Flagship Asks: Ole Miss is capable of making a CFP run in 2024, right?
On3’s Jesse Simonton takes a stab at the newly-expanded 12-team CFP bracket and who is capable of getting it done. In an interview with ESPN’s Chris Low, Georgia head coach Kirby Smart gave his thoughts on what it takes to get to the title game and raise the trophy. Is Ole Miss worthy?
“It keeps your hopes alive with one loss, maybe two,” the two-time national champion head coach said when asked about his thoughts on the 12-team playoff in 2024.
“A lot of coaches have complained that once they lost a game, their kids just said that they were done. There won’t be as much of that. Everybody’s fighting for the same thing, and that’s the beauty of making those last three or four weeks really, really eventful. I know some people say, ‘It devalues the late-season games because you’ll know you’re in.’ Well, there will be more people in the hunt now. So there will be a lot of meaningful games. That team with two losses late in the year that has played a tough schedule is going to be fighting and scratching to earn that 12th spot.”
FanDuel Sportsbook recently updated its title odd for next season, with 11 teams holding odds at +2800 or better.
Ole Miss’ odds are at +1500 as of today. On this edition of “The Flagship”, presented by College Corner, David Brandt and I look at the portal haul for Ole Miss and why it gives the Rebels as good a chance as any to make it to the CFP.
