It was a weird, wet night in Baton Rouge as Ole Miss fell to LSU 53-48 in the 109th Magnolia Bowl on Saturday. Both teams were dealing with opt-outs (including leading receiver Elijah Moore and tight end Kenny Yeboah), the Rebels were coming off of a three-week hiatus and the skies opened up for much of the game.
To make the storyline even more interesting, head coaches Lane Kiffin and Ed Orgeron are good friends and came up through the coaching world together. They both coached under Pete Carroll at USC, Orgeron was Kiffin’s defensive coordinator at Tennessee and Kiffin was set to be Orgeron’s offensive coordinator at LSU before he took the FAU job.