Shortly after Ole Miss beat in-state rival Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl, Hugh Freeze made it clear that he wanted his team to get another shot at a New Year’s Six bowl.
Obviously, playing in back-to-back New Year’s Six bowls is an accomplishment in itself. Only four other teams in college football can claim that feat. But that’s not why the Ole Miss coach wanted to play in one of those bowl games.
No, the reason Freeze wanted to return to the New Year’s Six was for redemption.
He remembers what happened a year ago when the Rebels made it to the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta.