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ToC After Georgia: Ole Miss breaks through the glass ceiling 

Ben Garrettby:Ben Garrett•11/09/24•

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Ole Miss wide receiver Cayden Lee (Photo credit: Bruce Newman)

What a perfect Ole Miss football Saturday. 

The No. 16 Rebels (8-2, 4-2 SEC) secured their greatest win of the modern era with a 28-10 statement against No. 3 Georgia (7-2, 5-2).

Pretty much everyone with an Ole Miss pulse (Mike Hilton! DK Metcalf! Barstool Sports!) descended on Oxford for an historic day that ended with the goalposts coming down. 

Ole Miss picked up its 15th Top 5 win in school history, as well as its highest-ranked win since toppling No. 1 Alabama in 2014. The Rebels joined the Crimson Tide as the only teams to defeat Georgia since 2021. 

“Really happy for our university,” fifth-year Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin said. “Ther’es not been a signature game like this. Been close. Just really happy for our fans to be able to enjoy this.

“That’s a great Georgia team. Happy for our players, too, to play that way and what ends up kind of being a dominant win. This game started a year ago when these guys beat us like that. Really happy for a lot of people.”

The Rebels are responsible for two of Bulldog head coach Kirby Smart’s 18 career losses.

Georgia was handed its largest margin of defeat since 2019.

And we still haven’t gotten to everything else, including a record-breaking Vaught-Hemingway Stadium crowd. Ole Miss Saturdays simply don’t get any better. 

Ben Garrett of the Ole Miss Spirit (OMSpirit.com) was there and has a full breakdown in a reflective, postgame edition of Talk of Champions, powered by RiverLand Roofing. Call or text RiverLand for all your roofing needs: 662-644-4297. Visit them online at RiverLand Roofing.com.

Everybody gets a helmet sticker. Yes, even you, Ole Miss fan. Lane Kiffin won the week. 

The Rebels finally delivered. The glass ceiling has been shattered. Enjoy it, Rebel Nation. You’ve earned it.

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