Last week, Ole Miss’ win over Texas Tech highlighted some areas the Rebels need to improve in—namely being more efficient on the ground. Next week, Nick Saban’s ruthlessly efficient killing machine comes to Oxford.
It’s good then, that the Rebels get what amounts to a practice game on Saturday against FCS school Southern Illinois. No, the game won’t be close. Yes, by halftime you’ll probably already be bored of A.J. Brown and D.K. Metcalf ripping off 60-yard touchdowns. Yes, we created a drinking game to help you through it.
But, as our own Will Gates pointed out, that doesn’t mean this game is meaningless.