Comments on: Campus Speed Limit

By: Martha

Martha — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:37:40 +0000

Speaking as a former Ole Miss student who was actually a student there when Archie Manning was a student there and who was in the band and went to all those great football games from 1968 thru 1970, I think it’s great to memorialize Archie’s number! You can’t imagine how exciting it was when Ole Miss beat Arkansas in the 1970 Sugar Bowl and I was there on the sidelines. Anyway, it makes a more interesting speed limit than 15 or 20. Makes you think a little and maybe pay a little more attention to your speed.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:31:30 +0000

Ooooooo!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:46:37 +0000

Since your mother.

By: William Furr

William Furr — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:20:48 +0000

Since when is posting a blog entry “getting worked up”?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:16:27 +0000

Well, the speed limit would likely have been 15 or 20 mph anyway. I guess I can see thinking it’s silly. I just can’t see getting worked up about it. Heh.

Damn hippies!

By: Derek Park

Derek Park — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:47:46 +0000

If you think about it, basing a law around Archie Manning is actually a bit crazy. That’s like having an ordinance saying the bars have to close at 1:03 AM because that’s Eli’s birthday. It wouldn’t be a major problem, just a bit retarded.

I don’t think disagreeing with the athletic obsession (and particularly the Manning fixation) makes me an anti-populist hippy.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:28:29 +0000

I guess. It’s just a number.

By: William Furr

William Furr — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:18:15 +0000

“It smacks a bit of resentment and anti-populist bullshit hippyism.”

Celebrate, honor, memorialize, etc. Sure. But the speed limit? That’s going beyond into the ridiculous.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:29:24 +0000

I guess you could see it that way, but I’m a little bit surprised that you do. It smacks a bit of resentment and anti-populist bullshit hippyism.

Archie Manning has probably entertained and brought joy to more people than any other graduate of Ole Miss. For better or for worse, only Shepard Smith and John Grisham can compare as popular attendees of the school. In addition, the athletics programs at Ole Miss are a huge part of the school’s atmosphere. It may seem a little bizarre at first glance, but it’s not entirely out of place on a campus that celebrates the past (see James Meredith’s memorial, that he didn’t want) while claiming to look towards the future.

By: Ben Pharr

Ben Pharr — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:00:14 +0000

Derek, I think it’s possibly more embarrassing that you’ve lived in Oxford for six years, and you’re just now finding out why the speed limit is 18 mph. :)

Seriously, I’ve heard that explanation several times, and while it makes sense, I’m not sure that’s it’s not somewhat apocryphal.