Sugar Bowl participants Oklahoma State and Ole Miss have a limited knowledge of one another, at least for now.
Even at the present they known enough to have a healthy respect for the challenge ahead on New Year’s night.
As it turned out, Ole Miss did not present a great challenge for another Big 12 member, TCU, in last year’s Peach Bowl. That’s been on Hugh Freeze’s radar for a long time, and he says he’s looking hard at how the Rebels prepared last year and what needs to change in advance of another New Year’s Six opportunity.