Official Ole Miss/Mizzou Prediction™

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igor stravinsky

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This could be one of the best games of the SEC season.

It's funny how South Carolina just gets to sit and watch Missouri lose and then head on down to Atlanta.

Mizzou 31
Ole Miss 14

In a hopeless effort to talk actual football...

One thing I notice about Mizzou's defense, it is very aggressive. When they commit to a play they commit hard. They do this very well up front. The D-line is very aggressive and their entire D as a unit is fast and recovers well. IMO the best way to attack them is to run right at them. When you try to misdirect them or attack horizontally you play right into their strengths. Mizzou's defense is the reason for their success this season.

Unfortunately for Ole Miss, they don't have a physical ground game. They live by attacking the perimeter. This plays right into Mizzou's hands. That D-line will tee off on Bo Wallace if he's trying to drop back and pass all night.

In my opinion, the best option for Ole Miss is to go to their more physical option running game with Barry Brunetti. That will cause Mizzou's D-line to hesitate and not do what they like to do which is attack hard. Mix in the short passing game with Wallace but stick with the option much like they did against Texas.

Ole Miss fights hard on defense and I think they will be Mizzou's toughest challenge this year. Better than either Florida, Georgia or USC. Freeze gets maximum effort out of his guys and that Ole Miss D plays all out. They also do a very good job with their zone scheme which could give a rusty Franklin some problems.

To me this is going to be a very good game and low scoring early, but I just am not feeling the matchup of Ole Miss' offense against Mizzou's defense. I think a pro style offense with a good PA passing game is the best way to attack an aggressive defense, not a horizontal spread team like Ole Miss. I also think Mizzou is good for a couple of key turnovers like they have been all year, so I think Mizzou will win the game.

35-28 Mizzou gets a huge win on the road.

A football prediction thread has become a basketball thread.

GD Yankees

31-23 OM

Missouri 42 Ole Miss 24

Mizzou 34 Ole Miss 27

Mizzou 31
Ole Miss 27

OM 38-34.

Should be a high scoring exciting game. I think it will look a lot like the OM A&M game. But I think with the mixture of the level out offense is playing at, it being at home on our turf, the excitement out team and fan base currently has and the Mizzo QB situation we take this one.