Two roster segments from Ole Miss's 32-24 win over No. 7 LSU. First: the receiver question the offseason never stopped asking got answered by a player who was already on the roster. Traylon Ray caught 7 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown — career highs in both catches and yards, and the first 100-yard receiving game of his career. He said afterward it had been two years since his last touchdown. Five of six pass catchers left Ole Miss in the offseason and the Rebels never replaced them from outside. On Saturday four different receivers cleared 50 yards: Ray 115, Caleb Odom a career-high 88, Deuce Alexander 60 and a TD, Horatio Fields 52. Michael Smith caught the first pass of his career. Ray on new coordinator John David Baker: "It's similar systems, but for the most part, JDB, if you're hot, he's gonna let you be hot." The counterweight: it's one night against one defense, and with the run game held to 63 yards, some of those throws were the only option. Second segment: the secondary. Six days before kickoff Pete Golding said of his back end, "Everybody doesn't get a my bad," and that he was disappointed the same mistake kept recurring. This show called the secondary the fatal flaw. Then Sharif Denson made his Ole Miss debut and tied for the team lead with 8 tackles, with a TFL on LSU's opening drive. Will Echoles had a sack and a team-high 3 tackles for loss. Blake Purchase added a sack. And with under a minute left, Kam Franklin tipped a pass in the end zone and Jaylon Braxton intercepted it. Golding said the final call was a six-man blitz designed to create a one-on-one. The counterweight: LSU still scored 17 unanswered, Sam Leavitt ran it 17 times, and the third quarter was bad. One interception doesn't settle a season. Do you trust them in The Swamp on Saturday? 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 #TraylonRay #SECFootball #CollegeFootball #RebelNation CHAPTERS 0:00 — The take: he was already here 0:46 — Traylon Ray's career night, and what changed 2:16 — Kalshi 2:45 — The secondary, and the last snap 7 catches, 115 yards, first 100-yard game of his career — and his first TD in two years. Then the secondary took the last snap.#OleMiss #HottyToddy #TraylonRay #SECFootball #CollegeFootball
Two roster segments from Ole Miss's 32-24 win over No. 7 LSU. First: the receiver question the offseason never stopped asking got answered by a player who was already on the roster.
Traylon Ray caught 7 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown — career highs in both catches and yards, and the first 100-yard receiving game of his career. He said afterward it had been two years since his last touchdown. Five of six pass catchers left Ole Miss in the offseason and the Rebels never replaced them from outside. On Saturday four different receivers cleared 50 yards: Ray 115, Caleb Odom a career-high 88, Deuce Alexander 60 and a TD, Horatio Fields 52. Michael Smith caught the first pass of his career.
Ray on new coordinator John David Baker: "It's similar systems, but for the most part, JDB, if you're hot, he's gonna let you be hot." The counterweight: it's one night against one defense, and with the run game held to 63 yards, some of those throws were the only option.
Second segment: the secondary. Six days before kickoff Pete Golding said of his back end, "Everybody doesn't get a my bad," and that he was disappointed the same mistake kept recurring. This show called the secondary the fatal flaw.
Then Sharif Denson made his Ole Miss debut and tied for the team lead with 8 tackles, with a TFL on LSU's opening drive. Will Echoles had a sack and a team-high 3 tackles for loss. Blake Purchase added a sack. And with under a minute left, Kam Franklin tipped a pass in the end zone and Jaylon Braxton intercepted it. Golding said the final call was a six-man blitz designed to create a one-on-one.
The counterweight: LSU still scored 17 unanswered, Sam Leavitt ran it 17 times, and the third quarter was bad. One interception doesn't settle a season.
Do you trust them in The Swamp on Saturday? 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 #TraylonRay #SECFootball #CollegeFootball #RebelNation
CHAPTERS
0:00 — The take: he was already here
0:46 — Traylon Ray's career night, and what changed
2:16 — Kalshi
2:45 — The secondary, and the last snap
7 catches, 115 yards, first 100-yard game of his career — and his first TD in two years. Then the secondary took the last snap.#OleMiss #HottyToddy #TraylonRay #SECFootball #CollegeFootball