Ole Miss legend Shay Hodge knows, the Egg Bowl runs deep

RECALL HIS MEMORIES FROM THE BOWLS IN THE LATE NINETIES. NOW YOU’LL GET TO HEAR FROM ANOTHER ALL TIME GREAT ON THE REBELS SIDE. WHO KNOWS BETTER THAN ANYONE HOW MUCH OF A TOSS UP THESE RIVALRY GAMES CAN BE. HERE? SHAY HODGE BROUGHT QUITE COMPELLING RESUME AS THE NEW WIDE RECEIVERS COACH AT JACKSON ACADEMY. HE’S A LOCAL GUY. OKAY, SO YOU SAY A MAN DO NOT GET LEARN. HE WORKS AND TRAINS WITH JACKSON AREA STAR TO SEE WHAT IT MISSTEPS AND CONSISTENT MISSTEPS AND JUST TO SEE THEM GROW AND GET BETTER AND BETTER EVERY WEEK AND GAIN CONFIDENCE. MAN, IT WAS IT WAS IT WAS GREAT. IT KIND OF REMINDED ME OF WHEN I WAS AT OLE MISS, THROWS A LOB TOWARD THE CORNER FOR SHAY HODGE TOUCHDOWN RIVER AND OH YEAH, HE’S THE FIRST REBEL TO EVER HAVE OVER 1000 RECEIVING YARDS IN A SINGLE SEASON AND TRAILS JUST A.J. BROWN ON THE OLE MISS ALL-TIME RECEIVING YARDS LIST, WHERE HE PLAYED IN FOUR STRAIGHT EAGLES FROM 26 TO 29 IN THE EGG BOWL IS ALL ABOUT FANS WHO COME OUT AND JUST PLAY BALL AT NIGHT. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT WHAT, WHAT THE RECORD ON A THROW AND SOME BULLDOGS DASH REBELS IN A WHOLE LOT OF IT. HODGE SAYS IT’S TOTALLY SETTLED IN THE BOWL. OH STATE FANS LIKE REALLY DO NOT MIX WHEN IT COMES TO THING. IT CAN EVEN COME DOWN TO COME DOWN TO A JOB, YOU KNOW, THEY’LL PICK IT WITH THE ALUMNI OF THE SCHOOL RATHER THAN THE GUY. MAYBE THAT’S MORE QUALIFIED. COACH SAYS IT’S ALL LOVE BETWEEN MOST OF THE OLE MISS AND MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYERS OFF THE FIELD, HE SAYS THE IGBO IS NOT THE TIME OR THE PLACE TO BE. BUDDY, BUDDY. I HOPE THIS IDEA IS WHAT MISS AND MISSISSIPPI STATE WHEN THEY PLAY EACH OTHER THAT WE’RE NOT FRIENDS RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW LATER ON WE COULD BE FRIENDS WE GOT TO PUT ON FOR OUR FANS AND EVERYBODY LOVE US AND WE MAKE THIS SCHOOL. AND WITH MY COLLEGE FOOTBALL GREAT IS THE ROBBERY. HODGE WAS TWO AND TWO AND IS FOR IGBOS IT’S NO SURPRISE WITH THE CUP ON THE LINE HE’S 5050 ON HIS FINAL PREDICTION THERE. YES. TOUCHDOWN. OLE MISS IS PRETTY MUCH MAD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE LAST COUPLE OF GAMES THAT WE WERE IT AND SO I THINK WE WANT TO TAKE IT OUT ON THEM HOPING THAT WE CAN TAKE IT OUT ON HIM. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS RIVALRY GAME AND MISSISSIPPI STATE IS A GOOD TEAM. YOU GOT GOOD QUARTERBACK, GOT GOOD RECEI

Ole Miss legend Shay Hodge knows, the Egg Bowl runs deep

Hodge is second all-time in Ole Miss receiving yards.

Updated: 10:55 PM CST Nov 23, 2022

Shay Hodge played wide receiver for Ole Miss from 2006 to 2009 and is second on the Ole Miss all-time receiving yards list. He’s also been a part of four egg bowls. He knows for the fans, the rivalry runs deep.”Ole Miss and Mississippi State fans really do not mix when it comes to things,” Hodge said. “It can even come down to a job. They’ll pick the alumni of the school rather than the guy maybe that’s more qualified.”The Egg Bowl kicks off Thursday at 6 p.m. from Oxford. Mike Leach is looking for his first Egg Bowl win while Lane Kiffin seeks to make it three straight wins to start his tenure with the Rebels.

Shay Hodge played wide receiver for Ole Miss from 2006 to 2009 and is second on the Ole Miss all-time receiving yards list. He’s also been a part of four egg bowls.

He knows for the fans, the rivalry runs deep.

“Ole Miss and Mississippi State fans really do not mix when it comes to things,” Hodge said. “It can even come down to a job. They’ll pick the alumni of the school rather than the guy maybe that’s more qualified.”

The Egg Bowl kicks off Thursday at 6 p.m. from Oxford. Mike Leach is looking for his first Egg Bowl win while Lane Kiffin seeks to make it three straight wins to start his tenure with the Rebels.