Miami vs. Ole Miss Preview: Can the Hurricanes Get it Done?

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00:00And I know that the Hurricanes fans certainly appreciate you.

00:03You picked them.

00:04Ironically, I think, if I'm not mistaken, to beat Texas A&M,

00:08and then you took them against the spread, against Ohio State,

00:11saying that they could win that game too.

00:13And so are you going to do it three times in a row here?

00:16I mean, Miami fans are loving those picks,

00:18but certainly they have not gone up against an offense,

00:22I don't think, like Mississippi, like they will tonight.

00:25The Canes are three-and-a-half-point favorites,

00:27but this is a very high total, 52-and-a-half in this.

00:31The oddsmakers, are they telling us, Paul, that Miami could play well,

00:35but that no matter what they do, the Rebs are going to score tonight?

00:39It certainly seems to be with the total that I see here, right?

00:42I tell you, it's such an intriguing matchup, Craig,

00:45when you look at how well Miami has been playing on defense

00:49and going up against an offense in Ole Miss

00:53that has perhaps, and no disrespect to Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback

00:59Fernando Mendoza, but Ole Miss perhaps has the hottest quarterback

01:02in all of college football in Trinidad Chambliss.

01:05And, man, it's going to be such an intriguing matchup again,

01:08seeing Chambliss and Ole Miss' high-octane score quite a few points,

01:14offense going against Miami's defense,

01:16as good as the Canes played in those first two victories,

01:19upset victories over both Texas A&M and Ohio State.

01:23I had been bullish on the Canes in the playoffs,

01:27but that's about to change with my recommendation here.

01:30In the first two games, obviously Miami was the underdog.

01:33Now they're wearing the favorites tag,

01:35favored by either three-and-a-half or three points.

01:38And you look at it, and not only is it Trinidad Chambliss

01:41versus that Miami defense, I think even more specifically,

01:44it's how does Ole Miss and Trinidad Chambliss respond to that Miami pass rush

01:50because Miami's pass rush has been critical to their season-long success

01:55and especially their success in the last two games, 46 sacks on the year.

02:00The Canes averaged 3.4 sacks a game, which is third nationally.

02:05Akeem Mesidor, 10-and-a-half sacks on the year.

02:08Reuben Bain Jr., not far behind at 8-and-a-half.

02:11A couple of guys who could be Thursday night draft picks

02:15in the upcoming April NFL draft.

02:17So how does Ole Miss combat that?

02:20And I think what they're going to do is I think Trinidad Chambliss

02:24is going to run the football some tonight.

02:26Early in the year, I think Ole Miss, I'll back up here.

02:30First of all, Ole Miss' starting quarterback to start the year

02:32was Austin Simmons, starts the first two games of this season for the Rebels,

02:37injures his ankle.

02:38Then Trinidad Chambliss comes in, and I think at first, Lane Kiffin,

02:44the then Ole Miss coach, and the Rebels thought that they had a guy

02:48in Trinidad Chambliss, the fairest stage transfer from Division II football.

02:52I think they thought they had more of an athlete than a quarterback.

02:56So he ran a lot early on in the season.

02:59He actually averaged 13-and-a-half carries a game in his first four games,

03:0454 carries in those four games, had, in the month of September alone,

03:1062 yards rushing against Arkansas, 112 yards rushing in the first meeting

03:15against Tulane, 71 against LSU.

03:18But down the stretch is they found out Trinidad Chambliss is a well-rounded

03:23quarterback, a guy who can play the position.

03:25They found out they had a passer.

03:27So Chambliss, after averaging 13-and-a-half carries in his first four games,

03:32only 6.2 carries in his last five.

03:36So he's not carrying the ball nearly as much.

03:38But tonight he's going to, because when a team brings that all-out pass rush,

03:42guys coming from the edge, trying to wrap around the tackles

03:45and beat them to the spot and those types of things,

03:49the way to combat that is to run the quarterback,

03:51and not just on plays where he uses his escape ability

03:54and scrambling ability to run, but on scripted running plays,

03:59whether it be a quarterback draw or some other type of designed run.

04:03I think they're going to run Trinidad Chambliss.

04:06I think it's going to be they're going to score some points.

04:08Is Ole Miss?

04:09I'm not sure Miami's quite revved up enough to keep up with the Rebels.

04:13I think the Rebels are going to win tonight over Miami,

04:16but I recommend Mississippi plus the points, plus three or plus three-and-a-half.

04:21Maybe for half your unit, and then maybe use the other half unit

04:24on Ole Miss at plus money on the money line.

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