Written by Bart Doan at Bloguin
How do the kids say it these days? If you’re an SEC “hater,” Ole Miss just became your favorite team.
Throughout the Rebels’ exsanguination of Texas A&M Saturday evening, one had to watch, mouth agape, thinking, “Where the heck has this been since they defeated Alabama?”
Ole Miss displayed its best self, a collection of elite talent on both sides of the ball, so good that if the other side is off a tick (against Alabama, the defense; against TAMU, the offense), the Rebels can still whip you right and good.
Oh, by the way, this same team that got gutted by Florida and was outclassed cleanly by Memphis of the AAC? It could win the SEC West.
So, it’s worth asking, since it’s not impossible or even ridiculously unlikely: What might the CFB Playoff committee do? We might find out just how important winning your conference … hell, winning your division … really is to those people who will choose on December 6.
The story goes like this: Ole Miss wins out. That’s it. It’s not entirely implausible at all. The Rebels have already won in Tuscaloosa. After SEC West wine-cellar scufflers Auburn and Arkansas, they’ll get a bye week before hosting LSU. Regardless of what happens with LSU and Alabama in a few weeks, Ole Miss would have tiebreaker wins over two SEC West teams that would finish with one loss.
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