The Oxford Eagle · Nov 25, 2020
Egg Bowl has different meaning for some in 2020
Mississippi wide receiver Elijah Moore (8) is chased by Mississippi State safety Brian Cole II (32) in Starkville, Miss. on Thursday, November 28, 2019. (Bruce Newman, Oxford Eagle via AP)What a difference a year makes.
This time in 2019, Ole Miss was coached by Matt Luke and Mississippi State coached by Joe Moorhead. A full calendar year later, both programs look completely different, and it is all from the butterfly effect that was the final moments of last season’s Egg Bowl.
Elijah Moore’s touchdown celebration seen around the world seemingly set off a chain reaction that turned Mississippi’s college football landscape on its head, if one is a believer in such things.