It’s been nine years since Ole Miss and South Carolina put the ball down to decide who could claim mediocre superiority. If you’re like me and someone mentions 2009, I think that feels like it was about three years ago.
Turns out, 2009 was nine years ago! For some perspective on how long it’s been since the Rebels and Gamecocks STEPPED INTO THE SQUARED CIRCLE (or something similar), at the time of their last meeting, Steve Spurrier was still the HBC and Houston Nutt was considered a non-trash head coach. REPEAT: Houston Nutt was not yet thought of (outside of Arkansas message boards) as a destroyer of football programs.