Paul Finebaum Explains Why Ole Miss Isn't Completely Eliminated From The Playoff

Paul Finebaum appeared on the “McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning” show and discussed Ole Miss' chances of making the College Football Playoff despite their recent losses against Kentucky and Ole Miss.

With the expanding playoff coming this year, Finebaum thinks Ole Miss is not completely out of it just yet. Per SDS:

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“No, because they still have one game left that could help them, and that’s the Georgia game,” said Finebaum about Ole Miss being eliminated. “But you don’t know really how big that game is going to be if Georgia doesn’t get by Texas. I think they are clearly hanging by a thread, and I realize we’ve forgotten Missouri, but that’s not difficult to do based on how they’ve played recently.”

Finebaum discussed how Ole Miss has failed to live up to its lofty preseason expectations.

“I think Ole Miss has had a pretty disastrous couple of weeks here. And it’s more frustrating than normal because of expectations,” said Finebaum. “And that’s what everything is based on, you guys know that. This was Lane Kiffin’s best team, the best team at Ole Miss since the 60s, and, yes, they had the lead until the final play of regulation (vs. LSU). But back to the Alabama conversation, what do we remember? The result.”

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