#15 Texas A&M; vs. #24 Ole Miss Preview

It's a lovely time of fall and a ideal time of the college football season. In fact, that's the only scenario in which the SEC, provided the victor of that game doesn't lose again, can all but guarantee themselves a spot at the four-seat playoff table. Not too bad at all. The Rebels won a year ago in College Station 35-20.

He has passed for 1,700 yards with 11 touchdowns, but remarkably, Prescott hasn't thrown an interception in 26 quarters, a streak that stretches to last season and covers 274 consecutive attempts. Just like Alabama thought against Auburn in 2013, there seemed to be two possibilities when Florida State lined up for a long field goal: win or go to overtime. Instead, a third wild card inserted itself into the mix.

The Rebels held Texas A&M; to a season-low in terms of points, and also set the blueprint for how to slow down this high-octane Aggies offense.

"We will see what happens this week in practice".

The Aggies suffered their second loss in as many games with a 23-3 defeat against the Ole Miss Rebels. Kiffin is a hated man in Tennessee and he will be hated even more after his offense beats up on the Vols defense in another potentially lopsided SEC win. Laquon Treadwell caught five passes for 102 yards and a touchdown and Jaylen Walton ran for 97 yards. Really, just how smart he is, reading the defense, reading the quarterback.

The Rebels (6-2, 3-1 SEC) out-gained Texas A&M; (5-2, 2-2) 471-192 and had 28 first downs to A&M;'s 11. Okay, but USC was beaten by Washington, who lost to Cal, who lost to Utah - the Pac-12 South becomes a mess. At 6-foot-5, 260 pounds, Garrett creates havoc for opposing quarterbacks and will look to get after Kelly all Saturday night. Ole Miss is trying to stave off falling from the Top 25 after losing two of their last three, most recently to unranked Memphis. Texas A&M; Aggies rank at 10 for 358.0 road passing yards where as Mississippi Rebels rank at 48 for allowing 173.7 passing yards at home.

The Rebels travel to Auburn for a Noon E.T. kickoff next week still with control of their own destiny in the SEC Western Division with a 3-1 SEC record.

Chad Kelly was able to tthrow for 241 yards and two touchdowns against the Aggie secondary. Having a relatively easy schedule helps. The Golden Eagles are 3-1 in the league and tied with Louisiana Tech atop the C-USA West, a half-game ahead of Rice.

The luster has waned since Saban came to town - eight straight wins as indifferent fortune spun its wheel, and with a big assist from much better recruiting, cast the Tide up and the Vols down.

Stidham is talented, and Baylor has not had much of a problem replacing quarterbacks under Briles.

Ole Miss officials have acknowledged working with the NCAA on unrelated issues concerning the women's basketball program and football program over the past three years, but have not received a notice of allegations in either sport.

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Ole Miss is outscoring teams 44-22 this season. Tulsa can move the ball (sixth in the country in total offense, 550.5 yards per game) but there's been a few mop-up stat padding in that 3-3 start. 21 Mississippi State (30-17). This week, Barrett finally started instead of Cardale Jones. Let's parlay these 6-0 Tigers, baby!

Barrett shined as the point guard in the offense. Kentucky's Patrick Towles completed 23 of 42 passes for 218 yards with 2 interceptions and 1 rushing touchdown.

If we learned anything from last week, it's that you better make sure you don't turn the television off until the game clock shows four zeroes. Now it's finally showing it.