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Best-case scenario, Madison Barnette thought she and her beau Drew O’Connor would walk away with a Planet Fitness membership card and a memory at Vaught Hemingway Stadium .

Worst-case scenario, O’Connor would miss the field goal during the in-game promotion in front of thousands of Mississippi fans.

Then came the plot twist Barnette hadn’t seen coming.

The kick contest was all a ruse.

With the help of Ole Miss athletics and marketing staff, O’Connor had arranged a surprise proposal, under the guise of a

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