The 2017 Egg Bowl was unreasonably chippy, perhaps and in part fueled by an ongoing NCAA investigation that’s relied heavily on Mississippi State linebacker Leo Lewis’ testimony regarding impermissible benefits offered him by Ole Miss. These teams always already hate each other, and their respective fan bases couldn’t detest the other more than they would a leprotic rat.
The 2017 Egg Bowl ended with an Ole Miss victory, 31-28. It was close and fought tooth-and-nail to the bitter end, until the Rebels recovered a CLANGA onside kick attempt and kneeled the game into zeroes.