While SEC play technically started two weeks ago, the 2025 Florida Gators are basically a Weekend at Bernie’s football team. Saturday’s matchup against Ole Miss is the type of game that, I’ll say it… just means more.
To break down everything Rebs, we had to go to the incomparable Bunkie Perkins. We’re very thankful he took a break from campaigning for Houston Nutt to get the Oklahoma State job to answer our burning Ole Miss questions.
1. Well well well, looks like the Birmingham Mafia has decided we’re
sticking together for the foreseeable future. Are you happy or sad to be keeping your corn dog friends instead of your mashed potato friends?
Of course. This, as a Louisiana native, is the only rivalry I actually care about. Having a meaningful game against a rival (compared to the pillow fight the game against our friends from the shanties of Eastern Mississippi in recent years) is fun, plus I need an excuse to come get a Superior Margarita every two years.
2. Unbelievably, this will be the first time since 1959 that LSU and Ole Miss will play each other while both are still undefeated. I think the 1959 LSU-Ole Miss game was pretty cool, right? Wouldn’t it be neat if we recreated that game exactly?
If this results in Garrett Nussmier winning the Heisman only to later become a convicted felon and marginal present dentist, I guess I’ll have to live with it.
3. While LSU and Ole Miss may be known for their hatred for each other, turns out love is in the air for this year’s rendition, as Whit Weeks and Lane Kiffin’s daughter made their relationship public. So this makes LSU the Montagues and Ole Miss the Capulets, yes? Benvolio Montague does sound like a four-star DT from Ouachita Parish.
Tybalt Capulet is a great Ole Miss Signma Nu pledge name. Auto-bid for that guy. “Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch!” is basically Suck that Tiger Dick for Italians.
4. The last two LSU-Ole Miss games were all-time thrillers that came down to the final play. If it happens again, I worry that Brian Kelly’s head may actually explode. Do you think keeping these games close is a strategy by Kiffin to create a head explosion, rendering Kelly unable to coach subsequent games?
I don’t think it’s a strategy as much as a feature at this point. Stress is inherent in the Lane Kiffin game plan most games
5. LSU now leads Ole Miss 2-1 in College World Series titles ever since Tiger brass fatefully decided Mike Bianco was not good enough for the LSU job. Do you think Mike evens it up next year?
See, this is that greed talking. Expecting more than one Championship, as an Ole Miss fan, is really unbecoming.
