Since OM has dumped us as their rival...

[Philly Dawg]

...who should we look at as a replacement and what should the trophy be? Maybe go with A&M in the Sherrill Bowl?

 

[The Usual Suspect]

...who should we look at as a replacement and what should the trophy be? Maybe go with A&M in the Sherrill Bowl?

Keep playing LSU tight and beating them every once in a while, and that one will develop on its own. LSU does not consider OM their rival either. Not that we will replace Bama or anything for them.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Needs a butt-ugly trophy

 

[AFDawg]

BYU is our real rival.*

*as ridiculous a claim as OM not considering us a rival

 

[T-TownDawgg]

Swap out OM for East Mississippi. At least they are self-aware of their true identity.

 

[PBRME]

No rivalries. We can be the beacon of light in a dirty underworld. We play for the love of the game.

 

[Rogershep]

The winner gets to wear Maroon the following year no matter location.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

MSU vs. USM - Loser wears Russell.

 

[johnson86-1]

...who should we look at as a replacement and what should the trophy be? Maybe go with A&M in the Sherrill Bowl?

The whole idea of trying to select rivals is idiotic, as they emerge naturally. I'm not sure if we're going to have another SECW foe that stands out as a rival. Auburn could potentially based on being similar institutions and bad blood from cam and headset-gate and their general cheating, but we haven't quite been consistent enough in our competition with them for it to emerge.

Our natural secondary rival would probably be Bama, and I think that was actually developing until Saban came. But I think we were like 5-7 against them in the twelve games before Saban got there, including several that helped determine the SECW champion late in the season.

 

[GloryDawg]

Ole Miss doesn't need an rivalry when they become everyone home coming game and they play a bowl game every Saturday.

 

[missouridawg]

Keep playing LSU tight and beating them every once in a while, and that one will develop on its own. LSU does not consider OM their rival either. Not that we will replace Bama or anything for them.

Beat em next year in Baron Rouge then let NOLA native Key rip off 3 straight against them throwing to Whop. I can dream, right?

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

...who should we look at as a replacement and what should the trophy be? Maybe go with A&M in the Sherrill Bowl?

I would not worry about it, someone will come along and claim us eventually. Ole Miss football is about to be so irrelevant that no one will notice they dropped us at all.

 

[RocketDawg]

The whole idea of trying to select rivals is idiotic, as they emerge naturally. I'm not sure if we're going to have another SECW foe that stands out as a rival. Auburn could potentially based on being similar institutions and bad blood from cam and headset-gate and their general cheating, but we haven't quite been consistent enough in our competition with them for it to emerge.

Our natural secondary rival would probably be Bama, and I think that was actually developing until Saban came. But I think we were like 5-7 against them in the twelve games before Saban got there, including several that helped determine the SECW champion late in the season.

I think our second rival is still Alabama, but maybe that's because I live in Alabama and want to beat them more than any other we play, included the Bears (or whatever they are). Mere proximity has to count for something. I'll admit that the rivalry is one-sided though; half their fans don't know if they're playing MSU or Ole Miss, and I mean that literally.

 

[BossDawg78]

MSU vs. USM - Loser wears Russell.

That's not worth the risk.

 

[PonderThis1]

I'll go with Auburn. Their false sense of importance is a lot like OM's and the whole stealing a Natty from us by buying Cam thing....

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

USM has been looking for a Rivalry Game for 20 years. Perfect for OLE MISS

 

[WayboDawg]

We are no more a rival to Bama or any other blue blood in the SEC than Indiana is to Ohio State, or Wake Forest is to Florida State. Its always the most anticipated game on our schedule just because of who Alabama is, but the excitement is one sided and the result 99% predictable. They look at us like we look at Charleston Southern. That isn't and never will be a rivalry unless we go on some crazy win streak out of the blue. The only other team where a natural rivalry exists is USM, but when you don't play one another for 20 years, the rivalry dies. It would have been pretty awesome to have seen the the schools play when both were doing well in the late 90's and during Fedora's tenure.

 

[Grove Sh*tter]

"we don't want to be rivals anymore = "we don't want to lose to our rivals anymore."

Cunts

 

[Palos verdes]

...who should we look at as a replacement and what should the trophy be? Maybe go with A&M in the Sherrill Bowl?

Why would they dump a rival that's better than them? That sounds like the opposite of what OM does

 

[thekimmer]

That is the most delusional notion I have ever heard....

...who should we look at as a replacement and what should the trophy be? Maybe go with A&M in the Sherrill Bowl?

First of all rivalries develop naturally over time they can't be selected. We are the two biggest MS programs, belong to the same division of the same conference, and play each other every year. We have VERY different cultures. Those circumstances make killing the rivalry virtually impossible. It would take one school beating the feces out of the other every year for a couple of decades to diminish it and that hasn't come close to happening....well, not yet anyway.

The very act of promoting the 'dropping of a rival' absolutely screams 'BITTER RIVALRY!!"

 

[The Usual Suspect]

Speaking of rivalries, I kind of miss playing OM in Jackson sometimes. Don't get me wrong, I love games in S'ville, but it was fun having the stadium half and half. The thing is no one wants to move a home game to Jackson anymore.