Five preview shows previewed Ole Miss at Texas this week. Eleven people on camera. Five picked Ole Miss, one picked Texas, five would not pick at all. That is not a split. It is a consensus with one abstention - and it should make Ole Miss fans more nervous, not less. The one man who took Texas is the most interesting person on any of the five. Ari, on a picks show taped Monday afternoon, listened to his own partner lay out the whole Ole Miss case and said: "I think this makes no sense, and I agree with everything that you said. I'm gonna take Texas." And: "I'm not investing in Texas. I'm investing in the markets." His partner Andy Dirksen took Ole Miss: "Ole Miss has the better quarterback. The much better quarterback. Give me the Rebels." Second segment - what Saturday is actually worth. Jake Crane's math on a preview show Monday: Ole Miss is 5-1 with Texas, Auburn, Georgia, Oklahoma, Wofford and Mississippi State left. Beat Texas, lose to Georgia on Nov. 7, and you finish 10-2 with a road win in Austin. Beating Texas does not just bank a win - it buys permission to lose to Georgia. The first CFP rankings land Nov. 3, four days before Georgia. The honest counterweight: none of these five shows is this one, a pick is worth what you paid for it, and no committee has ranked anybody yet. Is Saturday bigger than Georgia? Comments. Locked On Ole Miss Hits - quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy. #OleMiss #HottyToddy #TrinidadChambliss #TexasFootball #SECFootball #CollegeFootballPlayoff
Five preview shows previewed Ole Miss at Texas this week. Eleven people on camera. Five picked Ole Miss, one picked Texas, five would not pick at all. That is not a split. It is a consensus with one abstention - and it should make Ole Miss fans more nervous, not less.
The one man who took Texas is the most interesting person on any of the five. Ari, on a picks show taped Monday afternoon, listened to his own partner lay out the whole Ole Miss case and said: "I think this makes no sense, and I agree with everything that you said. I'm gonna take Texas." And: "I'm not investing in Texas. I'm investing in the markets." His partner Andy Dirksen took Ole Miss: "Ole Miss has the better quarterback. The much better quarterback. Give me the Rebels."
Second segment - what Saturday is actually worth. Jake Crane's math on a preview show Monday: Ole Miss is 5-1 with Texas, Auburn, Georgia, Oklahoma, Wofford and Mississippi State left. Beat Texas, lose to Georgia on Nov. 7, and you finish 10-2 with a road win in Austin. Beating Texas does not just bank a win - it buys permission to lose to Georgia. The first CFP rankings land Nov. 3, four days before Georgia.
The honest counterweight: none of these five shows is this one, a pick is worth what you paid for it, and no committee has ranked anybody yet.
Is Saturday bigger than Georgia? Comments.
Locked On Ole Miss Hits - quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy.
#OleMiss #HottyToddy #TrinidadChambliss #TexasFootball #SECFootball #CollegeFootballPlayoff