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re: Ole Miss baseball built a statue of Tim Elko?
Posted on 2/23/24 at 3:18 pm to REBEL5 AC
Posted on 2/23/24 at 3:18 pm to REBEL5 AC
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This dude wouldn't bat an eye if they built a statue of Jayden Daniels who led LSU to a mighty Citrus bowl win.
The Heisman is the most prestigious individual award in college athletics
5th year senior Tim Elko who didn’t get drafted until the 10th round wasn’t even a Golden Spikes finalist
Nobody is saying don’t appreciate the guy. He was definitely instrumental in bringing Ole Miss a championship. Hell,a statue down the road probably wouldn’t have been that crazy.
But I still can’t recall any college sports program putting up a statue of an athlete only 2 years after he left the school. Why are Ole Miss fans butthurt that I found it a little weird?
This post was edited on 2/23/24 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 2/23/24 at 3:21 pm to GCTiger11
We find it weird that you find it weird. Considering it’s for a school you aren’t a fan of. You seem to be the one trying to justify something here.
Posted on 2/23/24 at 3:29 pm to GCTiger11
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The Heisman is the most prestigious individual award in college athletics
You mean there’s more rules?!?!?!
I’m sorry but I’m going to need you to share where you have found these rules as I cannot seem to find them anywhere. Please help us as this is getting to be very confusing.
I’ve learned so far that we need to wait either decades or for 3A ball to call him up before we can put up a statue. But then if he decides to be our coach… Do we have to take the statue down again and wait 20 years before we put it back up? Will we need to take it down once more after he retires from being our coach and wait decades once again? Where does the Heisman fit into all of this?
Please help it all make sense
This post was edited on 2/23/24 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 2/23/24 at 4:48 pm to GCTiger11
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The Heisman is the most prestigious individual award in college athletics
5th year senior Tim Elko who didn’t get drafted until the 10th round wasn’t even a Golden Spikes finalist
Nobody is saying don’t appreciate the guy. He was definitely instrumental in bringing Ole Miss a championship. Hell,a statue down the road probably wouldn’t have been that crazy.
But I still can’t recall any college sports program putting up a statue of an athlete only 2 years after he left the school. Why are Ole Miss fans butthurt that I found it a little weird?
If you want an honest answer, I surprised it didn't come sooner. As we got hotter and hotter, OM fans started tagging our AD to build the man a statue if we won it all. That grew, the tim elko legend grew and it was announced immediately after winning it that a statue was coming.
This isn't something random and I don't necessarily think it's a statue for Tim Elko. I think it's a statue to pay tribute to the entire journey that year and no one better to display than the guy that kept it all together.
Honestly couldn't tell you what statues other schools have and couldn't give the slightest of cares. The statue is for Ole Miss and every fan will see that statue and remember the greatest run in college baseball history (only team to be last one in and win it all so that's a factual statement not a feeling).
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