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Ole Miss Football Trolls Kentucky With Basketball Tweet Following Nail-Biting Win

The Rebels' social media team had some fun at Kentucky's expense on Saturday afternoon.

John Macon Gillespie

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The Ole Miss Rebels picked up a heart-stopping win over the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday afternoon to open their SEC slate, and the football Twitter account had a little fun at the Cats' expense.

Following the win for the No. 14 Rebels, their Twitter account tweeted a stock image of a basketball at the Wildcats, poking fun at their historical success as a basketball school.

The game on Saturday was turned late by the Ole Miss defense. With less than three minutes to play in the fourth quarter, Kentucky quarterback Will Levis kept the football on a carry in the red zone, and Austin Keys forced a fumble that was recovered by A.J. Finley, giving the Rebels the ball at their own 21. Kentucky got the ball back with 1:49 to play, and it once again drove into the red zone, but the Rebels forced another fumble from Levis to seal the final tally. 

With the win, the Rebels improve to 5-0 for the first time since the 2014 season and start with a win in conference play. Next week, Ole Miss will travel to Nashville to face the Vanderbilt Commodores. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. CT.

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JOHN MACON GILLESPIE

John Macon Gillespie is the publisher of The Grove Report and has experience on the Ole Miss beat spanning five years.

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