The Egg Bowl should be called the no respect bowl. These two teams went completely unnoticed by anyone heading into the season and now they are my number one and two in the country. Normally this rivalry doesn’t get out of the state as it goes for popularity, but this year it could determine who goes to the College Football Playoff. While both teams could still get in regardless of who loses this game, it is safer for the team to just win and exempt themselves into the final.
This season has been a huge surprise for everyone in college football. I mean we have never, EVER seen these two teams in the top three in the entire nation at the same time. I am shocked at how these two teams have played this season, especially Mississippi State. The Bulldogs, in my mind, were not even supposed to be bowl eligible this season, and now they’re top-ranked. Ole Miss on the other hand, I could see coming. With a stellar recruiting class the last two seasons, the Rebels have the best defense in college football by a long shot. This game might be bigger than the Iron Bowl if both teams continue to win. When was the last time that the good old Egg Bowl would be bigger than the biggest rivalry game in the history of college football?
Ole Miss is coming off of a decent season in 2013 and was ranked in the top 15 to start the season. Much was expected this year but I don’t think even the most die hard Rebel fan could’ve envisioned this. As mentioned before, they’re defense is among college football’s best to my knowledge. The offense isn’t so great but it can get the job done if the defense does what it needs to do. I have seen a lot out of the Rebels and I think that they will continue to win and head into the Egg Bowl unbeaten. They dominated Texas A&M, held on to a huge win against Alabama and are now ranked in the top three. I mean what more do they have to do to prove they are among the best?
The Rebels’ last test before Mississippi State is Auburn. This should be an easy game for the Rebels for a good reason, Mississippi State dominated one of the best offenses in the SEC. Mississippi State doesn’t have a great defense but they did manage to shut down Nick Marshall and the Auburn Tigers. I expect Ole Miss to beat the Tigers by at least seven points.
Mississippi State started the season by shocking the whole nation with three enormous victories against Texas A&M, Auburn and at LSU. In every one of these big wins, the Bulldogs were winning by at least 21 points. They were beating LSU 34-10 at one point and ended up winning 34-29. Against Texas A&M, the Bulldogs were ripping the Aggies by 31 and ended up winning 48-31, and against Auburn they were up 21-0 in the first quarter and ended up winning 38-23.
The Bulldogs have the best offense in my mind and with Dak Prescott under center, the Bulldogs can dominate any team if their offense is clicking. There are just a couple big games left for State as they look to head into the Egg Bowl unbeaten. If they can get past Alabama then no one else has the talent to beat them, except for the Rebels. This will make the game that much better if both teams are unbeaten.
With this game being in Oxford, obviously Ole Miss is the favorite in which they deserve to be. The defense is so good that I expect the Rebels to take down State. I think that they will shut down Prescott and the Rebels’ offense is going to be on point. It might prove too hard to win at Ole Miss with that crowd. They will be fired up and nothing will be able to put a damper on their excitement.
It will be close at first but in the fourth quarter Ole Miss will clinch it. Final score Ole Miss 20, Mississippi State 7. Ole Miss will win the SEC and right now they are my pick to win the national championship. Hotty Toddy will take down State and for the first time since 1962 will win a national championship while being undefeated.
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