We Need To Talk About This Lunatic Mississippi State Fan's Reaction To The Brenen Thompson 58-Yard Game Winning Touchdown Last Night
HailState.com - STARKVILLE – Let's save everyone some time, shall we? Because if you're reading this, you already know the background of this story.
Saturday night. Mississippi State vs. No. 12 Arizona State. Under a minute to go and MSU is down by three. The Bulldogs need a miracle, when suddenly, it's Blake Shapen. It's Brenen Thompson. It's 58 yards for the touchdown that shook Starkville and the entirety of the Magnolia State.
A few seconds later, defensive back Hunter Washington sealed the deal with a pick near midfield. Dawgs win, 24-20. Wrap it in Maroon and White! What a night!
And it was Hollywood-esque that Washington was the one to put the exclamation point on this crazy, incredible, unforgettable evening.
Why, you ask? Three years ago, Washington came to play football at Mississippi State. He was a part of legendary head coach Mike Leach's final roster – a group that won nine games including a bowl victory.
So much has happened to Washington and Mississippi State since. There was Leach's untimely passing. There was a midseason coaching change. There was 2-10. There's no other way to say it. Times have been tough.
Well, Saturday night at Davis Wade Stadium, 60 minutes of game action helped close the book on three years' worth of hurting, yearning, working and waiting to once again be punching with the big boys of college football. It was a revival. It was arguably the most cathartic win in MSU football history.
There was never a road map for all MSU has endured these last 33 months or so. Yet Washington's pick and the victory it cemented certainly had the feel of the Dawgs finally reaching their desired destination. State closed one tough chapter and opened the page to an exciting new one with fresh opportunity and hope aplenty.
"We all just bought in to this program, knowing that we needed to flip the script," Washington said postgame.
I fucking love Brandon.
Guy is the biggest hardo walking around the Chicago office, tries so fucking hard to play the too-school for cool card, yet totally loses his shit and screams like a schoolgirl when his Bulldogs pull off a stunner with a half a minute left against the twelth ranked team in the country.
I enjoy watching anybody who loves their team go that kind of ape shit when they pull off a miracle. If you can't crack a smile watching that video, than you have a giant dump in your pants.
Especially the part where he instinctively yelled for his son Tommy to run into the room just so he can share the moment with him, onions man.
That's what makes sports the fuckin best.
