The Battle for the Golden Egg, also known as the Egg Bowl, is an American college football rivalry game between played annually by the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Ole Miss Rebels. The rivalry is the tenth longest uninterrupted series in the United States. The two teams have played each other since 1901; 1927 was the first year the trophy, the "Golden Egg", was awarded to the winner.
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Famous quotes containing the words egg and/or bowl:
“The egg is the symbol of perfection. Do you want an egg?”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or
the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the
cistern.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit
shall return unto God who gave it.
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, all is vanity.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes (l. XII, 6–7)