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Posted on 7/13/14 at 10:28 pm to randomways
Posted on 7/13/14 at 10:28 pm to randomways
Well I'm black and I rep the state every chance I get and I live in Texas now. Pride in where you come from is nothing new.
Tell Cody Prewitt, Tony Conner, Chris Jones(MSU) and some of those guys that repping the state isn't important. Prewitt mentions it all the time, and Conner mentioned it as one of the reasons he chose Ole Miss over Bama.
Tell Cody Prewitt, Tony Conner, Chris Jones(MSU) and some of those guys that repping the state isn't important. Prewitt mentions it all the time, and Conner mentioned it as one of the reasons he chose Ole Miss over Bama.
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Posted on 7/13/14 at 11:04 pm to Doresrules
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Well I'm black and I rep the state every chance I get and I live in Texas now. Pride in where you come from is nothing new.
Tell Cody Prewitt, Tony Conner, Chris Jones(MSU) and some of those guys that repping the state isn't important. Prewitt mentions it all the time, and Conner mentioned it as one of the reasons he chose Ole Miss over Bama.
Huh. That's odd. I guess you don't know black people as well as I do.
Seriously, though, I'm only speaking from personal experience. I grew up in Vicksburg and that was the impression I came away with in regards to my friends. I'm not saying they didn't love Mississippi. Obviously that's far too general a blanket statement. I'm just saying the people I knew seemed to value other, more personal things than the arbitrary lines (well, arbitrary except for the river, of course) that formed the state. I actually admired that. It was the difference between standing up for your family and standing up for the ground your house happened to be located on. You have your own value system, and that's what informs your perspective. Vive la difference and all that, right?
Posted on 7/14/14 at 1:17 am to Doresrules
Look Mississippi guys. My wife is from Ocean Springs and her whole family is from Harrison County (Saucier) They are all big Southern fans and I am from Fairhope, AL (mobile) I can confidently say that someone repping their state isn't necessarily the best investment on making a career out of all the hard work you have put in over the years. Alabama has made their MO on that. Lucky for us, when it comes to football, you really can't go wrong with playing for Alabama because you dont have to be torn to go play elsewhere because Bama is the state school and they are the greatest college football program ever. When it comes to Mississippi, your schools may not be the best for a certain highly recruited athlete because he excels at a certain position and another school is better at NFL development at that position. Look at Marcus Dupree. That son of a bitch was better than herschel walker and it isn't close. Only reason he isn't the greatest RB to ever live right now is because his roots fricked him.
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