Ole Miss Football: 3 bold predictions for Rebels after Shea Patterson injury

What are some real bold predictions for Ole Miss football after star quarterback Shea Patterson went down with a season-ending knee injury?

Sophomore quarterback Shea Patterson was holding the Ole Miss Rebels together for most of the 2017 campaign. A team ravaged by an off-season scandal just got put in an even worse situation. According to USA Today, Patterson will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury.

Ole Miss could not afford to lose any other key player, especially not its best player overall. It’s a shame too that this comes down the stretch for the Rebels when they really could have started to build some momentum to start of the 2018 college football season.

Both Patterson and sophomore wide receiver A.J. Brown had been combining to form one of the best young QB-WR duos in the nation. The last five games of the season could have given this squad a chance to win at least six games.

Junior transfer quarterback Jordan Ta’amu should now take the starting reigns in place of Patterson. It should have been an afterthought for Ole Miss fans for who would take over this offense after Patterson. He has one of the brightest futures of any offensive player in the SEC.

Ole Miss does not have the ability to become bowl eligible this season. The Rebels looked to be making a decent run toward a winning season, with victories over the Vanderbilt Commodores, South Alabama Jaguars, and UT-Martin.

Now, let’s take a look at three bold predictions for the Ole Miss Rebels for the rest of the season after the season-ending injury to quarterback Shea Patterson.