The Rebs held off a pair of furious Bama rallies to establish themselves as a legit contender for the national championship.
[Exhales]
Well...
That was emotionally exhausting wasn't it? For roughly four hours on Saturday night, Ole Miss went back and forth with Alabama, riding a rollercoaster of forced turnovers and big plays and missed sacks and OH MY GOD WOULD YOU JUST PUT THIS DAMN GAME AWAY ALREADY. But mercifully, after nearly blowing two separate three-score leads in the second half, the Rebel defense broke up Jake Coker's fourth-down pass with nine seconds left to finally, finally, finally secure the game at 43-37, beating the Tide in consecutive seasons for the first time in the history of the universe and announcing to the college football world that they're a legit threat for the national championship.