Ole Miss vs. Kentucky: Early-Season Conference Battle

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00:003-30 kick in Lexington, coach.

00:03Ole Miss opened as a 10-point favorite.

00:06We're seeing 10-and-a-halves across multiple books.

00:10The last four meetings in the series have been decided by an average margin of victory

00:15of only 2-and-a-half points per game.

00:18We have Austin Simmons and Zach Calzada, the former Texas A&M standout,

00:25squaring off in this battle.

00:26I know you like Ole Miss, but I actually think Kentucky can be live in this matchup.

00:33Well, I mean, because of what Kentucky did to them last time,

00:36sometimes teams just match up against other teams,

00:39and I think that's kind of where you're coming from.

00:42Kentucky and their head coach, they match up well against Ole Miss,

00:45and you feel like that should last through another staff.

00:48But I really like Austin Simmons.

00:51You know, I follow where they were.

00:52He was a Pahokee high school player out of Florida,

00:55and their quarterbacks, I mean, I had Janoris Jenkins play for me.

00:59He was a quarterback and a great defensive back in the NFL.

01:03Anquan Bolden, my brother had him from Pahokee.

01:05Great quarterback in high school.

01:07This kid started as a ninth grader at Pahokee.

01:10Great talent, I think.

01:12And they're coming in under the radar.

01:14Nobody's expecting a whole lot about Ole Miss.

01:16The quarterback, nobody's ever really heard of because Jackson Dart was such a big name,

01:21and they had so many players.

01:23They were so ranked.

01:23I just think Ole Miss, and I know that I've coached against Lane Kiffin.

01:28He put three touchdowns on that Georgia State team last week just because he wanted to.

01:33And he's done that to me when I was at Akron.

01:36I coached against him in a bowl game.

01:38They were better, and they piled it on.

01:40If he has a chance, he was embarrassed last year.

01:43It ruined his season.

01:45I'm going with the over, and I'm going with the points.

01:49And I think they will come out and shine.