Win or lose, there was some pretty fun game-playing on Saturday. Most of it not on the football field.Way up north at THE University of Mississippi there was a party going on in the Grove. And, thanks to fashion directives from Coach Houston Nutt, we were seeing red.
Typically, Ole Miss is a place where we don't really dress in team colors... nothing obnoxious like those purple and gold scrubs I've seen my neighbor wearing in support of the LSU Tigers. But Coach Nutt asked the fans to wear red, so lots of fans rallied.
The Grove is a place to see and be seen, to perspire moderately and fan heartily. It is the place where we dig our manicured nails into tradition and stubbornly cling to Col. Reb, even if he's NOT an officially sanctioned school mascot. (Come on! Who wants their picture made with "muppet-like" characters Hotty and Toddy? Puh-leeze!)
At Ole Miss, we wear our dresses and high heels on game day and wonder why the rest of the country marvels -- and hates us for it. It's all part of the game: brownies and chicken strips, tabletop televisions, overworked lawn chairs, over-told tall tales and, occasionally, a fabulous little red dress.
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