For a team with so much to prove in a conference as competitive as the SEC, Ole Miss has certainly lived up to the lofty goals set for it by fans this season.
Dominance for a majority of the schedule is nothing to scoff at, but unfortunately, simple majorities rarely win championships.
Arkansas, unranked and, by all metrics, unremarkable, upset the Rebels in a shellacking from Fayetteville, 42-27.
The final score is indicative of the Razorbacks’ mercy, rather than the Rebels’ resurgence, but that cannot overshadow the season as a whole for Oxford’s finest. This team irrefutably had the ability and the potential to rise out of the SEC West to national acclaim, but unfortunately for fans who may argue that point in years to come, potential is often more of an aura than a statistic.