Ole Miss Supporters Can Drink Better Than Tech Fans

Posted on January 5th, 2009 4:23pm by Zac Crain
Filed under Drinking, Sports, Super Heroes

That’s my take after reading this (courtesy of Deadspin) about how Ole Miss fans invaded our fair city and tied ($26,000), then set ($27,000), then reset ($29,000) the record for money spent on alcohol in one night at the Hyatt Regency’s Atrium bar. I knew there was a reason why I was pulling for the Rebels to beat the Red Raiders in the Cotton Bowl, and not just because I read The Blind Side (Michael Lewis’ great book about Ole Miss left tackle Michael Oher) over the break. Or that Tech ruined UT’s perfect season. Or that my brother went to Tech.

(I saw many of the Ole Miss faithful at Victor Tango’s and other area hotspots — such as the Pappasito’s in Richardson — on Friday night. I won’t go into great detail, but let’s say I decided to pull my support after that.)

22 comments

  1. Hotty Toddy!

    @ 4:52 pm on January 5, 2009

  2. they might have also set the record for worst haircuts/hairstyles per capita. Saw plenty of them downtown and looks like they all used the same Flowbee before the game.

    @ 4:53 pm on January 5, 2009

  3. I saw many beautiful female Ole Miss fans around town over the past week. After one particularly interesting evening — and I won’t go into great detail — I decided to pull my support as well. Twice. [hmmm, will this pass the censor test?]

    @ 5:03 pm on January 5, 2009

  4. I am well versed in Mississipp-ah and you are correct about the Flowbee.

    As to the record alcohol consumption: all of these people are Baptists and in reality the Baptists drink more than anyone.

    @ 5:15 pm on January 5, 2009

  5. McKinney Avenue felt like Mardi Gras on Friday night with the number of college students and Tech/Ole Miss fans spilling out from all of the bars — It was pretty awesome! Go UT!

    @ 5:17 pm on January 5, 2009

  6. Dallas socialites, only those without product in their hair and striped shirts may cast the first “hair smack” stone.

    @ 5:19 pm on January 5, 2009

  7. Well done Rebs, Go SEC!

    @ 6:37 pm on January 5, 2009

  8. Source at The Loon says Fri night was a record night for them – topping $18K.

    @ 7:47 pm on January 5, 2009

  9. Well, I hope our local business owners enjoyed the boost from the game because next year the visiting Cotton Bowl fans will be setting consumption records at the Hooters on Collinsin Arlington.

    @ 8:03 pm on January 5, 2009

  10. There is no better Tech win this season than the one removing the Longhorns from first place, not even a win in the Cotton Bowl could have been better! :)

    @ 9:24 pm on January 5, 2009

  11. One good thing about the mississippians, they, like me, stayed far away from anything with the words “club”, “ultra”, “lounge” or “douche palace” in the name.

    @ 10:31 pm on January 5, 2009

  12. We can’t type “dewsh” now?

    @ 10:33 pm on January 5, 2009

  13. Brett, sorry to say but you are wrong.

    My nephew and his step brother, both visiting from the Land-o-Cotton, asked for my Ex to take them to Plush. Needless to say that Opie and Gomer stuck out like sore thumbs.

    I’m sure that all the D*uchettes had them drooling. A part of me is sorry I missed it.

    @ 8:35 am on January 6, 2009

  14. Every School has it’s share of Opies and Gomers as fans. Sure, many of the fans
    acted ridiculous and/or obnoxious, again a trait at all schools. Fact is Ole Miss played a great game, won, and surprised alot of folks(Not me, however)
    Plus, we brought great revenue into Dallas, which makes us favorable for bowl picks.
    Ole Miss fans are historically big spenders
    and now, big winners!

    @ 11:30 am on January 6, 2009

  15. Our CFO told me earlier that older alums regularly sneak bourbon into games via Ziploc bags, and that concessionaires understand if you ask for a “regular” Coke (or some term he forgot) they knew to leave room for said bourbon.

    So, obviously, Ole Miss is now back as my second favorite university.

    @ 3:13 pm on January 6, 2009

  16. It’s not just older alums… pretty much all Ole Miss fans (sorority girls included) bring bourbon into the games… but ziploc bags are unreliable and have been cleverly replaced with….yes… breast milk baggies!!

    Hotty Toddy!

    @ 1:45 pm on January 7, 2009

  17. That is amazing.

    @ 2:16 pm on January 7, 2009

  18. And the other ziplock holds boiled peanuts.

    One of the more disgusting things to eat beside cheese curds.

    @ 4:27 pm on January 7, 2009

  19. Baptist typically go elsewhere, than Ole Miss….no offense to Baptists. Oh, and “puddin’ tane” is a absolutely clueless about all things Ole Miss.

    @ 2:18 pm on January 13, 2009

  20. We do not eat boiled peanuts.. try a little further south, like LSU.

    @ 4:54 pm on January 13, 2009

  21. Ole Miss all Baptists? Are you kidding? True fire and brimstone preachers in Mississippi warn their flock not to send their kids to Oxford.

    @ 9:42 pm on January 13, 2009

  22. My son is managing partner at Mantus and his sister goes to Ole Miss. She had fun at the “Ultra Lounge”

    @ 10:23 pm on January 30, 2009