Ole Miss Reveals Why Egg Bowl Was Moved To Black Friday
by Larry Leo
November 29, 20242 Comments
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For many years the Egg Bowl game between Ole Miss and Mississippi State was on Thanksgiving Thursday. But after seven years the game is being moved to Black Friday. According to John Leuzzi of the Clarion Ledger, Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter revealed that the SEC's broadcast partner ABC wanted the change...quote:(The Spun)
"As previously reported by the Clarion-Ledger, Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter said at an alumni event at the Country Club of Jackson in June that the game is being played on Friday because ABC wanted the game on that day compared to Thanksgiving. ABC is in its first season of a 10-year contract as the exclusive broadcast partner of the SEC," Leuzzi wrote on Thursday.
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