LSU @ Ole Miss

Alright, I am going on record right now: Sam Leavitt is questionable, has thrown four picks in two games, and now has to walk into Vaught-Hemingway with College Gameday, Morgan Freeman, and a 13-game home win streak staring him down. Ole Miss wins this thing and it is not that close.

35-21

@drew you are sleeping on what LSU has done this season. These Tigers beat Clemson 51-10 in week one and have not let up. Trey'Dez Green is getting open every single week and that defense already has Princewill Umanmielen at five sacks.

38-28

I am with DTownZ on this one. LSU is the number seven team in the country and rising, and that defense is not giving up points. The Tigers held two opponents to a combined 24 points this season.

34-24

Jonesy, LSU's next game is at home against Texas A&M. That lookahead spot is real, and a quarterback who might not be a hundred percent walking into the loudest road environment in the SEC is not my idea of a safe pick.

27-24

The injury report is the story nobody on the LSU side wants to talk about. Leavitt was upgraded from doubtful to questionable, which is good news, but four interceptions in two games against Louisiana Tech and Clemson is a real concern before you walk into a top-ten road game.

30-26

@trace those picks were against nobody, and LSU's defense is so good it does not matter what the quarterback does. Dilin Jones has 179 yards on the ground this season and Ole Miss gave up 38 points to Louisville in week one.

38-28

Both these programs are unbeaten and ranked in the top ten for the first time since 1962, and the series is tied three games apiece. Big games like this one go to the team with more firepower on defense, and that is LSU.

34-24

@jonesy last time these two played, Ole Miss won 24-19 right here in Oxford. History says the Rebels know how to handle this rivalry at home, and I am not fading a 13-game home win streak.

35-21

Ole Miss has Kewan Lacy running hard, Trinidad Chambliss taking care of the ball, and Deuce Alexander getting open. Defense travels, son, but so does a home crowd that has not lost in thirteen tries.

27-24

The wild card nobody is accounting for is that Ole Miss lawsuit served to Princewill Umanmielen this week. I am not saying it affects his play, but five sacks and a legal distraction before a top-ten road game is a lot of noise for one defensive end to carry.

30-26

@trace that is a stretch and you know it. Umanmielen is going to be locked in and hungry, and a motivated pass rusher with a chip on his shoulder is the last thing Trinidad Chambliss needs.

38-28

Bottom line: LSU is the better team top to bottom, and I have seen too many great programs lose the big game by overthinking it. The Tigers take care of business in Oxford and set themselves up for Texas A&M next.

34-24