Shea Patterson and Ole Miss took one on the chin in last year’s 66-3 beatdown from Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He promised a bounce-back performance the following week.
“I don’t care if we lost to Alabama by 60 points,” he said at the time. “We’re going to do everything we can to get ourselves better tomorrow and throughout the week and come ready at Auburn.”
While the defense fell apart in a 44-23 loss, Patterson connected on 34-of-51 passes for 346 yards and two touchdowns against the Tigers’ top 10 S&P defense. He seemed to elevate a Rebel offense with poor offensive line play against good teams.