STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Ole Miss flushed away a golden chance at the Golden Egg.
Luke Logan missed a 35-yard extra point try after Ole Miss receiver
Elijah Moore was penalized for celebrating a touchdown by crawling and pretending to urinate like a dog, and Mississippi State escaped with a 21-20 victory Thursday night in the 116th Egg Bowl.
"That's not who we are. We've been a disciplined team all year, and so just disappointed that happened," Rebels coach Matt Luke said. "That's not who he is. Elijah is a good kid, and he just got caught up in the moment."
Ole Miss (4-8, 2-6 Southeastern Conference) pulled within a point with 4 seconds remaining on
Matt Corral's 2-yard pass to Moore, but Logan hooked the extra point after Moore cost the Rebels 15 yards. The extra yards also prevented Ole Miss from going for a winning 2-point conversion.
The penalty was another in a long line of unsportsmanlike conduct fouls between these two teams in recent years, and oddly not the first one featuring a player pretending to pee (the Rebels'
DK Metcalf was flagged for a similar celebration in the 2017 game).
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