TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Dalvin Cook doesn’t look at the stats. Florida State’s record-setting running back doesn’t know where his opponents’ rush defenses rank nationally.
So it would be news to him that Ole Miss finished last season No. 23 in rushing defense and 13th in yards per carry. It also would be news to Cook that those numbers are deceiving. Ole Miss was demonstratively better than the surface stats suggest.
That ultimately might spell bad news for the 11th-ranked Rebels, who play the No.