Ole Miss football made a leap, but LSU wasn't their 'Super Bowl'

Ole Miss football made a leap, but LSU wasn't their 'Super Bowl'

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Ole Miss football made a leap, but LSU wasn't their 'Super Bowl'

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With all the drama surrounding the LSU Tigers football program leading up to last Saturday's game with the Ole Miss Rebels, Lane Kiffin's highly anticipated return to Oxford didn't go as planned.

Kiffin finally faced off against his old squad, but the reunion was spoiled in exciting fashion. Ole Miss showed their old coach he made a mistake by leaving the Rebels right before the team’s College Football Playoff run last season.

The Rebels started the game jumping out to an early 24-7 lead at halftime. However, the second half was a different story. The Tigers came roaring back and tied the game at 24 in the fourth quarter. This was the moment that Ole Miss showed the nation who they were.

While being outscored 17-0 before the game-winning touchdown, Rebels quarterback Trinidad Chambliss and the offense drove 75 yards down the field to score and successfully converted a two-point conversion to go up by eight points and end the LSU run.

Kiffin gave credit to Chambliss for the victory, labeling him “the hardest player to play in America.” He gave credit to the monster he created and even took credit for the stadium being full an hour before kickoff.

Ole Miss coach Pete Golding said after the game, “It wasn't the Super Bowl, and we didn't make it to be the Super Bowl."

The Rebels showed just how dominant they can be in a big prime-time game. This was an early glimpse of what the Playoff atmosphere would be like in Oxford with a return run. Needless to say, the Rebels stepped up to the plate, again.

Under Golding, the Rebels won two Playoff games, but that was with Kiffin’s roster. Now he could start his own dynasty and do something even greater. Bringing a national championship to Oxford for the first time in 66 years is the ultimate goal.

Golding’s comment about the game not being their Super Bowl was precise because of their fierce competition with the rest of the schedule. He knows LSU was the first of many major tests this season.

They still face a revamped No. 21 Florida team next week in the swamp, No. 1 Texas Longhorns in Austin, and No. 4 Georgia at home. The rest of the season will not be any easier for the Rebels.

With Kiffin no longer around calling the shots, beating LSU will either prove to be a stepping stone or a fluke. We'll wait to see what Ole Miss is made of down the stretch. 

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