Sifting through the ashes of a 37-24 loss at Memphis someone pointed out, correctly, that the loss did not affect Ole Miss in the SEC standings and that the Rebels were still in control of their fate in that regard.
It was a very hollow attempt at soothing a devastating loss.
It’s not that it was open for debate. It’s that winning the SEC West seemed like such an unattainable goal based on the level of competency just demonstrated.
The Rebels had in fact been inching toward that Memphis loss. Since a dominating performance at Alabama Ole Miss had sleep-walked past Vanderbilt, been dominated by Florida and had blown out New Mexico State which is easily overwhelmed most weekends.