College: Mississippi State
Year: 2013
Game: Mississippi State Kentucky
Rating: 9
Cost Index: 20 dollar ticket, 13 to camp
Tickets: Easy
Stadium: Davis-Wade is a pretty decent structure. It sits on south west edge of campus. From the outside it looks like a typical concrete behemoth but on the inside it's much more elegant. It's seats 55,000 and is in the middle of an expansion. It has a similar set up to Georgia where all the fans seated on the lower level can walk down by the field (the area between the fans and players is separated by hedges). HAIL STATE!
Description: HAIL STATE! First, the drive from route 55 to Starkville is the prettiest I've been on for one of these trips. Mile after mile of hills and rolling farmland. Starkville is in the middle of the state and it's a very rural campus but it's not as difficult to get to as I originally thought. The campus is impeccably manicured, the people are very friendly. The tail gate looks big when you approach it but it's only on one side of the stadium so it's actually kind of small, especially by SEC standards. I know Ole Miss is the snob school in that state but they do have a better tail gate and a better crowd, which I'm sorry to say but it's true.
They do ring the cowbells ALL GAME. It's pretty cool actually as it looks like some of the cowbells are really old, I think they've been doing it since the 30s. The crowd was not great though. I guess it's fall break so the student section was only half full.
Football Observation: Too many teams run an average version of the spread offense. Teams would do well to recruit and execute a pro style attack as defenses are really starting to adjust to the spread. Both Kentucky and Mississippi State run very average spread offenses.
If you want to make it part of a lager trip: Memphis is about 3 hours to the north, Vicksburgh is about three hours to the west (excellent civil war park). The Natchez-Trace parkway is nearby (this is a 444 mile scenic parkway between Nashville and Natchez). Tuscaloosa is only 90 minutes away to the east, so if Mississippi State plays on a Thursday you could have a pretty good "Two Birds for one Stone" trip. Atlanta is 4 hours
Don’t Miss: Roadside BBQ
They do ring the cowbells ALL GAME. It's pretty cool actually as it looks like some of the cowbells are really old, I think they've been doing it since the 30s. The crowd was not great though. I guess it's fall break so the student section was only half full.
Football Observation: Too many teams run an average version of the spread offense. Teams would do well to recruit and execute a pro style attack as defenses are really starting to adjust to the spread. Both Kentucky and Mississippi State run very average spread offenses.
If you want to make it part of a lager trip: Memphis is about 3 hours to the north, Vicksburgh is about three hours to the west (excellent civil war park). The Natchez-Trace parkway is nearby (this is a 444 mile scenic parkway between Nashville and Natchez). Tuscaloosa is only 90 minutes away to the east, so if Mississippi State plays on a Thursday you could have a pretty good "Two Birds for one Stone" trip. Atlanta is 4 hours
Don’t Miss: Roadside BBQ
Avoid:
Attendees: Bones
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