With Chad Kelly and the offense struggling to stay on the field, an exhausted D-line wilted in the second half.
Monday night's loss to FSU may well be described as a roller-coaster affair, if that roller coaster brought Ole Miss fans elatedly to the top of K2 then brutally cast them into the basement of Hades. Much is to blame for this unhappy about-face, and a lot of it has to do with the Rebs' defense suffering major injuries in the first half.
Much of it also has to do with the Landsharks' interior — which was stellar for long stretches in the opening quarters — becoming totally gassed in the second half.