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Hit That Line: Time for Ole Miss to prove it belongs

Ben Garrettby: Ben Garrett10/05/24SpiritBen
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The ‘Hit That Line’ crew is back together for an all-new, pre-South Carolina edition of ‘The Flagship,’ powered by College Corner and the Ole Miss Spirit (OMSpirit.com). 

A week away for the guys and all hell broke loose for the now-No. 12 Ole Miss football Rebels. The Gamecocks (3-1, 1-1 SEC) host the Rebels (4-1, 0-1 SEC) Saturday at 2:30 p.m. CT on ESPN.

“Really hard place to play — going on the road to South Carolina with a really good team,” Ole Miss fifth-year head coach Lane Kiffin said this week. “A team that’s one penalty away from being undefeated and ranked really high. 

“These guys are much improved from last year, especially on defense. This is going to be a really big challenge about us improving this week.”

Can Ole Miss rebound? The Rebels are certainly teetering after a brutal first loss. 

“Great opportunity for us to work this week to get back on track,” Kiffin said. “We made more mistakes than (Kentucky), and they made more critical plays in situations than we did. First time we lost the turnover margin and lost the explosive-play battle. 

“So, that usually leads to that.”

‘Hit That Line’ says it’s time Ole Miss got off the mat and went and proved it belonged. Oh, and we have Week 6 winners.

“(Kentucky) was a really great wake-up call for us,” defensive tackle Walter Nolen said. The Rebels are a nine-point favorite in Columbia, according to DraftKings. The line was originally Ole Miss -11.5.

Nolen continued, “I feel like we all needed that as a team. Just get back to work and really just punish everybody in front of us for the rest of the season.”

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