The best part about the arrival of any football season is that you don’t get a choice.
The unrelenting march of time dictates when the emotional and physical tolls begin, and there are no exceptions. You can’t procrastinate for 3 or 4 months like you can with other things in your life, such as 8,000 miles between oil changes. I TRUST THE MACHINERY.
Time takes that option from you and says when the season starts. Ole Miss’ 2025 football season begins 4 days from now when they host the Georgia State
Panthers at the non-physically debilitating time of 6:45 in the PM.
Saturday will mark a new beginning for many on the Ole Miss two-deep, as those 44 spots will be packed with first-time starters and transfers who will play their first game on their new team. We’re all excited to see the latest version of Ole Miss football, and the names that will define what happens over the next 3+ months.
I’ll get into those names later this week because, like any good PROGRUM, we need to first take a long look at this week’s opponent.
Georgia State enters the 2025 season following a 3-9 record last year (1-7 in the Sun Belt). The Panthers started 2-1 after upsetting Vanderbilt in Week 3, then proceeded to lose 8 of their last 9. If not for a wild 52-44 road win over Texas State where they were 21-point underdogs (Game 11 of the season), 2024 would’ve been a gruesome year.
The good news for the 2025 Panthers is that they brought in 25 transfers, which includes players from numerous Power 5 schools (including Ole Miss). That may help offset being ranked 114th in ESPN’s Bill Connelly’s returning production rankings. For comparison, Ole Miss lost almost everyone and sits at 95th.
While we could try to make sense of what Georgia State will look like on offense and defense, a better use of our time would be perusing the roster and noting some pretty great names. So here are some names you should know for Saturday, regardless of their contribution levels.
Well, we’re not gonna top this
- D-Icey Hopkins
I was hesitant to come out of the gate at a blistering pace, but there’s a reason the Dodgers bat Shohei Ohtani first.
Synonyms
- DJ Riles
- DJay Braswell
The House of Windsor nods in appreciation
- Wesley Campbell VI
We ain’t here to play new names. Just slap another Roman numeral on what we got.
21st century spelling
- Braeden McAlister
- Tyhler Williams
- Kynjrick Boyd
- Braylin Roberts
- Breylen Gilbert
The madness, it must be stopped.
Synonyms: Part II
- Braylin Roberts
- Breylen Gilbert
Again, absolutely outrageous.
These are no D-Icey but still pretty sick
- Chams Diagne
- Tayo Ashadele
- Phoenix Moss
- Pherleski Martin
- Deandre Duffus
Old Testament prophet adjacent
- Obadiah Obasuyi
Excuse me, sir
- Sir Mells
It’s French for “The State”
- LeState Williams
If Lane Kiffin and Glen Waddle had a child
- Lane Wadle
