HOOVER, Ala. – Ole Miss had its turn at the Southeastern Conference’s annual media days Friday, but the Rebels spent a lot of their time discussing their in-state rivals.
Mississippi State has won the last two matchups in the Egg Bowl rivalry, and the Bulldogs’ marketing department took the bragging rights to a different level with eight to 10 billboards strategically placed at various entrances into the state that read, “Welcome to Our State.”
MSU coach Dan Mullen discussed the billboards during his media days appearance Wednesday, and Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt responded Friday.
“You checked recruiting this past season, right?” Nutt said. “[The billboards] didn’t affect us. We had the best recruiting in the state of Mississippi.”
According to Rivals.com, the Rebels signed five four-star recruits to MSU’s one in February, and five-star linebacker C.J. Johnson signed with Ole Miss after originally committing to the Bulldogs. Nutt did acknowledge that the Bulldogs had the right to boast about their 2009 and ’10 wins.