Pete Golding said Monday that the Ole Miss right tackle job is still an open competition, that the staff would use the week to decide and probably announce next week. That got read everywhere as indecision. It is worth reading the other way. Look at what he actually said: Tommy Kinsler has flashed the most consistently and played really well for about 30 to 35 snaps in the second scrimmage, and the open item on him is conditioning — with the tempo Ole Miss plays at and the number of snaps that position has to play, they have to keep getting him in shape. That is a coach with an answer and a conditioning question, not a coach without an answer. Carius Curne got healthy for multiple weeks running and has flashed. The honest counterweight: there is a real cost. John Garrison's line needs live reps together, and every day you split first-team snaps is a day five men are not building one thing. But Ole Miss opens on ABC on a Sunday night against a ranked team that has to build a pass-rush plan this week. Making Louisville prepare for two right tackles costs nothing. Then the linebackers — the room nobody previews. Every Ole Miss defensive preview is about Will Echoles and Suntarine Perkins. Golding named seven players at the second level on Monday and the starting three are still not obvious. Ole Miss gave up 4.2 yards per carry last season, 69th nationally, and that number does not get fixed by a defensive tackle. Who is your starting three? Comments. Locked On Ole Miss Hits — quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy. #OleMiss #HottyToddy #PeteGolding #SEC #CollegeFootball #Rebels CHAPTERS (derived from the measured word counts above at 155 wpm plus the 20-second ad): 00:00 The Right Tackle Silence 2:24 Sponsor break — Poncho 2:44 The Room Nobody Previews
Pete Golding said Monday that the Ole Miss right tackle job is still an open competition, that the staff would use the week to decide and probably announce next week. That got read everywhere as indecision. It is worth reading the other way.
Look at what he actually said: Tommy Kinsler has flashed the most consistently and played really well for about 30 to 35 snaps in the second scrimmage, and the open item on him is conditioning — with the tempo Ole Miss plays at and the number of snaps that position has to play, they have to keep getting him in shape. That is a coach with an answer and a conditioning question, not a coach without an answer. Carius Curne got healthy for multiple weeks running and has flashed.
The honest counterweight: there is a real cost. John Garrison's line needs live reps together, and every day you split first-team snaps is a day five men are not building one thing.
But Ole Miss opens on ABC on a Sunday night against a ranked team that has to build a pass-rush plan this week. Making Louisville prepare for two right tackles costs nothing.
Then the linebackers — the room nobody previews. Every Ole Miss defensive preview is about Will Echoles and Suntarine Perkins. Golding named seven players at the second level on Monday and the starting three are still not obvious. Ole Miss gave up 4.2 yards per carry last season, 69th nationally, and that number does not get fixed by a defensive tackle.
Who is your starting three? Comments.
Locked On Ole Miss Hits — quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy.
#OleMiss #HottyToddy #PeteGolding #SEC #CollegeFootball #Rebels
CHAPTERS (derived from the measured word counts above at 155 wpm plus the 20-second ad):
00:00 The Right Tackle Silence
2:24 Sponsor break — Poncho
2:44 The Room Nobody Previews