Ole Miss Overrated

What happened this week?  Was it just a bad week for the Rebels or were they overrated to start with?  I think overrated.  The only real victory they had was over Alabama.  Boise State isn't what they were a few years ago and the rest of the schedule has been weak.

Defeating Alabama sprang the Rebels the top 5.  Alabama was having a bad couple of weeks on the road.  You could even say that Ole Miss didn't beat Alabama but that Alabama beat Alabama.  Mistakes all through the game, penalties that aren't usual for Nick Saban's squad and bad decisions on that last drive.  The Rebels offense is not that impressive, if Alabama wouldn't have given Ole Miss such good field position most of the time the Rebels would have lost that day.

Ole Miss beat Texas A&M 35-20.  This is the same team that Alabama hung 59 points on and Mississippi State scored 48 on.  The Rebels are relying on their defense to win for them and it worked until they ran into LSU.  We've heard about good Bo and bad Bo all season long.  It's time for Bo to figure out what he wants to be and score some points.  Auburn is coming to town this week and its going to be hard to keep them off the scoreboard.  Even with that great Landshark defense Auburn has too many weapons.  The good news for Ole Miss is that Auburn hasn't shown the ability to stop anyone from scoring so the Rebels can get some points on the board.

Blitz Top 25

1. Mississippi State

2. Florida State

3. Alabama

4. Oregon

5. Auburn

6. Ole Miss

7. Michigan State

8. Notre Dame

9. Georgia

10. TCU

11. Baylor

12. Kansas State

13. Ohio State

14. Arizona

15. Arizona State

16. LSU

17. Nebraska

18. West Virginia

19. Oklahoma

20. Utah

21. East Carolina

22. Clemson

23. UCLA

24. Duke

25. Marshall

LSU Fans Regressing

LSU took a step backwards Saturday night.  More accurately their fans took a step back.  Someone posted on Twitter Saturday that if LSU were to upset Ole Miss and the fans rushed the field then he would lose all respect for them.  I don't remember who posted it but I thought there's no way they would do that.  Well they did. As soon as the clock hit 0:00 the LSU faithful stormed the field celebrating the win.  You would think they've never seen the Bengal Tigers win a big game. 

When Ole Miss defeated Alabama a few weeks ago the fans did the same thing. They stormed the field even tearing down the goal posts.  While it is still stupid to destroy your team's field to celebrate, it was a little more understandable.  Alabama was ranked number one at the time, they've won three of the last five national championships.  Ole Miss hasn't been a national contender since the 1960's.  Defeating Alabama was a huge win for the Rebels.

LSU has been a top team for about 15 years.  This year they lose a couple games and its like they've never been there before.  If they react this way to beating Ole Miss there's no telling what they would do if they were to beat Alabama.  They would probably riot and burn Baton Rouge to the ground.  I realize that Tiger Stadium for a night game is a unique atmosphere.  After tailgating and drinking all day the crowd can get a little rowdy.  Just don't act like you don't know what it's like to win a game, stay in the stands where you belong.