Do you like the nickname 'Starkvegas'

[TBone.sixpack]

We have embraced it and are marketing it.

Like, neh or who cares?

 

[121Josey]

I liked it a lot more before it was monetized.

 

[Lachien]

It plays, might as well roll with

 

[FlotownDawg]

I liked it when it was kind of like an ironic joke

I think Rece Davis was the one who coined the phrase (at least he is the first one I remember saying it). It was kind of funny because Starkville is as far from Las Vegas as you can get. Not a huge fan of us marketing the hell out of it. But Scott Stricklin has never found anything he can't market.

 

[Digging dog]

Had more weight 4 beers deep at the Landing.

 

[NCDawg.sixpack]

No. I recall Rob Jay of WLBT in Jackson used that term every time he talked about State, and Rob Jay was no fan of State in my opinion.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

I like it more than "hail state" (the phrase, not the fight song)

 

[DawgatAuburn]

We were referring to Starkville as Vegas in the late 80s/early 90s.

 

[BirminghamDAWG]

I think it's cool because it just kind of happened. It can go on t-shirts and stuff like that. I can't stand it on playing surfaces and such.

 

[josebrown]

Si Si Pedro!

 

[muhstate]

I prefer to call Starkville "Starkghanistan" after students tried to join ISIS

#ThisIsOurJihad

 

[aTotal360]

I'm fine with it. It's tongue in cheek, but who gives a ****. If you can't laugh at yourself, you're probably a miserable doosh anyway.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Yes. We need to embrace it even more and make some welcome to StarkVegas signs at the city limits.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

It simply reflects the town's casinos and bordellos.

 

[DancingRabbit]

Yeah, I like it. Great marketing. Remember the Adidas takeover ad on ESPN?

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

Way too much wonderful, glorious, juicy Pork eaten here to have the false nickname "Starkghanistan".

I'm cool with "StarkVegas".

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[Faustdog]

I know it was around when both of my parents attended in the 70's. I like it.

 

[Daddy Rabbit Dawg]

We were referring to Starkville as Vegas in the late 80s/early 90s.

I was State 85-87 and we used the term all the time...lots of people did.

 

[the dog is on the loose]

Tim Brando is the first I heard use the name starkvegas. This was on a radio sports show back in '98 or '99.

 

[57stratdawg]

Not really. I prefer 'New Hollywood of the South'.

 

[ShrubDog]

I really dont care to see the endzone, outfield or baseline brandishing Starkvegas. It looks better on the t shirts at the lodge.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

So we should start referring to University, MS as Oxvegas to expose the miserable dooshes there?

 

[missouridawg]

I love it.

 

[QuadrupleOption]

I like it myself. I heard the name Starkvegas thrown around in the early 90's when I was a freshman. It's meant to be ironic and I like the fact that the university has embraced it and is putting it out there.

Every time I see "Starkvegas" I feel like it's a giant "17 you" to every douchebag sports columnist who can't seem to write an article about MSU without trashing the town.

 

[aTotal360]

No nickname needed. One signifies the other.

 

[SwampDawg]

Starkpatch has a better fit.

 

[coach66]

I would like the city to just go ahead and change their name, embrace it.

nm

 

[Dawgtini]

Like it. Like that we are embracing it.

 

[121Josey]

Starkpatch has a better fit.

Sounds too much like Oxpatch.**

 

[HotMop]

I like it.

Now it'd be better if we could actually change the name of Starkville...progress and ****.

 

[fishwater99]

I think Rece Davis was the one who coined the phrase (at least he is the first one I remember saying it). It was kind of funny because Starkville is as far from Las Vegas as you can get. Not a huge fan of us marketing the hell out of it. But Scott Stricklin has never found anything he can't market.

The joke was how crappy Starkville was compared to other towns. I don't think that's what we want to be marketing, IMO.