| 05 September 2007
If you watched the first 30 minutes of the Illinois game, you’d have to think that Ole Miss wouldn’t be a big deal. Watching the final 30, you wonder if Mizzou would have been able to hold on against Illinois School of the Blind. A tougher challenge awaits the black & gold this week in Ole Miss, the pump of the SEC. Seems like anyone not named “Sylvester Croom” can beat the Stumbling Rebels, but again, it’s SEC football dammit! It’s on the road in some swamp (ok, I’ll give The Grove some dap for the atmosphere).
What you need to know about the Rebels:
Seth Adams is the QB. He sucks. Tennessee reject Brent Schaeffer got beat out by Adams. Schaeffer also got smoked by Erik Ainge after their freshman year at Tennessee, so that doesn’t say much for Schaffer. Adams doesn’t have much experience at the D-1 level, but he was a playa at D-II, Delta State. D-State and Wash U would have a mean game, but Delta State and Mizzou? Nada. Mizzou got tested last week by Eddie McGee, who is better than Seth Adams. And there is no Rejs Benn suiting up for the Rebels.
Ole Miss beat a Thee-Six Mafia-less Memphis last week. Damn them for letting Hollyhood get to their heads. Memphis is usually competitive in C-USA, but it’ll be a struggle this year for Memphis. At least they have some damn good BBQ. Ole Miss tried to shit the bed against Memphis, just as Mizzou did against the Illini, so each team has its question marks going into a good non-conference match up.
Mizzou beat the dog hell out of Ole Miss last year, but that 34-7 score will not be repeated. Again, this is a ROAD game. When the bus veers off I-70, things get shitty. Every road game is a coin-flip from a disaster, and GP has a history of sticking with the terrible 3rd-and-long play calling that Junior High coaches cringe at. Example: 2006 Nebraska. Could have won if play calling was better earlier on.
Dustin Mouzon is Ole Miss’ version of Pig Brown. SEC Defensive Player of the Week with two picks (one going 99 yards for six). Still, Chase Daniel is a better QB than the ’87 Buick that Memphis ran out there.
Prediction: Mizzou 31 Ole Miss 21. The Cardiac Cats get rolling to a 2-0 start as long as the Mizzou linebackers/corners do their job. Again, it will be a coin-flip on which Mizzou squad shows, but even a couple mistakes can be overcome against Ole Misstress. I would say it’s a trap game, if we had a great opponent to look to next week (Western Michigan fools! Although, W Michigan has steadily improved. International Bowl last year). If this game was in Oxford last year, I may have thought differently. Patrick Willis was a horsecock at linebacker, but he lines up for the 49ers now, and they aren’t on Mizzou’s schedule. This game is going to be similar to the Illini game; early lead and hang on to the end. Ole Miss will fight! You have to when Yosemite Sam is your mascot.
Ole Miss beat a Thee-Six Mafia-less Memphis last week. Damn them for letting Hollyhood get to their heads. Memphis is usually competitive in C-USA, but it’ll be a struggle this year for Memphis. At least they have some damn good BBQ. Ole Miss tried to shit the bed against Memphis, just as Mizzou did against the Illini, so each team has its question marks going into a good non-conference match up.
Mizzou beat the dog hell out of Ole Miss last year, but that 34-7 score will not be repeated. Again, this is a ROAD game. When the bus veers off I-70, things get shitty. Every road game is a coin-flip from a disaster, and GP has a history of sticking with the terrible 3rd-and-long play calling that Junior High coaches cringe at. Example: 2006 Nebraska. Could have won if play calling was better earlier on.
Dustin Mouzon is Ole Miss’ version of Pig Brown. SEC Defensive Player of the Week with two picks (one going 99 yards for six). Still, Chase Daniel is a better QB than the ’87 Buick that Memphis ran out there.
Prediction: Mizzou 31 Ole Miss 21. The Cardiac Cats get rolling to a 2-0 start as long as the Mizzou linebackers/corners do their job. Again, it will be a coin-flip on which Mizzou squad shows, but even a couple mistakes can be overcome against Ole Misstress. I would say it’s a trap game, if we had a great opponent to look to next week (Western Michigan fools! Although, W Michigan has steadily improved. International Bowl last year). If this game was in Oxford last year, I may have thought differently. Patrick Willis was a horsecock at linebacker, but he lines up for the 49ers now, and they aren’t on Mizzou’s schedule. This game is going to be similar to the Illini game; early lead and hang on to the end. Ole Miss will fight! You have to when Yosemite Sam is your mascot.
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