Good morning, Everydayers, and thank you for another day of our 10 Million View Celebration week. Ole Miss players had their say Tuesday. Blake Purchase found the Texas game in two runs, Caleb Odom owned the slow starts, and Delano Townsend says the line sees no drop-off without Kewan Lacy.
☕ Morning Coffee
“We never try to lose, but, you know, never at home.”
That’s Ole Miss left guard Delano Townsend on Tuesday, asked about 15 straight wins at Vaught-Hemingway. Today’s LOOM Flagship was built from three player press conferences. Here’s what they said.
🏈 Blake Purchase Found Texas In Two Runs
Ole Miss defensive end Blake Purchase went back to the Texas film and came out with a number: “Like 100 or something plus yards on 2 rushes.” It’s his own count, and he hedged it, but it lines up with Pete Golding’s 121 fourth-quarter rushing yards from the 10:30 mark on, across two plays with missed tackles in the hole.
Purchase’s fix is angles, not talent: “leveraging the ball, taking good angles on tackles.” His plan for Auburn quarterback Byrum Brown, who has 480 rushing yards per Ole Miss Athletics: “Get multiple guys on him because he’s definitely a hard guy to get down.” And the mindset: “Now we got to go 1-0 every day.”
Read the Purchase story on the Hub
🎯 Caleb Odom On The Slow Starts
Ole Miss has scored on its first drive once this season, against Charlotte. Tight end Caleb Odom didn’t point at one group: “We just got to be better, like just period.” The fix: “play faster, play more physical to start off.”
On Trinidad Chambliss saying Ole Miss has to win out: “Win out is obviously what we want to do,” but “that starts with this Tuesday practice. Tomorrow’s Wednesday practice. Thursday’s walkthrough.” His road plan, every time: “to empty the stadium.” And his scouting report on Auburn: “very similar to Texas.”
Read the Odom story on the Hub
🛡️ Delano Townsend: “Never At Home”
Kewan Lacy is out for Auburn. Asked how much that changes things up front, left guard Delano Townsend said, “Not a lot,” and added, “I don’t think it’s like really a drop-off,” with Makhi Frazier stepping in. The line didn’t allow a sack at Texas with Terez Davis out, and Townsend credited the depth: “us not missing a beat.”
On 15 straight wins at Vaught-Hemingway: “We never try to lose, but, you know, never at home.” On Auburn: “They’re a good football team, you know, but it’s about what we do.”
Read the Townsend story on the Hub
🏥 Injury Report
| Player | Status |
|---|---|
| Kewan Lacy, RB | Out vs. Auburn (dislocated shoulder) |
| Terez Davis, LT | Expected back this week |
| Edwin Joseph, DB | Doubtful: “Don’t feel great about it this week” |
| Will Echoles, DT | Left the Texas game for an IV (dehydration) and returned |
🏈 The Numbers
- 2: runs Texas got “100 or something plus” yards on, by Blake Purchase’s own film count
- 121: Texas rushing yards in the fourth quarter from the 10:30 mark on, per Golding
- 1: first-drive scores for Ole Miss this season (Charlotte)
- 480: Byrum Brown’s rushing yards this season, the most on Auburn
- 15: straight home wins for Ole Miss heading into Saturday
🎤 What They Said
Get multiple guys on him because he’s definitely a hard guy to get down.
Blake Purchase, on Byrum Brown
We just got to be better, like just period.
Caleb Odom, on the slow starts
We never try to lose, but, you know, never at home.
Delano Townsend, on the home streak
📈 The Line
Per FanDuel, as of 9:13 a.m. ET Monday, Oct. 26: Ole Miss -12.5, total 57.5. Moneyline: Ole Miss -530, Auburn +390. Lines move, so check FanDuel for the current number.
The show reads the market. It does not make picks.
🔮 Next: Auburn
| Matchup | Auburn (4-3) at No. 12 Ole Miss (5-2, 3-2 SEC) |
| Kickoff | Saturday, Oct. 31 · 11:45 a.m. CT / 12:45 p.m. ET |
| Where | Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford |
| TV | SEC Network |
| Series | 49th meeting. Auburn leads 35-13 on the field (35-12 after vacated games). Ole Miss won the last one, 28-21 at Auburn in 2023 |
Three days to Auburn. Ten to Georgia.
📻 This Week on Locked On Ole Miss
| Monday | LOOM Flagship on the Texas loss and the SEC lines, plus Ole Miss legend John Fourcade |
| Tuesday | LOOM Flagship on Kewan Lacy and Golding’s defense, then a live Auburn crossover with Zac Blackerby of Locked On Auburn |
| Today | LOOM Flagship: Purchase, Odom and Townsend on Texas and Auburn |
| Thursday | SEC After Dark, live at 9 p.m. ET |
| On the Hub | Purchase: 100 yards on 2 rushes · Odom on the slow starts · Townsend on life without Lacy |
🔗 Five Clicks
1. Ole Miss has no more Saturdays to waste (HottyToddy.com)
Golding’s no-days-off message after Texas, and why his players say every practice counts now.
2. Ole Miss isn’t waiting until January to worry about January (HottyToddy.com)
Golding on the weekly front-office reports and the roster conversations already underway for 2027.
3. What should Ole Miss expect from Byrum Brown? (The Ole Miss Spirit)
The designed runs, the scrambles, and the extra defender Brown forces you to account for.
4. Auburn’s rushing attack has to find itself again at Ole Miss (Auburn Observer)
The view from the other side: the run game that beat Georgia went missing against LSU.
5. Auburn players are ready to “go back to work” (Auburn Wire via Yahoo Sports)
How the Tigers are handling the LSU loss on the way to Oxford.
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