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Before anyone says "But 5 turnovers", please take a step back and realize that 5 turnovers were not the only problem. The Rebels put up 43 points and averaged an astounding 6.7 yards per play against Alabama's defense. Turnovers had nothing to do with that 6.7 yards per play. I imagine its extremely rare for any team to win a game when they give up 6.7 yards every play. Alabama found that out the hard way.

When you lose a game by 6 points and are minus 5 in turnovers, that's really the only problem that requires any substantive discussion. This is, of course, especially true four of the turnovers gave Ole Miss starting field position inside field goal range. That is literally the entirety of why Alabama lost.

24 of Ole Miss's points came off of four scoring drives totaling 77 yards...

77 yards for 24 points...

They had two huge plays for 66 and 73 yards (one of which proved that god is real and hates Alabama) which resulted in 13 points (missed 2pt conversion on one).

This is being built to beat Alabama? Getting spotted 24 points and hitting two 60+ yard TD passes?

Is this a joke?

33% of Ole Miss's offense came from two plays. 60% of their offense came from 6 plays. 70% of their offense came from 9 plays. Excluding these plays, Ole Miss averaged 4.67 yards/play, 3.18 yards/play, 2.4 yards/play respectively. This is not a blueprint for beating anyone.

Ole Miss ran 65 offensive plays including two irrelevant plays (end of the first half and end of the game). Alabama ran 101 offensive plays. They ran an offensive play every 21 seconds of time of possession. Ole Miss ran a play every 22.5 seconds of time of possession. Pace of play was 100% totally irrelevant to Ole Miss's victory.

Viewing the Ole Miss team as some sort of team that is built to beat Alabama is a joke and everything you say should be discounted as incompetent jibber jabber.