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The Egg Bowl is Returning to Thanksgiving Day

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The Egg Bowl. It lives on twitter 24/7/365. It also is played on a football field, in case you didn’t know. And in 2017 and 2018, when it is played on a football field, it will be played on Thanksgiving Day.

Brett McMurphy of ESPN broke the news that it would be returning to Thanksgiving Day in 2017.

2017 SEC dates: Sept. 23 A&M-Arkansas; Oct. 7 UF at LSU; Nov. 4 LSU at Alabama, Auburn at A&M; Nov. 23 (Thanksgiving) Ole Miss at MSU

— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) September 13, 2016

And then shortly after that, it’s being reported by the Clarion-Ledger that it’ll be played on Turkey Day in 2018 as well.