Ole Miss overcame a fourth-and-24 and numerous other hurdles to close within 21-20 in the waning seconds of the Egg Bowl Thursday. Elijah Moore caught the short TD pass to bring the Rebels within one of the arch-rival Bullodgs.
And then, Moore, a sophomore wide receiver, decided to play the fool in the end zone and wound up costing his team the game.
Moore started acting like a dog and lifted his leg, like he was urinating.
This Egg Bowl ending was INSANE 🤯
Ole Miss scored with 4 seconds left and had a chance to tie the game with the PAT.
After a flag for the excessive celebration moved the PAT back, the kicker missed wide right and Mississippi State held on to win the Egg Bowl 21-20. pic.twitter.com/z4U7c8JukQ
— ESPN (@espn) November 29, 2019
The official near the selfish celebration threw a flag and … that turned into a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Moore. More importantly, it moved the PAT attempt back 15 yards.
Ole Miss kicker Luke Logan missed the PAT and Mississippi State had a 21-20 victory And no one would blame the Ole Miss team and their faithful if they were, um, peeved. Extra peeved, too, because the victory makes the Bulldogs bowl eligible while the Rebels sink to 4-8.
Wow!!! Ole Miss loses Egg Bowl because Elijah Moore did a dog peeing celebration after scoring the game tying touchdown.
15 yard penalty pushes PAT further back, and it goes wide right!! 🤣🤣
— Emmanuel Acho (@thEMANacho) November 29, 2019
Well… weird stuff can happen in the chippy, sloppy #EggBowl I’ve called my share. But Tonight might take the trophy: unsportsmanlike penalty for “dog pee” celebration by Ole Miss. PAT no good.. State wins. Already labeled out here for eternity as the “Piss&Miss” game.
— Chris Fowler (@cbfowler) November 29, 2019
OLE MISS PISSES THE GAME AWAY
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) November 29, 2019