There has been a lot of talk in the last few days about the Egg bowl Rivalry. The word that has been thrown around is toxic.
The reason for this is because of an article published on Saturday by the Clarion-Ledger’s Sports Editor Hugh Kellenberger. In the article, Kellenberger says, “Never has the Ole Miss and Mississippi State rivalry been more toxic. It’s become mean-spirited, short-sighted and to the detriment of the state as a whole.”
Those are pretty strong words. I was about to write a post in which I was going to argue the rivalry wasn’t any worse than it has ever been, it’s just changed with the times.