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Rebels Prepare to Battle for the Golden Egg Against Mississippi State
By Adam Brown
Sports Editor
adam.brown@hottytoddy.com
Ole Miss head coach Matt Luke addresses the media. Photo by Adam Brown.
Ole Miss head coach Matt Luke met with the media Monday afternoon as he discussed how the Rebels are looking ahead to Thanksgiving’s match against Mississippi State for the annual Egg Bowl.
Ole Miss had a short week to bounce back from the 36-29 loss at Vanderbilt where a touchdown catch by junior wide receiver A.J. Brown was overturned in overtime.
“We felt like he scored…(the SEC) stuck by their rule,” Luke said. “We have to move forward to Mississippi State.”
This will be the last time this group of seniors will get to play in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in front of Rebel Nation.
“They fight for each other, they fight for Ole Miss and everything that they’ve given,” Luke said. ”I’m grateful for these guys and what they mean to not only me personally, but also this program.”
Ole Miss enters the Egg Bowl with several injuries, the most recent being senior center Sean Rawlings’ high ankle sprain he suffered in the opening plays against the Commodores. Wide receiver DeMarcus Lodge remains on the injury report, but Luke projects he will play on Thursday.
“(Rawlings) won’t practice this week, but we’ll give it a go in the game,” Luke said. “He’ll be a game-time decision.”
Mississippi State rolls into Oxford with a veteran defense and talented offense.
“They do a good job of bringing pressure, a lot of five-man pressure and constantly putting pressure on you,” Luke said. “We have to do a really good job of handling the pressure and then applying some pressure of our own.”
The Rebels and the Bulldogs kick off the 91st meeting of the Battle of the Golden Egg at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN.
| Mon, Nov 4 |  | vs Long Island University | W, 90-60 |
| Fri, Nov 8 |  | vs Grambling | W, 66-64 |
| Tue, Nov 12 |  | vs South Alabama | W, 64-54 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Colorado State | W, 84-69 |
| Thu, Nov 21 |  | vs Oral Roberts | L, 100-68 |
| Thu, Nov 28 |  | vs BYU | W, 96-85 OT |
| Fri, Nov 29 |  | vs 13 Purdue | L, 80-78 |
| Tue, Dec 3 |  | @ Louisville | W, 86-63 |
| Sat, Dec 7 |  | vs Lindenwood | W, 86-53 |
| Sat, Dec 14 |  | vs Southern Miss | W, 77-46 |
| Tue, Dec 17 |  | vs Southern | W, 74-61 |
| Sat, Dec 21 |  | vs Queens University | W, 80-62 |
| Sat, Dec 28 |  | @ Memphis | L, 87-70 |
| Sat, Jan 4 |  | vs Georgia | W, 63-51 |
| Wed, Jan 8 |  | @ 23 Arkansas | W, 73-66 |
| Sat, Jan 11 |  | vs LSU | W, 77-65 |
| Tue, Jan 14 |  | @ 5 Alabama | W, 74-64 |
| Sat, Jan 18 |  | @ 17 Mississippi State | L, 81-84 |
| Wed, Jan 22 |  | vs 13 Texas A&M | L, 62-63 |
| Sat, Jan 25 |  | @ Missouri | L, 83-75 |
| Wed, Jan 29 |  | vs Texas | W, 72-69 |
| Sat, Feb 1 |  | vs 2 Auburn | L, 92-82 |
| Tue, Feb 4 |  | vs 10 Kentucky | W, 98-84 |
| Sat, Feb 8 | | @ LSU | 7:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 12 |  | @ South Carolina | 6:00 PM SECN |
| Sat, Feb 15 | | vs 17 Mississippi State | 5:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Feb 22 |  | @ Vanderbilt | 2:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 26 | | @ 2 Auburn | 6:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 1 |  | vs 12 Oklahoma | 1:00 PM TBA |
| Wed, Mar 5 |  | vs 1 Tennessee | 8:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 8 |  | @ 6 Florida | 5:00 PM SECN |
Lawrence
November 20, 2018 at 4:31 pm
Only one more loss to go
Thanks ross