Being an Ole Miss football fan can be hard. In a season where we're basically starting from scratch with a new head coach and unable to participate in any bowl games, it can be really hard.
Other times, being an Ole Miss football fan is the easiest, greatest thing in the world - from singing the fight song to locking the Vaught to screaming "Hotty Toddy" at the top of our longs. So in honor of this year's football season, here are TEN gifs from "The Office" that perfectly sum up being at an Ole Miss football game.
When you're walking through the Grove before the game and tents are giving out free stuff
From Dr. Pepper to state flag stickers to Victoria's Secret sunglasses, I've seen pretty much everything being handed out in the Grove. By the time we walk over to the Vaught, we look like Michael in the above gif. We're decked out in swag and ready to support the Landsharks Rebs.
Speaking of our mascot...
Do I really have to explain this? I mean it's not that we just HATE the Landshark (it's still better than the Blackbear), we really just want Colonel Reb back.
When a key player gets hurt during the game
PRIME EXAMPLE: Shae got hurt during the LSU and is out for the season. The hearts of Ole Miss fans across the nation collectively broke, and we all sounded like Michael, hoping and praying that he would be able to get up and keep playing.
When the other team scores before we do
Especially if that score comes within the first few minutes of the game... It's so much easier to stay positive when the Rebs are in the lead.
When the offense starts really running the ball
Five yards, ten yards, fifteen, twenty! It looks like we're about to get a touchdown. The other team's defense can't take us down! They can hardly keep up! Our fans go crazy; we get so excited and start jumping around and screaming like crazy - "YES YES YES!"
When the defense starts showing out
The defense sacks the other team's quarterback and hands fly to foreheads - throwing the Landshark, a long time symbol of the fierceness of the Ole Miss football team's defense. Seeing the defense show out may be my favorite part of the entire game day - except maybe the party after the game.
When you come back from the concession stand
You were only gone for five(ish) minutes. You left to go grab some Hotty Toddy nachos from Chop's and you come back and the score is insanely different and the other team is now on defense even though they were just on offense, and you're just utterly confused.
When the fans from the other team start talking smack
As Ole Miss fans, we often feel the need to rise above the pettiness of the other team. When LSU or Bama fans start acting like rednecks, we just adjust our coats and dresses and turn away, reminding them of where they're at. The exceptions to this are the fights that occasionally break out in the student section, but those are often instigated by visiting fans of the other team that shouldn't have been sitting there to begin with.
When we score a touchdown and pull ahead
AND THE CROWD GOES WILD! When we score a touchdown at an Ole Miss football game, fans are scream, jumping up and down, fist pumping, waving pom moms, and throwing drinks. It is like a zoo in the student section - but definitely the most fun zoo ever.
When the game finally ends
Do we win every game? No. Do we always win the party? HYDR
