Ibhola le-Ole Miss Ibhola yeBhola: Isikhokelo sohambo kuMdlalo e-Oxford

Izinto Zokuba Ukwazi Xa Uya kwiYunivesithi yaseMississippi Umdlalo webhola

Izwi leYunivesithi yaseMississippi (aka Ole Miss) abalandeli bebhola yebhola ekhatywayo yile: "Asinakuphumelela yonke imidlalo, kodwa asiyi kulahlekelwa iphathi." Leli gama alikwazi ukuba ludaka njengoko uzakufumana eluhambweni ukuya kwi-Oxford, Mississippi. Ibhola alizange likhulu ku-Ole Miss kule minyaka, kunye nesihloko esisodwa sokwahlula i-SEC ukususela ngokwahlula ngohlulo ngo-1992, kodwa uyazi ukuba ishedyuli yabo iya kuzaliswa ngamaqela e-SEC West kukhuphiswano.

Kodwa iGrove, mhlawumbi, iyakwazi ukufumana amava amaninzi kwiikholeji zekholeji kunye nabo bonke abantu abadibeneyo kwindawo enyakatho yeVaught-Hemingway Stadium. Akunakhathazi ukuba iGrove igcwele amantombazana enhle, enxibe kakuhle kwiingubo kunye nezithende kungakhathaliseki ukuba yintoni imozulu. Ukunyaniseka kwakho okwenyaniso eMzantsi kulindeleke kwiveki yebhola yekholeji e-Oxford.

Nini ukuya

Njengoko kuchazwe ngasentla, u-Ole Miss udlala kwi-SEC West kwaye ngoku kutshekitshana i-SEC yenza amagosa ayo angabalulekiyo kude kube ngu-2025. Iimvukelo zafuneka zidlale umdlalo wekhaya ngokumelene neGeorgia ngo-2016, kwaye iza kudlala imidlalo yekhaya ngokumelene neSouth Carolina ngo-2018, eFlorida ngo-2020, naseMissouri ngo-2024, kodwa akumele uzilindele ukuba izikolo zifumane umdlalo ukuze ubone. Iimidlalo ezilungileyo ukuzibona kwiminyaka eyi-even-numbered yi-Alabama kunye ne-Auburn kunye ne-LSU kunye ne-Texas A & M efika edolophini kwiminyaka engabonakaliyo. I-Mississippi State yintlanzi yabo enkulu, kodwa umdlalo uqhutyelwa kwi-Thanksgiving kwaye ingahle ilahleke i-buzz yomzimba wabafundi ngaphandle kokuba zombini amaqela aphumelele kulo nyaka unikwe.

Mhlawumbi awuyi kuvuyela kakhulu umdlalo we-Ole Miss olwahlukana phakathi kwemidlalo kunye nemidlalo yasekhaya ngokumelene noVanderbilt wonk 'unyaka wonke ngenxa yokuba iVanderbilt ngokuqinisekileyo ayiyona indawo yamandla ekhatywayo. Kodwa ukuba unako ukucoca kuphela kumdlali ongaphantsi, ndiqinisekisa ukuba uya kuhlala ujabulela i-Oxford.

Iikitikiti

Njengoko ungalindela, amathikithi awazona izinto ezilula ukuza ngazo.

Ngokuqhelekileyo ngeke ukwazi ukufumana amathikithi kwiimarike eziphambili kwiYunivesithi yaseMississippi kuba amanqaku amaninzi athengiswa kubafundi okanye abafundi. Uza kuphelisa ukuba ukhangele okukhethwa kukho ithikithi yesekondari njengoStubHub kunye ne-eBay okanye i-aggregator yetikiti (cinga uKayak kumatekethi ezemidlalo) njenge SeatGeek neTiqIQ. I-Craigslist yinye inketho yokwenza ukusebenzisana kodwa ayinalo ukhuseleko olufanayo ukwazi ukuba uthengisa amathikithi okwenene. Ungaphinda uzame ukusebenzela abaxhasi phambi komdlalo ukubona ukuba umntu uthengisa, kodwa mhlawumbi ufanele uqinisekise amathikithi ekuqaleni ukuba uhamba yonke loo ndlela.

Ukufika apho

Oxford, Mississippi akuyona indawo elula ukufikelela kuyo. Unokubhabha kwi-yunivesithi ye-Oxford kwi-jet yangasese okanye nge-Southern Airways Express esuka e-Atlanta, Destin (e-Florida), kunye no-Jackson (Mississippi) ngoLwesihlanu. Ngaphandle koko, kufuneka ubalekele eMemphis uze uqhube ihora kunye nesiqingatha kwi-Oxford. Unokufikelela eMemphis ukusuka kuninzi kuphi na kwilizwe. Ubuncinane i-airline enkulu ingakufumana khona ukusuka kwisixeko sakho esona sondele kakhulu. I-drive iyaphantsi kweeyure ezintathu ukusuka eJackson naseBirmingham, ngaphantsi kweeyure ezine ukusuka e-Little Rock naseNashville, kunye neeyure ezintlanu ukusuka e-Atlanta naseNew Orleans.

Akukho inkonzo yebhasi okanye isitimela isebenza e-Oxford ngoko ke isitimela yindlela yakho kuphela.

Uhlala phi

Ingxaki enkulu xa u tyelela iOxford ufumana igumbi lehotele. Akunjengezinye iidolophini zasekholejini kunye neehotele edolophini kunye nezinye ihotele ngaphakathi kwindlela efanelekileyo yokuqhuba umqhubi ukuba ungathatha iiteksi ukuya kwiiveki zemidlalo. Ihotele kwiindawo ezijikeleze i-Square, intliziyo yedolophu yedolophu yase-Oxford, iyabiza kakhulu ngexesha lempelaveki yemidlalo kwaye ifikelele kwiinyanga ezinyangeni ngaphambili. Ukuba unokuzicwangcisa ngokukhawuleza kwaye ube nemali yokuchitha, ukhetho olubini lokubheka yiDowntown Oxford Inn kunye ne-Inn e-Ole Miss. Ngaphandle kwelo, ihotele ezikufuphi zingamaekhilomitha amabini okanye ngaphezulu ukusuka edolophini. Iimpawu ezisezantsi ezenzile ezinye ihotele ngamagama owaziyo njengeHlton Inn, Super 8, kunye neHolliday Inn Express, kodwa ukungabi nako kokuzikhethela kuya kwenza izinto zibe intlungu.

Eyona ndlela ingcono yokuqasha i-RV. Kukho imimandla emininzi ye-campus ukupaka i-RV yakho kwaye indawo yakho iya kuba ngcono ngaphambili kokufika kwakho. Ufanele ukwazi ukuhamba ngokufanelekileyo xa ungayiqondi indawo yokuhamba. (IiTeksi zincinci kancinci ukuzifumana.) Abo bajikelezayo eMemphis bangathatha i-RV ngaphakathi kwiteksi yokukhwela kwisikhumulo sezindiza. Inye yesibini ukujonga ukuqasha indlu okanye i-condo ngeVRBO okanye i-Airbnb. Nantoni na ongayifumana kwi-Square iya kuba yimeko efanelekileyo.

Ukumisa

Ixesha lokuthetha ngeyona nto intle kakhulu ye-Ole Miss adventure, iGrove. Ingumfanekiso obangelwayo okhulu kangangokuba unemifanekiso yayo ye-Wikipedia. Abantu bafika epaki ye-acre eyi-10 kumntla we-Vaught-Hemingway Stadium ngoLwesihlanu ngaphambi kokudlala kunye nokusekwa kwevenkile. Imithetho yatshintshile kwiminyaka malunga nendlela abaqala ngayo ukuseta (ngokusemthethweni baye bavela kusasa ukuya kusasa ukuya phakathi kobusuku), ngoko kuya kufuneka uhlolisise ngolwazi lwendawo xa uhamba.

(Kukho abantu abathile ababeka imithetho kunye nokucima indawo yabo ngaphambi kokuba bafanele.)

Kukho imigaqo emithathu ebalulekileyo kwiGrove oza kuyidinga ukwazi ngaphambili kwexesha. Umthetho wesi-1 kukuba ii-flame ezivulekileyo azivunyelwe. Amatye aqhelekileyo ayaziwa ngokugqithiseleyo kunye neenja, kodwa awuyi kubona nawaphi na apha. Uza kubona izinto ezinjengesiqwithi, ukulungelelanisa, okanye iitrakthi zentandokazi zendawo ezifana ne-Chick-A-okanye i-Zaxby kuba abantu bafuna ukutya. Umthetho wesi-2 kukuba akukho zikolo ezivunyelwe kwi-Grove. Isikhundla siseprayimini, ngoko ke iintente ziya kufakwa enye enye. Umthetho wesi-3, kwaye mhlawumbi obaluleke kakhulu, kukuba zonke iziphuzo kufuneka zisetyenziswe kwiikomityi ngenxa yemithetho ethile yasekuhlaleni yokusetyenziswa kotywala.

Oku akuthethi ukuba awuyi kuonwabela kwi Grove. Kukho ininzi yobhiya ekudleni (nje qinisekisa ukuba unayo indebe) kunye nokutya okutya (kungekhona nje i-cheeseburger entsha).

Izinto ziqala ngowe-4 ngomnye kwaye wonke umntu ugqoke kakuhle, ke qiniseka ukuba ugqoka ngokufanelekileyo. Akuyi kuba nantoni na ukuba awunayo indawo yakho yokwakheka. Unokuhlala uhambahamba kunye nomoya opholileyo kwaye ungene kulo mnye umntu ngenxa yokumenza ulula kuba ngabahlobo.

Ukutya

Njengawo onke amancinci edolophini, kukho indawo ephakamileyo yendawo apho uya kufuna ukuzibona.

Indawo yokuqala kwimenyu yidlo kwasekuseni kwi-Big Bad Breakfast. Eyaziwa ngokuba usebenzisa isilili kuzo zonke izitya zabo zokudla kwasekuseni, uya kunandipha nayiphi na intliziyo yakho inqwenela. I-Hash i-brown kunye ne-cured house yinkxaso ecetyiswayo kunye nesidlo sakho, kodwa musa ukuhamba ngaphandle kokuba ne-biscuits. Naphezu kwegama, nazo zikhonza inkukhu enokuthosiweyo kunye ne-burgers isidlo sasemini. (Bavale emva koko.) Ukumisa okulandelayo ekutyekeni kokutya ngu-Ajax Diner. Udla ukutya okukusezantsi apha kunye nezinto ezifana nenkukhu kunye nama-dumplings okanye i-catfish ethosiweyo. Kukho nababhegers abathandekayo apha, njengokuthi "I-Deuce," leyo ibhigi ebini kunye nebhekoni kunye noshizi. Ndiyakubonisa ukuba ndiyifake isantikeji eshiyiweyo yenkukhu ebizwa ngokuba yi "Big Easy," ephuma kubhontshisi abhakabhaka, iifatata kunye ne-gray piled phezulu. Finyelwa kwi-broccoli kunye ne-rice casserole ukuba unendawo yokuhlala.

Kukho ezinye iindawo eziza kubamba i-burgers. Njengoko kuvezwe kwi-TV ye-Burger Land, i-Phillips Grocery inikeza i-burger-fried burger, edibanisa ngomgubo kwi-burger. Oku kungathi kunqabileyo, kodwa uya kuyonwabela. I-Lamar Lounge inikeza i-Burger ye-Lamar yakho yokugqibela kwiluhlu lwe-burger. Bayazi indlela yokufakela i-juices ngaphakathi ngokubonelela ngentsimbi efanelekileyo ngaphandle.

I-Taylor Grocery iyaziwa ngokuba i-catfish kunye ne-rotel fries, eyohlukeneyo yeentlobo zasekhaya, kodwa imizuzu engama-20 kumzantsi we-Oxford. Ngomtsalane othakazelisayo, unokumdaka udaka wakho utshwala ngexesha lakho kwaye ungase ufune ukususela ekubeni kudla ukulinda itafile. Ukugcina kunye nokutya, iSixeko sokutya siyindawo eyaziwayo efikeleleka ngokukhawuleza ngokukhusela. Kuya kufuneka kwakhona ukhusele ukubhuka kwiSyackbar, inxalenye yentsapho yeZiko lokuTya, elincinci kunezinye iindawo zendawo. Iifotyi zihamba kakuhle kunye neeyunster zakho kunye naziphi na izifundo eziphambili zokukhetha kwakho. Unokufuneka uhambe kwixesha elingaqhelekanga, kodwa i-shrimp ne-grits iyayixabisa. Uza kufumana i-barbecue edolophini kuba le yintshona emva kwayo yonke into. I-Andy ye-Handy yindawo yakho kuloo nto, kodwa i-burgers emihle nayo.

Ungakwazi ukufumana uBurre omkhulu eBoure okanye ufumane i-surf kunye ne-turf ukuba unabhegers abaninzi kakhulu kule ndawo.

Ndiya kuba yintetho yokuthetha ngokutya e-Oxford ngaphandle kokukhankanya indawo yokutya yasebusuku yaseKevron. Oku kungathi kunqabile ukufundwa kokuqala, kodwa ndiyakwazi ukuqinisekisa ukuba isiteshini segesi sinikela oko abakuhlala khona emva kobusuku bokusela. "Inkukhu ngentonga" yile nto, kodwa kuyindawo yokubona xa wonke umntu eqokelela khona emva kokuba imivalo isondele. Ukuba ithenda yeekhukhu kwi-stick ayinakukuhamba, ihlala i-Sonic phantsi kwendlela.

NeeBhari

Awukwazi ukwenza uhambo e-Ole Miss umdlalo webhola lebhola e-Oxford ngaphandle kokuya kwiThala leencwadi. Andibhekisele kwindawo kwindawo ye-campus kunye neencwadi, kodwa ibhar ehlala ibhalwe njengenye yeebhaleji zeekholejini ezilungileyo kwilizwe. Impela imivalo yemibala, kodwa indawo eyona ndawo yinkampani kwaye ihlala kwindawo yomculo evulekelekile kwi-18+. Kukho i-Patio yeThala leeNcwadi kunye neBhayilethi yeMidlalo yeThala leencwadi ukugcina umdla wakho. Unokukhalaza ngekharityhulam ye-$ 20 kwiveki zebhola zebhola, kodwa uya kuvuya xa ungaphakathi. Ukuba unethamsanqa, uzakufumana izandla zakho kwiakhadi yamathala eencwadi kunye nokungena mahhala. Bathengisa inani elincinci kubo amaxesha ambalwa ngonyaka okanye bafake imincintiswano ukuze uzuze. Uza kuchitha ininzi yesabelo sokusela seveki yakho apha.

Ininzi eminye imivalo e-Oxford ijikeleze i-Square. Uninzi lweendawo ziyimigangatho yakho yeekholeji. Amabala e-Dive afana (isiseko se) I-Rib Cage kunye ne-Levee inokukugcina ukhangele ukuba uyayithanda loo hlobo lwesimo. Uyakubamba ukubamba abadlali-bezemidlalo kwi-Funky, ekhangelelene neThala leencwadi. Kubizwa ngokuba yi-"pizza kunye ne-daiquiri" ibha, kodwa unikezela ngendawo engaphezulu. Ukuba unomculo kukho iindlela ezimbalwa. Abo basemoyeni webhayano ye-piano bangaya kuFrank noMarlee. Iqhayiya likaLarry inamaqela asekuhlaleni ase-indie okanye i-Lyric ngokubanzi inamakhonsathi anomnandi, ngoko jonga uluhlu lwazo ngaphambi kokuba uhambe. Intloko kwi-Rooster xa ukhangele i-atmosphère ephazamisayo, eyinto enhle kakhulu kwaye ngokubanzi igcwele isihlwele esimnandi.