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- QB: outside of Leavitt scrambling I don’t recall him making a big play through the air in the first quarter really.

- OL/LB: There’s a really idiotic trope in football that goes along the lines of he can take his and beat yours and he can take yours and beat his.

- QB/RB: Our run defense will decide the outcome in 2 weeks.

- QB/OL: My biggest fear is JDB tries to rely on the cheap deep pass too much and doesn’t let TC do what he does best and surgically take the easy and open short and medium...

- OL/DL: I have nothing but respect for Jeff Brohm, and I'm sure he'll have the Cardinals ready to face Ole Miss.

- QB/RB: Ole Miss' much-anticipated 2026 season finally gets rolling Sunday night in Nashville's Nissan Stadium.

- Ole Miss opens the Pete Golding era Sunday night in Nashville against No. 24 Louisville after reaching last season's CFP semifinal. - The preview identifies quarterback Trinidad Chambliss and running back Kewan Lacy as Heisman Trophy candidates anchoring the Ole Miss offense. - Louisville is framed as a College Football Playoff contender under Jeff Brohm, making the neutral-site opener a meaningful early resume test for Ole Miss.

- The Week 1 picks column lists Louisville +6.5 versus Ole Miss and predicts Mississippi 35-17 because of confidence in Trinidad Chambliss and Ole Miss' ability to pressure first-year Louisville starter Lincoln Kienholz. - The Ole Miss angle acknowledges questions in the Rebels' receiver room but says Chambliss is viewed as one of the country's top players entering the Louisville opener.

- Ole Miss entered the Louisville opener with quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, running back Kewan Lacy, and wide receiver Deuce Alexander returning as offensive known commodities. - The Rebels also returned a trio of offensive linemen and two tight ends, giving the offense multiple options up front and at tight end for the opener.

- Ole Miss' offensive-line key was simple: protect Chambliss. - The host paired that protection point with needing to stop Isaac Brown and avoid Louisville disruption. - This reinforces that Ole Miss' offensive outcome depends heavily on pass protection and staying out of negative plays.

- Ole Miss' preview framed the quarterback as the control point for the offense and tied offensive success to keeping him protected. - The host also wanted Ole Miss to get Kewan Lacy involved, suggesting the Rebels can reduce quarterback stress if the run game travels. - Louisville's quarterback/run threat was flagged as an opposing concern, so turnover margin and run fits were emphasized alongside Ole Miss protection.

- The Ole Miss preview emphasized three basic swing points against Louisville: stop the run, protect the quarterback, and win turnover margin. - The host wanted Ole Miss to lean into Kewan Lacy early, signaling a run-game-first path if the Rebels control script. - The snippet also mentioned a defensive playmaking angle around creating sack/fumble chances.

- Ole Miss was listed as a 6.5-point favorite over Louisville with a 55.5 total for the neutral-site opener in Nashville, where the forecast called for an 88-degree kickoff temperature. - Pete Golding inherits an Ole Miss offense that ranked second nationally at nearly 490 yards per game and returns quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, who threw for 3,937 yards and 22 touchdowns, plus running back Kewan Lacy after a 1,567-yard, 24-touchdown season. - Ole Miss' defense is anchored by tackle Will Echoles after five sacks and 11.5 tackles for loss, while the returning personnel described the unit as deep across positions entering its first full season under Golding as head coach.

- Cover 3 expects Ole Miss to retain substantial offensive continuity because its new play-calling structure uses concepts similar to the prior Lane Kiffin system. - The panel believes Ole Miss improved its receiver room enough to create a significant matchup problem if those additions outperform preseason expectations. - Cover 3 also identified an Ole Miss linebacker as one of the SEC's most underrated defenders, supporting a stronger defensive outlook than the market may assume.