Brett Favre to Ole Miss following Men's College World Series Berth: Win it for the 'Sip

Former Packers great and Mississippi native Brett Farve is all aboard the Ole Miss hype train. The Rebels’ baseball team is headed to the College World Series after barely making the NCAA Tournament in the first place. However, they won their regional last weekend and then went to Hattiesburg and shut out Southern Miss in a two-game sweep during the super-regional with a combined score of 15-0.

Impressive stuff from Ole Miss baseball. Now, they’re headed to the College World Series, along with Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Notre Dame. The winners of Monday’s Stanford/UConn and Auburn/Oregon State games will also join the Rebels and company in Omaha.

Former Green Bay Packers quarterback is mighty impressed with the Rebels’ run. He tweeted this following the completion of their Southern Miss sweep:

Congrats to Ole Miss well deserved. Now go win one for the Sip!!!

— Brett Favre (@BrettFavre) June 12, 2022

Win one for the ‘Sip. The MissisSIPpi, I presume. Farve, who was born in Mississippi, is cheering on his home squad to win the CollegeWorld Series. But he’s rejecting his alma mater in the process. That’s right, Farve is a former Hattiesburg native and Southern Miss student. So pulling for the Rebels meant cheering against his own school. Hmmm, Farve seems to be corrupting his loyalties.

Jokes aside, the Mississippi native is likely just happy to see a school from his home state do some damage in the postseason tournament. The Rebels will be one of the longest shots to take home the trophy in Omaha.

Up and Down Season Ends with College World Series birth for Ole Miss

Before battling on the bubble just to make the College Baseball Tournament, Ole Miss was once the No. 1 ranked team in the nation this season. The Rebels won 13 of their first 14 games and landed atop all the polls, somewhat surprisingly.

They crashed and burned from there. The Rebels fell to several directional mid-major schools and were whooped by Alabama and Tennessee in three-game sweeps during the middle of the season. However, in May they rallied to sweep LSU and Missouri and also win a standalone game against then-11th-ranked Southern Miss to save the season. But an early exit in the SEC Tournament gave Ole Miss a grim outlook for a potential postseason birth.

Nonetheless, the Rebels rallied to make the tournament. And two weeks into the big dance, they’ll be one of eight teams still playing ball in mid-June as they’ve booked their ticket to Omaha by winning the Coral Gables regional and beating Southern Miss.