The LSU-Ole Miss rivalry is long, with two fanbases deeply intertwined. The line between love and hate is thin, and Lane Kiffin's return brings those memories to the surface.

Wright Thompson recalls his father's button: GEAUX TO HELL LSU. His dad alternated between that and ARCHIE'S ARMY. Something about the bitterness of hatred trumped the sugar high of love. He buried him with it, along with a ticket to the Masters. Thompson sees color and sound where full memories should be. The only intact moment is when his dad threw a pass to him during a tailgate and he laid out to make a diving grab. Jake Gibbs walked past and said, "Nice catch!"

Before his dad's funeral, Thompson went into a drawer to find the Ole Miss button. Both buttons were there. He cannot remember picking one. He panics at the desecration. What kind of son doesn't remember something that important? His father is buried at the intersection of Lee Drive and Stovall Road with an Ole Miss button. He just can't remember which one.

Before animosity there was friendship. For more than 160 years, a story about Ole Miss and LSU hid in plain sight. Thompson stumbled upon it this summer in the New York Tribune archives. On April 19, 1891, the paper printed letters exchanged during the Civil War between the former first chancellor of Ole Miss, F.A.P. Barnard...