The No. 11 Ole Miss Rebels are headed to the New Year’s Six, where they will face the No. 10 Penn State Nittany Lions in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on Dec. 30. While many teams throughout the country organized watch parties for the College Football Playoff Selection Show, the Rebels did not.
Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin made himself available to the media on Sunday after his team learned its bowl game destination. Instead, it was business as usual, and Kiffin learned about his team’s location in the same way that the rest of us did.
“We did not have a watch party,” Kiffin said. “We were actually just here working, recruiting. We had an official visit weekend here. I was really in recruiting meetings. “This would probably surprise you guys, I found out on the TV like all you guys did. Obviously excited about that. Mentioned before what a great matchup it is and what a great stadium to play in in the city. So very excited, but probably not what you thought.”
This will be the first meeting between Ole Miss and Penn State, and it will be the Rebels’ third Peach Bowl appearance in program history. The Rebels’ most recent participation in this game occurred in 2014, when they were defeated 42-3 in Atlanta by the TCU Horned Frogs. As previously stated, the Peach Bowl will be held on December 30, with kickoff scheduled for 11 a.m. CT at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. ESPN will broadcast the game.
