Ole Miss’s 39–34 triumph over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on Thursday was bittersweet. It was a jubilant victory for the Rebels, who stormed back to erase a nine-point halftime deficit to continue their magical College Football Playoff run after former coach Lane Kiffin spurned the team to join SEC rival LSU. But the win also carried a somber note, for it came without freshman defensive lineman Corey Adams, who was tragically killed in a shooting in Tennessee back in July.
But Adams was not far from the minds of the players, who, led by defensive tackle Will Echoles, gave a heartfelt tribute to Adams, as well as his mother, who was in attendance at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans during the postgame trophy ceremony.
