Ordered our tickets for road games this coming season! Haven't been to OleMiss and the Grove so very much looking forward to that trip. Also, going to enjoy beating gators in the sweat hole for Stoops to surpass the Bear in all time wins at UK👍👍
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You better take a jacket with you to the Florida game sluggo 🍺
Tried to find hotel accommodations down there, and the place I wanted to hang was sold out...
Great trips, and one of the best opportunities i can remember for cats to win in the swamp.
Oxford is tiny. Good luck within 25 miles.
Went to Oxford as a little kid. You'll enjoy it! Walk the Grove before the game at some point. Gonna try to make it to the Mizzou game since i haven't been to Columbia yet. Was planning on taking my wife but since we discovered she's carrying twins and her due date is in late December, might just have to go with my father and make a guys/father/son trip out of it. Wife will be a bit too BIG to walk around a big distance LOL
Edit: Unless you wanted something super local: recommended meal location: GUS'S FRIED CHICKEN. (these guys are a chain, just not a big one)
If you like hot (not Nashville hot) breaded fried chicken you will not be sorry! It's ruined a few fried chicken joints for me! It's that good!
Edit: Unless you wanted something super local: recommended meal location: GUS'S FRIED CHICKEN. (these guys are a chain, just not a big one)
If you like hot (not Nashville hot) breaded fried chicken you will not be sorry! It's ruined a few fried chicken joints for me! It's that good!
Very funny! It's miserable there. Plus their fans are a bunch of aholes.
Wife and l are spending 5 days Iat Tunica. Oxford only about 70 miles away. Thurs till Tues.
My first experience in the Swamp was back in ‘92 or ‘93 when I was stationed down in Kings Bay, GA. One of my first thoughts was realizing 90% of their male fans had mullets. They also seem to all be wearing jorts, spaghetti strap Ron Jon tank tops, and $1 flip flops. Southern GA/North FL rednecks are a special breed.
Hoping when we get to play in Austin, Tx it’s late in the year. I’d love to check the grove out.
I’ve always said Kentucky should use the arboretum that’s off limits to have as good a tailgating scene as anyone?
I’ve always said Kentucky should use the arboretum that’s off limits to have as good a tailgating scene as anyone?
Going to the Missouri game this year, will knock off the only SEC venue I have not visited. Have been to Texas also, so only need to go to Oklahoma when they join.
Heading to Oxford for first time since 1999 / 2000?? Might cash in a bunch of hotel points to stay Friday night there, but most likely staying in Tupelo and driving over.
For those going to Mizzou, Columbia is right up there with Starkville and Oxford in having the fewest hotels. Demand is not as great there as say Oxford, but still if youre planning on going, go ahead and lock it down now
Thankfully for me the parents live 40 miles away, so always have a free bed 😏
For those going to Mizzou, Columbia is right up there with Starkville and Oxford in having the fewest hotels. Demand is not as great there as say Oxford, but still if youre planning on going, go ahead and lock it down now
Thankfully for me the parents live 40 miles away, so always have a free bed 😏
NOOO! i'm so sad! The original one is in Memphis I believe if you wanna stop there on the way down.
I noticed that about Columbia. When we head to Starkville, my wife, father, and I all stay in Jackson before heading up the next morning. The plan was, for Mizzou, was to stay in the Lake of the Ozarks area. Probably Margaritaville.
I am in the process of getting our tickets for the UF and UT games. Have to see how the season rolls out, but these could turn out to be the two key games of the year.
Looking forward to football season boys! Can't get here soon enough
We actually have a Gus's in Lexington now. Seems many folks don't even realize we have one these days. It's kinda hidden on the back of Carson's on Main. Gus's is more off Vine, but yep, excellent chicken and sides and very reasonable pricing
A&M, huge stadium, with tons of bars within reasonable walking distance, nice group of fans
Arkansas is surprisingly good road trip, for many of the same reasons as above
Alabama is great, but stadium is gigantic and right in the center of campus, traffic is beyond terrible
Florida, would prefer a night game there, it was really hot the game I saw, but a lot of activity around the stadium
Tennessee - UT and Ohio State are the two loudest stadiums I have been to, fans really get into the game
UGA - been many years since I went (been twice), honestly don't remember that much about it, other than just like Bama, traffic in Athens was just horrible on game day
LSU - only went one time as a side trip on a golf trip, and was pretty drunk, game was horrible, they won 49-0 so we left at halftime, as did most of the LSU fans. I need to go back some time and get a better experience.
Miss State, USC and Auburn - nice places to go see a game, but not particularly memorable
Vandy and Ole Miss - Vandy barely has a fan base, only reason to go to the game is to visit Nashville and here lately, pick up an easy win. Just did not care for Ole Miss at all, The Grove is preppy as hell and pretentious, plus you can't park anywhere near there, so you have to haul all your crap a country mile
Will chime in as well.
South Carolina- Probably been here more than anywhere, and while their weirdly entitled fans are a pain overall experience in Columbia is generally enjoyable
Mississippi State- Minority opinion Im sure but its very underrated, have also been many times and always enjoyed myself
LSU- Have actually seen us win there (twice I think?) just one big all day party
Alabama- Really enjoy Tuscaloosa, but stadium is a bear to get in and out of.
Georgia- Athens is fantastic, but to me stadium is maybe the quietest Ive been in for the number of people in it.
Tennessee- Probably should be last on list, horrible stadium, wretched fans, god awful color and Knoxville is a whole lot of nothing.
Ole Miss- Last time I went was really before The Grove became THE GROVE! so looking forward to whole Oxford experience this fall.
Mizzou- Have been to every UK / Mizzou game in Columbia and 10 years in it still doesnt feel like its a part of the SEC and I think their fans feel the same.
Vanderbilt- If it wasnt in Nashville, would anybody ever go??
Florida, Auburn- Have only been for basketball, and both were fine.
Arkansas, A&M- Only two outposts have never been to.
South Carolina- Probably been here more than anywhere, and while their weirdly entitled fans are a pain overall experience in Columbia is generally enjoyable
Mississippi State- Minority opinion Im sure but its very underrated, have also been many times and always enjoyed myself
LSU- Have actually seen us win there (twice I think?) just one big all day party
Alabama- Really enjoy Tuscaloosa, but stadium is a bear to get in and out of.
Georgia- Athens is fantastic, but to me stadium is maybe the quietest Ive been in for the number of people in it.
Tennessee- Probably should be last on list, horrible stadium, wretched fans, god awful color and Knoxville is a whole lot of nothing.
Ole Miss- Last time I went was really before The Grove became THE GROVE! so looking forward to whole Oxford experience this fall.
Mizzou- Have been to every UK / Mizzou game in Columbia and 10 years in it still doesnt feel like its a part of the SEC and I think their fans feel the same.
Vanderbilt- If it wasnt in Nashville, would anybody ever go??
Florida, Auburn- Have only been for basketball, and both were fine.
Arkansas, A&M- Only two outposts have never been to.
Same here, hard to get to, but then so is Oxford, Fayetteville, etc. Thought the fans were really nice, very much like UK fans, just like Arkansas, felt the same way about them.
But once you get there, Starkville is not that much different than similar college towns, like Bloomington, for example, the whole place revolves around the university, but plenty of bars and restaurants to enjoy.
I live in Tampa, but I've quit going to the Swamp until we play at night or in November.
Just made plans to go to the Florida game. I'm only going to the game if I don't die the day before when I take my friend's kid sky diving. Anyone else going to be celebrating with me on the Allegiant flight back to Lexington on Sunday?
Also hoping to go to Ole Miss. These are the things I spend my season ticket money on.
Also hoping to go to Ole Miss. These are the things I spend my season ticket money on.
Been thinking of going to the Ole Miss game but when I looked for a hotel last night didn’t have much luck. Any suggestions would be appreciated
South of Memphis into Mississippi might be your best option. Southaven or Horn Lake. Unless you don't want to go all the way over there, and you're heading in from the east, then Tupelo might be the better option and just drive in. Options are going to be limited in Oxford and if you do find something, it's going to cost an arm and a leg.
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