First Impressions: LSU 17, Ole Miss 38

“He does a great job preparing us, and we just have to execute”.

Rather than fighting for a spot in the final field of four of the College Football Playoff, yesterday the Tigers were reduced to playing to save Les Miles’s job. The play was a paradigm for the kind of day the Tigers had.

LSU Tigers offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher answers questions for the media after the game against the Oklahoma Sooners in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Game at the Louisiana Superdome.

Mississippi State will host the 112th* Battle for the Golden Egg on Saturday night.

Ole Miss (8-3, 5-2 Southeastern Conference, No. 22 CFP) jumped out to a 24-0 by late in the second quarter. Had Ole Miss lost, Alabama would have clinched the SEC West title regardless of what happened in the Iron Bowl against Auburn. “Guys really embraced the challenge of one of the best backs coming into our house”, said Hilton, who had nine total tackles, three pass break-ups, and a tackle for loss.

The Ole Miss Rebels were seven-point favorites heading into this matchup and covered handily.

Miles has produced 12 first-round National Football League draft picks during his LSU tenure, the most recent being NY Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham in the 2014 NFL Draft. “I might as well explain it to them”, Miles said. “There’s a long list of players who have played here so it’s an honor and I’m very blessed to be here”. Here we are with two weeks left, and if I understand this correctly, we are one of two teams that have a shot at making it (SEC Championship). An LSU Board of Supervisors member told Gannett Louisiana on Friday that even if LSU wins the rest of its games, Miles future in Baton Rouge could be in danger.

The Clemson women’s soccer team (14-4-1) tied its second round NCAA game 1-1 with the Ole Miss Rebels (14-5-3) but failed to advance in penalty kicks by a score of 5-4 Friday night at Historic Riggs Field. The Tigers lost their third game in a row Saturday, 38-17 to Ole Miss, and looked like an absolute mess in the process.

“Go to hell, LSU!” a couple of well-marinated Ole Miss fans mockingly yelled from a suite in the south end zone.

The Tigers, save a brief blip on the EKG when they punched in a touchdown after the Rebels fumbled a kickoff early in the third quarter, were uncompetitive.

In the first half, Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly was 11 of 19 for 188 yards with one touchdown pass to Laquon Treadwell that came after Harris was intercepted.