When Ole Miss upset Alabama in 2014, Chad Kelly wasn’t battling on the field or part of the mob of students that tore down the goal posts. Kelly was still the quarterback at East Mississippi Community College and had sat down in a Mexican restaurant with his family in Meridian.
“I remember going crazy in there,” Kelly said. “I wasn’t even committed expecting to go to Ole Miss then, but I was a fan of the Ole Miss football team, and the way they played that game then and finished the game was amazing.