Good morning, Everydayers, and thank you for another day of our 10 Million View Celebration week. Today’s LOOM Flagship crosses over with Locked On Auburn, and Ole Miss legend Bill Flowers has a warning about the Auburn quarterback.
🏈 Legend Speaks: Bill Flowers
Ole Miss legend Bill Flowers joined Locked On Ole Miss on Wednesday, and he didn’t blame Trinidad Chambliss for the first half in Austin. He blamed Will Muschamp’s plan: “Every play that you could possibly run, he had it covered.” His split of the night: “I’m giving the first half to Will Muschamp, and the second half I give it to John David.”
Flowers wants a “bulky old school” 4-3 look in the bag for run downs: “If you’ve got a tool in your tool bag and you’re not willing to use it, that’s your fault.” And his worry for Saturday is Byrum Brown deciding to run first: “He’s going to run all over us.”
Flowers’s final score for Saturday is his alone, so it stays out of this newsletter. He says he’ll be at the game.
Watch the full Bill Flowers conversation
☕ Morning Coffee
“Auburn needs help to win this game.”
That’s Zac Blackerby of Locked On Auburn on today’s LOOM Flagship, a crossover that took Ole Miss vs. Auburn from both sides. Three things from the show:
- Auburn needs help. Zac Blackerby’s path for Auburn is the one it rode to Athens: start fast, find an identity, and get everyone on defense to “play out of their mind.” But he said it plainly: “Auburn needs help to win this game.” That means a Chambliss turnover, a fumble or bad Ole Miss penalties.
- Chambliss is the storyline. He was 6 of 18 with two interceptions in the first half at Texas. Steven can forgive what Muschamp did and the drops. The open misses are the worry: “It’s the open misses, the opportunities to make plays against good teams. That will come back to bite you every single time.”
- Oxford is a different building. Ole Miss has won 15 straight at home and lost three there since 2021. Steven’s line: “The Vaught-Hemingway Stadium that Auburn fans are just so used to going into, that doesn’t exist right now.” Zac agreed: “That has dramatically changed.”
🏥 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
- 15: straight home wins for Ole Miss heading into Saturday
- 3: home losses for Ole Miss since 2021
- 6 of 18: Chambliss in the first half at Texas, with two interceptions
- 480: Byrum Brown’s rushing yards this season, per Ole Miss Athletics
- 47: Makhi Frazier’s rushing yards on six carries at Texas
🎤 What They Said
Auburn needs help to win this game.
Zac Blackerby, Locked On Auburn
The Vaught-Hemingway Stadium that Auburn fans are just so used to going into, that doesn’t exist right now.
Steven Willis
If you’ve got a tool in your tool bag and you’re not willing to use it, that’s your fault.
Bill Flowers, on a 4-3 look
📈 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 |
Two days to Auburn. Nine 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 show with Zac Blackerby |
| Wednesday | LOOM Flagship on the Purchase, Odom and Townsend pressers, plus Ole Miss legend Bill Flowers |
| Today | LOOM Flagship: the Locked On Auburn crossover with Zac Blackerby |
| Tonight | SEC After Dark, live at 9 p.m. ET |
| On the Hub | Four of the last five at home, and winning out points toward Atlanta · Purchase: 100 yards on 2 rushes · Odom on the slow starts · Townsend on life without Lacy |
🔗 Five Clicks
1. Byrum Brown’s rushing ability creates a difficult matchup for Ole Miss (HottyToddy.com)
What the Auburn quarterback does with his legs, and why it tests the Ole Miss run defense.
2. Ole Miss’ “no days off” policy has an exception (HottyToddy.com)
Mondays stay free. The focus in meetings and practice is what Golding says has to change.
3. Auburn coaches discuss the Ole Miss defense (AL.com via Yahoo Sports)
Alex Golesh and Joel Gordon on what they see from the Rebels up front.
4. Football vs. Auburn: Practice Report (Ole Miss Athletics)
The official notes from Wednesday’s practice.
5. Ole Miss basketball: positives and problems after the UAB win (HottyToddy.com)
Chris Beard on what to fix before the regular season starts.
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