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Crooked Letter Sports Podcast: Ole Miss in, Notre Dame out … and other news
By RICK CLEVELAND AND TYLER CLEVELAND - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,12/15/25-1:52PM , 669 Reads 23,384 Statewide
It may or may not be the biggest sporting event in Mississippi history, but we know for certain Ole Miss is hosting Tulane and you can sell your car and rent a room in Oxford. The Clevelands also discuss USM coaching vacancy, the high school championships and a whole lot more.
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Mississippi’s biggest sports event ever? You wouldn’t want to argue with John L.
By RICK CLEVELAND - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,12/15/25-1:40PM , 636 Reads 18,372 Statewide
The longest bare-knuckle prizefight in history took place between John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain in an obscure location in south Mississippi.
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How crazy is college football today? Coach O probably summed it up best
By RICK CLEVELAND - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,12/15/25-1:10PM , 528 Reads 17,029 Statewide
It is only appropriate that in this – surely the strangest college football season ever – Indiana, the team that entered the 2025 season with the most defeats of any team in college history, finishes the season with a perfect 12-0 record and the No. 1 seeding in the college football playoffs.
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Kiffin exits Ole Miss for LSU, Golding elevated to lead Rebels
By PARRISH ALFORD - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Mon,12/08/25-11:50AM , 487 Reads 16,783 Statewide
Lane Kiffin will not finish the Rebels’ Cinderella 11-1 season, opting instead to take the head coaching job at LSU, after the 7-5 Tigers fired Brian Kelly. Defensive Coordinator Pete Golding has been hired as Kiffin’s replacement.
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