Not so fast, QA......in 2002, MS State scheduled their first-ever season-opener against the "Ducks".....the game was to be played in Oregon, and nobody down here had ever even heard of the "Ducks".....but, with such a quirky team name, all kinds of jokes started circulating all around our campus.....some of the students even started wearing fake duck bills on their faces, several days before the game.
Long-story-short, they beat the living crap outta us, 36-13.....and, to make matters worse, they agreed to play us again in 2003 here in Starkville, and beat us again, 42-34.....needless to say, we've never played the "Ducks" again in any sport, except girls basketball.