Long before the days of All-SEC quarterbacks tearing their ACLs and missing the remainder of the season. Long before getting blown out at home by your in-state rival 55-20. Long before the NCAA setting up shop in your living room to wag their finger at you. And long before your head coach resigned amidst allegations of hitting up Tampa’s finest escort services via your university-issued cell phone. Long before all this, there was a football game on September 24th.
After losing their opener in gut-wrenching fashion to the eventual Orange Bowl champion Florida State Seminoles, the Ole Miss Rebels played host to the 12th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs.