It lasted a little longer than five and a half hours, but Ole Miss ultimately ushered Kent State out of Oxford with a 38-17 win on Saturday. The game was prolonged for nearly two hours thanks to lightning strikes in the area of Lafayette county, clearly a message of elemental punishment for Ole Miss’ sundry NCAA crimes.
The Rebs’ offense appeared still shell-shocked from the thrashing they received at the hands of Alabama last week, at least for the first half. The Rebel defense was not at all shell-shocked, however, because the Rebel defense does not exist.
Most frustrating about the game — besides the weather delay — was the fact that Ole Miss just couldn’t shoo Kent State out of the building with ease or efficiency.