Good morning, Everydayers. It’s Tuesday of Georgia week, and both head coaches talked Monday. Pete Golding isn’t expecting Kewan Lacy on Saturday night. Kirby Smart called Trinidad Chambliss probably the best quarterback in the country. And tonight, the first College Football Playoff rankings come out. Today’s LOOM Flagship has all of it.
☕ Morning Coffee
“Let’s see who blinks.”
That’s how Steven closed today’s LOOM Flagship. Georgia has the sacks and the game manager. Ole Miss has the quarterback the other coach just called probably the best in the country, plus the crowd that coach is worried about. Three things from Monday:
- Pete Golding gave away the plan for beating Georgia. First the news: “We’re not expecting to have him this week,” he said of Lacy, so the backfield that ran for 224 yards against Auburn is the plan again. Then he explained last season. In Athens the defense “didn’t communicate very well,” missed tackles and gave up explosive passes. In the Sugar Bowl it stopped the run on early downs, forced turnovers and made two big fourth-down stops. His line of the week: “If you can’t stop the run versus those guys, it’s a long night.” He called Gunner Stockton “an elite game manager” who doesn’t beat himself, which means Ole Miss has to take the ball away, not wait for it.
- The most interesting thing Golding said was about his own quarterback. What changed for Chambliss after halftime against Auburn? He had to “quit trying to live up to this expectation and all this hype.” He went 13 of 19 for 163 yards and two touchdowns after that. Steven’s take: “Not the hype version, the free version.” Golding also said a road night game costs the visitor “almost a day and a half” of preparation, and that he won’t watch tonight’s rankings. Ole Miss will “look up in December.” The goal is a December game in Oxford, not a December game on an airplane.
- Kirby Smart spent his press conference talking up Ole Miss. Asked how you defend Chambliss, his first words were “How long you got?” He called him pinpoint accurate, said his anticipation is “probably unmatched” and that his pocket presence doesn’t get enough credit. Then came Georgia’s plan: “You’re not like tricking the guy.” Tackle, bat balls, force turnovers, win third down. The matchup to watch is Georgia’s 26 sacks against an Ole Miss line that hasn’t allowed one in 137 pass-blocking snaps. And Smart called Oxford “an atmosphere that’s extremely hard to play in.”
📰 New On The Hub
“How Long You Got?”: Kirby Smart On Trinidad Chambliss, And Why Georgia Can’t Trick Him. Everything Georgia’s coach said about the Ole Miss quarterback, from the “wow plays” to the pocket presence he thinks people miss.
“We’re Not Expecting To Have Him This Week”: Pete Golding On Kewan Lacy, Stopping Georgia’s Run Game And Chambliss Cutting Loose. The Lacy news, Athens vs. New Orleans, the linebackers, Tony Mitchell, and why he isn’t watching tonight.
🏈 The Numbers
- 4: days to Georgia
- 0.1: Georgia’s margin in the LOOM Model. A coin flip
- 30 of 31: Ole Miss red zone trips that ended in points
- 137: straight pass-blocking snaps without allowing a sack
- 26: Georgia sacks this season, after 20 all of last season
- 16: straight home wins, the second-longest active streak in FBS
- 21: straight games with a touchdown pass for Chambliss. Chad Kelly’s record is 22
- 80-38: women’s basketball’s opener over Alcorn State
🎤 What They Said
If you can’t stop the run versus those guys, it’s a long night and has been for a long time.
Pete Golding, on Georgia
There’s not a perfect remedy. If there was, somebody would have done it.
Kirby Smart, on defending Trinidad Chambliss
Our team is not mature yet.
Yolett McPhee-McCuin, after an 80-38 opener
Not the hype version, the free version.
Steven Willis, on today’s LOOM Flagship
🏥 Injury Watch
| Player | Status |
|---|---|
| Kewan Lacy, RB | Not expected vs. Georgia. Golding: “We’re not expecting to have him this week.” |
| Luke Ferrelli, LB | Ankle. A game-time decision vs. Auburn; started but “didn’t feel like he was at 100%.” |
| Jalyn Crawford, CB | Shoulder, from Austin. Played four snaps vs. Auburn. No new update Monday. |
| Ellis Robinson, Georgia | Smart: “He looks good. I mean, hopefully he’ll be good to go.” |
🏆 Tonight: The First Playoff Rankings
| Poll | Ole Miss |
|---|---|
| AP | No. 12 |
| Coaches | No. 12 |
| CFP | First rankings tonight, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN |
Georgia is No. 2 in the AP poll. Golding won’t be watching tonight: “We control our destiny every Saturday.” We’ll have what the committee thinks on tomorrow’s show.
📈 The Line And The LOOM Model
Per FanDuel, logged in our betting sheet Sunday morning, Nov. 1: Georgia -3.5, total 56.5. Lines move, so check FanDuel for the current number.
The LOOM Model has it closer: Georgia by 0.1, a coin flip. Georgia rates 2.6 points better on a neutral field, almost exactly what the model gives back for home field. Full LOOM SEC Power Ratings.
The show reads the market. It does not make picks.
🔮 Next: Georgia
| Matchup | No. 2 Georgia (7-1) at No. 12 Ole Miss (6-2, 4-2 SEC) |
| Kickoff | Saturday, Nov. 7 · 6:30 p.m. CT / 7:30 p.m. ET |
| Where | Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford |
| TV | ABC |
| Last meeting | Ole Miss 39, Georgia 34, Sugar Bowl |
Four days to Georgia. A win would be the 17th straight at home, a new program record.
🏀 Hoops Is Back: Coach Yo Opens 80-38
Ole Miss women’s basketball opened Monday with an 80-38 win over Alcorn State on Kids Day at The SJB Pavilion. The Rebels forced 26 turnovers and outrebounded Alcorn State 48-28. Jaida Civil scored 17, Jada Richard and Jade Tillman had 14 apiece, Tillman added 11 rebounds, and Doneelah Washington blocked seven shots. Coach Yo still wants more: “Our team is not mature yet.”
Next: North Alabama, Thursday, 6 p.m. CT, SEC Network+. The full story: Coach Yo on an 80-38 opener.
📻 This Week On Locked On Ole Miss
| Monday | LOOM Flagship: Ole Miss Showed How To Beat Georgia | Trinidad Chambliss Got Right |
| Today | LOOM Flagship: Kirby Smart: Chambliss Is Probably The Best QB In The Country |
| On the Hub | Kirby Smart on Chambliss · Golding on Lacy and Georgia · Coach Yo’s 80-38 opener · LOOM SEC Power Ratings |
🔗 Five Clicks
1. College Football Playoff sets its 2026 rankings release schedule (FBSchedules)
The first rankings come out tonight at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN, and there are five more Tuesdays after it.
2. CFP rankings predictions: a top 25 projection before the first reveal (NCAA.com)
Where one projection has the two-loss Rebels before the committee speaks.
3. Making the Heisman case for Trinidad Chambliss (On3)
Kirby Smart just made part of it for him. Saturday night on ABC is the stage.
4. Nine thousand screaming kids and one dominant Ole Miss defense (HottyToddy.com)
Kids Day, 26 forced turnovers and Doneelah Washington’s seven blocks.
5. The LOOM Model calls Georgia at Ole Miss a coin flip (OleMissHub)
The first LOOM SEC Power Ratings: Ole Miss alone at No. 4, and Saturday at Georgia by 0.1.
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Four days to Georgia. Hotty Toddy. 🦈
