Originally Posted by
itchypickle
Ole Miss and State fans are not like an Auburn, LSU or Bama fan base. Culture of losing and high hopes being dashed as the whipping boys persist in both campuses. All it will take is for one big Bama play and the 60,500 in Oxford will go quiet and begin exiting early if its not answered. Seriously, for years both Ole Miss and State fans just write off seasons and look the the Egg Bowl and who will make the Liberty/Independence Bowls for those short trips to watch and be happy. They are not use to this type of magnitude of stage and it will show again Saturday.
Year after Eli left Ole Miss they had a 'great QB' who led them to a top 5 or 10 ranking until Bama ruined them them....season went downhill from there....last season Rebels were hyped...went into Tuscaloosa talking trash....lost 25-0 and got depressed and started a 3 game skid. They are not built for this stage...yet.
Will be plenty of Crimson in the stands as well...logistically, tons of Bama fans live in the area and majority of Ole Miss fans just stay on the grove to watch on the Tvs...great tailgating...but they sell tickets in a heartbeat so its not going to be brain bustingly loud by any stretch to throw off Alabama's game.