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Pamela Maldonado
When two teams meet with styles, you know that something has to be given. One side thrives into chaos, turning into a track on Saturday. Others prefer to burn at slow, until they add something big, they pile up the small victory.
It is opposite that this week the 5 matchup tempo makes a tug-off-war on execution and which team can first apply their desire.
This game comes down to identity and which team remains firm when the pressure is a hit.
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Number 4 LSU tigers At number 13 Ole Miss Rebels
Saturday, 3:30 pm ET, ABC
Line: Ole Miss -1.5
money line: Ole Miss (-10), LSU (even)
over under: 55.5 (O – even, U -120)
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Courtesy of ESPN research
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The domestic team has covered seven direct meetings in this series.
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Brian Kelly has 45–27–2 ATS in his career as a Dalit (33–41 lump sum). He is 6-5 lump sum and ATS in the form of an underdog in LSU.
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LSU is one of the two power 5 teams with a winning record as an underdog since 2022 (when Bryan Kelly became the head coach) with Luisville (minimum 10 games).
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The conference game since Ole Miss 2022 has 9–16-1 ATS, which is the worst in SEC.
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Ole Miss 17-25–1 ATS conference is in the play as Lane Kiffin became the head coach in 2020, the worst in SEC (minimum 10 games).
LSU is disciplined, opportunistic and designed to win over the defense and time of possession
LSU enters this matchup that looks like a team that wins a small battle connecting big results.
I Test says that tigers are not attractive, which means that you will not see a 60-yard bomb or a ground game, even a clip at a distance of 8 yards. What you see is discipline: in a quarterback Garat nusmier What has been given spreads the ball around and limits mistakes. You see a rescue that occurs in the red area, bends between 20, but refuses to break down when the most matters.
Numbers return it. Opponents have managed only five red zone trips with only three touchdowns, one of the best stop rates in the country. LSU’s pass is not elite with Rush volume, but it is efficient. 78 pressure and 10 sacks, paired with a top -15 coverage grade, to create a defense that forces quarterbacks into bad decisions.
In this way, the tigers have already produced eight takeaments, including five blocks against Florida.
On crime, Nussmeier is completing approximately 69% of its throw, and while not dominating the ground (just 3.7 yards per carry), an Ole Miss Defense is allowed in the success rate of Rush against 120th, even there is a chance to transfer the chain in this minor running attack.
The formula of LSU is clear: Clean, win the time to create a game, win the time of possession, eliminate the drive and rely on defense. It is not glamorous, but it is winning football heading in Oxford.
Truth about Ole Miss: An explosive, high-risk offense mashes a defense that often bends
Ole is one of the most electric teams in Miss SEC, and I Test makes clear from Snap first. Rebels play fast, draw the ground vertically, and explosive plays are hit at a rate, matching some teams.
Quarterback Trinidad And Austin semens Both an average of 10 yards per attempt, and the broad receiver/tight end group is loaded with large game dangers. The rebels are not dipped and dipped, they go for large plays.
Numbers who see the numbers back. Ole Miss 544 is a 544 yard and the top 20 out of 20 of the success rate passing through an average of 44.8 points. Their balance is as dangerous as explosives. Running back Kiwan Lacey There are already seven rushing touchdowns, and chambliss adds a QB run element over a carry more than 5 yards.
But defense (or its lack) tells a different story. Ole Miss has a lower -20 pass crowd, with only four sacks despite 71 pressures. The inability to eliminate plays has given up a defense that is divided: the pass success rate in the top 10 is allowed, but below 10 compared to the run. Aligned with 14 red zone trips, nine scores were given, and it is clear why Ole Miss often finds herself in an aggressive shootout.
Ole Miss thrives in anarchy. The rebels will score in bunches, but the question is whether defense can hold them for a long time to protect them.
Betting ideas: lsu moneyline +100
LSU’s crime is liability in this matchup – there is no way around it. This hale looks ‘stuck in mud “compared to Miss’ fireworks”. I receive it, LSU attack seems less like an attack; It is heavy and almost the same as tigers are running with parking brakes. This is a scary part of this ticket: If Ole Miss quickly exits, LSU may not have the ability to pursue.
But this is also part of the stake. Supporting LSU is predicting that it will pull Ole Miss into its type of game. Its crime is boring, but it is also low-honor. Tigers often do not overcome the ball, they win the third down, and they just finish enough drives to stay attached. They do not need to be aggressively great; They simply need to redeem the defensive holes of the rebels and protect the ball.
This is scary, yes because if the hale adds to three quick go-balls, the style of LSU can be exposed. But if the game script bends towards long assets and hail in red zone is like miss stalls, the way the data suggests data, the LSU’s Peace-It-Out approach may be sufficient. It is betting on faith, not fireworks.
