re: The greatest Egg bowl ever 1983: the freak wind gust gives Rebels the win

If you watch the replay there was an older man down by the goalposts wearing a Red Independence Bowl blazer. He had an invitation in that jacket pocket to hand Ole Miss in the event they won.

As the kick is no good you can see him leaping into the air. Then there's a YouTube video of him in the locker room taking that invitation out of his pocket and reading it to the team as they all cheered.

Ole Miss hadn't been to a bowl game in like 10 years so it was an emotional moment.

That man was a lifelong Ole Miss fan, and my grandfather.

I got field passes to the Independence Bowl game in Shreveport. At halftime the Independence Bowl mascot was some sort of Eagle costume thing. Anyhow the mascot got so drunk he passed out under the bleachers.

They tried to get me to put on the outfit and be the mascot for the second half. But I was only 12 years old and it didn't fit. I couldn't hold the head up.

Anyhow, good times!