The Ole Miss football team should be taking the field in Norman today ready to forget the embarrassment of last week in a blowout loss to Georgia.
Wide receiver Horatio Fields said in a press conference this week the team was excited to go on the road again attempting to shush the crowd. Head coach Pete Golding said the team didn’t play well, and coaches didn’t coach well last week leading to a terrible outcome.
Now there’s a chance to flush all of that 42-7 loss and somehow keep the Rebels’ playoff
hopes alive. The handy dandy Allstate Playoff Predictor puts Ole Miss at a 51 percent chance to make the playoff with three wins to cap off this season. At 9-3, the national media is already speaking to one or two SEC teams making the top 12.
Ole Miss likely needs some help though, and the scoreboard watching will happen late into the night on Saturday. Will Tennessee or Texas stumble on the road? Does Florida or Texas Tech log a win in hostile territories? And what unlikely upset comes to fruition to spin everything into chaos the last three weeks?
All the Rebels can control however is the 60 minutes against Oklahoma this afternoon. The Sooners offense has had a slight bump in a positive direction recently while the Ole Miss defense has looked maybe its worst all season in two of the last three weeks.
Trinidad Chambliss has to find his groove again, and offensive playcaller John David Baker has to open things up for the talented signal caller. Go five wide, spread out the field and let the senior use his legs to keep drives alive like we have seen plenty in the past.
The Rebels will be without Kewan Lacy for the remainder of the season, and fans are ready for the Shekai Mills-Knight breakout game to become a reality. The sophomore running back has shown some solid play, and if he can pile up a 100-yard game against a Brent Venables defense, it would only build a boatload of confidence for this offensive line and team.
Kickoff is set for 3:15 p.m. CT on the SEC Network. HYDR, cheers and go to hell OU.
