NEW ORLEANS — The celebration would not stop as throngs of powder blue fans inched closer and closer to the railings that encircled the Caesars Superdome field.
A late safety, one unneeded second left on the clock and a dozen desperation laterals that meant Mississippi fans could revel three times in the clock striking zero on the school’s greatest modern victory, a stunning 39–34 second-half comeback against SEC rival Georgia in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl.
