Ole Miss takes Trophy to Sugar Bowl

Ole Miss won the Egg Bowl and will take the jiMpossible-sarcasMike Trophy into the Sugar Bowl against Baylor on New Years Day.

• Ole Miss is 45-14-5 vying for the Trophy
  
• This marks their 5th time as Trophy holder
  
• Their longest streak was 19 games from November of 1958 through November of 1961 (included a tie to retain the trophy)
• The 19 game run was the longest between the Army 21 game holding from 1948-1950 and the USC run of 24 games from 1978-1980.
  
• They followed that with a 13 game run, starting with revenge against LSU in 1962 and going until the aforementioned Sugar Bowl loss to Alabama (2 ties included this time)

•  Baylor is 24-13 in Trophy games; 1-1 when the Trophy was up for grabs in a Bowl
• They have won the Trophy 8 times
• The Bears had a streak of 12 wins after taking the Trophy from Kansas State in November of 2012.

Neither school has a B1G team on their schedule so a return to the conference seems unlikley before bowl season 2022

Mississippi wins the Trophy from Texas A&M

 Ole Miss held on for a 29-19 victory over the Texas A&M Aggies, securing the jiMpossible-sarcasMike Trophy for the first time since 1967.

This was the second time this season the Rebels attempted to take the Trophy, having lost to Alabama on October 2.

• Ole Miss is 43-14-5 vying for the Trophy
  
• This marks their 5th time as Trophy holder
  
• Their longest streak was 19 games from November of 1958 through November of 1961 (included a tie to retain the trophy)
• The 19 game run was the longest between the Army 21 game holding from 1948-1950 and the USC run of 24 games from 1978-1980.
  
• They followed that with a 13 game run, starting with revenge against LSU in 1962 and going until the aforementioned Sugar Bowl loss to Alabama (2 ties included this time)

Ole Miss should be favored in their final two games of the regular season - next week vs. Vanderbilt and Thanksgiving night in the Egg Bowl vs. Mississippi State.

• The Commodores have only held the Trophy once, in 1955. 
• They defeated Tulane on 11/12/1955, and won the following week vs. Florida before falling to Tennessee.
• Vandy is 2-16-2 in Trophy battles.
• Their last attempt was in 2010 vs. Florida.
• Mississippi State has defeated the Trophy-holder 3 times, most recently in 2020 over LSU.
• The Builldogs are 4-18-2 with COVID DNP vs Auburn last year as well.
• Ole Miss and MSU have met 5 times with the Trophy on the line the Rebels are 3-0-2 in those match-ups.

There is still a mathematical possibility that Ole Miss wins the SEC, two Alabama losses, and 2 wins plus a win over Georgia in the SEC Championship game. Outside of that, there is a slim chance the Rebels may play a B1G team in their Bowl game - increasing the chance that the Trophy finds its way back to Ann Arbor at some point.

Crimson Tide swells to retain Trophy

Trophy-holder Alabama didn't have much trouble with Southern Miss, cruising to a 63-14 victory last Saturday. The Crimson Tide host another, more formidable foe from Mississippi this weekend when the Ole Miss Rebels come to Tuscaloosa.

• With their win Saturday, Alabama moved to 62-21 all-time in Trophy games
• This is Alabama's 11th time as holder of the Trophy
  
• Alabama has run off 9 wins since taking the Trophy from Auburn last fall 
  
• The only longer run for the Tide was a 10 game streak as Trophy-holder that was ended by Texas in the 1965 Orange Bowl
• 'Bama is 1-0 all-time against Ole Miss in Trophy games - their was win the the 1964 Sugar Bowl
  
• Ole Miss is 42-13-5 vying for the Trophy
  
• The Rebels have won the Trophy 4 times, most recently in 1967
• They are 0-5 in Trophy games since that loss
  
• Their longest streak was 19 games from November of 1958 through November of 1961 (included a tie to retain the trophy)
• They followed that with a 13 game run, starting with revenge against LSU in 1962 and going until the aforementioned Sugar Bowl loss to Alabama (2 ties included this time)