46 reasons why SEC is the best...
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I'd love to catch an Iron Bowl, in Auburn. Mainly because I'd like to watch the eagle circle around the stadium. Usually two great defenses and the game is played with 100% passion and intensity. The Death, Taxes, and Vanderbilt part was funny until i remembered we got our asses beat up there last season.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudora_Welty
I don't see what she has to do with Oxford, but she is from Mississippi at least.
I don't see what she has to do with Oxford, but she is from Mississippi at least.
Willie Morris, perhaps. You probably have just as big a claim to Grisham as we do, as well. But, Welty???
And while we are on the subject of the Grove: I see why the Grove is a big deal to OM fans. I really do -- tradition and what not. But, I really don't see anything so vastly different about the Grove and other tailgating areas on college campuses everywhere that merits such reverential treatment by those from those outside the OM fold.
And while we are on the subject of the Grove: I see why the Grove is a big deal to OM fans. I really do -- tradition and what not. But, I really don't see anything so vastly different about the Grove and other tailgating areas on college campuses everywhere that merits such reverential treatment by those from those outside the OM fold.
Well, I've been to a lot of places in the SEC and haven't seen anything that's that comparable to the Grove. MSU has the Junction now, but it's still new, and I don't think it's as big. Alabama has the Quad, but it's not nearly as popular as the Grove for tailgating. There is enough open space in the Quad for kids to play football usually. Auburn, Arkansas, Tennessee, LSU, and Georgia tailgating is really spread out throughout most of the campus with no common area. Basically, I haven't been anywhere else and seen a place look as much like a tent city as the Grove.
That, coupled with the fact that we have the whole dressing up for games thing makes it unique. I know other schools have fans and students that dress up, but we're the ones that are known for it.
Well, and you could probably also throw in the fact that for many of our fans, tailgating is actually more important than the game. There are tons of our fans that show up just for the tailgate with no intention of going to the game. Many of them don't even buy tickets. They just come for the party. I know that happens everywhere, but I'm pretty sure it happens more at Ole Miss, partially because we don't have a winning tradition, but partially just because the game is seen by many (especially the women) as a social event.
Just curious, because I haven't been everywhere, but what other places would you compare to the Grove?
That, coupled with the fact that we have the whole dressing up for games thing makes it unique. I know other schools have fans and students that dress up, but we're the ones that are known for it.
Well, and you could probably also throw in the fact that for many of our fans, tailgating is actually more important than the game. There are tons of our fans that show up just for the tailgate with no intention of going to the game. Many of them don't even buy tickets. They just come for the party. I know that happens everywhere, but I'm pretty sure it happens more at Ole Miss, partially because we don't have a winning tradition, but partially just because the game is seen by many (especially the women) as a social event.
Just curious, because I haven't been everywhere, but what other places would you compare to the Grove?
As far as the rest of the SEC goes, MState isn't that high on the tailgate pecking order. However, whenever we've had fans from other regions of the country down here (Oregon, Oklahoma St.) they're blown away by the hospitality of the fans, the good food, and all the satellite dishes and TV's going in the afternoon.
I mean, everyone tailgates, picnics, eats on the ground, whatever the General wants me to call it today. Perhaps you are correct about the concentration of people -- although they are pretty tightly packed in the Junction now. Everyone has people that dress up. Everyone has people that sit at the tent and don't go to the game. It's just not really unusual.
I definitely see why the tradition of the grove is special to OM folks. But, beyond that, it's just another variation of college tailgating. Or Picnicing. Or whatever.
I definitely see why the tradition of the grove is special to OM folks. But, beyond that, it's just another variation of college tailgating. Or Picnicing. Or whatever.
I've seen plenty of State football players partying after huge losses over the years. Come to think of it, there's been plenty of State players partying the night BEFORE huge losses, and occasionally partying DURING some huge losses.
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Well, in that case, I can't explain to you why. Obviously, it's unique for its size and central location on the campus. Maybe it's just a case of it being famous for being famous, but either way, it's obviously something that outsiders talk about.
As I said, I don't have a ton of experience at other campuses, only a handful of visits here and there, but since a lot of people who do these visits often say it's unique, I'm going to guess they have some reason for saying so. Maybe you should send an email to the writer to ask what makes it unique in his opinion. I'd honestly be curious to see why outsiders see it as unique.
And apologies to heydog. It's picnicking. I've always felt weird calling it tailgating as well, but it actually originated as tailgating back when you could park cars in the Grove, so I guess that's why people still use the term.
This is a serious question and not a cheap shot. I have never understood the concept of dressing up to go to a game. I can understand dressing up to go to a nice restaurant, church, a play or even a graduation. I go to a game as a way to relax and blow off steam. I am not saying dress up like you just rolled out of the trailer park, but dressing comfortably is more appealing to me.
I know my dad did at UNC when he was in school. I like it cause the girls look much hotter dressed up, but I don't do it so much. I mean I'll wear a red polo and a pair of khakis if it's not too hot, but I'm not wearing a button down or anything unless it's cold. To me though, khaki pants and a polo is pretty comfortable.
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It's because of how many of our fans view our games. They don't see it just as a football game. They see it as a social event, more like a slightly less formal cocktail party, which is why people wear nicer outfits.
I'm not sure if you're married, but I'll be willing to bet that if you are married and your wife hosts a party at your house where she's having a lot of our closest friends over, and she spends time making appetizers and arranging flowers, you're probably not going to be allowed to wear a T-shirt to the party. You're probably going to have to put on a collared shirt at the very least. For those that dress up at Ole Miss games, it's because they treat the whole day as an event where they're going to socialize with friends, and therefore they want to look presentable.
I definitely don't wear ties to games or anything like that, but that's the best explanation I can come up with for why people choose to dress nicely for games, and I'm sure the same applies at MSU and most other campuses in the SEC.
especially the Grove, but a place full of over-dressed drunk people is not necessarily fun. The last time I was there (LSU-UM in '98) it was so full I could barely walk through it. I cannot imagine what is like now. However, I can understand how a UM fan could enjoy it.
intend any debate over which is better or anything like that. I just don't find it awe inspiring, and don't find how anyone else outside OM can find it awe inspiring either. They have hot chicks. They might even have more hot chicks, although I doubt it. It's just a big game day party. Everybody has them. Ole Miss thinks theirs is special, which is fine by me. I just don't understand why other people think it is special.
The Southern hospitality spoke of in the article at the Grove is a big joke. They are about the most stuck up fans around. The random visitor at Ole Miss is not going to feel welcome when they show up in the grove in a t-shirt surrounded by a bunch of snobby socialites dressed in suits. You show up at MSU during gameday in a t-shirt stained with bbq sauce and drenched in sweat and you will feel right at home. That's what tail-gaiting is about.
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"I really don't see anything so vastly different about the Grove and other tailgating areas on college campuses everywhere"
thats because everyone has copied it
thats because everyone has copied it
It 's because it is the original.
Yes. Colleges across this great land of ours have been copying the Grove for years and years. Holy ****. I guess Harvard is actually the Ole Miss of the North?
Yes. Colleges across this great land of ours have been copying the Grove for years and years. Holy ****. I guess Harvard is actually the Ole Miss of the North?
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So what happens if you show up at MSU on gameday wearing a button down and slacks? Will you still feel right at home or will you get laughed at because that isn't what tailgating is all about?