Jon Sumrall knows exactly what he and his Tulane football team are getting into Saturday at Ole Miss.

The Grove.

The Hotty Toddy chants.

The frat boys sauced in their suits and ties.

Sumrall has lived the experience from both sidelines of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

He was an assistant on Matt Luke’s Rebels staff in 2018. Four years later, he took his first Troy team to Ole Miss, where the Trojans fell into an early 21-0 hole on the way to a 28-10 loss.

Sumrall is hoping for a better outcome this time around, but he knows Saturday’s showdown with the No. 13 Rebels will be the biggest challenge of his two-year Tulane tenure.

The Green Wave are 11.5-point underdogs for a reason. The Rebels have won 13 consecutive games in the series, dating to 1989. They have won 15 of their last 16 g

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