When poor weather conditions turn the beautiful game days in the Grove into sloshy and muddy ones, the tailgating doesn’t stop. The party continues on. To make this work, landscapers, fans and vendors must all take on crucial roles in order to keep the iconic game day experience running smoothly.
Two weeks ago, a few hours before the Ole Miss football team was set to square off against Tulane in Oxford, Mother Nature decided to make her presence known in the Grove. Heavy showers poured down and the Grove quickly became one big mud pile.
Armona Daughaday, an Ole Miss football fan who has been attending the Grove for 29 years, says the state of the Grove’s landscape during the Tulane game was up there with the most torn up she has ever seen it.