Rebel Roundup - September 7, 2010 - I Ain't Dead Yet
by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Sep 7, 2010 9:32 AM EDT
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I'm not going to pretend that I read everything everybody said over the past few days, because doing so would have been me doing myself a real disservice. Getting way from RCR and Rebel football in general, if even for a few days, in a way which I haven't in years was oddly therapeutic. I'm not back 100%, because my wearied soul still aches a bit and I still wonder why I put so very, very much into this team every single year, but y'all knew I wasn't down for the count. To those who offered kinder words, thanks. To those who didn't, thanks. It was good to see a "good fellow fan/bad fellow fan" approach to my musings. No, I haven't cancelled my travel plans to the Tulane and Vanderbilt games and, no, I haven't given any of my tickets back. I'll still be there; I'll be less enthused and more detached than usual, but I suspect that will be the case with many of us.
It just sucks knowing that there really is almost nothing, and certainly nothing coming close to sniffing the realm of probability, that can salvage this season. We're one week into a season - a season which was preceded with one of the most stressful and dramatic offseasons of recent memory - that is, for a lot of us, already ruined.
Jacksonville State Rallies to Beat Ole Miss in Overtime | USAToday
Obligatory mainstream media link regarding the game, is all. Nothing really to see here.
Ole Miss' Upset Boosts Gamecock Poll Rankings | Anniston Star
Jacksonville State is now a top-10 FCS team for, what is it again, the first time ever?! Shit, we can't even lose to a good FCS team...
This Week in Schadenfreude | SBNation
Guess whose pain brought the most pleasure to the college football blogosphere?! You guessed it! Mine! I do take some solace, however, in knowing that Brian Cook, the brilliant Michigan alumnus behind This Week In Schadenfreude, has been there before.
The Bronco Bashers' Blog: How to Get Coach Pete to Stay | ArbiterOnline
This is a pretty entertaining read. A Boise State fan looks at the hottest seats in the SEC (namely Les Miles', Mark Richt's, and, now, Houston Nutt's) and concludes that, were any of those coaching gigs to open up, Boise State's Chris Petersen would likely be first in line to take 'em. That is a sentiment with which, after seeing Boise defeat a very good Virginia Tech team in person last night, I am entirely in agreement. This, of course, presents the Broncos fan base with the "how do we keep our coach" dilemma. The answer is, if he's looking to become an SEC coach, Boise fans need to start acting like they cheer for an SEC program. How does one do that, exactly?
Buy a big black garbage bag and throw away the face paint, the body paint, the eye black strips, the wigs, the noise makers, the big hats and did I say the wigs? The SEC fans dresses up for football games like it is a formal event, not shirtless with an explanation mark painted on their chests.
That is, of course, amongst many other things.
And Check This Out
ESPN did a surprisingly great job with this, and I think it does an excellent service to us, our fans, and our school to have this commercial out there. I know a lot of folks will disagree with that sentiment, and that's cool I guess, but they're like, wrong and stuff.
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Can I get an explanation mark on what an explanation mark is?
Also, welcome back. Let them have their schadenfreud. It be’s that way sometimes.
one foot in the grave, one foot on the pedal...
I never left.
I just needed to spend some time not thinking about Ole Miss. It’s going to take a while for me to get as behind this team as I was before Saturday, but I’ll get there soon.
And I’m actually pretty happy to have RCR featured in TWIS once again (last year’s South Carolina backlash was featured as well). We’re passionate around here and, even if in a negative fashion, we’re glad people recognize that.
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Sep 7, 2010 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Are you trying to be as melodramatic as that dude from the contact lenses commercial
or is it just coming natural?
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Destroying your traditions since [YEAR REDACTED].
I'm also not exactly sure what commercial y'all are talking about.
/Idontwatchmuchtvku’d <—- RCR + NAFOOM’d
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Sep 8, 2010 8:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Raise your hand if you were drunkenly, mercilessly, belligerently ugly to everyone who talked to you on Saturday
then had to send a mass apology text on Sunday.
Evil coincedence of the strange and alien feeling of not living in an SEC college town for the first time in 7 years + most horrifying loss in school history = very unbecoming conduct from yours truly. Followed by icky, unfamiliar feelings of shame the next morning.
Ghost, no shame in realizing you have to take things a little less seriously/personally. You weren’t the only one.
Hand Raised......
I was definitely in your boat my friend. So be it. Worst loss in history, period. Let’s fire the entire coaching staff and let Ackbar coach the team….
That commercial would have been a lot cooler
If we hadn’t shit the bed on Saturday.
SEC fan attire
Buy a big black garbage bag and throw away the face paint, the body paint, the eye black strips, the wigs, the noise makers, the big hats and did I say the wigs? The SEC fans dresses up for football games like it is a formal event, not shirtless with an explanation mark painted on their chests.
did you pass this information on to LSU fans?
The Seventies are cycling around again! We're ahead of the curve!
Actually, they never left some parts.
Just because it's been done before
doesn’t mean it should be done again.
This isn't new, we've seen this before, maybe not quite to the level of Saturday.
Memphis, a couple of times.
Vandie*, at least twice I think
Wake
Prolly more before my time.
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. (How the hell did LSU not beat us in the 0.01 sec game???)
The Vandy loss in 2008 and the
Wyoming loss in 2005 are numbers two and three on my list of worst losses.
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Sep 7, 2010 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Glad you never left
Now more blogginz.
"Go then, there are other worlds than these"-The Gunslinger
by ARebel21 on Sep 7, 2010 12:05 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Why does Akbar not adhere to the freshman dress code?
In the last shot of Akbar in front of the union, the Admiral should have a blue coat, white shirt, red tie, khaki pants, and penny loafers. Duh.
But pretty cool though.
Ghost!!!
Welcome back from your “Urban Myerish” retirement from the Cup.
by 1826 N. Broad on Sep 7, 2010 12:18 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Aaaaaaaand rec'd.
Red Cup Rebellion - Changing the culture of Ole Miss Athletics
Destroying your traditions since [YEAR REDACTED].
Ghost-
Your first shot is on me this weekend in NOLA. Luckily, my internet went out at my house in time for me to avoid the backlash. I totally understand the power of venting on the internet. It hardly makes it any better having to rehash the whole thing. Me? Postgame, I was with a beautiful girl with no care for the outcome of the game. It was relaxing to say the least. We appreciate what you do. You are a good rebel, and we’d hate to see you go.
"HOT BOUDIN! COOOOOLD COUS COUS, COME ON TIGAHS, PUSH PUSH PUSH!"
I'm trying to figure this out.
Here at RCR, where we have some semblance of a sense of humor (don’t know how much is left after Saturday), we GET the Ackbar ad. Hell, I’m frankly a little happy the subject of the Colonel or race didn’t get brought up. But over on YouTube and for a few of my friends on Facebook, this is “OMG the most embarassing thing EVAR” and “making us a laughing stock” (really? After Saturday, THIS is what makes us a joke?).
This can’t be leftover resentment over losing the Colonel. Is it the dreaded NERRRRDS association? “Let the world think we’re racist rubes, it’s better than being Star Wars geeks”? That they’ll relocate Comic-Con to the Grove and pretty sorority girls will be replaced by fat guys squeezed into Boba Fett outfits (or “worse,” all the frat boys will leave and the girls will have no choice but to sleep with dorks)? What the hell, people? I figured everyone would be going on ad nauseum about our loss this AM and instead they’re talking about how awesome this ad is! I don’t see the downside here.
Yes, I live in Starkville...WHO did I piss off in a past life?
by Queen Hoka-Hotty-Toddy on Sep 7, 2010 12:40 PM EDT reply actions 7 recs
Rec'd
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Sep 7, 2010 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it is great publicity
Which we need good PR at this point.
If anything,
It’s a success because they didn’t find a way to bring up race. It doesn’t make us look stupid, it makes us look like we have a sense of humor (which we do). I’m grateful for the good publicity.
I play for keeps.
Did you notice the figurine on his desk?
I thought it was a nice tongue in cheek placement. I can imagine Sparky’s Phi Delt response to this entire thing, but I am glad he played along in good spirits. He obviously took this thing in the right way. I imagine the legal department had an iron-clad “if we see it and don’t like it you can fuck off” clause when they agreed to this commercial.
Hyundai, it's the new motherfuckin Lexis
If it makes us look anything negative,
it makes us look a little dorky. So fucking what. People who get so bent out of shape over this are either really stupid or insecure. “HAY! I DON’ WANNA LOOK LIKE NO FUCKIN’ NERD GAWT DAMMIT!”
Red Cup Rebellion - Changing the Culture of Ole Miss Athletics
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Sep 7, 2010 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
You right.
I have no problem with it. I though Scott Pilgrim was one of the best movies I’ve seen in a while, and it’s the nerdiest thing I’ve ever seen.
I play for keeps.
are you kidding?
that commercial would be everything that is RIGHT with Ole Miss if Ackbar had become the new mascot
I would have bought Ole Miss Ackbar Rebel shirts to give to my Star Wars-crazed friends.
Do these people who are ‘embarrassed’ not realize the financial windfall of merchandising that would flood Ole Miss’ athletic department if Ackbar was your mascot? Every Star Wars fan in the nation would be wearing Rebel gear (and not all star Wars fans are geeks). The omnipresence of the brand would actually be a huge boon to your recruiting.
Im pretty sure
Lucas films either wants too much for the rights or doesnt want to taint the empirical image they’ve been building for 30 years. Or something along those lines.
Repping Ole Miss in 34 countries since 1996
Movie characters just aren't mascots.
I love the idea of Ackbar and am a huge Star Wars fan, but if Lucasfilm were to give us the rights(and hey, George has done wackier shit) it would set a precedent and before long you’d have the Texas Bugs Bunnies or the New York Gordon Gekkos or the Ohio Captain James T. Kirks.
There's a darkness on the edge of town.
Really want to go to tulane game
But I hate going it alone. You think there will be tix availible at the gate or should I just stay home and watch.
Repping Ole Miss in 34 countries since 1996
I am confident there will be. I'm hoping to scalp for around $40.
I’ll be driving down on Saturday. Shoot an email to the blog account. RedCupRebellion at gmail dot com. Ghost can forward it to me, and maybe We CaN cArPoOl
Red Cup Rebellion - Changing the culture of Ole Miss Athletics
Destroying your traditions since [YEAR REDACTED].
sweet email sent
I have a 2010 yaris that gets about 40mpg. I can fit 5. I may have one already going with but will be sure by tomorrow.
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ok nvm i only have me so i can take 3 more
4 more would fit but its a long ride. and im a tall guy. so unless we get a midget to sit behind me it would not be very comfortable for anyone else.
Repping Ole Miss in 34 countries since 1996
Two things.
1. Still here and always will be. Can’t wait for Saturday night.
2. LOVE the ESPN ad. If you think they’re making fun of Ole Miss, you have a strange view of the world.
No.
We figured that with the sprawling nature of NOLA, it’d be impractical to tent. We might pick a bar for Cup meet-up for pre-game and/or post-game, though.
Your thoughts, Ghost?
Red Cup Rebellion - Changing the culture of Ole Miss Athletics
Destroying your traditions since [YEAR REDACTED].
Sorry I won't make it.
But FYI, the Oxford band Kudzu Kings are playing at 12 Bar on Fulton St. from 3-6 before the game, so that may be a good place to meet up for y’all?
Yes, I live in Starkville...WHO did I piss off in a past life?
by Queen Hoka-Hotty-Toddy on Sep 7, 2010 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
HERE IS A TENTATIVE PLAN!
I say the meet-up should be post-game. There is just too much going on before the game to get everybody together (Kudzu Kings, NOLA Seafood festival, a slew of awesome games on TV, et cetera). So how does the Avenue Pub on St. Charles sound? It’s not too far of a walk from the Dome, not in the Quarter (therefore low on outright douchebaggery and 18-year-old drunks – it’s ok, 18-year-old Cup fans, y’all will have a blast and all, but we’ve been there and done that multiple times), and has an excellent selection of beers.
I’ll post more on this if we get some interest or further suggestions.
Red Cup Rebellion - Changing the Culture of Ole Miss Athletics
Take a picture, trick.
by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Sep 7, 2010 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
A "TENT"ATIVE PLAN
Ghost, you jest. Punditry – the highest form of comedy!
Avenue Pub is fine by me. Though – as noted on a previous post’s comment thread – me and mine may eventually make our way over to The Dungeon for a more brutal post-game experience.
I play for keeps.
Huzzah for 20 and below!
TEACH ME HOW TO DOUGIE, TEACH ME TEACH ME HOW TO DOUGIE
ALL MY BITCHES LOVE ME, ALL MY ALL MY BITCHES LOVE ME
LOLOLOLZ
by Blue Chip Prospect on Sep 7, 2010 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Nothin' against younger readers of the Cup,
but when you’re in that 24-26 range that we Cupdaters are, you’ll completely understand. But I’m with you altogether; my favorite Mardi Gras I’ve ever been to was 2006 right after Katrina. We partied hard on Bourbon (and elsewhere) without feeling a drop of shame or at all out of place.
Red Cup Rebellion - Changing the Culture of Ole Miss Athletics
Take a picture, trick.
by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Sep 7, 2010 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
so this is how my saturday pretty much went after that game
it was a long walk home from the grove……..
by shitnowiworkinjackson on Sep 7, 2010 1:00 PM EDT reply actions
Sux 2 B N LAU Skuul!!!
Looks like I’ll be stuck in Oxford this weekend, though I’ll probably get to see more football than those traveling to the City of a thousand Smells(my favorite mixture is crawfish and urine);
If nothing else, I’ll be at my computer and will try to contribute to whatever is going on here.
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