Ole Miss vs. Duke: Everything you didn’t know you needed to know
01/02/2025
By Chris Marler
Bowl Season is underway with 13 SEC teams playing in the postseason. Before toe meets leather for all the games let’s get to know some fun facts about the non-conference opponents from around the country they’ll be facing.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Gator Bowl between Ole Miss and Duke.
Side note, the “facts” are from Wikipedia, made up entirely, and meant to not be taken seriously. Enjoy!
ABOUT THE SCHOOLS
Ole Miss
Location – God’s Country
Founded In – 1844
Tuition – $28,952
Enrollment – 21,596
Acceptance Rate – 97.8 Percent
Mascot – A Vineyard Vines mannequin named Jace that came to life
Duke
Location – Tobacco Road
Founded In – 1838
Tuition – $87,072
Enrollment – 18,009
Acceptance Rate – 6.3 Percent
Mascot – Like if Quagmire from Family guy had a goatee
FUN FACTS & TRADITIONS
Ole Miss
- Redshirting Miss America’s & Brown Shitting themselves vs Kentucky
- First college football team to ever fly to an away game
- Lane Kiffin signed 4 kids in the portal from Arkansas while you were reading this
Duke
- Ninth lowest admission rate in the US and the ninth most alumni billionaires
- Student body is almost entirely in-state students…and virgins.
- Ranked ninth in US for colleges and first in most misspelled basketball coach last names
FAMOUS ALUMNI
Ole Miss
Archie Manning – Cooper’s Daddy
Eli Manning – Tom Brady’s Daddy
Heather McMahan – Manning of Comedy
Ben Mintz – White Rapper
Carlos Chavez – 1st Heart Transplant
Tim Elko – One legged legend
Duke
Zion Williamson – Basketball Tua
Ken Jeong – Grower not a Shower
Jay Bilas – Basketball Kirk Herbstreit
Grayson Allen – Trip Van Winkle
Olaf Ramm – Invented 3D Ultrasound
William DeVries – Pioneer of artificial organs
