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re: Remembering "Battle For The Rag" - LSU's long lost Rivalry game
Posted on 11/23/22 at 6:24 pm to Ping Pong
Posted on 11/23/22 at 6:24 pm to Ping Pong
Good stuff. From late 50’s through the 70’s the LSU - Ole Miss was close to the rivalry with Tulane. As the crowd left after every home game for years until the Ole Miss game, the stadium echoed with “Go to hell Ole Miss,” and not just from the students.
I gather the feeling was similar in Oxford. In the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is a copy of an anonymous letter calling for protests against James Meredith. The letter was dated in early October and ended with “Go to hell LSU.”
I gather the feeling was similar in Oxford. In the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is a copy of an anonymous letter calling for protests against James Meredith. The letter was dated in early October and ended with “Go to hell LSU.”
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Posted on 11/24/22 at 1:34 am to tigerinridgeland
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From late 50’s through the 70’s the LSU - Ole Miss was close to the rivalry with Tulane. As
My dad attended LSU from 69-73 or so. Also born and raised in Metairie.
His explanation for why Ole Miss despised LSU (and still does) is simply this: Ole Miss is filled with a bunch of rich New Orleans kids whose daddies couldn't get them into Tulane.
So Ole Miss started to really hate LSU because their students grew up hating LSU.
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