With a green turf stain dotted on the back of his red uniform, Chad Kelly gingerly walked into the tunnel and out of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium favoring his right leg. Even in its triumphs– this one a 37-27 win over Georgia Southern for its first victory in a month–adversity has engulfed a team that has had its fill of it this year.
“We’ve learned to celebrate the wins this year,” Hugh Freeze said. “Everything is a fight and a challenge. I am proud of our young men as shorthanded as we were.”
It was a struggle for a 4-5 Ole Miss team who his now faced with uncertainty at quarterback as it watched its best playmaker exit the game in the third quarter with a right knee injury.