{"id":159347,"date":"2026-05-28T11:33:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=159347"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:37:19","slug":"a-season-to-remember-talent-turmoil-betrayal-resilience-the-greatest-season-in-modern-ole-miss-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/a-season-to-remember-talent-turmoil-betrayal-resilience-the-greatest-season-in-modern-ole-miss-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Relive the Most Dramatic Season in Ole Miss Football with &#8220;A Season to Remember: Talent, Turmoil, Betrayal, Resilience &amp; the Greatest Season in Modern Ole Miss Football&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new coffee table book released this Spring captures every dramatic, confusing, frustrating, and inspiring moment of the unprecedented 2025\u20132026 football season that <strong>Ole Miss<\/strong> players, coaches, and fans endured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book, <strong><em>A Season to Remember: Talent, Turmoil, Betrayal, Resilience &amp; the Greatest Season in Modern Ole Miss Football<\/em> <\/strong>(Nautilus, $45), is organized as the subtitle reads. The opening section highlights the underestimated 2025 team\u2019s raw talent (including the emergence of\u00a0backup quarterback <strong>Trinidad Chambliss<\/strong>, who took the college football world by storm). Part two \u2014 Turmoil \u2014 follows the utter disarray caused by <strong>Lane Kiffin<\/strong>\u2019s search for another job while coaching a team that was playoff bound. Part three \u2014 Betrayal \u2014 covers the 48-hour period between the end of the <strong>Egg Bowl<\/strong> \u2014 including behind-closed-door meetings and Kiffin\u2019s attempts to dismantle the coaching staff after being told \u201cno\u201d \u2014 and the moment the former head coach flew away from <strong>Oxford<\/strong> in LSU jets. The final section, Resiliency, highlights Ole Miss\u2019s groundbreaking run in the College Football Playoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Neil White<\/strong>, editor of <em>A Season to Remember<\/em>, said, \u201cWe assembled a team of contributors that included <strong>Robert Khayat<\/strong> (who wrote the introduction as well as a comparison between the 1959 team and the 2025 team); <strong>Rick Cleveland<\/strong>, who wrote candidly about Kiffin; the February NCAA appeal in Pittsboro, Mississippi; and the outlook for newly appointed head coach <strong>Pete Golding<\/strong>; <strong>Chuck Rounsaville<\/strong>, who covered Ole Miss football for 48 years, created his Ole Miss Mount Rushmore teams; <strong>Jeff Roberson<\/strong>, who reported for <em><strong>The Ole Miss Spirit<\/strong><\/em> for 30+ years, wrote about the love story among Ole Miss, New Orleans, and the <em><strong>Sugar Bowl<\/strong><\/em>; and <strong>Sparky Reardon<\/strong>, author of <em><strong>The Dean<\/strong><\/em>, who wrote a hilarious essay, \u201cDon\u2019t Let the Door Hit Ya\u2019,\u201d about Ole Miss coach\u2019s leaving the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuring the 2025 season,\u201d White continued, \u201cOle Miss had more fascinating story lines than just about any other team in the 156-history of college football.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A Season to Remember<\/em> features photographic essays of each of the Rebels\u2019 15 games, including expanded coverage of each playoff game. The editorial also includes timelines, media coverage, quotes, and rants (from the likes of <strong>Paul Finebaum<\/strong> and <strong>Steven A. Smith<\/strong>) about the Ole Miss saga, and full coverage of the courtroom battles between behemoth <strong>NCAA<\/strong> and the best underdog story of the year, Trinidad Chambliss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>A Season to Remember<\/strong><\/em> is a limited-edition book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere will be no second press run,\u201d White said. \u201cWhen these copies are gone, they\u2019re gone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book is for sale at all independent bookstores in Mississippi and online at <a href=\"https:\/\/nautiluspublishing.com\/product\/a-season-to-remember\/\">https:\/\/nautiluspublishing.com\/product\/a-season-to-remember\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;\u2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relive the greatest season in modern <strong>Ole Miss football<\/strong> with quarterback <strong>Trinidad Chambliss and his family<\/strong> at a very special signing event for <a href=\"https:\/\/squarebooks.com\/book\/9781949455830\"><strong><em>A Season to Remember<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Come to <strong>Off Square Books<\/strong> between <strong>noon and 2pm on June 5<\/strong> and get your copy signed by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Trinidad Chambliss<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cheryl Chambliss<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Trent Chambliss<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Neil White<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chase Parham<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sparky Reardon<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jeff Roberson<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chuck Rounsaville<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;\u2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, contact <strong>The Nautilus Publishing Company 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