Fans of football tend to say that their coaches are irreplaceable. They claim that the sport would not be the same without their coach, and that without this play or that moment, the game and their team would be unrecognizable. For fans of Washington State, Texas Tech, Kentucky and Mississippi State, that claim might as […]
What makes a great football team? Is it a solid, bend-but-don’t break defense? Maybe it’s a wide-open, full-throttle offense that keeps the Tigers and the Razorbacks of the world up at night guessing, or even a star quarterback that keeps everyone (including his own coach) guessing at his next miraculous escape and throw. Could the […]
For a team with so much to prove in a conference as competitive as the SEC, Ole Miss has certainly lived up to the lofty goals set for it by fans this season. Dominance for a majority of the schedule is nothing to scoff at, but unfortunately, simple majorities rarely win championships. Arkansas, unranked and, […]
On Saturday night, under the lights of Kyle Field in College Station, Ole Miss narrowly defeated Texas A&M 31-28, snuffing out a late-game drive by the Aggies. The Rebels were favored by three points and ended up winning by exactly that margin in a shootout between A&M’s pass attack and the Ole Miss ground-and-pound. Ole […]
For a Texas A&M squad with a 3-4 record, the goal seems to be less a national championship and more just a bowl game. The Aggies’ time under head coach Jimbo Fisher can be hard to categorize, mainly because they nearly upset then first-ranked Alabama this season, despite being beaten by Appalachian State University […]
In a duel between two ranked teams, both of SEC-caliber talent, it can often be hard for players and coaches to find an edge against their rival schools. Kentucky is not a team to be taken lightly, especially with early Heisman Trophy contender Will Levis as their signal caller. In a loud and rowdy matchup at […]
The College Football Playoff Committee voted Friday afternoon to expand the playoff format from the four team bracket of previous seasons (dating back to 2014) to a new, 12 team structure. How this affects the landscape of college football remains to be seen, but its impact is undeniably massive. Since 2014, the College Football Playoff bracket […]
The Rebels have had a busy offseason, with transfer portal acquisitions including tight end Michael Trigg and linebacker Troy Brown, but no player new to Oxford this season has gained quite as much attention as USC transfer Jaxson Dart. Dart, who was ranked as the seventh-best transfer product this past offseason as a four-star talent […]
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