Waiting for a prescription to be filled at my local H.E.B. (it’s a Texas thing), I picked up a copy of Athlon’s college football preview. The magazines predictions for how things will go for Ole Miss in 2018 will not thrill many in the Rebel nation. Athlon’s says Matt Luke’s first season as a full-time coach will result in a 5-7 record, with just a single win in conference play (1-7).
For those hoping that one SEC win will be against Mississippi State, two things; one, the math for Athlon’s predictions doesn’t allow for that, so likely the magazine thinks we’ll either beat Arkansas or Vanderbilt for our one lone conference victory – or they didn’t think it through, and two beating M$U doesn’t make a 1-7 record any sweeter so dissolve that mindset.