CHAPTERS ▪ 0:00 — Cold open and the menu ▪ 0:25 — Nine days, still no right tackle ▪ 2:44 — Perkins at 97 DESCRIPTION: On Aug. 24 Pete Golding said: "We have this week to decide that, and then we'll probably make that decision next week." That week came and went. Camp closed Aug. 22. It is Aug. 31, six days from kickoff, and Ole Miss still has no announced starting right tackle. The competition is Tommy Kinsler IV (Miami) against Carius Curne (LSU). Golding said Kinsler "has probably flashed the most consistently up to this point" but must keep getting in shape for the snap volume the job carries at Ole Miss's tempo; Curne "falls into that consistency category," and Ole Miss on SI reported Friday he has been working back from spring surgery on limited reps. Both 2025 starting tackles are now in the NFL. The take: the silence is the information. A staff sitting on a clear answer names it, because naming it buys that tackle six days of first-team reps beside the other four starters. You do not build offensive line chemistry out of a depth chart. And do not solve it by sliding Patrick Kutas to right tackle - you do not fix one hole by opening another. Then later - Caleb Cunningham. Five of six pass catchers are gone: 185 catches and 19 touchdowns out the door. The true freshman landed on the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year watch list on Aug. 26, and Golding said he is "finally healthy again" and gives them "a different presence." That matters because John David Baker throws between the hash marks - between the hashes you need someone who wins in traffic, not a boundary burner. Honest counterweight on both: not naming a right tackle is not the same as not knowing, and Louisville gets no free week of film either. And "finally healthy again" tells you plainly that Cunningham has not been - true freshman receivers in this league are usually a November story, not a September one. Who is your bet for the leading receiver on this team? Drop a name. Locked On Ole Miss Hits - quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy. #OleMiss #HottyToddy #PeteGolding #SEC #CollegeFootball #RebelNation #GameWeek
CHAPTERS (three, derived from the measured word counts at 155 wpm plus the 20-second ad):
▪ 0:00 — Cold open and the menu
▪ 0:25 — Nine days, still no right tackle
▪ 2:44 — Perkins at 97
DESCRIPTION:
On Aug. 24 Pete Golding said: "We have this week to decide that, and then we'll probably make that decision next week." That week came and went. Camp closed Aug. 22. It is Aug. 31, six days from kickoff, and Ole Miss still has no announced starting right tackle.
The competition is Tommy Kinsler IV (Miami) against Carius Curne (LSU). Golding said Kinsler "has probably flashed the most consistently up to this point" but must keep getting in shape for the snap volume the job carries at Ole Miss's tempo; Curne "falls into that consistency category," and Ole Miss on SI reported Friday he has been working back from spring surgery on limited reps. Both 2025 starting tackles are now in the NFL.
The take: the silence is the information. A staff sitting on a clear answer names it, because naming it buys that tackle six days of first-team reps beside the other four starters. You do not build offensive line chemistry out of a depth chart. And do not solve it by sliding Patrick Kutas to right tackle - you do not fix one hole by opening another.
Then later - Caleb Cunningham. Five of six pass catchers are gone: 185 catches and 19 touchdowns out the door. The true freshman landed on the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year watch list on Aug. 26, and Golding said he is "finally healthy again" and gives them "a different presence." That matters because John David Baker throws between the hash marks - between the hashes you need someone who wins in traffic, not a boundary burner.
Honest counterweight on both: not naming a right tackle is not the same as not knowing, and Louisville gets no free week of film either. And "finally healthy again" tells you plainly that Cunningham has not been - true freshman receivers in this league are usually a November story, not a September one.
Who is your bet for the leading receiver on this team? Drop a name.
Locked On Ole Miss Hits - quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy.
#OleMiss #HottyToddy #PeteGolding #SEC #CollegeFootball #RebelNation #GameWeek