re: Petition calling for Dan Jones' resignation

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"That's what I like so much about Mississippi State. I don't want to go somewhere that's already good.” - Jamal Peters

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Fantastic!

Just now seeing that.

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What is the "historical meaning" of "ole miss" and please don't tell me wikipidea or someone making shite up. It was the nickname for the yearbook back in the day. show me some real historical data showing that it means the plantation owners wife. Nothing more, nothing less. The majority of people starting shite have an agenda outside of OM.

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As an avid collector of Ole Miss memorabilia, I can tell you that I have OM football programs from the first half of the 20th century that mentions the term was derived from the term the slaves used to describe the plantation owner's wife, the "ole missus". This was changed in the 1970's or 1980's to say it was derived from the term that Miss Elma Meek of Oxford suggested to call the yearbook in 1897. There is a LOT of validity to this concerning the yearbook name. If you read old newspapers and publications from the university the name didn't become synonymous with the school until until the early 1910's. If it had more to do with the slave term, it stands to reason the school would have been called "Ole Miss" in the late 1800's which it was NOT.

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The Plantation narrative was literally on the school website for YEARS. It wasn't just made up, it was in the about us section of the schools website. Some PR genius thought "hey this is dumb as frick" 3 years ago and they took it down. I remember it vividly.

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There was NEVER any mention of this on the Ole Miss website. Quit lying. I am SURE if it had ever been on the Ole Miss website, there would be a screen capture of this.

I'm sure you remember it vividly.

Coonass should have one. He made a big deal about it several years ago on SPS and all of the dogs started tweeting at Dan Jones about it.

Shocking. The first person I know who signed the petition and posted it on Facebook was the dumbest person in my high school class and has never stepped foot inside of a college classroom, and I doubt he's ever been to a game.