Overview
- Ole Miss beat Georgia 39-34 in the Sugar Bowl as Lucas Carneiro hit a 47-yard field goal with six seconds left and the Bulldogs then conceded a safety.
- Quarterback Trinidad Chambliss threw for 362 yards and two touchdowns and set a Sugar Bowl mark with 13 consecutive completions.
- The Rebels, now 13-1 under first-time head coach Pete Golding, advance to face No. 10 Miami in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 8.
- Lane Kiffin, now at LSU, posted congratulatory messages from Baton Rouge, and reporting says his LSU contract covers Playoff bonuses he would have earned at Ole Miss, totaling about $500,000 so far.
- ESPN reporting cited by Newsweek says no LSU employees who were coaching with Ole Miss, including OC Charlie Weis Jr., flew back with the team and were expected in Baton Rouge for the transfer-portal opening, leaving Fiesta Bowl staffing unresolved publicly.