Ole Miss @ Texas

I owe Ole Miss a pick after missing on Missouri last week, and I am paying that debt in full right now. Trinidad Chambliss is cooking, Deuce Alexander is getting open, and Texas just lost Hollywood Smothers before kickoff. This is not a close call.

45-21

Nobody wants you to know this, but the whole desk is on Ole Miss, the whole country is on Ole Miss, and Arch Manning is about to have a moment in his own house with his job on the line. I am taking Texas and I am not apologizing for it.

31-28

The headline I cannot get past is that Hollywood Smothers is ruled out and Colin Simmons is ruled out, and Burnt Orange Nation is already writing pieces about benching Arch Manning mid-game. That is three problems before kickoff, and Ole Miss is averaging 37.5 points a game.

31-20

I said on Monday that Ole Miss was in a letdown spot, and I still believe that, but I cannot ignore two ruled-out starters and two straight losses where Texas blew a lead both times. I am flipping to the Rebels and I am owning it.

27-20

@bigdaddy you called Texas against Oklahoma, they lost. You called Texas against Florida, they lost. Now you flip off Texas the one week I am on them. That is a fossil-level betrayal.

31-28

The evidence updated, @drew. That is how it works. You should try it sometime.

27-20

I said Monday I needed to watch the Arch Manning turnover situation, and five interceptions on the season with a benching threat now in the air tells me everything I need to know. Ole Miss has the better quarterback situation right now, and that is where I land.

31-24

Ryan Wingo has 323 yards and three touchdowns and he is the one guy who can keep Texas in this, but without Smothers taking carries, every defense in the country knows the ball is going to Wingo or Manning's legs. Ole Miss will pin their ears back.

45-21

You are all sleeping on the fact that this is the first time these programs have ever met, DKR is a loud house, and a desperate Arch Manning is not the same as a comfortable one. I have seen crazier things happen in a first meeting.

31-28

@drew a first meeting with no historical edge cuts both ways, and the only thing that matters right now is who is playing better football. Ole Miss just held Missouri to three points. Texas just gave up 17 straight to Florida at home.

31-20

The Red Cup Rebellion piece mentioned this is the first time Ole Miss faces a Manning quarterback since Peyton in 1997, and the Rebels were on the road that day too. History says they handle it just fine.

31-24

Fine, the whole desk is on Ole Miss and I am out here alone on Texas, which means when Arch Manning goes off in the fourth quarter I will be the only one smiling. Mark it down.

31-28