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I absolutely believed that if half the people who left had stayed, Mississippi State would have been a classic. Instead, it was a near-classic.

I do not understand such logic.

If one is to believe that crowd numbers greatly influence the outcome of a game ... then it would seem like when the stadium was full, we were getting our asses kicked, and then once the stadium emptied considerably, the "comeback" occurred ... one could conclude that even less fans in the stands would have sealed the miraculous comeback.

I tend to think that we lost to Miss St. because they were considerably better on that day ... and the final score did not really indicate what happened on the field...i.e. an arse-kicking.

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Posted by kingbob

Sorrento, LA

Member since Nov 2010

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Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:27 am to navy

The crowd has the ability to amplify momentum swings as well as manufacture small amounts of momentum out of basically nothing. I have seen games where LSU was struggling and behind, desperately needing a defensive stop. The crowd gets amped up (out of no where) during a timeout, and suddenly, the defense comes up huge. The offense comes back on the field fired up and starts dominating the other team. In the State game, I got the feeling that they came so far, so close, that just a little push, just a little extra energy could have made the difference. The stadium was the most electric I've ever seen for such a sparse crowd. I can only imagine how crazy it would have been with 60,000 or even 100,000 people in it!

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Posted by etm512

Mandeville, LA

Member since Aug 2005

20760 posts

Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:29 am to navy

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I do not understand such logic.

If one is to believe that crowd numbers greatly influence the outcome of a game ... then it would seem like when the stadium was full, we were getting our asses kicked, and then once the stadium emptied considerably, the "comeback" occurred ... one could conclude that even less fans in the stands would have sealed the miraculous comeback.

I tend to think that we lost to Miss St. because they were considerably better on that day ... and the final score did not really indicate what happened on the field...i.e. an arse-kicking.

Hey, we didn't get a HARRUMPH out of that guy!!!

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