Four sacks, ten tackles for loss and two forced fumbles against Auburn. Eight days after giving up 121 rushing yards in the last ten and a half minutes at Texas, that is a different defense. Tah'j Butler had two sacks. Suntarine Perkins had two more — the 21st and 22nd of his career, moving him to fourth on the Ole Miss all-time list. Keaton Thomas and Anthony Robinson III each forced the first fumble of their careers, and Ole Miss recovered both. In fairness: Auburn has allowed 30 sacks this season and Georgia has not. Gunner Stockton is not Byrum Brown, and Georgia ran for better than 200 yards against Florida. A season high against the worst protection in the league proves less than it looks like. Then the argument your comment section started Saturday night. Shekai Mills-Knight went 16 carries for 71 yards and a touchdown, both career highs, and Ole Miss fans immediately wanted him starting against Georgia. The case against isn't a knock on him. Makhi Frazier took 17 carries for 56 in the same game, Trinidad Chambliss ran seven times for 65, and three Ole Miss backs cleared fifty yards — the offense ran for 224 without Kewan Lacy. And every time Mills-Knight went outside, Auburn snuffed it. Georgia held Florida under sixty rushing yards. The question may answer itself. Who gets the first carry Saturday night? Tell us in the comments. Locked On Ole Miss Hits — quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy. #OleMiss #HottyToddy #SEC #Rebels #Georgia #CollegeFootball
Four sacks, ten tackles for loss and two forced fumbles against Auburn. Eight days after giving up 121 rushing yards in the last ten and a half minutes at Texas, that is a different defense.
Tah'j Butler had two sacks. Suntarine Perkins had two more — the 21st and 22nd of his career, moving him to fourth on the Ole Miss all-time list. Keaton Thomas and Anthony Robinson III each forced the first fumble of their careers, and Ole Miss recovered both.
In fairness: Auburn has allowed 30 sacks this season and Georgia has not. Gunner Stockton is not Byrum Brown, and Georgia ran for better than 200 yards against Florida. A season high against the worst protection in the league proves less than it looks like.
Then the argument your comment section started Saturday night. Shekai Mills-Knight went 16 carries for 71 yards and a touchdown, both career highs, and Ole Miss fans immediately wanted him starting against Georgia.
The case against isn't a knock on him. Makhi Frazier took 17 carries for 56 in the same game, Trinidad Chambliss ran seven times for 65, and three Ole Miss backs cleared fifty yards — the offense ran for 224 without Kewan Lacy. And every time Mills-Knight went outside, Auburn snuffed it.
Georgia held Florida under sixty rushing yards. The question may answer itself. Who gets the first carry Saturday night? Tell us in the comments.
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