Call Me Crazy, But...

I expect Ole Miss to give Georgia a tough time on Saturday. Yes, Ole Miss lost to Vanderbilt 30-7 last weekend and has looked pretty awful this season, but look at last year- Ole Miss started the year with a home loss to Jacksonville State (ouch), beat Tulane and lost to a bad team Vanderbilt by two TD's to start 1-2. The next two games, Ole Miss had solid outings to beat Fresno State and Kentucky. Then they went on a murderer's row schedule and went 1-6 with 5 losses to Top 25 teams and a bad loss in their worst game at Tennessee. They held their own in a 23-10 loss at Alabama. They were in the game in the 4th quarter in a loss at Arkansas. They led at LSU with 4:36 to go until LSU scored in the final minute. They were driving for the tying score in the 4th quarter against Mississippi State until an illegal block call derailed them.

Georgia is looking for its first win against a BCS school and after being dominated by Boise State for most of the game played much better, although still sloppy, in a loss to South Carolina. The Bulldogs are being hammered by injuries at OL and LB, though. UGA will likely have to start a true FR on the OL and is paper-thin at several positions.

On paper, Georgia should roll in this one based mainly on just how bad Ole Miss looked last week. But given it is their first road game, the fact that they're basing newfound confidence on win over Coastal Carolina and the fact that Houston Nutt has shown the ability to get his teams up for games you don't expect them to win in the past, I just get the feeling Ole Miss will come out strong to open the game on Saturday. The key to the game will be whether Georgia will fold as it did in the opener against BSU.