Good morning, Everydayers. One day to Norman. All week you’ve heard how Oklahoma wins this game. Today’s LOOM Flagship flips it: three reasons Ole Miss wins anyway, the keys and the players to watch, how the FanDuel number moved all week, and Steven’s final score. And Ole Miss legend Todd Wade says he’s never seen this team so unprepared, then picks the Rebels by 11.
🎙️ Legend Speaks: Todd Wade
I’ve never seen our team so unprepared.
Todd Wade, on the Georgia loss
Ole Miss legend Todd Wade joins Steven in today’s 5:00 PM ET episode. He gives Georgia full credit, but the Georgia loss bothered him for another reason: “I’ve never seen our team so unprepared.”
He isn’t worried about the line without Patrick Kutas. “We have, let’s just say, 7 offensive linemen that can all play pretty well,” he said, “especially in pass protection.” His plan for Norman: move the chains first, then take your shots. “This doesn’t need to be a tight game. We need to go there and take care of business.” His pick: Ole Miss 24, Oklahoma 13. Watch Todd Wade’s episode.
And on Wednesday, Ole Miss legend Bill Flowers called the Georgia loss “100% the coaching” and has Ole Miss 28-21. Watch Bill Flowers’s episode.
☕ Morning Coffee
“The Defense Just Has To Be Average.”
That’s Steven on today’s LOOM Flagship, the Why Ole Miss Wins episode. Three reasons:
- Ole Miss finds the explosive plays. Oklahoma’s defense is the real thing: 304.6 yards and 175.4 passing yards allowed a game through eight games, and it held Florida to seven. You don’t beat it with 12-play drives. You beat it with two or three plays of 30-plus. Last year in Norman, Trinidad Chambliss threw for 315 and ran for 53, and Brent Venables still remembers it: “He got us when we had him.”
- An average defense is enough. Oklahoma scores 22.1 points a game and has scored 25 or fewer in seven of nine. Jason Witten’s first game calling plays beat Florida 23-7 with a 20-play drive that took 12:45 off the clock. Average means win first down, tackle the ball carrier and make them go 75 yards without a mistake.
- Shekai Mills-Knight gets 20 carries and takes the job. Kewan Lacy is out again, so it’s Mills-Knight’s backfield. Twenty carries keeps Witten’s offense on the sideline and sets up the play-action that creates reason one. Steven’s call: he takes the job.
🏈 The Numbers
- 22.1: Oklahoma’s points per game
- 7 of 9: Oklahoma games with 25 points or fewer
- 315 and 53: Chambliss’s passing and rushing yards in Norman last year
- 3-0: Ole Miss all-time against Oklahoma
- -1.5 and 49.5: Ole Miss’s spread and the total on FanDuel, Thursday morning
- 1: day to Oklahoma
🔑 The Keys
- The defense has to be serviceable early. Last year Ole Miss converted nine third downs to Oklahoma’s four. A couple of early three-and-outs give the offense extra possessions to figure out what Venables is doing.
- Ole Miss needs number 1 to look like number 1. Deuce Alexander had seven catches and a touchdown against LSU and seven for 134 and a touchdown at Florida. One or two wins downfield keep Oklahoma’s safeties out of the box.
- The offensive line without Patrick Kutas. Troy Everett, a former Sooner, is expected at right guard, per Ole Miss On SI. Oklahoma averages 2.8 sacks a game.
Players to watch: Trinidad Chambliss, Shekai Mills-Knight and tight end Caleb Odom, who had 27 catches for 360 yards and two touchdowns through eight games. When Oklahoma’s linebackers come up for Mills-Knight, Odom is the man behind them.
🎤 What They Said
The defense just has to be average.
Steven Willis, on today’s LOOM Flagship
He got us when we had him.
Brent Venables, on Trinidad Chambliss
He’s got all the right stuff, all the right qualities.
Brent Venables, on Jason Witten (OKCFox)
This doesn’t need to be a tight game.
Todd Wade
🎯 The Number And The Picks
On FanDuel, Ole Miss opened the week as a 2.5-point favorite Sunday morning, -132 on the moneyline. By Monday evening it was 1.5. As of Thursday morning it’s still Ole Miss -1.5, but the moneyline is -110 both ways. A pick ’em. The total, 49.5, hasn’t moved.
Steven’s read: Ole Miss lost by 35 at home and still opened as the road favorite, so the market respects this team. But every move since Sunday has gone toward Oklahoma. The money is buying the idea that the Florida game was real.
| Steven Willis | Ole Miss 24, Oklahoma 21 |
| Todd Wade | Ole Miss 24, Oklahoma 13 |
| Bill Flowers | Ole Miss 28, Oklahoma 21 |
| Tom Vanderford | Ole Miss 26, Oklahoma 22 |
| Jay Smith, Locked On Sooners | Oklahoma 23, Ole Miss 20 |
🔮 Next: Oklahoma
| Matchup | Ole Miss (6-3, 4-3 SEC) at Oklahoma (5-4) |
| Kickoff | Saturday, Nov. 14 · 3:15 p.m. CT / 4:15 p.m. ET |
| Where | Norman, Okla. |
| Out for Ole Miss | RG Patrick Kutas, RB Kewan Lacy (Pete Golding, Monday). Ole Miss On SI also lists LB Keaton Thomas out |
| 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 is game day on Locked On Ole Miss, with a pregame show and a postgame show.
📰 New On The Hub
Oklahoma Misses A Lot Of Tackles, And Ole Miss Is Bringing A Back Who Breaks Contact.
Talaysia Cooper Hit Seven Threes, And Coach Yo Still Called Ole Miss A Three Out Of 10.
📻 On Locked On Ole Miss
🔗 Five Clicks
1. Ole Miss is down four starters at Oklahoma (Ole Miss On SI)
Tyler Komis on who’s out, including leading tackler Keaton Thomas.
2. Everything Pete Golding said Monday (The Rebel Walk)
The full transcript, from Kutas to Lacy to the Sooners.
3. Venables says Jason Witten could be the permanent play caller (OKCFox)
The Oklahoma side of the Witten story, days after the Florida win.
4. Ole Miss needs to regroup before the trip to Norman (National Football Post)
The wire preview, including Oklahoma’s own injury list.
5. Ole Miss has an offensive line decision to make (Ole Miss On SI)
Troy Everett, a former Sooner, is in line to replace Kutas at right guard.
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One day to Oklahoma. Hotty Toddy. 🦈
