Eleven years ago today, the Ole Miss Rebels beat then No. 4 Florida 31-30 in the Swamp. The upset victory was the biggest story up to that point of that young college football season, and would produce Florida quarterback Tim Tebow’s now famous promise to, more-or-less, win the BCS title that year. When he and his Gators made good on that promise, it was said that the upset loss to Ole Miss was the tipping point that ultimate led to that championship. That loss and what it is said to have resulted in furthered Tim Tebow’s already To say very little, it was a big game, one whose significance would weigh very heavily on the college football landscape that year and would re-emerge as a talking point in determining the worthiness of an SEC team having the audacity to play Ohio State or Oklahoma for a championship.
Remembering Ole Miss Quarterback Jevan Snead
