Ole Miss Pre-game thread

Nehru Jacket said:
I’m guessing you are not a 20 year old black man who can play college football.
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You are correct, I went to the 1971 Peach bowl as a 14 year old and sat near the Ole Miss band and they must of played Dixie a hundred times because it seemed like they scored that many times. I’m 65 and when I was coming up in the 60’s and early 70’s and we heard that tune nobody thought about race, it was just a song that represented the South. Some how in the last 30 years or so some folks decided it was racist. Today those people have a name …. Wokeness. I’ve come to believe anything a white southerner likes is automatically deemed racist. To tell you the truth I’ve reached the age I don’t care what folks think.
 
BigDanT said:
Two chili dogs, onion rings and a coke/frosted orange.
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GoldenIsle said:
You are correct, I went to the 1971 Peach bowl as a 14 year old and sat near the Ole Miss band and they must of played Dixie a hundred times because it seemed like they scored that many times. I’m 65 and when I was coming up in the 60’s and early 70’s and we heard that tune nobody thought about race, it was just a song that represented the South. Some how in the last 30 years or so some folks decided it was racist. Today those people have a name …. Wokeness. I’ve come to believe anything a white southerner likes is automatically deemed racist. To tell you the truth I’ve reached the age I don’t care what folks think.
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Well that was great in the 60’s and 70’s when there were few if any black players playing college football. Look around now and you will see that probably 80% of college football players are black and they don’t want confederate flags and Dixie. For the record I am white and 64 years old, but smart enough to realize if I want my football team to win I need to change with the times. I sorry you don’t care what people think anymore. You probably never did.
 
Nehru Jacket said:
Well that was great in the 60’s and 70’s when there were few if any black players playing college football. Look around now and you will see that probably 80% of college football players are black and they don’t want confederate flags and Dixie. For the record I am white and 64 years old, but smart enough to realize if I want my football team to win I need to change with the times. I sorry you don’t care what people think anymore. You probably never did.
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That’s fine … I’m sure Ole Miss changed their mascot and I assume don’t play Dixie to improve recruiting of black players. But if a fan tailgating in the Grove has Dixie blaring from his speakers does not mean he’s racist, he’s probably just a proud southerner but some woke clown will probably start messing with him, maybe not in Oxford but I could see it happening at GT.
 
GoldenIsle said:
That’s fine … I’m sure Ole Miss changed their mascot and I assume don’t play Dixie to improve recruiting of black players. But if a fan tailgating in the Grove has Dixie blaring from his speakers does not mean he’s racist, he’s probably just a proud southerner but some woke clown will probably start messing with him, maybe not in Oxford but I could see it happening at GT.
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I think we need to worry more about winning some football games than what people are doing tailgating. So in that respect we agree.
 
GoldenIsle said:
You are correct, I went to the 1971 Peach bowl as a 14 year old and sat near the Ole Miss band and they must of played Dixie a hundred times because it seemed like they scored that many times. I’m 65 and when I was coming up in the 60’s and early 70’s and we heard that tune nobody thought about race, it was just a song that represented the South. Some how in the last 30 years or so some folks decided it was racist. Today those people have a name …. Wokeness. I’ve come to believe anything a white southerner likes is automatically deemed racist. To tell you the truth I’ve reached the age I don’t care what folks think.
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I have the program from the game in my office. Just took the pic.

Fun fact. The biggest player on EITHER team for the 1971 Peach Bowl was a DT for GT, Brad Bourne, who weighed 245 lbs. The biggest OL for Ole Miss was 229 lbs.

Just Amazing.

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JJacket said:
I have the program from the game in my office. Just took the pic.

Fun fact. The biggest player on EITHER team for the 1971 Peach Bowl was a DT for GT, Brad Bourne, who weighed 245 lbs. The biggest OL for Ole Miss was 229 lbs.

Just Amazing.

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Psychedelic. Good times!
 
Nehru Jacket said:
It’s funny if you like somebody they are self confident. If you don’t like them they are arrogant.
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Arrogance for me is a case of exaggerations compared to results (no matter what Websters says). Like em or not. :>)
 
Nehru Jacket said:
I was a kid watching it on TV. The best that I can remember I wish I had psychedelics with me to get through that game as I believe it was pretty bad from a Tech perspective.
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Yep, we got our butt handed to us that day. I don’t think the team was over the gut wrenching loss to UGA. GT had a talented team returning from the 70 squad that went 9-3, but seemed kind of snake bit in 1971. Had a couple of head scratching losses, especially that one to Army, another game I attended. The Peach Bowl game against Ole Miss was played in a downpour, fortunately my Dad and I were underneath the roof. I could tell he didn’t want to go in that rain but the Peach Bowl tickets were a Christmas gift from him and my mom so he persevered.
 
GoldenIsle said:
Today those people have a name …. Wokeness. I’ve come to believe anything a white southerner likes is automatically deemed racist.
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They upgraded the definition from just white southerners to any white person.

Source: was in college in the 2010's
 
Nehru Jacket said:
Well that was great in the 60’s and 70’s when there were few if any black players playing college football. Look around now and you will see that probably 80% of college football players are black and they don’t want confederate flags and Dixie. For the record I am white and 64 years old, but smart enough to realize if I want my football team to win I need to change with the times. I sorry you don’t care what people think anymore. You probably never did.
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preachy mother ööööer

By douching up the board with virtue signaling you are helping us win!
 
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