The Ole Miss band plays at a pep rally following the Homecoming Parade in Oxford, Miss. on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (©Bruce Newman)

Students ride on a float during the Ole Miss Homecoming Parade in Oxford, Miss. on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (©Bruce Newman)

Rebelette Hayden Hubbell marches in the Ole Miss Homecoming Parade in Oxford, Miss. on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (©Bruce Newman)

Queen Anna Ware Brown, left, and king Brady Wood ride in the Ole Miss Homecoming Parade in Oxford, Miss. on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (©Bruce Newman)