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T&L Opponent Preview - Michael Borkey Previews Ole Miss and The Battle for the Golden Egg

Thunder & Lightning

SuperTalk Mississippi Media

Sports News, Sports, News

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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It's a tradition on Thunder & Lightning, starting the opponent previews at the end of the season and jumping into the Egg Bowl in June. Brian Hadad welcomes his SportsTalk Mississippi co-host Michael Borkey to the pod for a look at the Ole Miss Rebels and the Battle for the Golden Egg. Brian Hadad of SportsTalk Mississippi and Carlo Barone, along with legendary Diamond Dawg Brooks Bryan, give you the best insight into Mississippi State athletics. Covering the Bulldogs like no one else. This show is a production of SuperTalk Mississippi Media. Learn more at SuperTalk.FM

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Modern Wellness.com. We are 12 weeks from the start of the college football seasons. There are

0:43.5

12 games in the college football season. It is time to start opponent previews here on Thunder

0:49.4

and Lightning. And as we always have, we start at the end, which means we are talking about the Egg Bowl with Michael Borky, my co-hosts on Sports Talk, Mississippi, and a damn fine American, if I do say so myself.

1:03.0

Let's talk about this Ole Miss team.

1:04.6

Let's start at what's not back for the rebels.

1:07.3

We all know Trinidad Chambliss and Kiwan Lacey.

1:09.4

We know the pieces that are back on defense. What does this team not have that it had a year ago other than Lane Kiffin?

1:17.5

Right now, anyway, I think that the biggest loss could be a Dejohn Stribling. Now, you have

1:24.8

mixed in Deuce Alexander. That was a big returner at wide receiver. They've

1:30.3

portaled that position. They seem to think pretty well. I mean, the number two portal class has a

1:35.7

bunch of good players in it. Imagine that. But by the end of the season, Dejean stribling was

1:41.2

just outstanding. And he, in particular, particular in the Sugar Bowl was really good.

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