Ole Miss 26 Oklahoma 14

More of the same from Ole Miss. Good defense and so-so offense. It keeps jumping out to me that the running game doesn’t have an identity. It wants to use Robert Parrish, but the fans seem to want Ulysses Bentley. I agree about that, but I disagree with what seems to be the prevailing sentiment about the plays that use J.J. Pegues as a running back. I don’t like them. Let a running back pick up those junkyard scores. Surely one Ole Miss running back can reliably gain one yard. This offense continues to be a mess, and it really needs to get it’s act together with a trip to Arkansas this Saturday, and the pigs are coming off a 58-something throttling of Mississippi State. Arkansas just ran roughshod right over State. Now, Ole Miss won’t get gassed by any team with its rugged defense, and that’s the thing. It ought to be just drag racing teams right off the track with a fleet and agile passing attack that is supported by a base of timely running. It is the running part that seems to have stymied Ole Miss. I’ve said it once before, but I think Kiffin misses Judkins in the back field. Parrish has been fine, and Bently was good against LSU, but teams just seem to have Ole Miss’ number. The running game is going to be key to winning against both Arkansas and Georgia. The set up couldn’t be better, really. If Ole Miss gan establish its running game early it will likely win. If not, look for another grind-it-out style contest. Very frustrating to watch this disaster unfold. One keeps thiking that this will be the week the offense finds itself, and it just keeps on waddling out and laying an egg. 26 points is going to win some games but the Rebels ought to be hitting the 40s.