Good morning, Rebel fans. It is a quieter Sunday in Oxford after a loud Saturday in the Swamp: No. 21 Florida handed No. 4 Ole Miss its first loss of the season, 52-28, sending the Rebels into their bye week at 3-1 (1-1 SEC) with plenty to fix on defense. Here is everything worth reading from the last 24 hours, football first. Hotty Toddy.
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Football Drops First SEC Road Game at No. 21 Florida
Sat., Sep. 26 · last 24 hours. The Rebels’ unbeaten start ended in Gainesville, where Florida piled up nearly 500 yards and pulled away late for a 52-28 win. Ole Miss drops to 3-1, 1-1 in the SEC, and the official recap lays out how the Gators controlled the ball for almost 37 minutes and turned the fourth quarter into a rout. (Ole Miss Athletics)
No. 4 Ole Miss finds more pain in Gainesville in loss to No. 21 Florida
Sat., Sep. 26 · last 24 hours. The Oxford Eagle frames Saturday as history repeating in Gainesville, with the defense surrendering more than 300 rushing yards and the 52 points tying the most the Rebels have allowed in years. The upside: a bye week now gives Ole Miss time to regroup before the schedule tightens. (The Oxford Eagle)
Ole Miss suffers 24-point loss to Florida on the road
Sat., Sep. 26 · last 24 hours. The student paper’s account zeroes in on the defensive collapse: Florida ran for more than 300 yards and six scores while Ole Miss never led. Trinidad Chambliss kept it competitive with multiple touchdowns, but the Rebels could not get stops. Up next is a bye before Vanderbilt on October 10. (The Daily Mississippian)
Everything Pete Golding said after Rebels’ loss to Florida
Sat., Sep. 26 · last 24 hours. Pete Golding did not soften it, calling the night “an old-fashioned butt-whooping” across all three phases. HottyToddy has the full presser, where the head coach pointed to tackling, missed assignments and shaky kickoff coverage, and put the week’s preparation squarely on his staff as the bye arrives. (HottyToddy)
Pete Golding says Ole Miss defense had a ‘lack of courage’ against Florida
Sat., Sep. 26 · last 24 hours. Saturday Down South highlights Golding’s sharpest line: his defense showed “a lack of courage” and too much “ankle biting” against Florida’s power run game. The coach challenged his front to go chest-to-chest, a rare public callout after the Gators’ backs combined for well over 250 yards on the ground. (Saturday Down South)
Trinidad Chambliss was a Heisman favorite before the Florida loss. What happens now?
Sat., Sep. 26 · last 24 hours. Chambliss entered the weekend as a Heisman co-favorite, and Yahoo asks what the loss does to that campaign. He threw for 298 yards and ran for two scores but could not drag Ole Miss to a win. With the Rebels sliding out of the top 10, his path to New York got steeper. (Yahoo Sports)
Ole Miss football rankings: Where will the Rebels fall after Florida?
Sat., Sep. 26 · last 24 hours. Where do the Rebels land in the next polls? Yahoo projects a slide to roughly No. 13, reasoning that Ole Miss should not crater since every current top-10 team is unbeaten and Florida will climb. The open date arrives at a convenient moment before the stretch run begins. (Yahoo Sports)
Postgame Notes vs. Florida
Sat., Sep. 26 · last 24 hours. For the record-book crowd, the official notes mark Chambliss’s 100th career touchdown and his 17th straight game with a touchdown pass, plus Deuce Alexander’s second 100-yard receiving game of the season. Even in a lopsided loss, a handful of individual milestones fell in Gainesville. (Ole Miss Athletics)
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