Fans celebrate Thanksgiving in the Junction before the annual Egg Bowl game. Annie Costabile
STARKVILLE — When it was all over, and Ole Miss had won the unlikeliest of unlikely Egg Bowls, it was A.J. Brown, the hometown kid of Starkville who eschewed hometown Mississippi State in favor of the Rebels, who led the caravan to the end zone and the Golden Egg.
Except for one thing — when he went to lift the trophy, it was already in the air, held up by the arms of injured offensive lineman Daronte Bouldin.