Good morning, Everydayers. It’s Monday, and the 16-game home streak is over. Georgia 42, Ole Miss 7. Today’s LOOM Flagship goes through what we learned: why the defense, not the offense, was the biggest letdown, why Shekai Mills-Knight should be the starter, and the plan for the last three games. Five days to Oklahoma.
☕ Morning Coffee
“Ole Miss Got Whipped.”
That’s how Steven opened today’s LOOM Flagship: “Ole Miss didn’t really lose to Georgia on Saturday night. Ole Miss got whipped.” Offense, defense, special teams, all three. Three things from today’s show:
- The defense was the biggest letdown. Georgia ran for 295 yards and 481 total. Nate Frazier went for 107 on 16 carries, and Gunner Stockton needed only nine completions for 186 yards and four touchdowns, three to Talyn Taylor on throws that included 58 and 65 yards. This is the unit that shut down Missouri’s run game and held Auburn to 2.3 yards a carry. Against the best team on the schedule, Steven said, “it looked like September all over again.”
- Give Shekai Mills-Knight the job. A 35-yard touchdown against Vanderbilt, 75 yards and a touchdown against Auburn, and Saturday he was the one Rebel who finished a drive, scoring from the 8 to cap a 16-play, 75-yard march. “The best running back on Ole Miss’s roster right now is the one playing like he wants the job,” Steven said. “Give it to him.”
- What now for Pete Golding? Steven’s plan: treat Oklahoma, Wofford and the Egg Bowl as a three-game audit before the portal opens. A full workload for Caleb Cunningham, who had the best receiving grade on the team through six games, plus real snaps for the young players. “Win those games? Yes, absolutely,” he said. “But you need to find your holes while you’re doing it.”
🏈 The Numbers
- 42-7: Georgia, ending Ole Miss’s 16-game home winning streak in front of 68,814
- 295-66: rushing yards, Georgia to Ole Miss
- 481-252: total yards
- 9: completions Gunner Stockton needed for 186 yards and four touchdowns
- 5: Georgia sacks, for minus-40 yards
- 8 for 96: Horatio Fields, both career highs
- 56: yards on the missed first-quarter field goal, with Ole Miss down 7-0
- 5: days to Oklahoma
Official figures from the Ole Miss Athletics release. Full game recap on the Hub.
🎤 What They Said
I did not see that coming. I’m not going to lie to you … We obviously did not have them ready to play.
Pete Golding, after the game (via SuperTalk Mississippi)
Hats off to Kirby Smart and Georgia. That was a butt whooping.
Pete Golding (via SuperTalk Mississippi)
That’s not Ole Miss football. That’s not our standard.
Trinidad Chambliss (via SuperTalk Mississippi)
There’s a difference between aggressive and desperate, and there’s a difference between patient and passive.
Steven Willis, on today’s LOOM Flagship
⚖️ Kiffin Went For Everything. Golding Kicked.
Saturday was “a tale of two coaches, and both of them lost,” Steven said. Lane Kiffin’s LSU went 0-for-4 on fourth down against Alabama in Baton Rouge, including one from its own 25 in the fourth quarter, and lost 31-13. Pete Golding, down 7-0 in the first quarter, sent Lucas Carneiro out for a 56-yard field goal. It missed. Steven’s line: there’s a difference between aggressive and desperate, and between patient and passive. Against Georgia, the 56-yarder felt passive.
📈 The Line
As of Sunday morning on FanDuel: Ole Miss -2.5 at Oklahoma, Ole Miss -132 and Oklahoma +112 on the moneyline, total 49.5. A 35-point loss at home, and the market still has the Rebels as the road favorite. Lines move, so check FanDuel for the current number.
🔮 Next: Oklahoma
| Matchup | Ole Miss (6-3, 4-3 SEC) at Oklahoma |
| Kickoff | Saturday, Nov. 14 · 3:15 p.m. CT / 4:15 p.m. ET (as reported by the Clarion Ledger) |
| Where | Norman, Okla. |
| TV | SEC Network |
| Last meeting | Ole Miss 34, Oklahoma 26, in Norman, 2025 |
Then Wofford at home on Nov. 21 and the Egg Bowl on Friday, Nov. 27. Tomorrow on Locked On Ole Miss: Pete Golding’s Monday press conference, and whether anything changes for Oklahoma.
📰 New On The Hub
Thirty-Five to Nothing Into the Fourth: No. 2 Georgia Snaps a 16-Game Home Streak 42-7. The official game story.
Everyone In Georgia Week Gave The Same Answer, And It Wasn’t Trinidad Chambliss. The Week In Review.
Steven Willis Wants LSU Again In Atlanta, And Locked On Bets Picked Both Games That Way.
🏀 Hoops
Men’s basketball is 2-0 after a 92-60 win over Central Arkansas on Friday night, with 47 points in the first half. Full recap on the Hub.
📻 The Weekend On Locked On Ole Miss
🔗 Five Clicks
1. Golding: “We obviously did not have them ready to play” (SuperTalk Mississippi)
The full postgame from Golding and Chambliss, including Golding’s “I did not see that coming.”
2. The good, bad and ugly of the blowout (SI)
Mills-Knight and Horatio Fields were the bright spots. The rest of the list is long.
3. What Georgia left Ole Miss to feel good about (HottyToddy.com)
The playoff math after a third loss, and why the remaining schedule still leaves a path.
4. No. 10 Ole Miss lays an egg against No. 2 Georgia (Oxford Eagle)
The local game story, with Golding calling it a disappointing performance “in, really, all three phases.”
5. The delay after the pass interference call (Yahoo Sports)
Trash on the field and a roughly six-minute stoppage at 21-0. Not a good look.
💬 Join the Everydayers
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Five days to Oklahoma. Hotty Toddy. 🦈
