Mississippi State’s interim head coach Greg Knox rides out of the locker room on a FOUR-WHEELER in front of his players before huge Egg Bowl clash against rival Mississippi
- Knox has motivated his players with the prop since taking over earlier this month
- He led the team out in the vehicle before the Bulldogs won against Southern Miss.
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Mississippi State interim head coach Greg Knox rode out of the team’s locker room on a four-wheeler in front of his own players before facing Mississippi in a huge Egg Bowl game on Thanksgiving.
The 60-year-old first adopted the habit before the Bulldogs’ 41-20 win over Southern Mississippi earlier this month, when players were jamming to music in the locker room in two separate rows, paving the way for Knox to take on to get on stage. the field on the vehicle.
“A lot of people don’t understand it,” he told his team. “But you know the true story of the setback and what the four-wheeler meant.”
Before the game against the Eagles, Knox showed a video of motivational speaker and former Tennessee player Inky Johnson titled “Go Heavy” to his players.
In the clip, Johnson, whose playing days were cut short after a 2006 injury permanently paralyzed his right arm, shared a time when he and his son were riding and fell off a four-wheeler.
Instead of being shocked by the experience, Johnson motivated his son to get back on the four-wheeler and keep riding it.
Knox delivered that message and it became clear to the staff that players believed in it.
At that point, Knock was advised by defensive coordinator Matt Brock to drive a four-wheeler into the team’s locker room.
Mississippi State interim head coach Greg Knox before the Egg Bowl game against Ole Miss
With the help of people in positions higher than him, mainly from associate athletic director Brad Peterson, the staff obtained a four-wheeler and hid it in the locker room before the game against Southern Mississippi.
Knox unveiled the vehicle in the middle of his pep talk before he and his players took the field against the Eagles.
“We stepped it up,” Knox said, according to the Clarion Ledger.
“I came around the corner and the excitement in that locker room was ecstatic. It was a great feeling. It was what they needed. It was what they wanted…the excitement, the build-up. They enjoyed it, and they had fun with it.”