The clock ticks toward midnight in a quiet suburb outside the French city of Bordeaux. Valentin Joanny sits perched on the edge of his couch, screaming about playcalling and the Ole Miss Rebels.
Joanny, 4,500 miles and a few time zones from SEC country, is sitting in his one-bedroom apartment, which looks less like a French studio and more like a dorm room in Oxford, Mississippi. There is a large blue Ole Miss flag hanging above the couch, while a jersey that former wideout Elijah Moore wore in practice rests nearby.
And Joanny is getting loud.