Champion Bulldogs: Thousands celebrate Dawgs with parade, ceremony Players and coaches for the Mississippi State University baseball team ride on fire trucks through the streets of Starkville on Friday afternoon in a parade celebrating their winning of the College World Series. Thousands of fans lined the streets and followed the team to Dudy Noble Field for a celebration. Chris Jenkins/Special to The Dispatch
Like a storm, it had been building all day.
By 3:30 p.m. Friday, as Mississippi State fans scurried to purchase their national championship hats, T-shirts, caps and more at Maroon & Company apparel store before the start of the evening’s festivities, clerks and managers were laboring to keep the checkout lines moving as customers stood in line six or seven deep.