Recap -- #15 Ole Miss at #2 Alabama

Ole Miss Goes Back to Back on Alabama

HC Hugh Freeze Hugging QB Chad Kelly and LB C.J. Johnson After the Win

 



Alabama entered Saturday night's game looking for revenge on the Ole Miss Rebels after having lost to the Rebels the year before in one of the biggest upsets in Ole Miss Football history.

 

 

Ole Miss(3-0, 1-0) left Bryant-Denny Stadium with its first win in Tuscaloosa since 1988. Yes, that's a long time, folks. None of the players on either roster were alive when the Rebels last won there. 27 years to be exact. The Crimson Tide(2-1, 0-1) had been 25-1 in Tuscaloosa against Ole Miss and had NEVER lost two straight at any time in the series.

 

 

The last two games versus Alabama have gone down to the wire and were settled with the assistance of key Rebel interceptions.

 

 

Ole Miss Head Coach Hugh Freeze, in an interview postgame with ESPN sideline reporter Heather Cox, said, "We certainly think we're at a point now where it's not a shock...I still say it would be an upset in most peoples eyes to do it here". Certainly, unless you missed the memo, everybody is calling this an upset, but the Rebels think of this as a new normal.

 

 

Ole Miss QB Chad Kelly played tremendously in his first big road test in the SEC. He went 18-33, 341 yards, and 4 total TD's(1 rushing). In the first half, Hugh Freeze said that Kelly needed to settle down and calm down his adrenaline a bit, but in the second half, Kelly was outstanding. He outplayed Jake Coker and Cooper Bateman, and Kelly is being talked about by many around the country.

 

 

Laremy Tunsil was not available for this game against the best front seven in college football. Surprisingly, it didn't affect the outcome of the game, but Ole Miss will need their best offensive player for many key games this year. It is still unknown when he will return.

 

 

The defense for Ole Miss played all right, but toward the end of the game, the Landshark D was giving up many points and letting the Tide right back into the game. Luckily, the Rebels escaped, but Alabama can sure wear a team down. No, it does not matter how good your defense is; Alabama will wear any team down. Even a team with Robert Nkemdiche. Robert Nkemdiche is double-teamed basically every play, and he still managed to get 6 tackles, .5 sacks, and 2 TFL. He'll make good money in the NFL some day...

 

 

Ole Miss has moved to number 3 in the AP Poll while Alabama has dropped to 12. In the USA Today Coaches Poll, Ole Miss moved to 5 while Alabama dropped to 12.

 

 

ICYMI: This play is possibly the craziest play I've ever seen involving Ole Miss (66-yard TD to Quincy Adeboyejo).

ICYMI Part 2: Here, on that twitter page, is a video of Hugh Freeze dancing with the team with the song "Back to Back" by Drake in the background. You'll have to scroll a good bit to find it, but the tweet says, "Ole Miss back to back". Ironic because Ole Miss beat Alabama Back to Back. See the connection?

 

 

FINAL: Ole Miss 43, Alabama 37

 

Next Game: vs. Vanderbilt at 6:00 PM CST(ESPNU).

 

Hotty Toddy. On to the next one...