We’d like to remind those Mississippi State fans that plan to cowbell it on Saturday of… The Incident.
From an AP story in the Nov. 4, 1981 edition of the Gadsden Times:
Montgomery, Ala—A Mississippi State fan who had cowbell confiscated at the Auburn football game says he’s ready to ring legal bells “all the way to the Supreme Court if I have to.”
Bob Whiting, a faculty member at Mississippi State, filed suit in federal court here against Auburn University and Southeastern Conference officials as a result of an Oct. 24 incident at Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Whiting said he was escorted from his seat to the stadium gate and told he had to either give up the cowbell or leave. He handed over the cowbell and went back to watch State win the football game. Court officials said Tuesday the suit was filed late Monday but wouldn’t be made public until notice was served on the parties.
Whiting told the Alabama Journal the suit seeks to declare unconstitutional a 1975 SEC rule forbidding noisemakers, such as cowbells, in conference stadiums. He also said he was deprived of due process and seeks $15,000 in punitive damages.
“It was embarrassing and humiliating for a policeman with a gun on his belt to come into the stands and take me out just because I had a cowbell,” said Whiting.
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“I’m not a troublemaker,” said Whiting. “But I have principles. I’ll carry this all the way to the Supreme Court if I have to.”
The rest of the article makes Whiting seem like an even bigger _______; you can read it here.
We’re assuming he lost.
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priceless….
MSU breeds idiots. Shug Jordan is private property. They can enforce SEC rules if they choose. If he did not like the rule he did not have to attend the game. I pray we beat this team.