Saturday night’s loss to Texas A&M marked the 32nd game of Matt Luke’s head coaching career at Ole Miss, and it ended like 17 other not great games. Granted, it was a loss of the close variety, but it carried the tenets of his blue-collar, disciplined football, which include, but are not limited to, mistakes, long stretches of ineffectiveness, and squinting-at-the-scoreboard stares after NOT GREAT, BOB game management.
He’s now 14-18 overall, and in 21 SEC games, he’s 6-15. Against SEC schools not named Alabama, LSU, or Auburn, he’s 6-8, with wins over Vanderbilt (2x), Kentucky, Arkansas (2x), and Mississippi State.