Ole Miss beat a ranked Louisville team at a neutral site and the fan base spent two days arguing about the first half. Steven Willis is joined by Ole Miss legend Bill Flowers to explain why you can step off the ledge — and where the real concern actually is. The conversation everybody is having is about the coverage busts. The conversation worth having is about identity: Ole Miss came out conservative, in the box, run-first, and it did not look like the spread offense John David Baker was hired to run. Bill Flowers calls it vanilla. Steven's take is sharper — the script leaned on Trinidad Chambliss and Kewan Lacy in the passing game so heavily that the offense only opened up once Lacy went out. Lacy is a great player. He cannot be the focal point. Three days to Charlotte. Ten days to LSU, with College GameDay coming to Oxford for the conference opener for both teams. ⏱️ CHAPTERS0:00 [FILL FROM CASTMAGIC AFTER RECORDING] 📌 THREE THINGS 1. The identity question is the real one. Bill Flowers saw a team come out flat and an offense that played Saban-conservative — heavy in the box, light on motion, trying to establish the run conventionally instead of running the ground game out of spread the way Lane Kiffin did. His question for the season: does Pete Golding put his own stamp on this team, or does he spend the year distancing himself from Kiffin? As Flowers puts it, Kiffin is a great coach for a reason, but he also has characteristics you do not want to carry forward. 2. Caleb Odom is why Deuce Alexander got loose. Everybody points at Odom's 35-yard touchdown. The play that mattered was the 18-yard catch on the game-winning drive, and he got it because that secondary was locked onto number one. Flowers explains the mechanism: put the tight end up the seam and the safety has to come down, and the moment a safety comes down you are exposed to a receiver running 23 miles an hour. Pick your poison. Once Ole Miss started using Odom, the momentum of the whole offense changed. 3. Charlotte is a scrimmage and everybody knows it. Charlotte lost to The Citadel in overtime. Ole Miss is laying 47.5 in the home opener. Flowers does not expect the starters to play much past halftime, does not expect John David Baker to show a single wrinkle he wants saved for LSU, and predicts 48-14. The value of Saturday is depth reps, health, and a clean base offense heading into September 19. Also in this episode: the snap over Chambliss's head on the third play that set the tone, why Ole Miss having the SEC co-offensive player of the week AND the special teams player of the week has not calmed anybody down, Horatio Fields and his quiet five catches, why Steven expects more 11 personnel and a real Johntay Cook role on Saturday, and the SEC's federal filing against LSU. Odds via FanDuel Sportsbook. 21+ and present in select states. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER. 🦈 EVERYDAYER CLUB — ad-free, plus members-only Discord. 7-day free trial: https://lockedonolemiss.supercast.com🌐 THE OLE MISS HUB — https://olemisshub.com💬 THE LOOM PRIVATE DISCORD, FREE — https://discord.gg/KF3dtcQJhC🎧 EVERY PLATFORM — https://link.chtbl.com/LOOleMiss?sid=YouTube Locked On Ole Miss is part of the Locked On Podcast Network — your team, every day. #OleMiss #HottyToddy #OleMissFootball #SEC #CollegeFootball Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Poncho Outdoors Go to https://ponchooutdoors.com/LOCKEDON and enter your email to get $10 off and free shipping on your first order Odoo Great organizations win because operations matter. And that’s why you should get Odoo. Try for free today at https://Odoo.com/lockedon. Indeed Listeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast FanDuel Today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. From the opening whistle to the final kick, Let There Be Goals on FanDuel. Visit https://FANDUEL.COM to get started now. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
