Notes and thoughts from Ole Miss’ 38-17 win over LSU …
I knew we would not get through the Memphis postgame press conference without someone, it was Hugh Freeze, mentioning that the loss did not affect Ole Miss in the SEC standings and that the Rebels still controlled their destiny.
We all knew it was true, but with what the Rebels had just demonstrated there wasn’t much confidence in the idea they would win out.
They couldn’t stop a hot quarterback, and there were five SEC West games looming.
It was a long hard road, but looking back at it now, had Ole Miss been able to get Arkansas tight end Hunter Henry to the ground on fourth-and-25 the Rebels would indeed be riding a four-game win streak and would be playing for the SEC West title against Mississippi State in Starkville.