Ole Miss football Rebels will hope odds are in their favor at end-of-spring ‘Grove Bowl Games’

The Grove Bowl, as expected, is going to look a lot different this year. 

The annual end-of-spring event for Ole Miss football will be formatted similarly to the NFL’s Pro Bowl Games. Kickoff is set for Saturday, April 13 at 3 p.m. CT.

Ole Miss will wrap its fourth full week of spring practices on Saturday. The newly-rebranded ‘Grove Bowl Games’ will see players face off in 7-on-7 and other various skills competitions. Admission is free at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Gates open at 2 p.m.

“One thing I like about this team (is) everybody was really welcoming,” Florida transfer EDGE Princely Umanmielen said this week on the ‘Ivey League,’ a podcast powered by RiverLand Roofing and in exclusive association with the Ole Miss Spirit. 

The ‘Ivey League’ is hosted by third-year starting Ole Miss defensive lineman Jared Ivey and airs weekly. Umanmielen was one of 17 transfers who signed with Ole Miss in the off-season, enrolled for the spring semester and are going through practices.

“Everybody’s kind of together,” Umanmielen continued. “At Florida, I would say there would be cliques and stuff like that. People would be a little standoffish before you become part of the family. When we’d have transfers, I probably wouldn’t talk to them for like two weeks. Here, everybody was really welcoming.”

‘Ivey League’ Admissions: Umanmielen was praising Ole Miss, not throwing shade at Florida

The Grove Bowl Games kickoff next Saturday!

🗓️ April 13
🕒 3PM CT
🏟️ Vaught-Hemingway Stadium

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The ‘Grove Bowl Games’ will offer free parking available on the west side of the stadium throughout the day.

The SJB Pavilion garage will be open, too, as will the coliseum lot and portions of the track lot. Reserved baseball lots, which are east of the stadium, will be reserved for fans with baseball parking passes.

All competition in the Grove Bowl Games will be offense vs. defense with points applied to the skills tests in addition to the scoring in the 7v7. More details on the event format will be released closer to the date.

The Grove Bowl Games will be streamed live on SEC Network+ (on the ESPN app). Tom Hart and Jordan Rodgers will be on the call.

Other home events include an Ole Miss baseball home series against in-state rival Mississippi State, as well as the Rebel softball team’s three-game series with WKU. Women’s tennis takes on Missouri on Friday and Sunday.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

Friday, April 12

Women’s Tennis vs. Missouri, 3 p.m.
Softball vs. WKU, 6 p.m.
Baseball vs. Mississippi State, 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 13

Grove Bowl Games, 3 p.m.
Softball vs. WKU, 3 p.m.
Baseball vs. Mississippi State, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 14

Softball vs. WKU, 1 p.m.
Women’s Tennis vs. Arkansas, 1 p.m.
Baseball vs. Mississippi State, 1:30 p.m.

GROVE BOWL GAMES FAN DETAILS

Stadium Entry

Gates open at 2 p.m. Please enter at the following gates based on the section you’d like to sit in:

East Sideline – Gate 15 and 16
South Suites – Gate 23
West Sideline – Gates 33 and 36
West Suites – Gate 35

Parking and Shuttles

Parking is available in Lots 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Shuttles will be available from these lots to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium starting at 1:30 p.m. Fans with a 2024 baseball parking pass are encouraged to park in their assigned parking lot for the Grove Bowl Games.

Team Store and Concessions

Ole Miss Authentics will be selling apparel and other merchandise in the southwest corner of the stadium and will be holding a spring clearance sale with as much as 75 percent off. Concession stands will be available on both sides of the stadium:

East Side – Sections L and N
West Side – Sections B and C

Premium Areas 

Suite ticket holders who RSVP’d will receive their tickets on April 8 by 10 a.m. All other premium areas will be closed to private events.