Mississippi State holds off Ole Miss after controversial call leads to trash on the field

It would not be an Egg Bowl with out issues getting bizarre.

The soccer rivalry recreation between Mississippi and Mississippi State goes again greater than 100 years and it has been stuffed with drama and resentment.

Thursday’s Thanksgiving Day duel simply added one other chapter to the in-state feud.

Mississippi State beat Ole Miss 24-22 in Oxford after the Rebels’ potential tying two-point try failed within the remaining minutes.

That was solely the the cherry on prime of a weird final stretch of the sport.

The controversy started on the 7:15 mark of the fourth quarter, when MSU, main 24-16, benefitted from an overturned name that was dominated a fumble on the Ole Miss 30-yard line. The play was initially referred to as an incomplete go within the backfield however was dominated a backward lateral, and subsequently a reside ball, upon evaluate.

The difficulty, as Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin argued, was the referees blew the whistle as quickly because the ball hit the bottom. See for your self.

Ought to a participant assume the ball is reside after the whistle is blown? It is robust to say.

The house followers in Oxford made their emotions recognized by hurling beer cans and different objects on the sphere.

Luckily, the fan revolt was comparatively small and short-lived.

The sport resumed with MSU shortly shifting the ball all the way down to the 1-yard line with an opportunity to successfully put it away with a two-touchdown lead.

The weirdness continued although. In wet, slippery circumstances, Bulldogs quarterback Will Rogers fumbled wanting the objective line and the Rebels recovered. Trailing by 8 with 4:48 to play, Ole Miss nonetheless had a shot.

Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart led his crew on an epic 15-play, 99-yard drive capped by a 23-yard landing strike to Dayton Wade. Needing a two-point conversion to tie, Dart tried a shovel go that wound up falling harmlessly to the turf. And that capped off a painful loss for the Rebels, who entered November with an 8-1 document and an out of doors shot at successful the SEC West.

Ole Miss completed the common season with three straight losses, together with Thursday’s to its arch rival, to fall to 8-4. MSU additionally ends the season 8-4.

With rumors swirling about Kiffin’s future at Ole Miss, this could be a heck of a away for his tenure to finish in Oxford.