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Mississippi State holds off Ole Miss after controversial call leads to trash on the field

It wouldn't be an Egg Bowl without things getting weird.

The football rivalry game between Mississippi and Mississippi State goes back more than 100 years and it has been filled with drama and resentment.

Thursday's Thanksgiving Day duel added another chapter to the in-state feud.

Mississippi State beat Ole Miss 24-22 in Oxford after the Rebels' potential tying two-point attempt failed in the final minutes.

That was only the cherry on top of a bizarre last stretch of the game.

The controversy began at the 7:15 mark of the fourth quarter, when MSU, leading 24-16, benefitted from an overturned call that was ruled a fumble at the Ole Miss 30-yard line.