According to ESPN’s Brett McMurphy, Florida State and Ole Miss will open their 2016 season facing off in a neutral site game at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando. The Citrus Bowl is set to reopen later this month after undergoing a “$207 million reconstruction.”
The game, reportedly scheduled for Sept. 5, 2016, would cap off an opening weekend of games that also includes showdowns between Alabama and USC, LSU and Wisconsin, UCLA and Texas A&M, Notre Dame and Texas, and Clemson and Auburn.
The game will be just the second-ever meeting between the Rebels and Seminoles. The only meeting took place in 1961, a 33-0 Ole Miss win.
Both programs are familiar with neutral site games to open a season. Florida State knocked off Oklahoma State in Arlington, Texas, while Ole Miss beat Boise State in Atlanta to open up this season.
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