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Ole Miss Football: Game-by-game predictions for Rebels in 2017

By Hunter Kinniburgh

NASHVILLE, TN - NOVEMBER 19: Quarterback Shea Patterson #20 of the Ole Miss Rebels drops back against Jay Woods #74 of the Vanderbilt Commodores during the first half at Vanderbilt Stadium on November 19, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN - NOVEMBER 19: Quarterback Shea Patterson #20 of the Ole Miss Rebels drops back against Jay Woods #74 of the Vanderbilt Commodores during the first half at Vanderbilt Stadium on November 19, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images) /
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – DECEMBER 17: Michael Jacquet #19 of the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns drops as pass asCurtis Mikell #19 of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles defends during the first half of a game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on December 17, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA – DECEMBER 17: Michael Jacquet #19 of the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns drops as pass asCurtis Mikell #19 of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles defends during the first half of a game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on December 17, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /

Ole Miss gets a break from SEC play to battle the Ragin’ Cajuns or UL-Lafayette in their tenth game of the season. The last time these two teams played was in 2014, a game in which Ole Miss won handily, 56-15.

I would expect more of the same in this years contest. Ole Miss is just far and away more talented than ULL. I’d expect to see Ole Miss let the starters play into the third quarter and then rest them for the rest of the game. No disrespect to ULL, they have a great and solid, consistent program but Ole Miss is just on a different level.

This should be another game where Shea Patterson pads the stats but would also provide fans with a good look at the backup quarterback, Jordan Ta’amu. The game also gives the defense a bit of a break in which they can sort of relax and conserve some energy for the final two SEC games of the year. With that said i’d still expect coach McGriff to get everything out of his group of defensive players and keep them to the same standard he has for SEC games.

But if the defense hasn’t matured in the way that many believe they should have by this point in the season, then this game falls at an opportune moment for the Rebels to be able to take their foot of the brake to some degree.

Again, I just don’t see a way in which Ole Miss doesn’t win this game.

Final: Ole Miss 56, ULL 20 (7-3, 4-3 SEC)

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