Good morning, Everydayers. Texas is reportedly without the best pass rusher in the country, Pete Golding says Arch Manning should be the top pick in the draft, and an Ole Miss legend weighs in on Saturday.
🏈 Legend Speaks: John Fourcade
Ole Miss great John Fourcade joined Locked On Ole Miss on Monday, two days after Trinidad Chambliss moved past him on the school’s career passing list. Fourcade’s reaction: “I don’t think he’s all about the stats and he’s about winning.”
His read on the Missouri game was blunt: “They won it by defense.” He singled out Will Echoles (“That kid’s a beast”) and said the John David Baker offense is better than its numbers because “when they get in the red zone, they’re calling their red zone plays.” Ole Miss is 24 for 24 in the red zone this season.
His pick for Saturday, and his alone: “I got the Rebels winning this game.”
What we couldn’t confirm: Fourcade’s comments on Arch Manning’s future at Texas and his relationship with Steve Sarkisian are his opinion, not reporting. We haven’t seen them confirmed anywhere, so they’re not in this newsletter.
Read the full Fourcade conversation on the Hub.
☕ Morning Coffee
“That’s the biggest break that Ole Miss football has gotten all season long.”
That is how Steven opened today’s LOOM Flagship, on the news that Texas star Colin Simmons is reportedly out. Three things from the show:
- The break. Yahoo Sports reported Monday that Simmons is out multiple weeks with a high ankle sprain, and Orangebloods reported three to four weeks. Texas has not confirmed it. Simmons leads the country with 10.5 sacks and 16 tackles for loss. Ole Miss leads the SEC in fewest sacks allowed, 0.83 a game.
- Golding on Arch and Sark. “I’ll get you a 25-play cut-up and he should be the top pick in the draft.” Golding called Steve Sarkisian “one of the best play callers in the country” and said the Texas skid is partly “bad luck.” His reminder: “Somehow it’s been lost that they’ve beat the number 1 team in the country.”
- Golding’s warning. After 31-3, he went looking for what went wrong. “Sometimes there’s a false confidence that’s created based on outcomes,” he said. “We might have got lucky, right?” Steven: that is how you avoid a trap in Austin.
🏈 The Numbers
| Ole Miss | Texas | |
|---|---|---|
| Record | 5-1 (3-1 SEC) | 4-2 (1-2 SEC) |
| Last game | W 31-3 vs. No. 13 Missouri | L 27-24 vs. Florida |
| The pass rush matchup | 0.83 sacks allowed a game, SEC best | Colin Simmons, 10.5 sacks (reportedly out) |
- 24 for 24 in the red zone for Ole Miss, with 21 touchdowns
- 9 of 11 on field goals and 26 of 26 on extra points for Lucas Carneiro
- 29 rushing touchdowns for Kewan Lacy since the start of 2025
- Two Texas losses this month, both 27-24, to Oklahoma and Florida
🏆 In the Polls
| Poll | Ole Miss |
|---|---|
| AP | No. 7 |
| Coaches | No. 7 |
Texas is No. 19 in the AP poll.
🎤 They Said What? Golding on Texas
The conception of that he’s not an elite player right now is crazy to me.
Pete Golding, on Arch Manning
Golding worked with Sarkisian at Alabama, and he told reporters how Texas wants to beat you: get the run game going to set up play-action. If Ole Miss can’t stop the run on early downs, he said, “now you’re one-on-one with a first-round draft pick and you don’t like the matchup.” His answer is the same plan that held Missouri to 39 rushing yards: “We got to be violent up front.”
Read the full Golding press conference story on the Hub.
📈 The Line
Per FanDuel, as of Sunday morning, Oct. 18: Texas -3.5, total 55.5. That number was posted before Monday’s Simmons report.
The show reads the market. It does not make picks.
🔮 Next: at Texas
| Matchup | No. 7 Ole Miss (5-1, 3-1 SEC) at No. 19 Texas (4-2, 1-2 SEC) |
| Kickoff | Saturday, Oct. 24 · 6:30 p.m. CT / 7:30 p.m. ET |
| Where | DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin |
| TV | ABC |
Four days to Texas. Eleven to Auburn.
📻 This Week on Locked On Ole Miss
| Monday | LOOM Flagship: what we learned from 31-3 · John Fourcade on Chambliss, Echoles and Texas |
| On the Hub | Golding: a 25-play cut-up would show Arch should go first · Chambliss passes Fourcade |
| Today | LOOM Flagship: Texas without Colin Simmons, and They Said What? with Pete Golding on Sark, Arch and his own team |
🔗 Five Clicks
1. Texas star Colin Simmons reportedly out multiple weeks (Yahoo Sports)
The report behind today’s LOOM Flagship.
2. Ole Miss offensive line makes a statement (Yahoo Sports)
The front that has kept Trinidad Chambliss clean all season.
3. Kickoff time set for the Auburn home game (olemisssports.com)
The school’s release for Halloween in Oxford.
4. Ole Miss adds a 22nd 2027 commitment (Saturday Down South)
The recruiting side of a good October. On3 is our source of truth on the numbers.
5. A make-or-break year for Ole Miss basketball? (Sports Illustrated)
Chris Beard’s season is almost here.
💬 Join the Everydayers
The Texas week thread is open in the LOOM Private Discord, free to join. Is Colin Simmons reportedly missing Saturday the biggest break of Ole Miss’s season?
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Texas week. Hotty Toddy. 🦈
