It’s rivalry week in college football, and the storylines vary far and wide. In the state of Mississippi, it’s all about the “Golden Egg.”
While “The Ten-Year War” was coined for the Michigan–Ohio State battles between Bo Schembechler and Woody Hayes starting in the late ’60s, that title could fit for the Egg Bowl.
Ten years ago, Sylvester Croom’s Mississippi State team rallied to beat Ed Orgeron’s Ole Miss team 17-14, a game the Rebels led 14-0 heading into the fourth quarter. The comeback featured a 75-yard punt return by Derrick Pegues that tied it at 14 with 2:38 left and a game-winning 48-yard field goal by Adam Carlson with 12 seconds left.