Let’s be honest. Ole Miss, for several years, was the bane of Alabama’s existence.
For two straight years, the Rebels threw a sizable wrench into the Crimson Tide’s title aspirations by beating them in consecutive years for the first time that anyone could remember. The Rebels and their explosive offense were venom to the usually-potent Tide defense, and former OM quarterbacks Bo Wallace and Chad Kelly had career-defining days against Alabama in two of the last three times the teams faced off.
While the offense lit the fuse and launched the fireworks, the Ole Miss defense likewise gave Alabama’s offense fits.