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SayWhat said:
We have to get there and not let Chambliss escape, harder done than said. When the boys at the line are doing their thing, make sure you maintain discipline down the field, he'll escape some, so be ready.

We will have to score better than we have been. Their kicker is a weapon and anything over midfield is in play.

Their team believes and has a bone to pick with the way their coach left them. Seeming like a team of destiny, never out of it, and we need to get out ahead in this game.

Should be a good one. Stay disciplined and execute, we can win this.
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We are not a team of destiny? Get into the CFP with a figurative coin flip. Have to play in front of 104k in 30 mph gusts. Beat all the programs we despise--Notre Dame, Florida, Florida State, Ohio State. The national title game is in Miami. Cristobal will have a chip if it's Oregon or all the talk about Mendoza coming home. Plus, we get to end the Fiesta Bowl narrative of 85, 87 and 03.
 
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Call me crazy but I say we run with them. Trust your defense to get more stops. They haven’t stopped a single team that’s gone tempo against them. Win this 49-28. Leave no doubt.
 
Not reading 15 pages, so this has probably been covered:

I think Georgia would have been a tougher game, but Miami seems to be playing better as an underdog with a chip on their shoulder. Hopefully they keep that mindset even though Ole Miss is the underdog.

Chambliss is good, but he's inconsistent. He'll make an amazing throw and then the next play he'll bounce a 5 yard pass to an open receiver or back. Their defense has been average all season, but for the most part looked good last night. Honestly, they should have won that game by 2-3 TDs.

On paper, I don't see how they match up, but most people (not Miami fans) were saying Miami couldn't or didn't match up with Ohio State.
 
I fully expect clock management and Mario game day coaching to come into play in this game. Bad Mario! I just don't like much about this matchup. We need to score every time we get the ball and eat clock, keep them off the field.
 
supacane said:
What u mean after the first round? They gave us the hard side of the bracket and sent us the 100k screaming zesty Aggie cadets lol.in round 1. We been playing playoff football for like 6 games now as well.
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Because there are G5 games in the first round that teams can’t lose.

So when looking at the playoffs, after the first round, you’re never going to draw an easy opponent in the playoffs.
 
Handsome Squidbum said:
UGA is a shell of itself and inferior to Miami in every respect , yet despite all the Chambliss miracles, UGA would have won the game if they simply run the ball near the goalline. Smart kept Ole **** in the game with his horrendous decision making. So I don’t quite understand why Miami fans are more scared of Ole Miss when a poorly coached team with zero pass rush and mediocre OL were 3 yards away from sending them home.
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Ole Miss post-game win expectancy per SP+ was 98%.

It’s Georgia that needed the fortune to even be in that game. On a down to down basis, Ole Miss dominated.
 
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Gocanes1990 said:
This is a terrible matchup for us. High tempo, mobile but accurate qb, gets th ball out quick
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Agree. I was hoping UGA won, as crazy as that is to say.

I think we could’ve beaten UGA with 20. We’ll likely need 30 to beat Ole Miss.

First early look though, they are 75th in the country in yards per carry allowed. You know who is just slightly worse? A&M. Mario and Dawson need to challenge this offense to run for 200 yards. If we can just slow down their offense some in the first half and keep game script in our favor, we can run for 200 on these dudes and that tempo/Chambliss is a lot less of a factor. It’s honestly the blueprint for exactly how we’ve played all year. We have to do nothing different. Shorten the game and keep our defense fresh.
 
Pentagon Cane said:
We are not a team of destiny? Get into the CFP with a figurative coin flip. Have to play in front of 104k in 30 mph gusts. Beat all the programs we despise--Notre Dame, Florida, Florida State, Ohio State. The national title game is in Miami. Cristobal will have a chip if it's Oregon or all the talk about Mendoza coming home. Plus, we get to end the Fiesta Bowl narrative of 85, 87 and 03.
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It's an argument for sure, but it should've never been a coin flip.

Ole Miss though, they've never had a season like this. Has there ever been a coach that took a job with so much on the line like that, a real chance at a first national championship? Not only that, they're looking better and better as the games go on, avenging the only blemish on their record. I think most thought they were cooked when Lane took off.

Even IU has a case. The loosingest record in all of college football, moving up to spot number two in that category nobody wants to be a part of wirh an undefeated season. QB at the helm who would've come here in a second bad we just asked from our coaches old high school. Spurned twice, it's compelling.

Moore at Oregon, we wanted him bad and Mario's old school.

Lots of interesting ties and the first two are more compelling to a national audience.
 
I do worry about ol miss qb ability to move and he does get the ball out quick which is what you need to do against our defense.
 
Hstokes1447 said:
Their defense sucks

Passing and rushing allowed against ok teams
Arkansas: allowed 221 rushing, 305 passing, and 35 points
Washington State: allowed 127 rushing, 218 passing, and 21 points
Georgia: allowed 221 rushing, 289 passing, and 43 points
Oklahoma: allowed 136 rushing, 223 passing, and 26 points
Florida: allowed 108 rushing, 218 passing, and 24 points
Georgia: allowed 124 rushing, 231 passing, and 34 points (Playoff game)

They can be gashed on the ground and the air. They also don’t rotate much in defense so they get worn down late in games, Fletcher should go for 150+ against them.
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I'd also add Tulane in there. The score (41-10) was deceiving. Tulane moved the ball at will (421 yards) but had 3 turnovers at costly times and in costly parts of the field, and was 0/4 on 4th downs, all in Ole Miss territory.

Tulane's first drive they throw an INT at the Ole Miss 5
Tulane's second drive they're stopped on 4th down at the Ole Miss 37
Tulane's 3rd drive is a FG
Tulane's 4th drive stalls at the Ole Miss 44
Tulane's first drive of the second half stalls at the Ole Miss 43
Tulane's next drive fails to convert a 4th and 1 at the Tulane 47
Tulane's next drive they fumble at the Ole Miss 46 a play after Retzlaff missed a wide open WR that would have been an easy TD
Tulane's next drive they fumble on 4th and 1 at their own 34
Tulane's next drive they fail on 4th down at the Ole Miss 27
Tulane's next drive they score a TD

I know it sounds dumb to say 41-10 wasn't indicative of the game, but it really wasn't. That should have been a close game. Honestly, last night is the only or one of the only times I've been impressed with Ole Miss all year (though they still shot themselves in the foot 10 times).

With all of that said, I expect nothing less than a dogfight.
 
I bet ol’Saban’s phone is going to be ringing off the hook the next or so. All 4 of the quarterfinals head coaches worked for him. Love to be a fly on the wall for those talks.
 
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I wouldn’t underestimate the impact of distractions on Ole Miss assistant coaches as well as the portal. As far as containing their tempo, we have played several teams that use tempo this year. I think if we win the turnover battle or turnovers are even, we win this game. I’m on record saying I wanted to face Ole Miss over Georgia. Nothing has changed.
 
Notsince1985 said:
Not reading 15 pages, so this has probably been covered:

I think Georgia would have been a tougher game, but Miami seems to be playing better as an underdog with a chip on their shoulder. Hopefully they keep that mindset even though Ole Miss is the underdog.

Chambliss is good, but he's inconsistent. He'll make an amazing throw and then the next play he'll bounce a 5 yard pass to an open receiver or back. Their defense has been average all season, but for the most part looked good last night. Honestly, they should have won that game by 2-3 TDs.

On paper, I don't see how they match up, but most people (not Miami fans) were saying Miami couldn't or didn't match up with Ohio State.
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Their defense isn’t average.
The raw stats aren’t great but that’s because Ole Miss plays with tempo, and is one of the most explosive teams in CFB. So they play fast down to down, and have a lot of short offensive scoring drives.

So in terms of raw numbers, the Ole Miss defense doesn’t look good because of the volume of plays they have to defend.

Their defense is 16th per SP+. 26th per F+.
So it ranges somewhere between very good to good in the power poll models.

As a comparison, Miami’s offense is 22 per SP+ and 18th per F+.
 
drewm3i said:
I think we have honestly become one with this run...
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It doesn’t work like that. The traditional Blue Bloods are Oklahoma, Nebraska, USC, ND, Texas, Ohio State, Michigan and Bama.

When they talk of a modern group - UM, fsu , UGA…
 
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