October 22, 2024

While there was a lot of consternation about the fans throwing stuff on the field at the Georgia vs Texas game, things are far milder in that regard than they used to be. I can remember the 1935 Egg Bowel in Oxford Mississippi when Ole Southern Miss hosted Mississippi State. The host school was hoping to make it to the Orange Bowel and many fans brought oranges to the game. Late in the third quarter with Ole Southern Miss leading 7-6, a TD for the home team was called back on a block to the back. Upset fans began hurling their oranges at the officials, but the refs refused to discuss or alter the call. Then some of the older alums took matters into their own hands and started throwing objects that drenched the refs, who then decided to pick up the flag. The TD counted and Ole Southern Miss went on to a 14-6 victory.

In fact this was the incident that led to the rechristening of the school, as the geriatric alums hadn't thrown their drinks at the refs. Instead these incontinent old men had thrown their urostomy bags at the refs, drenching them in urine. Thus the school began to be known as Ole Southern Piss.

And now you know the rest of the story.

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