The 4 best things we saw at Ole Miss’ spring game, including Lane Kiffin and Joey Chestnut

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OXFORD — Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin explained more than once this spring that he didn’t find much value in a traditional spring game. The schemes are basic. The value in evaluating the tape is minimal.

So why play one?

The football was decidedly a secondary menu item during Saturday’s Grove Bowl Games at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, with hot dogs, dunks and tug-of-war contests providing most of the highlights from Kiffin’s reimagined event, with points on offer for all the activities. The Red Team beat the Blue Team 71-70 after Caden Davis ended the event by missing a decisive 65-yard field goal.

Joey Chestnut crashes Ole Miss football hot dog contest

In an effort to lift the Blue Team, which trailed for most of the Grove Bowl Games before making a late run, Kiffin called on a legend.

Joey Chestnut, described by the official Major League Eating website as “the greatest eater in history,” holds the all-time record for eating 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes.

And his greatness was on full display. Chestnut downed 20 hot dogs after entering Saturday’s contest, which he entered with around 1:30 left on the clock.

It’s a similar pace to the one he used to set records. When asked to assess his performance afterward, he simply said that he was hungry.

“When you’re down, you call in the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time),” Kiffin said.

Brandon Turnage wins Ole Miss football dunk contest

The Rebels opened their Grove Bowl Games on a makeshift basketball court placed in the corner of the north end zone for a dunk contest.

The acrobatics on display probably wouldn’t inspire Ole Miss basketball coach Chris Beard – one of the competition’s judges – to invite any Rebels to add a second sport, with the possible exception of Oxford native and Tennessee transfer Brandon Turnage.

Turnage threw down a windmill dunk with his back to the basket,…

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Author : The Clarion Ledger

Publish date : 2024-04-13 21:55:36

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