Gators Must Be ideal To Beat Ole Miss

The Florida defense has held Ole Miss to 151 total yards and recorded 3 sacks in the first half. The combination of coming off the Alabama game with the fact that Vanderbilt offered no resistance against Ole Miss previous year played into a lack of focus for Ole Miss.

“This is a heck of an Ole Miss team,”McElwain said before the game, per Jesse Simonton of the Miami Herald“. He had about as good a half as a quarterback can have.

When the Rebels toppled the Alabama Crimson Tide in September, they got up on head coach Nick Saban’s team early.

In fact, SB Nation has three Ole Miss players (DT Robert Nkemdiche, OT Laremy Tunsil, WR Laquon Treadwell) within the top 12 of its player rankings for the 2016 NFL Draft.

But with banged up bodies all around, is Ole Miss (4-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) ready for its battle against the 25th-ranked Gators (6 p.m. Connecticut on ESPN), who are riding high after their 28-27 come from behind win over Tennessee last Saturday?

The Gator’s secondary will also want to keep an eye on Cody Core (14 catches for 320 yards; 3 touchdowns) and Quincy Adeboyejo (10 receptions for 224 yards; 5 touchdowns), but the competition between Hargreaves and Treadwell will either put a stutter in the steps of the Rebels, or result in an offensive onslaught for Treadwell. They know they can not afford to slip up as they still have matchups against LSU and Mississippi State ahead of them.

For the second-straight game, UF defensive lineman Bryan Cox Jr. recovered a fumble.

Robinson followed that up with a 36-yard TD catch to give the Gators an early 7-0 lead. Ole Miss turned the ball over four times, but only once in a first half in which it trailed 25-0.

Both defenses forced three-and-outs on opening drives, but then Florida opened the flood gates. Walton is the highest usage back with 42 carries for 269 yards, and he also leads the team in rushing TDs with three. About the only things that went poorly for the Gators were a missed extra point and two failed two-point conversion attempts. He’s the first Gator to throw for four touchdowns in a half since Chris Leak on September 24, 2005.

Callaway moved from right to left as he crossed the middle of the field en route to the corner of the end zone. All six are at least 6-foot-2. He added a 22-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.

Gators QB Will Grier threw 23 of 42 in the game for 283 yards with two TDs and one INT, posting a QBR of 51.3.

Justin Bell: As for starting right guard Justin Bell, he will be on the sideline watching as third-ranked Ole Miss tries to win its fifth game of the season. As we would come to learn, the word “subtle” would never be used in a sentence with this staff. “It’s going to be a tremendous test for us, but we’re excited for the opportunity and look forward to Saturday night”.

“It wasn’t all what it was made out to be”, former Gators receiver Percy Harvin said. “We’ve been sick of not being ranked and not playing Top 25 opponents and stuff like that, so we’re not taking this lightly”.

Florida’s football program has won two massive games in a row.

“That was sure a lot of fun”, said McElwain after the game, per Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel. While it has certainly been a nice change for Ole Miss fans (but not without gallons of AGONY), the objective of our time here today is not to dwell on Ole Miss’ recent success and Florida’s descent to where the common folk live.

Freeze was blunt in his assessment of the defeat.