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Ole Miss to honor Mike Leach in Texas Bowl with helmet patch

Crissy Froyd

By Crissy Froyd

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Ole Miss and Mississippi State are staunch rivals but the passing of Bulldogs head coach Mike Leach brought the two teams — and the college football world in its entirety — together.

Ahead of the Texas Bowl matchup against none other than Leach’s former team, the Texas Tech Red Raiders, the Rebels revealed a “Mike” sticker they were using on the back of their helmets to pay tribute to Leach. Several other teams across a number of conferences including the SEC, MAC and Pac-12 have done the same thing and/or paid some other type of recognition to the college football legend.

Leach’s final victory and game of his career before his tragic and unexpected passing was a 24-22 victory in the Egg Bowl.

The Rebels and Raiders are set to kick off at 8 p.m. CT on Wednesday in postseason action.

Crissy Froyd

Crissy covers SEC football news for Saturday Down South.

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