Everybody has spent a week staring at the Ole Miss defense. That is exactly why the unexamined questions are on the other side of the ball. Segment one: Johntay Cook II caught 45 passes for 600 yards at Syracuse and has not found consistent opportunity in Oxford. That reporting is from the Ole Miss site at Sports Illustrated, September 29 — one writer's reporting, not a school release and not a published snap chart. Put it next to Trinidad Chambliss throwing for 298 yards at Florida in a 24-point loss: the passing game is not the problem, so the question is whether this offense is being run with everything in the building. The counterweight: Deuce Alexander is producing in that room — seven catches and a touchdown against LSU — and a staff that watches practice every day knows things nobody outside it does. Segment two: the last public two-deep this program released came before the Charlotte game, published September 11. LT Terez Davis, LG Delano Townsend, C Brycen Sanders, RG Patrick Kutas, RT Tommy Kinsler IV with Connor Howes behind him. LSU transfer Carius Curne is not on that chart anywhere, attributed to a rough camp. Three weeks later nothing public has replaced it — no Vanderbilt two-deep, no snap counts. Patrick Kutas said Wednesday, "I think we're in a good spot," and he is probably right. Chambliss does not throw for 298 behind a failing line. But the open week is when you find out, and the newest thing anybody outside the building knows about this line is twenty days old. Should Carius Curne be playing? Tell me in the comments. Sources: Ole Miss Rebels On SI, September 29, 2026; The Rebel Walk depth chart, September 11, 2026; olemisssports.com bye-week practice report, September 30, 2026. Join the conversation on the show Discord: https://discord.gg/KF3dtcQJhC
Everybody has spent a week staring at the Ole Miss defense. That is exactly why the unexamined questions are on the other side of the ball.
Segment one: Johntay Cook II caught 45 passes for 600 yards at Syracuse and has not found consistent opportunity in Oxford. That reporting is from the Ole Miss site at Sports Illustrated, September 29 — one writer's reporting, not a school release and not a published snap chart. Put it next to Trinidad Chambliss throwing for 298 yards at Florida in a 24-point loss: the passing game is not the problem, so the question is whether this offense is being run with everything in the building.
The counterweight: Deuce Alexander is producing in that room — seven catches and a touchdown against LSU — and a staff that watches practice every day knows things nobody outside it does.
Segment two: the last public two-deep this program released came before the Charlotte game, published September 11. LT Terez Davis, LG Delano Townsend, C Brycen Sanders, RG Patrick Kutas, RT Tommy Kinsler IV with Connor Howes behind him. LSU transfer Carius Curne is not on that chart anywhere, attributed to a rough camp. Three weeks later nothing public has replaced it — no Vanderbilt two-deep, no snap counts.
Patrick Kutas said Wednesday, "I think we're in a good spot," and he is probably right. Chambliss does not throw for 298 behind a failing line. But the open week is when you find out, and the newest thing anybody outside the building knows about this line is twenty days old.
Should Carius Curne be playing? Tell me in the comments.
Sources: Ole Miss Rebels On SI, September 29, 2026; The Rebel Walk depth chart, September 11, 2026; olemisssports.com bye-week practice report, September 30, 2026.
Join the conversation on the show Discord: https://discord.gg/KF3dtcQJhC