On its final night hosting basketball, the Tad Pad hosted an overtime thriller.
Sound "Taps" on ye coppered cornets, fellow Tad Smith Coliseum mourners. Drag down the banners thence to half mast. Hold silent vigil out of respect for the recently deceased -- a rickety, leaky ship is now moored forever, held fast to dock before disappearing in a spectacular fireball. Requiescat in pace, C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum, Feb. 21, 1966 to Dec. 21, 2015.
How appropriate that Phil Cunningham's Troy squad was on hand for the Rad Pad's last hurrah Tuesday. Cunningham, you may recall, was a longtime assistant at Mississippi State during their mini-dominance of the SEC West during the mid-aughts, so his memories in the stadium are undoubtedly happy ones.