The phrase “Egg Bowl” refers to the annual college football rivalry game between Ole Miss (University of Mississippi) and Mississippi State University, and “why egg bowl” is usually asking why it has that name.
Origin of the name
The rivalry’s trophy, introduced in 1927, is called the “Golden Egg” because the old-style football it imitates looks more like a large egg than a modern football. Over time, the game itself picked up the shorthand “Egg Bowl” since the two teams play for that Golden Egg trophy each year.
How the nickname stuck
A Mississippi newspaper popularized “Egg Bowl” in the late 1970s when it used the term as a catchy label for the regular-season finale between the two teams. Since then, fans and media have widely adopted “Egg Bowl” as the standard name for this Ole Miss–Mississippi State rivalry game.
