4. Ole Miss played … defense?
This was supposed to be a wild and crazy shootout, and it was anything but.
Ole Miss was dead last in the nation in total defense allowing 536 yards per game.
It was bad against the run, the nation’s worst against the pass, and it gave up 41 points per game like they were M&M’s.
This defense did NOTHING all year long.
Second takeaway of the day for the Landshark D!
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There wasn’t a pass rush, there weren’t enough takeaways to matter, and every game had to turn into a shootout after struggling to get that D off the field after struggling to come up with any third down stops, and …
Indiana managed three points in the first half and six in the first 45 minutes.
You and your close circle of quarantined friends and family could at least hang a taught 21 on this D in three quarters of play.
Ole Miss kept the big plays to a minimum, Indiana never quite got its mediocre running game going until late, and it somehow allowed just two field goals until the fourth quarter.
It came up with two takeaways, it held on late when it absolutely had to, and it survived by allowing a whole lot of short plays, but not a whole lot deep.