Lane Kiffin is in the win column at Ole Miss.
Here are the five major takeaways from a game that made everyone smile:
The defense.
Let’s just get this one out of the way.
The Ole Miss defense allowed 408 rushing yards and 559 total yards against Kentucky on Saturday. It was actually an improvement over the 642 total yards that the Gators hung on the Rebels in week one— although that doesn’t say much.
For the entire game, the Wildcats ran the ball at will. They handed it off 76 percent of the time for 408 yards and all six touchdowns and three different players went for over 100 yards, including quarterback Terry Wilson, who also completed all but four of his 18 pass attempts for an average of 8.