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Nussmeier throws late TD passes, No. 13 LSU rallies to beat No. 9 Ole Miss 29-26 in overtime
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Garrett Nussmeier was in the midst of what the LSU quarterback considered one of the worst games of his career. His last two snaps changed everything. Nussmeier threw a tying touchdown pass to Aaron Anderson in the final seconds of regulation and hit Kyren...
Wake Forest's fee for canceling football game vs. Ole Miss is covered by new Oregon State deal
Wake Forest canceled next year's trip to No. 9 Mississippi to make room for a home-and-home football series against Oregon State. It turns out the Beavers are essentially covering what the Demon Deacons owe for the Ole Miss cancellation, according to scheduling contracts. Ole Miss...
No. 9 Ole Miss and No. 13 LSU matchup headlined by accomplished coaches and prolific QBs
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Brian Kelly seems more amused than anything by Mississippi counterpart Lane Kiffin's penchant for mocking and trolling opponents. At least, Kelly didn't sound offended while offering his impressions of Kiffin as a communicator in advance of...
No. 9 Mississippi and No. 13 LSU resume their rivalry with CFP stakes in play
No. 9 Mississippi (5-1, 1-1 SEC) at No. 13 LSU (4-1, 1-0), Saturday 7:30 p.m. ET (ABC) BetMGM College Football Odds: Mississippi by 3. Series record: LSU leads 65-43-4. WHAT’S AT STAKE? The loser of this year's “Magnolia Bowl”...
SEC means more ... upsets? Three top 10 teams fall, led by Vanderbilt's vanquishing of Alabama
Lane Kiffin wasn’t ready to talk about his own game yet. The Mississippi coach fixated instead on the final moments of Vanderbilt’s stunning upset of then-No. 1 Alabama. “Sorry, I mean this is a once-in-a-lifetime thing going on,” Kiffin told reporters after the Rebels’ win...
325-pound JJ Pegues runs for 2 TDs as No. 12 Ole Miss posts 27-3 win over South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Jaxson Dart loves talking about Mississippi wins. He loves it even more when 325-pound nose tackle JJ Pegues helps make it happen. Pegues had a pair of short touchdown runs as the 12th-ranked Rebels bounced back from their first loss of the season to beat...
Kiffin lets No. 12 Mississippi know that one loss does not end its championship hopes
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One loss won't end the championship hopes of No. 12 Mississippi, no matter how bad the Rebels' offense looked in falling to Kentucky. Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin told his team just that this week as it prepared to face South Carolina (3-1, 1-1 Southeastern...
College football picks: Georgia is looking for faster start against Auburn after loss to Alabama
It's bounce-back week for two of the Southeastern Conference's top teams. No. 5 Georgia, coming off a 41-34 loss at Alabama, hosts an Auburn team that will be playing its first road game. The Bulldogs have won 26 straight in Athens for the nation’s longest active home streak. ...
Kentucky upsets No. 6 Mississippi 20-17 with late TD and missed FG by Rebels in final minute
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Kentucky dragged another highly ranked opponent into the muck, and this time coach Mark Stoops and the Wildcats closed the deal. Kentucky upset No. 6 Mississippi 20-17 on Saturday, when Rebels kicker Caden Davis hooked a 48-yard field-goal attempt way wide with...
No. 6 Ole Miss opens SEC play against Kentucky after romping through nonconference games
Lane Kiffin has no delusions about Mississippi's nonconference schedule. Most of the Southeastern Conference-caliber competition Kiffin's sixth-ranked Rebels have faced entering Saturday's league opener against Kentucky has been teammates in practice. “I’m a...
