Mississippi: Dart more than proved he can throw when an opponent tries to shut down the run game. The Rebels hurt themselves early with too many penalties. They had to settle for a field goal with three penalties on the opening drive of the game and had six for 60 yards by halftime. They finished with nine penalties for 85 yards. Mississippi State drove 71 yards for a touchdown in 4:55 on its first possession of the second half. We look at just a bizarre Egg Bowl where the Ole Miss Offense just didn't show up until the 3rd Qtr despite what Lane Kiffin and Charlie Weis Jr wanted. Jaxson Dart gutted out a big win and Quinshon Judkins was excellent in the win over Mississippi State. It would have been so easy to quit after everything that we’ve been through on and off the field. People can say what they want to, but we’re not quitters,” Rogers said. “Coach Knox did a really good job. I’m proud of the team and the real fighters. It would have been easy to tap out and let a really good team come here and walk all over us. I gave it my all.”

As we faltered on offense in the third quarter we needed some stops,” Lea said. “We’re not to the point as a program where we can play like that and still be able to win.” Then Dart hit Mingo with a 48-yard pass down to the Vandy 3, and Quinshon Judkins scored two plays later from 2 yards out to pull Ole Miss within 20-17 at halftime. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)Jaxson Dart threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Caden Prieskorn early in the fourth quarter to give the Rebels (10-2, 6-2 SEC, No. 12 CFP) a 10-point lead. Judkins scored on a 2-yard run in the third to put Ole Miss ahead 10-7. NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- — The ninth-ranked Mississippi Rebels got a glimpse of just how good they might be this season in how they handled trailing at halftime for the first time this season.

Zach Evans capped the Rebels' opening drive with a 24-yard TD run for Ole Miss' first lead since the first quarter. Ole Miss added a TD within 90 seconds. Ladarius Tennison recovered AJ Swann's lateral dropped by Davis, and Judkins ran in from 6 yards on the next play for a 31-20 lead.In our final segment of the day we talk about the forgotten bowl game in the Citrus Bowl and how that would looks and what Ole Miss fans need to look forward to no matter the bowl game. The Under Armor Next All American game is my goal this year for Ole Miss Football fans. We have spurts where like that second half where it just looks like we’re unstoppable," Dart said. “So we just got to be able to find that and find that rhythm, just find that consistency every game. And, you know, you know, there’s no limit to what we can achieve this year.” Great group of seniors that took control, led this team. I can’t thank them enough for all they did through the tough times,” Knox said. “They did everything they could to hold this team together and I appreciate them.” Coach Lane Kiffin noted his Rebels outscored Vanderbilt (3-3, 0-2) 42-8 to finish the game and joked that the head coach gave a great motivational speech at halftime.