Perhaps we here at The Cup, and specifically this writer got a bit too ambitious.
Ole Miss had beaten up on four overmatched small conference opponents, all in Oxford except for the trip back to Kermit’s former stomping grounds in Murfreesboro. That the Rebel defense had bee dominant seemed to be something that would keep up forever.
A slugfest loss against Dayton (that happened during the middle of a Rebel football game nearly as high scoring in Baton Rouge, followed by a blowout loss at Alabama and what seemed like a bottoming out loss at home against Wichita, and things seem a lot different.