Ole Miss beat Auburn 45-15 on Saturday and opened the week as an underdog in its own stadium. That is not an insult. It is information. The numbers, with a book and a pull time: FanDuel, Sunday morning November 1. Georgia favored by 3.5 in Oxford, total 56.5, Georgia -150 and Ole Miss +125. Seven days earlier Ole Miss was a 13.5-point favorite over Auburn and won by thirty. The market watched that game and moved the Rebels to a home dog anyway. In fairness, a line is a price and not a prediction, and it moves all week. Arkansas is a 10.5-point favorite over that same Auburn team on Saturday, which says the market did not downgrade Auburn much after Oxford. Then there is the argument every Ole Miss fan will make this week: Auburn beat Georgia 27-24 in Athens, Ole Miss just beat Auburn by 30. True, and a trap. Run it backwards — Florida beat Ole Miss 52-28, and Georgia just beat Florida 27-8 in Atlanta. Same logic, four-touchdown Georgia win. Nobody believes that. Common opponents don't decide football games. Matchups do. The real Auburn lesson is that Georgia can be beaten by a team with a quarterback who runs — and Ole Miss has one of those again. Which argument are you taking into Saturday? 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 #Georgia #SEC #CollegeFootball #Rebels
Ole Miss beat Auburn 45-15 on Saturday and opened the week as an underdog in its own stadium. That is not an insult. It is information.
The numbers, with a book and a pull time: FanDuel, Sunday morning November 1. Georgia favored by 3.5 in Oxford, total 56.5, Georgia -150 and Ole Miss +125. Seven days earlier Ole Miss was a 13.5-point favorite over Auburn and won by thirty. The market watched that game and moved the Rebels to a home dog anyway.
In fairness, a line is a price and not a prediction, and it moves all week. Arkansas is a 10.5-point favorite over that same Auburn team on Saturday, which says the market did not downgrade Auburn much after Oxford.
Then there is the argument every Ole Miss fan will make this week: Auburn beat Georgia 27-24 in Athens, Ole Miss just beat Auburn by 30. True, and a trap. Run it backwards — Florida beat Ole Miss 52-28, and Georgia just beat Florida 27-8 in Atlanta. Same logic, four-touchdown Georgia win. Nobody believes that.
Common opponents don't decide football games. Matchups do. The real Auburn lesson is that Georgia can be beaten by a team with a quarterback who runs — and Ole Miss has one of those again.
Which argument are you taking into Saturday? 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 #Georgia #SEC #CollegeFootball #Rebels