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Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:16 pm to Tornado Alley
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:16 pm to Tornado Alley
you should get Ross Bjork to educate this fool on twitter
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Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:16 pm to Tornado Alley
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So you didn't get a bid? Is this why you hate Oxford? Because a large percentage of our student body is greek?
No, but part of the answer is in your post. A large percentage of the Arkansas student body is also greek. A larger percentage of the women join sororities than in most SEC schools, even.
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:16 pm to RagingCajun3195
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I just think a lot of A&M fans are arrogant, at least they are in Dallas.
that's because all of dallas is arrogant.
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:17 pm to Wicked Pissah
No
Outside of Dickson and the square, Fayetteville is average. The fall and the hills are cool but come on
Outside of Dickson and the square, Fayetteville is average. The fall and the hills are cool but come on
This post was edited on 3/11/15 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:17 pm to CajunAggie08
I think most of the Aggies I know are pretty good folks in general. IRL I like Aggies a helluva lot more than all the UNT and UT-Tyler people who root for the Longhorns.
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:19 pm to Numberwang
cause yall gotta whore house for all of em to be political and correct other places you gotta be finer shite not lookin like blowed out tater biscuit
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:20 pm to Tornado Alley
hey Reverend Sharpton that sign had nothing to do with race
This post was edited on 3/11/15 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:20 pm to MercerBears
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not lookin like blowed out tater biscuit
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:22 pm to Latarian
He's an Ole Miss person. Its all race with them.
That sign was meant to be funny and to piss off the Occupy hippies that had set up camp on that corner and across the street at the Bank of America branch on Dickson. That's Jerry's frat, though. So they have at least some claim to 1 percenter-ism.
That sign was meant to be funny and to piss off the Occupy hippies that had set up camp on that corner and across the street at the Bank of America branch on Dickson. That's Jerry's frat, though. So they have at least some claim to 1 percenter-ism.
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:23 pm to CajunAggie08
You should come back in the spring/summer/fall. when the area is in bloom.
It really is a pretty area. tons of history.
Dave Matthews Bank is playing the AMP in June and I am thinking about taking a summer trip there.
It really is a pretty area. tons of history.
Dave Matthews Bank is playing the AMP in June and I am thinking about taking a summer trip there.
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:24 pm to Numberwang
how come yalls games alot funner in little rock
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:30 pm to Latarian
1. Athens-No one is even close
2. Fayetteville-it's way underrated. wayyyy underrated. But it's not Athens
3. Oxford-it's a cool college town no doubt
4. Knoxville
5. Nashville-not really a college town
6. Baton Rouge-Not really a college town, but it's growing fast and an hour from New Orleans
7. Tuscaloosa
8. College station-a few cool bars, but I'm amazed a 50k student body resides there
9. Gainesville
10. auburn-it's nice and quaint, but pretty boring
I haven't been to the others
2. Fayetteville-it's way underrated. wayyyy underrated. But it's not Athens
3. Oxford-it's a cool college town no doubt
4. Knoxville
5. Nashville-not really a college town
6. Baton Rouge-Not really a college town, but it's growing fast and an hour from New Orleans
7. Tuscaloosa
8. College station-a few cool bars, but I'm amazed a 50k student body resides there
9. Gainesville
10. auburn-it's nice and quaint, but pretty boring
I haven't been to the others
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:31 pm to Numberwang
Kappa Sig is a bunch of delta boys and DFW kids who couldn't get into UT.
1% my arse
1% my arse
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:34 pm to GeorgeReymond
lotta good delta people got money but not flashy
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:41 pm to Latarian
Just based off of the towns I have actually spent time in (not just for a game):
1) Nashville
2) Athens
3) Baton Rouge
4) Knoxville
5) Columbia
6) Tuscaloosa
7) Fayetteville
1) Nashville
2) Athens
3) Baton Rouge
4) Knoxville
5) Columbia
6) Tuscaloosa
7) Fayetteville
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:41 pm to Numberwang
Numberwang, what you say is the truth.
For whatever reason, Oxford has developed a reputation--largely from people who've never spent much/any time there, that flat-out baffles me.
Oxford has the Square--same as the drinking/restaurant districts in most other college towns.
That's it.
The restaurants that many Ole Missers brag about are average at best (many of the braggarts are either college kids or folks from towns smaller than Oxford, so I guess it makes sense).
Outside of The Square is a run-down town with a Wal-Mart, an IHOP, and little else.
Want to buy beer and bourbon?
You'll have to make two stops (by law, the two can't be sold in the same place).
The place feels like going back in time, 30 years or so--and not in a charming way.
It's a slow town that's been left behind, as evidenced by the folks in Oxford (and Mississippi as a state) who resist change like cats resist baths.
Part of that is the poverty (many places in town without street signs, curbs, fences, street lighting, etc.); part is the culture.
Oxford the town tries like heck to distance itself from its county, Lafayette (the schools are separate and not equal).
The dichotomy is odd and evident.
I can completely understand how/why 17- to 22-year-olds would love the place--it's its own bubble.
And I'll give Oxford this: They've managed to convince a bunch of people that it's a great place.
For whatever reason, Oxford has developed a reputation--largely from people who've never spent much/any time there, that flat-out baffles me.
Oxford has the Square--same as the drinking/restaurant districts in most other college towns.
That's it.
The restaurants that many Ole Missers brag about are average at best (many of the braggarts are either college kids or folks from towns smaller than Oxford, so I guess it makes sense).
Outside of The Square is a run-down town with a Wal-Mart, an IHOP, and little else.
Want to buy beer and bourbon?
You'll have to make two stops (by law, the two can't be sold in the same place).
The place feels like going back in time, 30 years or so--and not in a charming way.
It's a slow town that's been left behind, as evidenced by the folks in Oxford (and Mississippi as a state) who resist change like cats resist baths.
Part of that is the poverty (many places in town without street signs, curbs, fences, street lighting, etc.); part is the culture.
Oxford the town tries like heck to distance itself from its county, Lafayette (the schools are separate and not equal).
The dichotomy is odd and evident.
I can completely understand how/why 17- to 22-year-olds would love the place--it's its own bubble.
And I'll give Oxford this: They've managed to convince a bunch of people that it's a great place.
This post was edited on 3/11/15 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:43 pm to EKG
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Numberwang, what you say is the truth.
For whatever reason, Oxford has developed a reputation--largely from people who've never spent much/any time there, that flat-out baffles me.
Oxford has the Square--same as the drinking/restaurant districts in most other college towns.
That's it.
The restaurants that many Ole Missers brag about are average at best (many of the braggarts are either college kids or folks from towns smaller than Oxford, so I guess it makes sense).
Outside of The Square is a run-down town with a Wal-Mart, an IHOP, and little else.
Want to buy beer and bourbon?
You'll have to make two stops (by law, the two can't be sold in the same place).
The place feels like going back in time, 30 years or so--and not n a charming way.
It's a slow town that's been left behind, as evidenced by the folks in Oxford (and Mississippi as a state) who resist change like cats resist baths.
Part of that is the poverty (many places in town without street signs, curbs, fences, street lighting, etc.); part is the culture.
Oxford the town tries like heck to distance itself from its county, Lafayette (the schools are separate and not equal).
The dichotomy is odd and evident.
I can completely understand how/why 17- to 22-year-olds would love the place--it's its own bubble.
But I'll give Oxford this: They've managed to convince a bunch of people that it's a great place.
All of this right here.
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:49 pm to tigerbait2010
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tigerbait2010
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1. Athens-No one is even close
You'll notice UGA fans never enter these frays... We know who's #1...
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:49 pm to EKG
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can completely understand how/why 17- to 22-year-olds would love the place--it's its own bubble.
And I'll give Oxford this: They've managed to convince a bunch of people that it's a great place.
You know the way straight to my heart..
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:57 pm to dallasga6
Yeah, it honestly isn't much of a debate
I could see Fayetteville sneaking up to the top in about 5-10 years with the way it's growing. Oxford is great, but I could see things getting really boring by your senior year. Nashville is a great city, just not a college town. Baton Rouge isn't a "college town" either.
I could see Fayetteville sneaking up to the top in about 5-10 years with the way it's growing. Oxford is great, but I could see things getting really boring by your senior year. Nashville is a great city, just not a college town. Baton Rouge isn't a "college town" either.
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