Three-nil, and nobody in Oxford is smiling
Louisville in Week 1. Lane Kiffin’s LSU last Saturday. Ole Miss have spent September collecting ranked scalps, and Pete Golding still talks like a man waiting for the other shoe to drop.
“Going into Week 4 based on the schedule we’ve had and we don’t have a loss, we feel decent about it,” the Rebels head coach said. “Are we where we want to be? No. What does that ever even look like? I don’t know where that comfort zone is.”
The 32-24 win over the No. 7 Tigers pushed Ole Miss to 3-0, 1-0 in the SEC and fourth in the country. It also bought them nothing. Saturday afternoon they travel to Gainesville to face No. 21 Florida, the first time this season they play an opponent on its own field.
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Chambliss has become the whole conversation
Trinidad Chambliss threw for 363 yards and two touchdowns against LSU and ran in another. That afternoon moved him to the front of the Heisman queue, and it drew a line from the opposing sideline that rival coaches rarely offer in September.
“As good a college football player I’ve ever seen with my own two eyes,” Florida coach Jon Sumrall said.
Golding does have one piece of good news on the injury sheet. Running back Kewan Lacy left the LSU game with a shoulder problem after 43 rushing yards and a score, and the damage turned out lighter than the Rebels first feared. He may be available in Gainesville.
Florida are 3-0 and know what it is worth
The Gators reached 3-0 for the first time in seven years by winning 44-39 at Auburn, Sumrall’s first SEC game since arriving from Tulane. The scoreline is the problem. Florida gave up 39 points, conceded 22 first downs and took 16 penalties for 138 yards.
Their route to keeping Chambliss quiet runs through Jaden Baugh, tied for the national lead with eight rushing touchdowns and second nationally at 152.7 rushing yards a game. Hold the ball, and the Ole Miss quarterback watches from the sideline.
Sumrall is not pretending the margin is wide. “If we play like we did last week or any of the weeks so far this year, we will not win Saturday. No chance,” he said. “The type of teams that win are tough, they’re urgent, they’re disciplined and they’re detailed.”
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