At Florida, the Ole Miss pass rush played 60 minutes and produced six pressures and zero sacks — only two of the six from the defensive front. Against Vanderbilt, Pro Football Focus charted 19 pressures, three sacks and four quarterback hits. Same coaches. Same players. And Pete Golding said there was not one new call in the game plan. The tackling tells the same story: 14 missed tackles against Charlotte, 14 against LSU, 14 against Florida — then six against Vanderbilt. You do not scheme your way from 14 to six. Golding called it leverage and being more violent in contact. The defense also forced four takeaways, a season high per the school's own postgame notes, after barely forcing one all year. Segment two: the Golding quote that explains the whole Florida loss. He said it sometimes takes a game like that to get really embarrassed by what you put on tape, and that some guys were half in and half out on the little things. Antonio Kite made his first interception as a Rebel after his best two weeks of practice. Sharif Denson, targeted eight times at Florida, was thrown at twice. Vanderbilt ran for 103 two weeks after Florida ran for 302. The honest counterweight: one game is one game, Vanderbilt is not Missouri, and Ole Miss still lost the second half 14-10. Was Florida worth it? Tell me 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 #CollegeFootball #OleMissFootball #rebelnation
At Florida, the Ole Miss pass rush played 60 minutes and produced six pressures and zero sacks — only two of the six from the defensive front. Against Vanderbilt, Pro Football Focus charted 19 pressures, three sacks and four quarterback hits.
Same coaches. Same players. And Pete Golding said there was not one new call in the game plan.
The tackling tells the same story: 14 missed tackles against Charlotte, 14 against LSU, 14 against Florida — then six against Vanderbilt. You do not scheme your way from 14 to six. Golding called it leverage and being more violent in contact.
The defense also forced four takeaways, a season high per the school's own postgame notes, after barely forcing one all year.
Segment two: the Golding quote that explains the whole Florida loss. He said it sometimes takes a game like that to get really embarrassed by what you put on tape, and that some guys were half in and half out on the little things. Antonio Kite made his first interception as a Rebel after his best two weeks of practice. Sharif Denson, targeted eight times at Florida, was thrown at twice. Vanderbilt ran for 103 two weeks after Florida ran for 302.
The honest counterweight: one game is one game, Vanderbilt is not Missouri, and Ole Miss still lost the second half 14-10.
Was Florida worth it? Tell me in the comments.
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