University of Mississippi

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School: Ole Miss (The University of Mississippi)

Location: Oxford, Mississippi

School Colors: Harvard Red and Yale Blue (very original…)

School Mascot: None presently, thank you Chancellor Khayat

Do outsiders “get” your mascot?: The athletic teams are called the Rebels and there used to be a mascot named Colonel Reb. Supposedly the first Colonel Reb was an African-American named Blind Jim Ivy. He was quoted as saying, “I have never seen Ole Miss lose.” Well those of us with vision have seen that plenty of times. In 2003, it was decided to do away with Colonel Reb. Ole Miss has been mascotless since.

School Fight Song: To be honest, it kind of sucks. It sounds good without lyrics, but with lyrics it becomes pretty generic and wouldn’t be able to inspire me to make it thru a battle with diarrhea. Our battle cry has profanity and references drinking. What could be better?

ARE YOU READY?
Hell yes, damn right!
hoddy toddy gosh almighty
who in the hell are we…HEY
Flim Flam, Bim Bam, Ole Miss by Damn!

Traditions: In football, two major things… losing and the Grove. For those of you who don’t know, the Grove is 10 acres of grass and trees where Ole Miss and to a lesser extent our opponents pre- and post-game party. This is not tailgating as there are no vehicles involved. Tents are used in lieu of vehicles and the tents are decked out with great food and the booze flows like the Mississippi River. Most importantly, the co-eds dress to impress, even more so when compared to the rest of the SEC. Attractive young women + sundresses + unlimited access to their daddy’s money = great place to be.

Geographical Features: The aforementioned Grove. As stated earlier, it is the place to be during football season, you know, if you really aren’t into seeing Ole Miss actually win games.

Architectural Features: The Lyceum still has bullet holes in it from when the 101st Airborne and 2nd Infantry Division had to be deployed to Oxford to subdue the populace after Ole Miss integrated in 1962.

Notable Alumni: Archie Manning (former NFL QB), Eli Manning (Archie’s son, NY Giants QB), John Grisham (earned his JD from Ole Miss Law), and Trent Lott (Senator and former Ole Miss cheerleader, yeah, a cheerleader).

Anything else we need to know?: Another “tradition” at Ole Miss is the Walk of Champions before football games that passes thru the Grove. This “tradition,” like Ole Miss’ school colors, are stolen. Copied right from Auburn. I think Auburn’s is called the Tiger Walk. Whatever, they stole our coach (Tuberville) so we can steal their traditions. Maybe they can loan us one of their multiple mascots since we don’t have one.

Ole Miss is the only team in the SEC West to have never played in the SEC Championship game.

The UPD are Nazis, and parking is a joke on campus.

As much as we like to make fun of Mississippi State for being a cow college, their incoming freshmen actually have a higher average score on the ACT than our students. Oh yeah… Go to hell LSU and Southern Miss still sucks.

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