Undefeated Ole Miss Faces Georgia: Game Preview & Predictions

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00:00We'll turn our attention to the 3-30 kick in Athens.

00:03No bigger game.

00:05Undefeated Ole Miss goes on the road.

00:07They're seven-point underdogs against Georgia.

00:10Georgia got their 33-game home winning streak snapped a couple of weeks ago by Alabama.

00:16They did get right in back-to-back wins over Kentucky and Auburn.

00:21They now come back home.

00:22The last two wins, Coach, over the Rebels and Athens have been, by an average margin of victory,

00:28of 31 points per game.

00:30We saw Ole Miss struggle last week as a 31-and-a-half-point favorite against Washington State.

00:36How do you see this game playing out Saturday afternoon?

00:39Well, let's go back.

00:41Washington State was a trap game, and they overcame it.

00:43They knew they had Georgia, and that's part of football.

00:47At least they won their trap game.

00:49And now they've got to go to Georgia.

00:52And that's the big issue right now is can that football team

00:55and can that quarterback handle the atmosphere that is playing between the hedges in Athens, Georgia?

01:04That's going to be against a very, very good football team.

01:07And that's going to be the question that has to be answered.

01:10And that's the one I think you won't be ready for.

01:12I don't think anything can prepare that young quarterback for that atmosphere that he's going to get into.

01:18It's a very good football team, and they're going to try to put some heat on him.

01:21And so we'll see where that goes, but I really think Georgia at home, the way they've been playing.

01:27And let me say this.

01:28I don't think Georgia is going to lose two at home in one year.

01:30They've already lost that one game.

01:32I can't see them losing another one at home a week and a half or two weeks after they lost the last game at home.

01:38So to me, this is going to be a tough environment.

01:40The biggest thing they've got is the environment,

01:42and how will that affect a quarterback that really has never stepped into that type of scenery and that type of arena?

01:50I think it's going to be a tough one to overcome.

01:54It's interesting because I think the matchup for me is we talked about last year,

01:58and you were on the game on the sidelines against Georgia and Ole Miss.

02:03You were in Oxford and thought that Ole Miss was the superior football team on both interior lines,

02:08especially on the defensive front seven.

02:10They had one of the best rush defenses in the conference and in all the FBS last year,

02:15only allowing 80 rushing yards per game.

02:18Fast forward to this year, they're giving up $1.57 on the ground,

02:21and that's the strength of Georgia still entering this matchup,

02:25rushing for 185 yards on the ground.

02:28So do you feel like Ole Miss, they shut down Tulane, they shut down LSU in the rushing attack?

02:35Can they have that type of effort on the road?

02:37If so, they potentially could be in margin in this ballgame.

02:41Yeah, LSU doesn't have the running attack that Georgia has.

02:45Georgia is going to run that football pretty well, and by doing that,

02:49they're going to keep Ole Miss' offense off the field.

02:53They're going to control that clock.

02:54Now, Georgia's got to get a quick start.

02:56They can't afford to keep falling behind like they've been doing.

03:00Auburn was the same situation, almost got too far behind to come back and win that football game,

03:05but they did.

03:06So I think Georgia's got to get a fast start, got to drive down and get some points early

03:10and not play from behind, and that includes running the football

03:16because running the football keeps Ole Miss' offense off the field.

03:20That young quarterback cannot even be part of the equation if he's on the bench

03:24while Georgia's offense is driving down the field.

03:27That's a great point.

03:29And the other factor that I did just want to bring up,

03:31because we look at Kirby Smart's defense against the first half against Jackson Arnold,

03:37his mobility put some pressure on the RPO game.

03:40Last year with Jalen Milrow in the first half, he abused them on the ground as well.

03:45So the mobility of Trinidad Chambliss, too, in the RPO game is something

03:49that I think Kirby and that defense have to watch.

03:52How important is it for Chambliss on the ground as opposed through the air

03:55to potentially win this game?

03:57Just get your thoughts about an offensive philosophy from Lane Kiffin in this matchup.

04:02Well, I will have that quarterback prepped.

04:05As they throw the football, don't go to second or third receiver too often.

04:10Hit your first receiver or take off.

04:12Hit your first receiver or overthrow it.

04:14Throw it away.

04:14Do not sit in that pocket and let yourself get hit,

04:17because they're going to pound that quarterback if they can.

04:20So they've got to make sure he understands.

04:22Take a look and take off.

04:23It's not so much that you have quarterback running plays,

04:25but the quarterback back makes good runs out of pass plays.

04:29And I think that's what Trinidad Chambliss can do

04:33if they're going to have a chance to win this game.

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