Today's Locked On Ole Miss Podcast discusses what will determine the outcome of this Egg Bowl between Ole Miss and Mississippi State. Will the game look more like the Kentucky, LSU or Florida games or Arkansas and Georgia for the Rebels? It is all dependent on how clean Ole Miss plays to protect its defense.

OXFORD — There's always an added element of intensity in the Egg Bowl. It will be important for Ole Miss football (8-3, 4-3) to find an extra gear against Mississippi State (2-9, 0-7 SEC) in Friday's rivalry matchup (2:30 p.m., ABC). The Rebels are ...

Mississippi State football and new coach Jeff Lebby could have an edge in this area against Ole Miss in the Egg Bowl.

Now, he is set to return to Oxford as the head coach of the Rebels' in-state rival.Lebby's Bulldogs have not enjoyed a solid year. They are 2-9 overall with no SEC wins, and their lone victories have come over Massachusetts and FCS Eastern Kentucky.

On Monday, Ole Miss head football coach Lane Kiffin spoke to the media ahead of his team's Egg Bowl matchup with Mississippi State.

Since Lane Kiffin has been the head coach at Ole Miss, the Rebels are 3-1 in Egg Bowls, and they will look to win their fourth in that span on Friday. The Bulldogs have not had a solid year (currently holding a record of 2-9 overall and 0-7 in the SEC), but history indicates that almost anything can happen in this rivalry series.

Watch part of Mississippi State football coach Jeff Lebby's press conference ahead of Friday's Egg Bowl. Sam Sklar