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Why I Hate Ole Miss
By MFSKEN | August 28, 2008
When I began this piece, I was going to call it The Top Ten Reasons Why I Hate Ole Miss. But my friend Terry, who keeps my house cool in the summer by repairing and maintaining my air conditioner is a big Ole Miss fan. I have co-workers who are descent hard working people (except Bethel) and they pull for Ole Miss too. Has my hatred softened a bit over the years?
Well, it’s not exactly the same Ole Miss. They have changed quite a bit over the years to try to repair their image in hopes of attracting talented athletes to campus.
The Confederate Battle Flag - Ole Miss is known for the Confederate Flag. It has been banned by the University.
It has come under fire in recent years due to the fact that the Civil War was fought over slavery. And to many blacks today, that flag represented their oppression by their white slave-owners. I think Ole Miss is under fire due to the fact that they embrace this part of their heritage, and in a politically correct world the far left has changed a lot of our countries traditions.
Colonel Reb - Ole Miss historian David Sansing has long pointed out that the model for the original Colonel Rebel emblem was Blind Jim Ivy, a black man. Blind Jim Ivy was a campus fixture until his death in 1955.
In Ole Miss’ ongoing efforts to be more “inclusive” and shed its image as a relic of the Confederate South, Colonel Rebel was banned from football games in 2003. He is still an official symbol of Ole Miss; still viewable in the Grove before games and available for parades, but not on display in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium during the game.
In his place, university officials came up with two potential politically correct mascots, Rebel Bruiser and Rowdy Rebel.
There was so much apathy from the student body, officials canceled the vote and delayed a decision on a new mascot. Ole Miss now plays football without a mascot.
Roy Lee “Chucky” Mullins - Mullins was best known for an injury during the Ole Miss Rebels’ Homecoming game against Vanderbilt. As Mullins plunged head-first into a tackle of Vandy fullback Brad Gaines after a short pass, the collision shattered his spinal chord and paralyzed him instantly.
During Mullins’ time in the hospital, he and Gaines, who did not know one another before the accident, became close friends.
He died in the hospital and was buried outside his home town of Russellville, Alabama. Three times a year, on October 28, May 6 and Christmas, Brad Gaines makes the trip from Nashville, Tennessee to a cemetery in Russellville, Alabama. Gaines cleans the grave and the headstone, and remembers Chucky Mullins and that October afternoon and all the things that have transpired since.
Each spring, during the annual Grove Bowl, the senior defensive player who most embodies Chucky Mullins’ spirit and courage receives the “Chucky Mullins Memorial Courage Award”. With the award, the player received the right to wear jersey number 38, the same number Chucky wore on his jersey. Chucky’s number 38 was retired on September 3, 2006. The winner of the “Chucky Mullins Memorial Courage Award” now wears a patch in honor of this award.
Hot Women - A lot of people think there are more hot women at Ole Miss any other campus in the world. The primary reason is due to the fact that they wear dresses to the games and get all dolled up. Don’t get me wrong, there are hot women there, but no more than at any other large southern school.
There are still a few reasons to Hate Ole Miss.
Mediocre Football - Ole Miss is the only team in the SEC West never to have played in the SEC Championship game! What drives me crazy about Ole Miss’ fans is that they are the most arrogant of any and talk as though they have a winning tradition like Alabama. Alabama fans are gracious and humble. Most Ole Miss fans weren’t alive the last time they could back up all the smack.
The Manning Legacy - It all started with Archie Manning. Born May 19 1949 in Drew, Mississippi, Archie was named first team All-America his junior and senior seasons. He married Olivia and had three sons, Cooper, Peyton and Eli. Archie was drafted as the number two pick in the first round of the 1971 draft by New Orleans Saints. In his NFL career he threw for 125 touchdowns, 173 interceptions and 23,911 yards. He had a QB rating of 67.1
Cooper and Eli both went to Ole Miss on football scholarships. Cooper’s career was cut short by a spinal cord injury. Eli signed with former Tennessee assistant David Cutcliffe, who had been named head coach at Ole Miss primarily due to his relationship with the Manning’s and working with quarterbacks.
Eli was drafted with the number one pick in 2004 by the San Diego Chargers of the NFL, but his father Archie helped steer Eli to New York in a draft day deal that sent Eli to the NY Giants for Philip Rivers, a third round selection in the 2004 NFL Draft (Nate Keading, Iowa) and the Giants’ first (Shawn Merriman, Maryland) and fifth round picks (Jerome Collins, Notre Dame, now a NY Giant) in the 2005 NFL Draft.
The Grove - Whether you love Ole Miss or hate them, The Grove is about as beautiful an area for tailgating as you could ever want. Ten acres of thick oak, elm and magnolia trees that has been preserved and enhanced primarily due to the ban of cars since 1990. Today, you have to pitch a tent to host a party in the grove and there are all kinds of parties.
You’ll see family reunions, business outings, political hand grabbing or back slapping, frat boys and sorority girls. The dress code is varied. It’s a little tough to see men walking around in Colonel Reb embroidered pants, no you say? How about dudes in shorts, button down white collared shirts and bow ties? Wait, I’ve got it, a husky guy in denim overalls, no shirt, a western straw hat with the confederate flag logo on it.
The common theme is they all get dressed up like they’re going to a wedding or a funeral, depending on who they are going to play. But they’re going to a football game. There is no need to where a tie to a football game unless you’re the athletic director and you are trying to entertain the boosters.
Hotty Toddy - Are you ready? Hell yeah! Damn Right! Hotty Toddy, Gosh almighty, Who the hell are we, Hey! Flim Flam, Bim Bam OLE MISS BY DAMN!
I remember vividly our parochial high school in Memphis would sing that cheer at the football games. I had a friend of mine on the cheerleading squad talk me into to joining them on the sidelines during the games.
I was accused by our assistant principal Mr. Strausser of inserting the word GOD in front of the word DAMN. I told him I don’t take the Lord’s name in vain. He let me off the hook, but I don’t think he really believed me. I haven’t cared for that cheer since.
Pillowgate - 20 players were placed on school probation for “conduct unbecoming of an Ole Miss student-athlete” after they stole property from two hotels.
Athletic Director Pete Boone said players took about $450 worth of merchandise from The Embassy Suites in Montgomery, Alabama when the team played at nearby Auburn. Two days after the game, Boone was informed by the hotel that some items were missing.
Two days after that, Boone said, the school received an invoice from a hotel in Tupelo, which is where the team stayed the night before five home games prior to the Auburn trip. The bill was about $200 larger than expected.
This is a great game to start the season. Rebel fans will no doubt be using their sophomoric humor in calling Memphis “Tiger High.” Which reminds, me I had an English professor who resented the fact that we were called such a name. She promised us that her class would be far from Tiger High. It was the toughest English class I ever took. She knew what was in the Cliff Notes; my term was not very fun.
GO TO HELL OLE MISS, GO TO HELL!!!
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August 28th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
That damn cheer is enough for me, well, that and my love for Mississippi State.
That being said, Oxford is a nice place, and I know plenty of Ole Miss fans that are good people outside of their allegiances. I went to school in Oxford for my senior year and had a great time, and that’s where my grandmother lives, so I always look forward to trips back.
As for the hot women? I can attest to there being plenty of attractive women there, but I can’t say that OM’s are at the top of the list, at least my list.
August 28th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Eddie thanks for the comment. I have never understood why they think their University is one of the greatest in the world. Just because the school is in Oxford doesn’t equate to the real Oxford in Great Britian.
Yes, there are beautiful women all over the world, particulary in the southern US and Oxford does have their fair share.
Good luck with Coach Croom the Bullies will not sneak up on anybody this year.