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re: Ole Miss = Tradition fetishizing-grannies; LSU = Barely Civilized Visgoths
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:45 pm to DCRebel
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:45 pm to DCRebel
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The Grove is very unique.
if cramming a few thousand people with tents into an area the size of a basketball court is unique then fine....go crazy
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Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:45 pm to DCRebel
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I've been to a lot of football games both in college and in pro, and the fact that Ole Miss (and Alabama) don't tailgate in actual parking lots, drink higher-end booze instead of Bud Light, and have good Southern food makes them unique.
I also think that the whole "bowties and boatshoes" thing is overdone a bit, but again it's not something that's common outside of our neck of the woods.
Yea, my visits to Ole Miss always reminded me of a smaller (and in a good way) Alabama. Basically Alabama without the riff-raff for the most part. Students dress the same, alums dress the same, tailgaiting is similar, etc etc. The big difference is Oxford the town is cooler than Tuscaloosa.
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:46 pm to undecided
Agreed, Bama's Quad is an underrated tailgate scene.
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:46 pm to Choctaw
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if cramming a few thousand people with tents into an area the size of a basketball court is unique then fine....go crazy
If keg-stands, jerseys, and fighting are your idea of unige then fine....go crazy.
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:46 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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A lot of it has to do with it just recently becoming a big thing because we didn't play big games in Tuscaloosa until the late 90's.
Never thought about it this way but that could have a lot to do with it.
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:47 pm to DMagic
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We always wake up early and start cooking. I certainly understand the convenience of catering considering two of the best caterers out there were started in Oxford.
My tailgate doesn't get anything catered. It's all usually cooked the night before by him, his friends, and their wives. Since I have to come in from out of town, I contribute a few handles of Makers.
"BUT OMGZ IT'S NOT HOT FOOD" shut up yes it is have you ever fricking heard of Sterno?
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:47 pm to Team Vote
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Agreed, Bama's Quad is an underrated tailgate scene.
Really wish the next time they did Gameday in Tuscaloosa they'd do it on the Quad like they used to.
One of the downsides to being "ALABAMA FOOTBALL" (other than all the sidewalkers) is that they only want to talk about the football and never talk about some of the other things they always discuss at other places (campus, gameday scene, etc). Kind of gets lost.
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:48 pm to pankReb
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If keg-stands, jerseys, and fighting are your idea of unige then fine....go crazy.
its not...you can find that on any college campus
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:48 pm to DCRebel
Lit in Memphis is the go to place for a tailgate. They have the badass big sternos.
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:48 pm to Choctaw
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Choctaw
Mad.
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:48 pm to undecided
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Never thought about it this way but that could have a lot to do with it.
The Quad was just starting to become a thing when I started school in 2003. Before that it was basically the Radio Network and some vendor tents.
It's a great time now.
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:48 pm to DCRebel
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've been to a lot of football games both in college and in pro, and the fact that Ole Miss (and Alabama) don't tailgate in actual parking lots, drink higher-end booze instead of Bud Light, and have good Southern food makes them unique.
also what I enjoy about tailgating at LSU. Hell..they wouldn't allow us to put a tent on concrete even if we wanted too.
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:49 pm to pankReb
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Posted by pankReb
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There are plenty of real things we do that are worthy of being made fun of
Always see tons of Popeye's chicken boxes down in Baton Rouge on gameday
Popeye's chicken tenders are fricking delicious
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:49 pm to Choctaw
Only if your campus is full of low rent cajuns.
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:49 pm to Choctaw
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If keg-stands, jerseys, and fighting are your idea of unige then fine....go crazy.
its not...you can find that on any college campus
I don't see any of this in Oxford. I guess it's unique to not have uncivilized heathens at our tailgate.
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:51 pm to DCRebel
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I also think that the whole "bowties and boatshoes" thing is overdone a bit, but again it's not something that's common outside of our neck of the woods.
I saw some blow back on twitter from the, "you're stereotyping southerners" crowd re: this but I've come to think of it in the same light as women who wear big hats to the Kentucky Derby. It's part of the tradition and pageantry
Sometime we over-think things instead of just enjoying them for what they are
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:51 pm to Adam4LSU
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've been to a lot of football games both in college and in pro, and the fact that Ole Miss (and Alabama) don't tailgate in actual parking lots, drink higher-end booze instead of Bud Light, and have good Southern food makes them unique.
also what I enjoy about tailgating at LSU. Hell..they wouldn't allow us to put a tent on concrete even if we wanted too.
You don't realize how good tailgating in the SEC is until you go to a fricking Washington Redskins game.
Bunch of assholes wearing RGIII jerseys shotgunning Bud Light, shooting Fireball, and eating chips and salsa while grilling those premade frozen burgers. And the scenery is a parking lot and a bunch of cars.
God damn it fricking sucks y'all.
This post was edited on 10/7/14 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:51 pm to pankReb
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I frequent 7 to 8 tents whenever I can manage going to a game...and the only tent that could be considered "catered" is because the guy's a caterer.
Was there for the Memphis Ole Miss game, and hit up 3 tents that were all catered, including the big Ole Miss Law tailgate.
We are cooking at my tailgate, with fingers crossed it is cold so we can do gumbo.
Not knocking Ole Miss tailgates for catering, I enjoyed it. But I won't be doing an Ole Miss tailgate at LSU. Even though all Ole Miss fans are welcomed, cause I am already expecting to be outnumbered by Ole Miss freshmen.
This post was edited on 10/7/14 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:51 pm to MaroonNation
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Popeye's chicken tenders are fricking delicious
Damn right is. Not sure why LSU fans get so defensive over this.....be proud of that Popeyes Louisiana Fast!
Posted on 10/7/14 at 1:52 pm to undecided
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I saw some blow back on twitter from the, "you're stereotyping southerners" crowd re: this but I've come to think of it in the same light as women who wear big hats to the Kentucky Derby. It's part of the tradition and pageantry
Sometime we over-think things instead of just enjoying them for what they are
Yep.
I mean, kids at Alabama, Auburn and Ole Miss all dress very similarily. Pledges all wear coats and ties, actives generally wear khakis and some wear ties and others polo shirts, non greeks wear polos or t-shirts. Pretty much mirror images.
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