re: Mizzou vs Ole Miss Predictions?

One thing is for sure, this will be Mizzou's toughest road test of the season. Their only remotely tough road game was an 11 am start @ beat-up UGA. A game where, to their credit, they jumped out in front and never had to deal with any crowd noise. VHS will be a loud drunk saturday night. Our fanbase has shown up all year and I expect them to have quite the bloodlust saturday.

Franklin being healthy is obviously huge for them but anyone who expects him to come out and not be at least a little bit rusty is probably a Mizzou fan.

On the flip side, we are almost 100% healthy on defense after we got hit by the injury bug midseason.

Will Franklin be able to come back after almost 2 months out and be able to consistently execute on the road in a raucous atmosphere? And if he goes down or is ineffective, how will the freshman Mauk handle playing against a solid opponent on the road?

I think Mizzou gives us fits and it is a hard-fought exciting game - but after the heart I saw in the LSU game and our coaches ability to prepare our team, I think we knock off another top-10 team in a shootout at VHS:

OM: 38
Mizzou: 35