The LSU-Ole Miss buildup got a little more visible - literally - when an Ole Miss fan took his trash talk into the air over Louisiana.
Joshua Gregory, a commercial pilot from Oxford, Mississippi, said he wanted to have some fun while flying ahead of Saturday’s matchup. Gregory said he was “just a commercial pilot billing hours and was getting bored flying circles,” so he decided to turn the trip into a message aimed at LSU fans.
He flew his plane from Opelousas across the Baton Rouge area, and when he was done, the flight path spelled out: “Come to the Sip.”
“The term ‘Come to the ‘Sip’ was just my way of saying, ‘Come on, we’re ready for you,’” Gregory said.
Gregory said the stunt drew a strong reaction online, including messages from aviation fans far beyond the South.
“I had several people reach out to me from around the world,” Gregory said. “I’m getting messages from England and Germany, and they’re saying, ‘I’m watching you do this, but what does this mean?’ Because obviously they’re not from Louisiana or Ole Miss,” Gregory said.
Louisiana pilot Brian Trascher said the flight path wasn’t simple to pull off.
“It’s not an easy thing to do,” Trascher said. “You need help with air traffic control and use your instruments really precisely.”
Trascher did give Gregory some credit, though not without a jab.
“He had the right aptitude but not the right altitude. It looked like he spelled all the words right, which I’m really proud of him because I heard to get into Ole Miss you only need a 16 on the ACT and a 2.0 GPA,” Trascher said. “So, he’s flying above the curve there.”
And with Saturday’s game getting closer, Trascher added one more shot at Ole Miss fans.
“Obviously, Coach Kiffin is still in all their heads, and they can’t let go of the fact that he left them for a better-looking woman,” Trascher said. “You know, he was the one that invented the term, ‘Come to the Sip,’ and that’s the phrase that gentleman chose to write in the skies, so obviously they still have Lane on the brain.”
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