Denizens of the greater Memphis area just south of the city have little concern about Saturday’s Ole Miss game against Arkansas.
In fact, down around Oxford, the Rebels faithful are looking at the Razorbacks as the first in a stretch of four straight in which the their favorite team will be favored by a hefty margin.
Ole Miss is more than a 10-point favorite against Arkansas in their game Saturday night. Games against Auburn, Vanderbilt and Texas A&M follow, the last two of which are at home.
The stretch is one that, if it goes for the Rebels, will see the team back in the hunt for an SEC West crown, even despite the team’s loss to Alabama two weeks back.
For Arkansas, Ole Miss is a the third team in a stretch of four games in which the Razorbacks were always going to be underdogs. They’ve lost the first two to LSU and Texas A&M, unsurprisingly.
But it’s the loss to Brigham Young in Week 3 that has spirits lowered in the Natural State. And it’s also, perhaps, the biggest reason for the point-spread Saturday.
If Arkansas can embrace not only the underdog role, but also harness the back-against-the-wall aggression necessary to keep legitimate bowl hopes alive, beating the Rebels, not just the point-spead is possible.
And not a soul is thinking about it down Misssissippi way.