re: Which MS team has more fans? Ole miss or state?

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So the more rural country type people are State and the pretentious trust fund types are Ole Miss?

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Lots of debate about the types of people each schools fans are in this thread.
I can clear it up. They’re not that much different. Both have crazies both have good ones. The difference though is pretty much MSU fans don’t have any delusions about themselves or their school. Not that they don’t think they can improve. They absolutely do believe they can be better. But they understand what the history is. Both schools are in the same level. This is what bothers OM fans. They are basically the same. Both are good schools. You can get good education. And prosper after graduation with your degree. Both sports programs have their good and bad. And for the most part, now they are respectable. It’s a struggle obviously for the big sport, football. It probably always will be. State fans accept this. OM fans don’t really accept any of this. They think they have to ignore State as serious rival. Most will tell you LSU is their bigger rival. And they really only care about the egg bowl as an after thought. They feel their school is on a much higher academic level. And oxfords a nice town but they’ve developed this myth about it being some legendary place. It’s really not much different than a lot of Mississippi towns. OM fans are much more likely to leave the state than State fans after graduating.
It’s truly the biggest difference. State fans humbly accept where they’re from. And what level they’ve been on compared to the SEC powers. It allows them to be more down to earth. They don’t have to make up delusions of grandeur. OM cannot accept it. It kills them that they are at the same level in almost every way. The difference can be seen in the path both programs have taken to improve and compete at higher levels. I think we all see what Cohen has done to elevate athletics. And the ones before him recently. The steady methodical approach that has begun to pay off. The GRIND.
Then you have OM. The shortcuts. Which have left them floundering in every sport. And trying to find their new current identity even. Land sharks. Bears. Rebels. 1 step forward. 3 steps back.