Dear Ole Miss Students

by allicolls on Nov 3, 2009 11:29 AM EST

When you hear the glorious notes of From Dixie With Love this weekend, get ready. You're going to have to take action or this will be the last time you will hear it on gameday. Look to your left and right. When the Battle Hymn portion of the song comes to an end, if either of the idiots next to you opens his mouth and what comes out is "The S...." PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE BEFORE HE CAN GET THE REST OF IT OUT. Also, if the person standing in your shoes says it, just go to the top of the Vaught and throw yourself off.

On a serious note, I have been a Rebel fan for all my 24 years. I was lucky enough to grow up with Colonel Reb, Rebel flags, and From Dixie with Love. When they got rid of the flags, I understood, and thought it was a wise move for our national image and recruiting. Sure, I know that for me, that flag doesn't mean what people think it does, but I understand the outsider perspective. When they got rid of Colonel Reb, I was firmly against it. We need a mascot. I don't think Colonel Reb is any more offensive than Chief Osceola, the Illini, or the Redskins logo. Colonel Rebel will always be my mascot. I'm just glad I got to be that excited little girl that loved to go up and hug him and get her picture taken with Colonel Reb while wearing her Ole Miss cheerleader outfit. From Dixie With Love is my favorite Ole Miss tradition, and one that I thought would endure forever, even as the powers that be were chopping down our traditions one by one. Until a few idiots decided to inject ignorance into a song that used to be history and tradition and loyalty and what it means to be a Rebel.

If you screw up, students, just remember that you are ruining one of Ole Miss's best traditions for everyone. The actions of a few drunk 20-year-olds will effect thousands of Rebels from 1 to 100. What will we hear at the end of games, win or lose, to remind us that we are still Rebels and we still love Ole Miss? There is no song the band could play that could capture that feeling. There is no other song that would make me tear up at the first game of the year.

If you don't understand or don't care how much this song means to me and the majority of Rebel fans, you are not a Rebel. You don't belong in my stadium, you don't deserve to wear red and blue, you're not good enough for that Hotty Toddy pin. So remember that this weekend. Try to live up to those colors. Be a Rebel.

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When the Battle Hymn portion of the song comes to an end, if either of the idiots next to you opens his mouth and what comes out is “The S….” PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE BEFORE HE CAN GET THE REST OF IT OUT. Also, if the person standing in your shoes says it, just go to the top of the Vaught and throw yourself off.

That, ma’am, is fine, fine writing. Well done.

one foot in the grave, one foot on the pedal...

by Bill Fremp on Nov 3, 2009 1:08 PM EST reply actions

Agreed. Recommend button has been clicked.

I suggest all you good spirited lawyas do the same.

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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Nov 3, 2009 2:38 PM EST up reply actions

well said

losing that song is not an option, and drastic measures to save it are enthusiastically encouraged.

by RedStickRebel on Nov 4, 2009 11:00 AM EST reply actions

Thanks

A little part of me hopes fights break out in the student section over the chant. At least it would show me that some of the students are passionate about not losing the song.

by allicolls on Nov 4, 2009 11:48 AM EST reply actions

a useful alternative...

would be to chant “in all likelihood, the South probably won’t rise gain”

by Evil Betty on Nov 5, 2009 1:21 PM EST reply actions

Or how about

“Sir or madam, what exactly is meant by this use of the word ‘rise’? For I posit that, while your intended meaning may be driven by virtuous motives, the actual impact it has is overwhelmingly negative. So despite your best intents, I must discourage the use of this word or any phrase which uses it, given the context, of course.”

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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Nov 5, 2009 2:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

I think that...

that would just be too many syllables for our intoxicated tongues to manage. We’d also need a speed metal song to afford enough notes to cover the whole thing. Good try though!

by Evil Betty on Nov 5, 2009 11:17 PM EST reply actions

I am absolutely no fan of Ole Miss

But as a Fella’ who happens to like my history and Southern Pride not tarnished with a tang of ignorance I have to agree: very well said.

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by bobo_the_vol on Nov 10, 2009 8:53 AM EST reply actions

Another SEC/Ole Miss Blog is Reporting FDWL is Outta Here

Announcement to come this afternoon.

(Would post link, but not sure of y’alls policy on linking to other blogs.)

by HandsomeSam on Nov 10, 2009 2:09 PM EST reply actions

I'm not surprised...

…after reports that students showed up at the start of the NAU game, yelled it louder than ever, then immediately left to go get drunk in the Grove. They wanted to “prove a point,” and they did…they proved they are whiny, narcissistic, greedy, selfish, petulant little assholes who don’t care about anybody else or any “traditions” but the ones they think THEY started. You see, they honestly believe this was something they thought up all by themselves, a “new” tradition, when really it was a bunch of the old guard pissed the Colonel was taken away. I still say we should have just closed the student section for one night. They don’t care about Ole Miss football…they care about the status of being seen in their Vineyard Vines ties and Christian Louboutin heels, bought with mommy and daddy’s money, I might add. But they still have the mindset of moonshine-swilling rednecks. In the meantime they did exactly what the administration expected them to…you don’t think this was truly reverse psychology at work? Add in the students who actually DID want “Dixie” gone and basically had a “How to Get Rid of FDWL” manual thrown in their laps, and the writing was on the wall.

Those privileged little slapnuts don’t deserve FDWL. I just hope it receives a mention in the history books.

by Queen Hoka-Hotty-Toddy on Nov 10, 2009 2:58 PM EST up reply actions

Exactly.....

That was the deal all along folks. How do we strip Dixie away from the people of the university? We’ve got to be more politically correct……hmmm……I got it! The 18-22yr old students scream TSWRA at the end of Dixie. Therefore, let’s make it an issue on a national basis (who cares what light it shines on the university) and use this as the exuse to get rid of it.

if they scream TSWRA then we will be able to quit playing Dixie. Dang that administration are a smart bunch of folk from MC……

NEWSFLASH: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 18 – 22 YEAR OLDS AND IF YOU DARE THEM TO NOT DO SOMETHING, THEY ARE GOING TO OUT OF SPITE……DUH. You are so correct Queen…..

Next thing to strip away……Ole Miss or Rebels? New names for the Univ of Mississippi?

Very very sad day.

by Team BIB on Nov 10, 2009 3:51 PM EST up reply actions