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Why the hell do people call Ole Miss the Harvard of the South?

Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:38 pm
Posted by Phyacs OM
Madison, MS
Member since Nov 2014
109 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:38 pm
I know I posted earlier and I'm sorry for posting twice in a day on this board but here is my statement.

This post ties in with an earlier post (What is the University of Mississippi?), which called out Ole Miss on many of its faults, and I am here for one of those faults

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they claim to be the Harvard of the South


First off, the people who designed the color scheme of Ole Miss might be colorblind. They got Harvard red, which they fricked up because if anything, MSU's maroon is closer to Harvard's crimson. Then they tried for Yale blue which they also failed at, and honestly, LSU's purple is closer to Yale blue.


If anyone were to claim the title of Harvard of the South in the SEC, it would be Vandy, but in all honesty, they don't come very close to Harvard either.

There are only two other schools outside of the Ivy League in America that can be compared to Harvard, and those two schools are Duke and Stanford.

Ole Miss is a place where rich dumb white kids who suck at school go, poor in state people who are probably really talented at what they like, but are too poor to afford anything else and they want a decent education for a cheaper price, or for scholarship athletes who are mostly retarded and no matter what school you look at, take bogus classes.

And that is my statement.
Posted by TunaTigers
Nola
Member since Dec 2007
5352 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:40 pm to
Same reason people call Nicholls State Harvard on the bayou. Its a joke.
Posted by gamecocks22
SC
Member since Dec 2012
4913 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:43 pm to
They don't. If they do, it is what we call a joke. Intended for laughs.
Posted by Boom Angry
Member since Jan 2013
1306 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:44 pm to
I never hear people refer to Ole Miss as the Harvard of the South.
Posted by Prof
Member since Jun 2013
42611 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:44 pm to
Never once heard that one.
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
70891 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:45 pm to
:that'sthejoke:

Vandy legit is the Harvard of the South

Posted by Oxford
Memphis, TN
Member since Nov 2013
1921 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:49 pm to
quote:

Vandy legit is the Harvard of the South
I want to say Sewanee was the first with that moniker
Posted by Prof
Member since Jun 2013
42611 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:49 pm to
quote:

Vandy legit is the Harvard of the South


Not even close. UVA, Duke, UNC and several others have stronger claims to that. Vandy has a great rep and is a VERY good school but there are others with better claims.
Posted by LSUTigersVCURams
Member since Jul 2014
21940 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:49 pm to
Because they act as stuck up as the true elites of America who go to Harvard in spite of the fact that their university is a no account backwater.
Posted by DBU
Member since Mar 2014
19059 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:50 pm to
Emory University actually is the "Harvard of the South"

They say it about Ole Miss because it's a hilarious joke
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
70891 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:50 pm to
legit meaning it's the actual closest in the south to an ivy league school

Sewanee was just College of the South IIRC
Posted by Oxford
Memphis, TN
Member since Nov 2013
1921 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:51 pm to
You're right
Posted by lsufanz
NOLA
Member since Dec 2008
4726 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:53 pm to
Because they're both old, tired and have inflated opinions of themselves?

In any event, this is primarily a sports forum, so who gives a shite?
Posted by Dawg in Beaumont
Athens
Member since Jan 2012
4494 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:53 pm to
Everyone knows Harvard is the UGA of the North.
Posted by Prof
Member since Jun 2013
42611 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:53 pm to
quote:

I want to say Sewanee was the first with that moniker


Swanee/University of the South is another that is a really good school. Folks don't realize it but we have tons of great schools here in the South and our public unis are VASTLY underrated.
Posted by Hogsmoke
Tilly or Okaloosa
Member since Jan 2012
251 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:54 pm to
I did PhD work at University of Texas at Arlington. A lot of people called it "Harvard on the freeway". It was meant as a joke.
Posted by DawgGone
Member since Oct 2014
1109 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 6:56 pm to
Really UNC ---Harvard of the South ?

You drive to slowly through Chapel Hill and they will try to throw a diploma at your car.
Posted by tylerdurden24
Member since Sep 2009
46418 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:01 pm to
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UVA

closest

quote:

Duke

Twice the douchiness, half the prestige

quote:

UNC

Well, that seems to not be the case anymore
Posted by AggieLandman
Member since Sep 2014
281 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:02 pm to
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You drive to slowly through Chapel Hill and they will try to throw a diploma at your car.


This only applies to scholarship athletes.
Posted by IAmReality
Member since Oct 2012
12229 posts
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:02 pm to
Because neither one of them has been good at football in many, many decades.
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