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that preseason Top 10 looking solid

You have no idea how good either of these teams are. And neither do I.

 

I don't know what sort of horsefeathering exorcism I have to pull to get this to stop, but that's 3 of the all-time kicks to the nads type losses for ND in the last 11 months. And I was 2 the last time they won a title.

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that preseason Top 10 looking solid

You have no idea how good either of these teams are. And neither do I.

 

That's the point. No one does, which is why the polls are stupid.

 

But yadda yadda ratings TV blah blah

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On the other hand, all these people have to wake up in Texas.

 

You've never been to Austin I guess?

Yeah, I hate Texas as much or more than most here having grown up as a Hog fan during the SWC, but Austin is great. Hill country in Texas is beautiful.

Houston area however, not so much.

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I can't get any feel at all on the FSU/Ole Miss game. Chad Kelly is really, really good and so I think Ole Miss will definitely score a decent amount of points. The X factor is that FSU is starting a freshman at QB. It's a pretty big stage for a guy to be taking his very first snaps. Francois is very highly touted, but so was Jeremy Johnson at the start of last year. On the contrary, look at what Buechele did yesterday for Texas during his first start.

 

Under Freeze, the Rebels generally win or they get their teeth kicked in. They don't seem to play many close games. So look for a Rebel win or a Rebel humiliation.

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OMC, what's the sentiment amongst fans on Freeze? He's had as much success as anyone there in awhile, but he seems to have a ton of that hokey Houston Nutt to him. Then there's the investigation looming. I have to think that with the higher expectations comes potential for a harder fall if OM doesn't win big this season.
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OMC, what's the sentiment amongst fans on Freeze? He's had as much success as anyone there in awhile, but he seems to have a ton of that hokey Houston Nutt to him. Then there's the investigation looming. I have to think that with the higher expectations comes potential for a harder fall if OM doesn't win big this season.

 

I get what you mean by comparing him to Nutt. They both have that "aww shucks" type of thing going on. However, that's where the comparisons end. Nutt was enormously lazy in all facets of being a head coach and Freeze is the complete opposite.

 

The investigation is troubling, but the main problem with the investigation is that it's hurting our 2017 class. With no resolution, other schools can recruit against Ole Miss by saying "oh they're getting the death penalty or Freeze is going to get a show cause" or whatever. Apparently this investigation got personal between some on the Ole Miss staff and the NCAA investigators and that's why you are seeing this thing go on and on. These investigators want a pound of flesh but nothing they've uncovered in 3 years has really been all that damning and almost everything they have has been self reported by Ole Miss. So the actual penalties probably won't be all that harsh (12-15 scholarships over 3 or 4 years, no postseason ban), thus it seems like they are punishing Ole Miss in other ways, primarily by dragging this thing out to the extreme detriment of their 2017 recruiting efforts.

 

Regardless of how the season turns out, Freeze's seat is ice cold. You'd have to see multiple losing seasons for his seat to heat up. He's got a very, very long leash from the administration and the fanbase.

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looks like the SEC may be top heavy this year. That Ole Miss/Bama game might be epic. Kelly is really good.

 

And Ole Miss coeds look just as talented as ever.

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