Chad Kelly lights up Oklahoma State in Sugar Bowl win

Indeed, Oklahoma State, playing in the aerial circus that is the Big 12, gained 357.3 yards per game passing, seventh in the FBS.

NOLA.com’s Jeff Duncan wrote a column entitled: Hotty Toddy, gosh almighty, the Ole Miss Rebels are for real. Walsh’s mobility seemed to catch the Ole Miss defense, which had kept the Cowboys quiet for the majority of the game, off-guard.

The Cowboys were trying to end the season on a high note after losing the last two games of the regular season.

Oklahoma State: WR James Washington is the Cowboys’ major deep threat. Senior linebacker Denzel Nkemdiche, who has been hospitalized twice in a month and missed the final two games of the season, has been dismissed.

It may not have been a great year for the College Football Playoff, at least so far, but Ole Miss fans can be quite satisfied with how their season ended, with wins over rivals LSU and Mississippi State before putting on a show in the Superdome. “The Ole Miss brand now is probably as strong as it has ever been”. Oklahoma State is No. 13 in the current AP poll. Next year, McCaffrey will no longer be in hiding out west, and nobody will be late to picking up who he is.

Plus, Chad Kelly completed one of the best statistical seasons by a quarterback in SEC history in style.

“We all came together and played really, really well today”, Kelly said.

The Cowboys didn’t score until backup quarterback J.W. Walsh’s 2-yard run late in the third quarter. Without him, Oklahoma State is a clear underdog, and the game might hinge on Rudolph’s availability and health. After throwing an ugly interception on the first drive of the game, he capped a stellar year by throwing for 302 yards and four TDs and rushing for a team-high 73 yards.

Treadwell caught a 14-yard touchdown with 13:04 remaining in the fourth quarter, his third of the game. His older brother, linebacker Denzel Nkemdiche, hasn’t played since November after he went to the hospital for an undisclosed reason. Kelly took the snap and threw a backwards pass to Treadwell, who then heaved the ball down the field to sophomore running back Jordan Wilkins, who was running all alone down the middle of the field. He finished the night, which could be his last in an Ole Miss uniform, with six catches for 71 yards.

The Sugar Bowl doesn’t have teams ranked as highly as it generally has, but this one will make up in entertainment value what it lacks in impact on the polls. Of course, hindsight is always 20/20, and the Cardinal lost two games this season.

Alabama’s 38-0 rout of Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl on Thursday drew a 9.6 rating for ESPN, a 36.8 percent drop from the 15.2 rating for the Ohio State-Alabama Sugar Bowl semifinal last season.

70 Years since Oklahoma State previously played in the Sugar Bowl.

Bell believes the team’s focus and preparation for the Cowboys (10-2 overall, 7-2 Big 12) has been much improved.

The folks in Vegas put the over/under at 68 points.

The Rebels scored another touchdown heading into halftime to take a 34-6 lead. Ole Miss also has a school-record 6,177 yards of total offense in 2015. State can rack up yards if Ole Miss doesn’t exercise sound tackling. The Cowboys are 95 nationally in total defense, giving up 429.5 yards per game.

McCaffrey was sublime in his debut at the Granddaddy of Them All, breaking the all-purpose yards record set by Wisconsin’s Jared Abbrederis in 2012.