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Georgia Exposed Everything Ole Miss Had Built This Season in One Half
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This is the Depth Dossier: the Ole Miss Rebels, Week 10.
Ole Miss had built a sixteen-game home winning streak and a quarterback on a twenty-two-game touchdown run, and Georgia tore through both before halftime, winning 42 to 7 in Oxford.
This one was decided early. Georgia led 14 to nothing after a quarter and 28 to nothing at the half, scoring on long drives of 72, 96, 61 and 50 yards while Ole Miss barely crossed midfield in the first half. Quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, who'd torched this same Georgia defense for 362 yards in last year's Sugar Bowl, got buried under five sacks and finished 18 of 34 for 170 yards with an interception and a lost fumble before giving way to backup Deuce Knight late. Running back Shekai Mills-Knight's fourth-quarter touchdown run was the only thing that kept this from being a shutout. Defensively, Ole Miss gave up 481 total yards, including 295 yards on the ground at better than six yards a carry.
The real story is what happened to the offensive line. Chambliss had been sacked only six times all season coming in, and zero times combined over his previous three games. Georgia's defensive coordinator, Glenn Schumann, dialed up blitzes that got to him five times for a total of minus-40 yards. That's not just a bad day, that's a defense that completely solved Ole Miss's protection.
A few other moments shaped the game. A pass interference call on cornerback Jaylon Braxton extended a Georgia drive and even triggered a fan debris delay. A roughing penalty on linebacker Jordan Renaud wiped out what would have been an Ole Miss interception. Kicker Lucas Carneiro missed a 56-yard field goal that gave Georgia a short field and led to a touchdown almost immediately. And Ole Miss finished minus-two in turnovers, including an interception at the Georgia 14 yard line with under a minute left in the half, turning a rough half into an embarrassing one.
Punter Oscar Bird was really the only unit that showed up, pinning Georgia inside their own ten yard line twice. Head coach Pete Golding didn't dress it up afterward. He said, "Georgia is a really good team, but I did not see that butt-whipping coming. It was obvious that we did not have the team ready to play."
Now, to the injury and depth picture, because there's real news here.
Right guard Patrick Kutas went down with a lower-leg injury less than five minutes into the game and didn't return. Troy Everett is now the starter at right guard heading into next week's trip to Oklahoma.
Chambliss also needed calf treatment on the sideline in the third quarter and was pulled with about nine minutes left for Deuce Knight, who went 3 of 4 for 16 yards. But Chambliss is staying QB one. His calf is just something to monitor in practice, not an open competition.
Everywhere else, the depth chart held steady. Mills-Knight remains the lead running back with Kewan Lacy still out, and Makhi Frazier keeps his rotational touches. Wide receiver Horatio Fields had a career day with eight catches for 96 yards and is now the clear top receiving option, with Deuce Odom and Deuce Alexander rotating behind him in a receiver room that's been thinned by injuries.
On defense, Will Echoles and Kam Franklin stay in the top rotation, Suntarine Perkins keeps his three-down role, and safeties Joenel Aguero and Antonio Kite remain the leading tacklers. Braxton's coverage on the perimeter is worth watching after Georgia hit him for big plays outside. Carneiro stays the kicker, but after that miss, Ole Miss has reason to think twice before sending him out past 55 yards again.
At 6 and 3, the Playoff math just got brutal, and Oklahoma is up next.
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