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re: My Ole Miss Review
Posted on 9/22/26 at 10:46 am to Kevin TheRant
Posted on 9/22/26 at 10:46 am to Kevin TheRant
The Grove and the tailgating set-up, manner of dress, prevalence of beautiful women, etc., is very unique. The fact that they are able to cultivate that type of game-day excitement with relatively no football accomplishments of note since integration is pretty amazing (that’s a compliment).
If they do start to actually put hardware in the trophy case, it’ll go to another level.
OM was an early adopter of NIL (I personally know several members of the Grove Collective Board). They’ve built themselves for modern football.
They also have some inherent advantages at home. There is not a suitable hotel for the visiting team (that’s a real advantage). The same is true for opposing fans…it’s hard to stay in Oxford. Small stadium so less seats for visitors. They use these advantages well.
People outside of Mississippi don’t want to admit it, but OM has real money as well. There are plenty of fakes, but seeing the number of PJs flying in Thursday through Sunday on a game weekend makes you understand, there is real money at the school and they have bought in on winning.
That said, I genuinely hate them.
If they do start to actually put hardware in the trophy case, it’ll go to another level.
OM was an early adopter of NIL (I personally know several members of the Grove Collective Board). They’ve built themselves for modern football.
They also have some inherent advantages at home. There is not a suitable hotel for the visiting team (that’s a real advantage). The same is true for opposing fans…it’s hard to stay in Oxford. Small stadium so less seats for visitors. They use these advantages well.
People outside of Mississippi don’t want to admit it, but OM has real money as well. There are plenty of fakes, but seeing the number of PJs flying in Thursday through Sunday on a game weekend makes you understand, there is real money at the school and they have bought in on winning.
That said, I genuinely hate them.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 10:58 am to No Colors
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The Grove is set up to handle about 150,000 people. An extra 100,000 uninvited opposing fans show up without tickets.
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The Grove is simply not set up to handle 300,000 people.
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Oxford Police estimated 350,000 total people in Oxford
Every time you post the crowd grows by 50k
Posted on 9/22/26 at 10:59 am to Kevin TheRant
The weirdest thing to me about the whole experience was how the ole miss fans went from being very nice and welcoming to flipping a switch and being complete psychos once that late interception happened and they realized they’d actually won. I thought they’d be so happy to have won the game that the banter would have died down post game but that’s when it kicked up ten notches. I’m 40 and just wanted to walk to my car and after I got halfway out of the stadium I was genuinely convinced I was going to have to fight someone.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 11:09 am to Kevin TheRant
That frickin piped in music was the worst! It was about 90 decibels too loud!
It also seemed to go on too long after the teams were lined up over the ball.
And turning the stadium lights out for, seemingly, every time-out so they could have their LED wristband light show was a little much.
It also seemed to go on too long after the teams were lined up over the ball.
And turning the stadium lights out for, seemingly, every time-out so they could have their LED wristband light show was a little much.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 11:11 am to No Colors
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The Grove is set up to handle about 150,000 people.
An extra 100,000 uninvited opposing fans show up without tickets.
Both of these numbers are completely made up.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 11:15 am to Kevin TheRant
I’ve been wondering if Vaught Hemingway was any louder since they enclosed the stadium. Been to many Ole Miss games but haven’t been since 2017. It was always far and away the quietest road game I’ve seen LSU go into. Not surprised it’s mainly comprised of piped in music, certainly feels that way on tv
Posted on 9/22/26 at 11:16 am to Kevin TheRant
quote:it will get less crowded in a few years. I went there a looong time ago and you could play volleyball between the tents.
Grove was extremely overcrowded.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 11:16 am to Kevin TheRant
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could see the Ole Miss band playing, but could barely hear them because the music drowned them out.
I was a few sections over from them and could barely hear them as well. Heard TGBFTL more, although that was normally drowned out. I suspect volume has to be turned up higher because isn’t built like a bowl and doesn’t contain noise as well.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 11:18 am to No Colors
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The Grove is simply not set up to handle 300,000 people. It's very comfortable and fun at 150,000. But we can't magically make it bigger
That’s fine and dandy it’s still a con though. I guess I just don’t understand the point you’re trying to make lol.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 11:26 am to PhishyTiger
Surely there are other areas that could accommodate tailgates. I only saw video but it looked absolutely miserable.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 11:32 am to Kevin TheRant
I'm old-school, but I liked it better in the 1960's and '70s when we played road games vs Ole Miss and Miss. St in Jackson. I guess that's off the table nowadays, for various reasons
Posted on 9/22/26 at 1:21 pm to Kevin TheRant
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There were light shows during almost every break, and piped-in music played constantly. I could see the Ole Miss band playing, but could barely hear them because the music drowned them out.
I wish all stadiums would stop the light shows and piped in music.... it's like the game itself is not entertaining enough for this generation.... they have to be constanly bombarded with noise and lights like they have a 10 second attention span...
yes, I'm old school and I truely miss when the band and the actual football games were fun and not hyped out every minute.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 2:22 pm to Kevin TheRant
Stadium is about as big as a hs Stadium in Allen Tx
Posted on 9/22/26 at 2:55 pm to tigerfoot
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Surely there are other areas that could accommodate tailgates. I only saw video but it looked absolutely miserable.
They push everybody to the grove and the circle which are next to each other. I don’t think it is permitted to tailgate outside of those areas. They certainly don’t have accessible bathrooms and trash cans in any area around campus outside of the grove and the circle.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 3:14 pm to jkylejohnson
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The weirdest thing to me about the whole experience was how the ole miss fans went from being very nice and welcoming to flipping a switch and being complete psychos once that late interception happened and they realized they’d actually won
This happened with us as well. They were super nice during the pre-game and then once they got a lead, they went ape shite and starting throwing food/drinks into the LSU section
Posted on 9/22/26 at 3:25 pm to REBEL5 AC
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True but how do you do that? The Grove is landlocked
I get it. Mostly what I hear about the game experience there is good.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 5:16 pm to Kevin TheRant
The place is not on my bucket list.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:48 pm to SOL2
Forgot to mention. Absolute zero cell service from about noon til you got to the stadium and could get on the stadiums WiFi.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 9:16 pm to No Colors
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The Grove is simply not set up to handle 300,000 people. It's very comfortable and fun at 150,000. But we can't magically make it bigger. So when 150,000 extra people show up, they can't expect it to magically expand. They have to be able to do the math.
So, what is it? 100k or 150k. You’re making numbers up. Who said there were 300k in The Grove?
Posted on 9/23/26 at 12:16 pm to Reservoirdog
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This happened with us as well. They were super nice during the pre-game and then once they got a lead, they went ape shite and starting throwing food/drinks into the LSU section
Yep I had to dodge all the shite being thrown before I tried to make my way out and the entire mile walk to the car random assholes were running up with middle fingers and frick you, and hotty toddy motherfricker. Etc etc. for Gods sake you’d have thought they scored the game winning touchdown . Again I expect some of that from drunk college kids but I got a “hotty toddy mfer “ from a lady in her 50s.
I’ve never liked ole miss but it’s gonna be extra satisfying when they come back to Death Valley next year without their ineligible qb. They’re still riding high with Kiffins roster but that program is set for a big ole nosedive and I can’t wait.
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