Well it wasn’t pretty but it was a win. The Bulldogs came back in the 4th quarter to defeat the University of Mississippi. The game was ugly and the Bulldogs looked pretty bad the whole game. The 4th quarter was a little better but even that was below what they had been playing most of the season. There was too much” Hotty Toddy” for my taste (is there a more stupid cheer out there?) and UM fans got a little cocky when they were in the lead. In fact, they seemed to have accepted victory before the game was over. I thought surely they would have learned by now that when the Bulldogs play, the game is not over until the last play is played.

Bully came out at the start of the game with a pillow and clock radio and some students had a couple of pillows they kept throwing around. There were the expected signs about UM stealing from hotels. Of course they say no NCAA violations were committed but I would love to see some penalties somewhere for such stupidity. You know, if it had been one or two players it would have been one thing, but to have had 20 players involved makes this seem a little more serious.

Last night one of the UM players was on the news talking about how UM wanted to come and win the game to keep MSU out of a bowl game. Comments like that really make the victory sweet.

I am still amazed at how UM botched handling the hotel items theft. They have had severe alcohol problems, have had some racial incidents, and have had other legal/disciplinary problems and the way they handle football players stealing from hotels is with a “boys will be boys” comment? But then again, when a drunk student drags a kills a Highway Patrolman during a traffic stop and gets off with a very light sentence such behavior is implicitly encouraged.

I got email earlier this week from someone who has a new UM cheer:

Hotty Toddy, gosh almighty,
Where’d my clock and pillow go?
Flim flam, bim bam,
Ole Miss stole them by damn!