re: First time to Oxford/The Grove

The Grove was the most grotesque disappointment of my entire career as a traveling LSU fan. Many of the fans don't even erect their own tailgates. It appears to be done by third party contractors in advance of gameday. The place was a ghost town of unoccupied folding chairs, empty white tents, unwatched TVs, and effeminate floral centerpices until a few hours before kickoff. My LSU friends and I commandeered some of the derelict tailgates. No one said a word.

Now, the women of Oxford were anything but a disappointment. The single most beautiful southern belle I have ever laid eyes on was a bartender at a small dive behind The Library. Overall, they have the second best road beauties in the SEC, just behind UGA.