It’s here. No. 8 Ole Miss hosts No. 7 LSU tonight at 6:30 in Oxford, ESPN’s College GameDay is set up in the Grove, and Lane Kiffin makes his first trip back to Vaught-Hemingway in enemy colors — the first top-10 meeting in this rivalry since 1962. Today’s links run football-first: the final injury picture, the odds, the tempo battle, the staff picks and the scene on the ground. Hotty Toddy.
Football
Friday’s LSU and Ole Miss injury report: Leavitt removed entirely
Sat., Sep. 19 · last 24 hours. LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt was scrubbed from the final injury report entirely after a limited practice week, and Oxford is buzzing that it’s Kiffin gamesmanship more than a real ailment. Expect him to play. For the Rebels, the sheet stayed quiet — Pete Golding’s group heads to kickoff largely healthy. (Yahoo Sports)
First Top 10 matchup since 1962: Why Ole Miss vs. LSU is rare
Sat., Sep. 19 · last 24 hours. Not since Johnny Vaught’s 1962 national champions has this rivalry put two top-10 teams on the same field — a 64-year wait. No. 8 Ole Miss welcomes No. 7 LSU with the all-time ledger reading 64-43-4 in the Tigers’ favor, but the Rebels carry a one-game streak after last year’s 24-19 upset. (HottyToddy)
Football vs. LSU: What to Watch For
Fri., Sep. 18 · last 24 hours. The official preview leans on Kewan Lacy, whose rushing-touchdown streak has reached 11 straight games — second-longest active in FBS — with 27 career scores tied for third in program history. It also flags eight Louisiana natives on the roster and Golding’s brutal early slate of ranked opponents. (Ole Miss Athletics)
No. 7 vs. No. 8 Ole Miss: How to Watch, Odds, Injuries, and More
Fri., Sep. 18 · last 24 hours. Everything for kickoff: 6:30 p.m. CT at Vaught-Hemingway, on ABC, both teams 2-0. Vegas opened LSU as a field-goal favorite (LSU -3) with the total at a lofty 58.5 — a number that says the oddsmakers expect points. We don’t do picks here; that’s simply where Vegas set the line. (Sports Illustrated)
Ole Miss Has a Chance to Control the Pace of the LSU Game
Fri., Sep. 18 · last 24 hours. SI’s tactical angle: if Lacy and the ground game move the chains, Ole Miss can shorten the night, keep Trinidad Chambliss efficient and force LSU to chase from behind. Time of possession, the piece argues, could be the quiet edge that decides a game this evenly matched. (Sports Illustrated)
HottyToddy.com staff predicts No. 7 LSU at No. 8 Ole Miss
Fri., Sep. 18 · last 24 hours. The home staff is all-in on the Rebels: all three writers picked Ole Miss, citing Vaught-Hemingway’s noise and questions at LSU quarterback. Scores ranged from a 48-45 shootout to a tidier 37-34, while the EA College Football sim spit out a 17-7 Ole Miss defensive grind. (HottyToddy)
Oxford, MS gears up for massive Rebel vs. Tiger showdown
Fri., Sep. 18 · last 24 hours. Crews worked overnight raising tents in the Grove as Oxford braces for a flood of fans and Kiffin’s first trip back. Students say it’s inescapable — “all over my TikTok,” one told Yahoo — while extra law enforcement rolls in for the most charged night the town has seen in years. (Yahoo Sports)
Ole Miss’ history with College GameDay
Wed., Sep. 17 · last 48 hours. ESPN’s College GameDay returns to the Grove for just the third time — and the Rebels are 2-0 at home when it visits, having beaten Alabama in 2014 (Katy Perry on the picks desk) and Texas A&M in 2021, when a guest picker named Lane Kiffin sided with Ole Miss. Different colors this time. (The Daily Mississippian)
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