Ole Miss is finally taking off the gloves and getting in the ring with the NCAA over the Trinidad Chambliss eligibility saga.
On Wednesday, the NCAA sat down to consider Chambliss's appeal over the eligibility waiver they earlier denied back in January.
The result, surprise surprise, was wholly unsurprising.
Ole Miss holds back no punches
Chambliss got another stern no from the NCAA, citing the same reason of 'incomplete medical documentation" that they originally gave last month.
This time, though, Ole Miss wasn't sitting around and let Chambliss fight this alone.
The Ole Miss athletic department released a resounding statement on the decision, backing their QB.
"indefensible" was the first thing they said the decision was "in the light of undisputed facts."
"The NCAA staff and the subcommittee asserted that Trinidad was not denied the opportunity to compete in the 2022 season, despite the reality that he did not dress for a single game while suffering from severe, incapacitating medical conditions. Those conditions were fully and contemporaneously documented by his treating physician, yet this waiver request was still denied when it should have been approved at the NCAA staff level," the Rebels said on Wednesday.
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— Ole Miss Athletics (@OleMissSports) February 5, 2026
Right after Chambliss's waiver was denied, several testimonies backing Chambliss in his medical documentation came out.
The QB suing the NCAA only made his side stronger. Going to the court showed Chambliss's confidence in his case, something that Ole Miss, too, doubled down on.
“Trinidad’s representatives will continue to pursue all available legal remedies, and we will publicly stand behind Trinidad while holding the NCAA accountable for a decision that fails to align with its own rules, precedent, and the documented medical record.”
More than just backing their own QB, Ole Miss' statement dropped a spotlight right on the root cause of the whole problem, the NCAA's executional flaws.
The same double standards that are proving troublesome for Ole Miss in more than one way.