100 Things To Look Forward To For 100 Days Until MSU Football
STARKVILLE, Miss. - Today, as this is published, it is exactly 100 days until Mississippi State kicks off the 2015 football season against Southern Miss. With that in mind, I spent the last several days compiling a list of 100 things to look forward to about football returning. This is specific to MSU, of course, though there are a few broader harbingers of happiness.
The list was compiled to be from the point of view of an MSU fan able to enjoy the full luxuries of a football season, things I must often observe in jealousy from the press box – though I certainly won’t complain about the cover if it rains. I did, however, include a few of my own personal pleasures here and there.
Anyway, here in no particular order whatsoever are 100 things for MSU fans to look forward to about the 2015 football season. Fair warning: I was a little hungry while putting this together.
1. The Dawg Walk
2. 50,000-plus singing Don’t Stop Believin’ before the fourth quarter
3. De’Runnya Wilson breaking tackles
4. MSU cheese
5. MSU ice cream
6. The Egg Bowl being back in Starkville
7. Richie Brown’s beard
8. SANDSTORM
9. Halftime shows
10. Blue plates at Cappe’s Steakhouse
11. Cookie dough bites at Stromboli’s
12. Anything made by Ty Thames
13. Road trips
14. Tailgating
15. The CBS College Football music
16. Dak Prescott passing the ball
17. Dak Prescott running the ball
18. Dak Prescott catching the ball
19. Dak Prescott creating world peace
20. Fireworks after touchdowns
21. Accidentally eating five meals worth of food on Saturdays
22. Staying quiet throughout the entire National Anthem and definitely totally not yelling anything near the end of it. For sure.
23. The debut of Gerri Green
24. Rece Davis on College GameDay
25. Complaining about students leaving early
26. Complaining about students doing cheers too fast
27. Wishing you were still a student
28. Dinner at Harvey’s
29. Late nights at The Guest Room
30. Seeing which running back replaces Josh Robinson
31. Unlimited opportunities for selfies
32. Getting a picture to load in the stadium (Seriously, feels every bit as a impressive as scoring a touchdown)
33. Making new friends
34. Running into old friends
35. Trying not to trip over children (They’re everywhere)
36. Cowbell Yell
37. Chanting before kickoffs
38. Cheering way too hard for made extra points
39. Deep passes
40. Shipley’s donuts
41. Watching Dan Mullen yell at the refs
42. Watching a student assistant try to hold Dan Mullen back while he yells at the refs
43. Cheese logs at The Veranda after the game
44. A second order of cheese logs
45. The land rush in The Junction on Friday afternoon
46. The patio at Bin 612
47. Cheese fries at Bin 612
48. Chicken nachos at Bin 612
49. Getting my drift here?
50. Singing the alma mater with the team after the game
51. Checking the video board for the words to the alma mater after the game
52. Thanksgiving food in The Junction
53. The Hail State Highlight
54. The possible return of the College GameDay and SEC Nation sets
55. The Juice Boys dancing on the sidelines
56. The debuts of Nick Fitzgerald and Elijah Staley
57. Going to a bowl game
58. Dinner at any of Robert St. John’s places in Hattiesburg for the Southern Miss game
59. Cornhole
60. Things wrapped in bacon
61. Accidentally getting a tan in October
62. Five-star freshmen
63. Seeing the new polls on Sundays
64. Piling too many people in one room to save money
65. Crawfish rolls at Old Venice
66. The McDonald at Mugshots
67. Cookies at Bulldog Deli
68. Anything at Lost Pizza Co.
69. Pre-game in the Gridiron Club (my favorite spot in the north endzone)
70. Waking up and watching morning games when MSU plays at night
71. Sitting at the tailgate and watching night games when MSU plays early
72. Falling asleep during the west coast games no matter when MSU plays
73. Chips and dip
74. The Maroon-White cheer
75. Ringing cowbells at people from other schools
76. Meeting nice people from other schools
77. Kiss Cam
78. Dawg Talk at The DawgHouse
79. The inevitable return of Anthony Dixon. It’ll be fun, fun, fun.
80.Running late on Saturday morning
81. ESPN talking about Little Dooey
82. Bulldog Bash
83. Night games
84. The clock museum in Barnes and Noble. Not kidding. That place is cool.
85. Starkville Style wings at Stagger In
86. Or the deep-fried cheeseburger
87. Or the gumbalaya nachos
88.Just go to Stagger
89. Back-shoulder passes
90. Strange Brew’s sign
91. Chris Jones tacklin’ people
92. Taveze Calhoun suplexin’ people
93. Happy hour at Dave’s DarkHorse
94. Ordering the Kathy Dip at Dave’s, even though it’s not on the menu
95. Eating your weight in fried rice and sushi at Umi
96. Just eat anywhere in Starkville, if you’re not picking up on this
97. The 100 Year uniforms in maroon
98. The 100 Year uniforms in white
99. High-fives with strangers
100. Dak Prescott pointing to the sky after touchdowns