Wish you guys good luck this season.
What's the best airport to fly into? Any travel tips or advice? Thanks in advance.
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Wish you guys good luck this season.
What's the best airport to fly into? Any travel tips or advice? Thanks in advance.
This is legitimately not to be a dick. Do whatever is cheapest and that includes car rental. Golden triangle airport is closest followed by probably Jackson, maybe Meridian (tho they may not accommodate).
Just calculate the cost. If you don't have a hotel, do it now.
Enjoy Starkville. Don't get upset when we beat you. Safe travels.
Edit: Memphis and Birmingham are options too
You are best off not flying into Golden Triangle regional airport. You can't get a hotel room now. You are two years too late. So you can stay in Tuscaloosa the same weekend that Arkansas plays at Alabama (Bad idea) or Jackson or Tupelo or Birmingham. Your other choices are shitty hotels in bum**** nowhere places like Louisville or West Point.
Honestly, just stay home.it isn't worth it. I don't even go back to Starkville for games.
You don't go to games? Then why are you talking? I don't mean that rude but don't give suggestions if you don't attend gamesQuote:
Originally Posted by Mobile Bay
I mean as far as game/game weekend suggestions. If you aren't in the game anymore then don't give outdated advice
Fly into Jackson (JAN). Stay in Flowood, MS. (just North of the airport) Then drive to Starkville. That is really your best bet. You will see breathtaking views of homemade brick houses with antennas that you will be able to tell grandkids about.
Oh, and leave your Refs in Utah.**
My advice:
1. Leave your officials in Provo.
2. Honestly if it were me and I was from Utah I would fly to Memphis and then drive to Tupelo and stay there. As others have said the hotels will be booked. Tupelo is about an hour away but it has plenty of hotels and some nice restaurants, some Elvis stuff, a car museum, and a Buffalo Park. They do have an airport in Tupelo but based on my flying your probably going to be better off flying in to Memphis and then renting a car. It's probably going to be cheaper to fly from Salt Lake City to Memphis if I had to guess- and I've flown to SLC twice and I think I went through Memphis at least one of those times.
3. Best option 2 to me would be to fly in to Jackson. It's only two hours from Starkville and it's all four laned. It's a bigger city than Tupelo so it has more things to do and more places to eat at. I think the State Fair is in town the weekend we play BYU. Bring LOTS of Pepto Bismol if you go there. Penn's, Dole Whip and the biscuits with syrup at the fair and you're welcome. Fondren is my favorite place to hang out in Jackson. Lots of restaurants. If you stay in Jackson make sure the hotel is in either- Madison, Ridgeland, Flowood, Pearl, Brandon, or The King Edward Hotel. Your rental car company will thank me. The Ag Museum is pretty good in Jackson as well.
It's live football. College football. It's always worth it to real fans of the game. The sights and sounds and smells and atmosphere. The nuances of the game itself. Even the fans... Some of them. Don't know how the hell Starkville has a big college program, but they do and some good tough competitive football will be played. Beautiful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mobile Bay
Sent you a private message.Quote:
Originally Posted by diggity
It's bad for you that Bammer is playing at home that weekend... there likely won't be anything east of Starkville....
I'd guess Memphis or New Orleans would be the closest major airports with available housing nearby...
However, if ya have a couple of wives to bring with ya, I'd swap ya a cousin/sister/wife...
*that last part was a sick joke, FYI
What are you doing up at 4:00 in the morning? Mine is old Marine Corp habit.Quote:
Originally Posted by TUSK
Fair question, buddy.... Mine is similar, only I've yet to go to bed... got my days and nights mixed up lately, ya know?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
It happens...
Fly into Nashville and take the cheap flight to Tupelo. On someday the flight is $29.00 from Nashville In to Tupelo. You may locate some game day rentals. People leasing their homes or apartment for game weekends.
I didn't realize that Tupelo had commercial service. But given that they do, Mimi has a good idea. I've stayed in Tupelo before at the Fairfield Gardens ... nice hotel. It's about a hour drive to Starkville on decent roads. You could also stay in Columbus, a town about 25 miles east of Starkville, connected by a nice road. They have several new hotels that are really good, but fairly pricey on game weekends. Most everything in Starkville and West Point has a 2 night minimum stay, and they're probably already booked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mimi's Babies
Wonder when the booming metropolis of Provo will get a big college program.Quote:
Originally Posted by BYUblue
Check your private messages and AirBNB. Lots of options left there for BYU weekend.
Fly into Jackson. Then, look for hotels either in Louisville (30 miles south of Starkvegas, but closer to the airport) or Columbus (25 miles east of Starkville).
I've never had problems getting rooms on football weekends on short notice in those places.
You can usually find a hotel if you keep checking. Maybe check the americas best value inn on highway 12 or the red roof. They may have availability just keep in mind it's just a place to sleep. If not, just fly into Jackson and drive up.
ETA I just checked hotels for that weekend and there still are rooms available at some places. I would get that done first and then you can decide where to fly in to
Why is this clown allowed to post on this board? Go f*ck yourself Mobile Bay, you're the type of fan we don't need.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mobile Bay
If you stay in Columbus, don't go too far off of the beaten paths.
Really alarming to me that some of our fans tell people to avoid Mississippi airports and hotels. Unbelievable.
This guy should fly to GTR (if he can find a hotel in the area), Tupelo via Nashville, or Jackson worst case scenario. Bottom line. No reason to go to Memphis or Birmingham.
Sent you a private message
Totally agree with Todd. Fly into Memphis and stay in Tupelo. It's 2 hours from the airport to the stadium.
Well the pieces of paper on the wall say you are stuck with me. You are such a fine representative of our school, bless your heart.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hasu Dackds
Don't listen to these numb nuts. Fly in to GTR rent a vehicle and stay in Columbus. We just got 4 new hotels right on hwy 82 next to the Cracker Barrel and Logans Steak House and one is set to open soon. All will have available rooms and are very nice. If they don't then check the Hyatt in Columbus also. Go eat at Hucks FRiday night. Drive to Starkville the next morning. 20 minute drive straight shot from Columbus to Starkville.
If you can get a flight into Nashville, they run a flight to Tupelo for about $40 each way. So Nashville>Tupelo may be a valid option if you don't want to pay the steep price of flying into GTR. As already mentioned though, flying into GTR is by far the closest.
Otherwise, Memphis is 2.5 hours away, Birmingham is about the same. If you're going to rent a car then those are your best easy bets.
This is the best answer. I have no idea why these people are trying to get you to fly to another state then take a rental and drive hours when you can do like Dawgology suggested and really enjoy yourself. Craziness in this thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgology
If it's your officials tell them to fly to PIB, go southwest on the interstate go south on HWY 49 for a few miles. Stadium is on the right. can't miss it.
Show me the money. That's the difference. Memphis & Birmingham are tier 2 airports and Jackson/GTR are tier 3. The higher the tier the higher the cost. Consider flying from SLC to ATL (tier 1), rent a car and drive to Starkville via I-20 and US 82 about 290 miles. I would come into ATL on a Thursday early evening and drive to Carrollton, GA off of I-20 to spend the night (they have a Marriott Courtyard and others). This is so you are not in ATL rush hour traffic Friday morning. Drive to Starkville Friday morning to avoid the Saturday game day traffic near Tuscaloosa & Starkville on US82. Stay at Columbus or West Point (America's Best Value Inn). Depart Starkville back to ATL on Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hasu Dackds
I wouldn't do the Tupelo airport. That service is on a 9 seat aircraft. I think you have to purchase a separate ticket and have to claim and then re-check your bags. GTR is closest and has good service but as has been point out there won't be any hotels available in the Triangle. I'd fly into Memphis and stay in Tupelo. 2nd would be Jackson. You could check at the Pearl River resort for a hotel. It's an indian casino resort about 45 minutes or so from Starkville.Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketDawg
GTR tickets generally aren't that much more than Memphis. I fly from there some. Parking is cheaper, security lines are shorter, and it's a 45 minute drive vs 2 1/2 hours. For us GTR is cheaper overall than Memphis.Quote:
Originally Posted by TaleofTwoDogs
I always fly GTR. Always. It might be 100-200 extra but by the time you deal with ATL or MEM traffic plus the drive and then The drive back I consider it an extra $100-$200 well spent. I can sleep in get there 45 minutes before take off and go. Easy and convenient.
It takes 15 minutes to get from Columbus to the GTR airport. About the same to Starkville. Cheaper hotel in Columbus but better food options in Starkville.
He's watching Portland State hang with his Coogs right now. Trip subject to change
BYU having a little trouble with that Portland State bunch.
Yeh I'm gonna go ahead and mark a W for that game
And I'd really laugh if they played with Coach O next week which is possible considering Coach O is not an SEC head coach.Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
And I'll say it again. Why would a team like LSU hire Coach Orgeron? That is like us hiring Coach Croom. Heck, Coach Croom had a winning record against Orgeron.
Yea, to put it in perspective....we were debating if he would be a decent DC Hire, and most of our fans said "no". Most of our fans wanted him as a DL coach if at all, yet LSU hired him to be their head man. Really dumb.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarketingBully
I'll admit it. I was one of the ones that thought he would be a good DC. I since recant my viewpoint that he would be a good DC. With that said, he would be a better DC then Peter Sirmon. But then again a three year old who has a vocabulary of ten words would be a better DC then Peter Sirmon. 14% of the coaches in the SEC are Coach O and Coach Luke at Ole Miss. The coaches in the SEC suck ass. Mullen pretty much is the second best coach in the SEC. When Saban came here in 2007, there were five SEC coaches who had won at least one national title. This year there is only one. The Saban Effect is in full force in this league.Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
If you are having problems with Portland State (WTH??), I think you might be in for a long day in Starkville. Just a heads up.