Ole Miss boasts critical advantage over Oklahoma in new SEC matchup thanks to familiar issue for the Sooners
Ole Miss is still one of the best teams in the nation, ranking among the elites in most critical offensive and defensive categories, but they might not even need to be against Oklahoma this weekend. Why? The Sooners are completely debilitated in one of the most critical areas in modern college football due to injuries.As […]
Ole Miss is still one of the best teams in the nation, ranking among the elites in most critical offensive and defensive categories, but they might not even need to be against Oklahoma this weekend. Why? The Sooners are completely debilitated in one of the most critical areas in modern college football due to injuries.
As Sooners fans are likely all too familiar, their wide receiver group is going to be nearly nonexistent this weekend against Ole Miss. Despite coach Brent Venables calling Deion Burks day-to-day in his recovery and availability he was still announced "out" on Friday. Burks was supposed to transfer in from Purdue and become the team's best wide receiver, but he's been hobbled for much of the year.
And Burks isn't only Sooners wide receiver injured. Just look at the long list of wide receivers out for Oklahoma this week alone in George Stoia's post below.
No Nic Anderson as he's still dealing with his nagging hamstring issue. He's another big time player who was supposed to be a key starter, if not the best wide receiver on the team. No Jalil Farooq. No Jayden Gibson as he's out for the year. No Andrel Anthony. Oklahoma will seriously be trotting out their 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th wide receivers again this week.
And just to make matters worse? They're still without their best running back in Gavin Sawchuk who was announced "out" as well.
Ole Miss has their own woes in terms of injuries on the offensive side of the ball as they're still missing offensive tackle Jayden Williams, running back Matt Jones, and could be without Tre Harris (listed as questionable) at wide receiver. All those players' absences might hurt the depth of Lane Kiffin's offensive playbook and Jaxson Dart's efficiency at quarterback, but that's nothing compared to the Sooners' mess.
The Sooners' struggles with wide receiver have been absurd this season. There's only been one touchdown pass thrown to a Sooners wide receiver in since September 14th. There have only been three touchdown passes thrown in the last five games combined to Sooners players at any position.
Yes, the supposed-to-be-great Jackson Arnold will be back at quarterback for Oklahoma this weekend, but who is he going to target? Ole Miss might have some concerns with injuries even coming off a bye, but they should boast a critical advantage on defense against the completely depleted set of skill position players for Oklahoma. And if the Rebels play anywhere near as good as they have up to this point this game will be an embarrassing blowout before the end of the first half.
Ole Miss to host 'electric' 5-star Alabama commit and other flip targets against Oklahoma
The Lane Train is trying to hit a home run on a major recruiting visit weekend against Oklahoma. Ole Miss, who has to win this week to have the chance to make the College Football Playoff, now has more incentive to win. The Rebels will be hosting Alabama commit and 5-star wide receiver Caleb Cunningham […]
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