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Is there a rivalry dynamic between Southern Miss/Ole Miss/State?

Posted on 3/10/26 at 6:57 pm
Posted by FAT SEXY
California
Member since Jun 2020
1896 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 6:57 pm
Is there any animosity towards Southern Miss from the SEC Mississippi schools?.. or are they mostly an afterthought?
Posted by MasterAbe1
Member since Oct 2016
6965 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 7:01 pm to
100%. Southern Miss folks hate Ole Miss/State because we were never really allowed to become more than a teacher college due to state legislature.

I’m not really sure why Ole Miss or State would have a reason to hate USM outside of State pride
Posted by Allthatfades
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2014
9161 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 7:26 pm to
Both have become pretty good rivals for USM in baseball. Back in the Bower days when they were routinely pulling Top 25 upsets, a lot of USM used to talk smack that they were as good or better than State or Ole Miss. But USM football has sadly become irrelevant
Posted by SaintlyTiger88
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2013
2200 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 7:44 pm to
Idk, but all I got is one time I went to an Ole Miss fan’s house and he had a Miss State decal inside his toilet bowl.
Posted by 91TIGER
Lafayette
Member since Aug 2006
19384 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:07 pm to
From an outsider looking in, it's the USL (UL-Lafayette), wanting to be at the table. So, no there isn't a rivalry with little sister USM
Posted by Quatre Pot
Member since Jan 2015
1793 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 7:29 am to
Well, in baseball, USM is clearly “at the table”
Posted by Jeb Busch Lite
Member since Apr 2016
2567 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 7:50 am to
Southern’s fans have a weird inferiority complex about them. There’s definitely somewhat of a rivalry dynamic in baseball as they have had a really good baseball program for the last 20+ years. Ole Miss refuses to even play them in football, which adds to the inferiority complex
Posted by Ralph_Wiggum
Sugarland
Member since Jul 2005
11079 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 8:44 am to
The dynamic between the directional or hyphenated schools with the larger schools is an interesting dynamic in most states. Some of the smaller schools root for the big state school and some don't.
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