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[MU2Driver]

Katy Perry is right. LSU fans do smell like corn dogs.
Having had the dubious experience of tailgating at Tiger Stadium and being in Death Valley for last Saturday's game, I can re-attest to the chasm that exists between the classiness of Ole Miss/The Grove vs whatever it is they do at LSU. They are horrible losers and worse winners and just bad, bad people.
And don't even get me started on Tigerland (the collection of dive bars that passes for what in Oxford would be The Square). Fights, passed out/puking kids -- just the worst.
So, to the OP, while the challenges of re-rushing (if that's what you decide to do) are real and will be clearly communicated to you here at GC by others, I can say that the worst day at Ole Miss is better than the best day at LSU. I think even a day as an independent at Ole Miss is better than a day as a Greek at LSU. But I hate LSU, so take that FWIW.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by MU2Driver

. . . I can re-attest to the chasm that exists between the classiness of Ole Miss/The Grove vs whatever it is they do at LSU.

A classiness so conspicuously absent from your post that I have to wonder if it exists only in your imagination.

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by MU2Driver

Katy Perry is right. LSU fans do smell like corn dogs.
Having had the dubious experience of tailgating at Tiger Stadium and being in Death Valley for last Saturday's game, I can re-attest to the chasm that exists between the classiness of Ole Miss/The Grove vs whatever it is they do at LSU. They are horrible losers and worse winners and just bad, bad people.
And don't even get me started on Tigerland (the collection of dive bars that passes for what in Oxford would be The Square). Fights, passed out/puking kids -- just the worst.
So, to the OP, while the challenges of re-rushing (if that's what you decide to do) are real and will be clearly communicated to you here at GC by others, I can say that the worst day at Ole Miss is better than the best day at LSU. I think even a day as an independent at Ole Miss is better than a day as a Greek at LSU. But I hate LSU, so take that FWIW.

Well, bless your heart. I am sorry that you have lived such a charmed life that you haven't seen the "other" side of Oxford. I have family in Pontotoc so I can assure that that "fights/passed out/puking kids" are just as prevalent (on a pro rata basis, of course) in Oxford as in BR (where I also have family). I'm busy thru football season but am glad to give you a tour after that. I won't even clutch my pearls.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by Titchou

Well, bless your heart. I am sorry that you have lived such a charmed life that you haven't seen the "other" side of Oxford. I have family in Pontotoc so I can assure that that "fights/passed out/puking kids" are just as prevalent (on a pro rata basis, of course) in Oxford as in BR (where I also have family). I'm busy thru football season but am glad to give you a tour after that. I won't even clutch my pearls.

I love you!

[MU2Driver]

Originally Posted by Titchou

Well, bless your heart. I am sorry that you have lived such a charmed life that you haven't seen the "other" side of Oxford. I have family in Pontotoc so I can assure that that "fights/passed out/puking kids" are just as prevalent (on a pro rata basis, of course) in Oxford as in BR (where I also have family). I'm busy thru football season but am glad to give you a tour after that. I won't even clutch my pearls.

There were two parts to my post. The first was poking fun at a 100+ year rival, which some here recognized and some didn't. The second though is that there is a qualitative difference between the cultures of the two schools as it relates to drinking in particular, which may be of interest to the OP.

At LSU drinking to the point of staggering/passing out, whether at Tigerland or at a tailgate, is looked at as the normal course of business. People freely walk around with beer and liquor bottles. That's LSU's choice, but it does send a message.

In the square and in the grove that doesn't happen with nearly the same frequency, even after adjusting for population size. Of course the kids drink, and many get quite drunk, but getting out of control is the exception rather than the rule. Yes, there are places you can go in Oxford to find that environment, but they are not the focal point of the social scene. My comparison was specifically between Tigerland and the Square.


Particularly in the grove an Ole Miss student becoming uncontrollably drunk is not considered cool, and when you do see that in the grove it is much more likely to be the visiting team's fans. Another tailgating contrast can be seen in the way guests are treated. A visiting fan in the grove is likely to be invited into a tent and treated like family. A visiting fan on the LSU campus will be taunted with chants of "Tiger Bait" and have ice (if they're lucky) thrown at them. Another choice.

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

I love you!

Originally Posted by MU2Driver

There were two parts to my post. The first was poking fun at a 100+ year rival, which some here recognized and some didn't. The second though is that there is a qualitative difference between the cultures of the two schools as it relates to drinking in particular, which may be of interest to the OP.

At LSU drinking to the point of staggering/passing out, whether at Tigerland or at a tailgate, is looked at as the normal course of business. People freely walk around with beer and liquor bottles. That's LSU's choice, but it does send a message.

In the square and in the grove that doesn't happen with nearly the same frequency, even after adjusting for population size. Of course the kids drink, and many get quite drunk, but getting out of control is the exception rather than the rule. Yes, there are places you can go in Oxford to find that environment, but they are not the focal point of the social scene. My comparison was specifically between Tigerland and the Square.


Particularly in the grove an Ole Miss student becoming uncontrollably drunk is not considered cool, and when you do see that in the grove it is much more likely to be the visiting team's fans. Another tailgating contrast can be seen in the way guests are treated. A visiting fan in the grove is likely to be invited into a tent and treated like family. A visiting fan on the LSU campus will be taunted with chants of "Tiger Bait" and have ice (if they're lucky) thrown at them. Another choice.

Perfectly said.

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by MU2Driver

There were two parts to my post. The first was poking fun at a 100+ year rival, which some here recognized and some didn't. The second though is that there is a qualitative difference between the cultures of the two schools as it relates to drinking in particular, which may be of interest to the OP.

At LSU drinking to the point of staggering/passing out, whether at Tigerland or at a tailgate, is looked at as the normal course of business. People freely walk around with beer and liquor bottles. That's LSU's choice, but it does send a message.

In the square and in the grove that doesn't happen with nearly the same frequency, even after adjusting for population size. Of course the kids drink, and many get quite drunk, but getting out of control is the exception rather than the rule. Yes, there are places you can go in Oxford to find that environment, but they are not the focal point of the social scene. My comparison was specifically between Tigerland and the Square.


Particularly in the grove an Ole Miss student becoming uncontrollably drunk is not considered cool, and when you do see that in the grove it is much more likely to be the visiting team's fans. Another tailgating contrast can be seen in the way guests are treated. A visiting fan in the grove is likely to be invited into a tent and treated like family. A visiting fan on the LSU campus will be taunted with chants of "Tiger Bait" and have ice (if they're lucky) thrown at them. Another choice.

I don't think Tigerland and the Square are the same at all. I see them as 2 different things. The Strip in Tuscaloosa is more like Tigerland and the Quad in Tuscaloosa is more like the Grove. So you have both on one campus. I went to Alabama and go to a lot of games there. I also have been to games at LSU and have NEVER had ice - or anything else - thrown at me - whilst in my Bama regalia. They've been nothing but gracious to me at any time....invited into their tents to eat and drink. The Grove is an entirely different experience from any on any other college campus in this country. I don't think it's fair to try to equate it with another...nor the Square with any other place. It's just different there. But different isn't defined as worse - or better. It's just different. Sorry if you can't appreciate or understand that. And if some of my cajun relatives offended your delicate sensibilities, so be it. I wouldn't have taken it so personally.