{"id":434788,"date":"2024-11-09T17:29:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T22:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=434788"},"modified":"2024-11-09T17:29:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T22:29:01","slug":"ole-miss-game-delayed-by-squirrel-again","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/ole-miss-football\/ole-miss-game-delayed-by-squirrel-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Ole Miss game delayed by squirrel &#8230; again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia and Ole Miss have each had their issues in going back and forth during Saturday&#8217;s matchup in Oxford. But one issue the two teams particularly had in common had nothing to do with football and everything to do with a squirrel.<\/p>\n<p>The game was briefly delayed early in the second quarter after a squirrel ran onto the field.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s safe to say some players like Georgia quarterback Carson Beck were a little but spooked by the squirrel, who looked like he was ready to suit up himself. Here&#8217;s a look at the moment, which occurred at the top of the second quarter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Squirrel delay <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xW5SoBSnoE\">pic.twitter.com\/xW5SoBSnoE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CJ Fogler \ud83e\udee1 (@cjzero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cjzero\/status\/1855363690687877462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/ole-miss-football\/squirrel-on-the-field-at-ole-miss-game-runs-into-end-zone-draws-huge-cheer-from-crowd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this is not the first time a squirrel<\/a> has caused issues within The Grove, as the appearances of the bushy-tailed creatures is becoming something of a trend. The last time a squirrel made an appearance in an Ole Miss game was just weeks ago, when the Rebels took on the Oklahoma Sooners.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ole Miss leads Georgia in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, 16-7 at the half.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ole Miss is once again dealing with a delay caused by a squirrel on the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":364585,"featured_media":434801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","tags":[5105,5107],"class_list":["post-434788","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-georgia-bulldogs","tag-ole-miss-rebels","article_types-news","teams-ole-miss-football"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/434788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/364585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}