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Ole Miss prepares to face florida’s rising star DJ Lagway

Freshmen QBs are in style for SEC teams this season and Ole Miss faces another one this week.

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It wasn’t long ago that fans and media speculated Lane Kiffin could leave Ole Miss for Florida whenever the Gators decided to fire Billy Napier.

That decision never came and, in fact, Florida announced two weeks ago that Napier will remain as the team’s head coach after this season. A big reason why has been the improved play of freshman quarterback DJ Lagway.

Lagway made his fourth start of the season Saturday and led the Gators to a 27-16 upset victory over No. 22 LSU. Against the Tigers, Lagway completed 13-of-26 passes for 226 yards one touchdown and no interceptions. In nine games this season, he’s thrown for nearly 1,300 yards, seven touchdowns and five interceptions. He also has 114 rushing yards this season.

Freshman quarterbacks appear to be what’s in fashion this season in the SEC. Lagway is one of six freshmen to start multiple games under center for an SEC team, joining Michael Van Buren (Mississippi State), Nico Iamaleava (Tennessee), Michael Hawkins Jr. (Oklahoma), Marcel Reed (Texas A&M) and LaNorris Sellers (South Carolina). And all of them except for Iamaleava are true freshmen.

Of the six, Lagway may have the brightest college football-future. He’s a former five-star recruit who has shown an incredible talent throwing the ball playing for an offensive-minded head coach and for a program that brings in highly talented players (what happens once those players come to Gainesville is a different story, but college football fans know what I mean).

Iamaleava’s short-term future (i.e., this season) may be brighter, but Lagway has more playing time left in his collegiate career and the Volunteers’ quarterback isn’t in contention for any major awards. As for the other freshmen, Hawkins and Reed aren’t starting anymore and Van Buren’s only win came against UMass.

Sellers, however, presents an interesting argument. The South Carolina-native has the Gamecocks ranked No. 21 with seven wins. He lost to then-No. 16 LSU and then-No. 7 Alabama by a combined five points, upset then-No. 10 Texas A&M 44-20 and, most recently, won a shootout against No. 23 Missouri 34-30. He’s thrown for more than 1,800 yards, 14 touchdowns and has 436 rushing yards and four touchdowns.

It’s a tight race between Lagway, Iamaleava and Sellers for who has the brightest future and Ole Miss will be a good spot to help answer the question. The Rebels already faced Sellers (a 27-3 win for Ole Miss) and will face Lagway this weekend.

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Ole Miss to learn plenty with CFP rankings: Rebel Roundup

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Ole Miss football will get a lot of its questions answered tonight.

The College Football Playoff Committee will release its third edition of its rankings at 6 p.m. tonight on ESPN. The Rebels figure to be included in the committee’s rankings, but where they’re ranked – and more importantly where other teams are ranked – will be telling to how clear the Rebels’ path to a playoff berth is.

The SEC has five teams with two losses and how the committee ranks those teams will determine who just needs to win out and who needs help.

For the Rebels, what will be important to know is where does the committee rank Georgia? How far does Tennessee fall after losing to the Bulldogs? Is LSU fall out of the top 25? How far does South Carolina rise after beating Missouri? Is Ole Miss ranked ahead of BYU (who lost to unranked Kansas, but still in contention for the Big 12 championship)? Where does the highest-ranked Group of 5 team rank?

How the committee answers those questions will go a long way in determining in if Ole Miss simply needs to just win its final two games or needs to rack up style points in those wins?

Of course, a loss will put the Rebels in the same boat as LSU. Out of the playoffs.

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What Josh Pate thought about where Ole Miss ranked in AP poll

The Ole Miss Reels were ranked No. 9 by the media in Sunday’s poll and Josh Pate released his reaction

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OXFORD, Miss. — The Ole Miss Reels were ranked No. 9 by the media in Sunday’s poll and Josh Pate released his reaction on YouTube on Monday.

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With a clear path to the playoff, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin talks to reporters

The Rebels’ head coach spoke with reporters about a variety of issues.

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OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin and his players came into the 2024 season with the loftiest goals and highest expectations an Ole Miss team has had since a Manning played quarterback.

Despite a shocking home loss to Kentucky and overtime loss to LSU, the Rebels are still in position to accomplish most of those goals. An conference championship isn’t likely, but a spot in the new 12-team playoff is and the Rebels’ path is crystal clear.

Beat Florida. Beat Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl.

If Ole Miss can win those two games, it should be in the playoff.

With that in mind, Kiffin started the week off with his weekly Monday press conference with reporters and talked about the playoffs and much more.

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