, about that…
by RebelBlackBear on Jan 19, 2012 12:31 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Some thoughts after getting home from the game:
It’s a long tractor ride back to Oktibbeha county. Sidney is the Wilford Brimley of basketball players (who the hell did I hit?). That was my first game at the Tad Pad and it was just plain awesome.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing airplane glue
by The next, next Dex on Jan 19, 2012 12:37 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions
TFDS
Dear TFDS (The farm down south) it was inevitable. Tables always turn. Good luck with the rest of recruiting. Our Turn. #ReallyItsOurState
by Colonel Reb's Last Stand on Jan 19, 2012 12:38 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Hotty fucking toddy
Had a great time at the tad pad tonight.. I’ll be happy/sad to her go
I don't really work or live in jackson now.......shit?
by shitnowiworkinjackson on Jan 19, 2012 1:13 AM EST reply actions
That's just crazy.
There is nothing bittersweet about razing the Tad Pad for that new arena they have planned. Nothing!
I'm a Rebel, but I bleed the cherry and silver of the Lobos.
I'm so ready for the new arena
2016 SEC Champs/Final 4!!!!!!!!!
It has been foreseen
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Imagine
having the student section lined up alongside the court Duke style…that certainly beats the hell out of packing them behind one end.
by WrigleyvilleReb on Jan 19, 2012 9:57 AM EST up reply actions
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