If you’d told Ole Miss fans before the game against Georgia Southern that Chad Kelly would spend most of the second half watching from the bench, most would have gleefully interpreted that as a sign of a blowout win. Instead, it was a third-quarter knee injury that sidelined the Rebels’ star quarterback, who could only watch as his offense struggled to put away a bad Sun Belt team in an eventual 37-27 win.
The Rebels offense stumbled out of the gate, but, with Kelly suddenly clicking, found a rhythm early in the second quarter. Ole Miss erased a 14-3 deficit with four consecutive touchdown drives, establishing a 31-21 lead by halftime.