Three different shows previewed this game this week and all three ended up in the same place without quite meaning to: Auburn cannot beat Ole Miss. Only Ole Miss can beat Ole Miss. Crain & Cone said it at the top and again at the bottom - it has to be a combination of Ole Miss messing it up and Auburn playing well enough to take advantage, and when you do not have as good of players, every opportunity has to be taken. They pointed at the dropped interception against LSU that turned into an LSU score. Against Georgia they did not drop it, and Georgia turned it over three times. Same offense, three weeks apart: 192 rushing yards in Athens, 67 against LSU. Segment two is the one category where Ole Miss is genuinely worse. A prediction show this week had Ole Miss 126th of 138 in explosive pass plays allowed. That is their number, not the school's, and it could not be confirmed against a release. The catch: the same show has Auburn 87th, and only one of these teams has the receivers to punish it. Aaron Murray, who is on the call Saturday, said the path is to make Ole Miss one-dimensional and put the game on the quarterback - and that Auburn has to win first and second down to do it. To be fair: give Auburn a lead and the math changes, because they will shorten the game. That is exactly what Georgia allowed. Which number scares you more? 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 #Auburn #SECFootball #AaronMurray #RebelsFootball
Three different shows previewed this game this week and all three ended up in the same place without quite meaning to: Auburn cannot beat Ole Miss. Only Ole Miss can beat Ole Miss.
Crain & Cone said it at the top and again at the bottom - it has to be a combination of Ole Miss messing it up and Auburn playing well enough to take advantage, and when you do not have as good of players, every opportunity has to be taken. They pointed at the dropped interception against LSU that turned into an LSU score.
Against Georgia they did not drop it, and Georgia turned it over three times. Same offense, three weeks apart: 192 rushing yards in Athens, 67 against LSU.
Segment two is the one category where Ole Miss is genuinely worse. A prediction show this week had Ole Miss 126th of 138 in explosive pass plays allowed. That is their number, not the school's, and it could not be confirmed against a release. The catch: the same show has Auburn 87th, and only one of these teams has the receivers to punish it.
Aaron Murray, who is on the call Saturday, said the path is to make Ole Miss one-dimensional and put the game on the quarterback - and that Auburn has to win first and second down to do it.
To be fair: give Auburn a lead and the math changes, because they will shorten the game. That is exactly what Georgia allowed.
Which number scares you more? 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 #Auburn #SECFootball #AaronMurray #RebelsFootball