Ole Miss vs Mississippi State Prediction, Game Preview

Ole Miss vs Mississippi State prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Thursday.

Ole Miss vs Mississippi State prediction, game preview, how to watch: Thursday, November 25


Ole Miss vs Mississippi State How To Watch

Date: Thursday, November 25
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Venue: Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Ole Miss (9-2), Mississippi State (8-3)
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Why Ole Miss Will Win

You want to get into a shootout, Mississippi State? Get ready for this.

Yeah, the Bulldogs have been great over the last several games, but where’s the great attack they’ve had to deal with?

Auburn? It’s okay, and it almost got to 500 yards. Arkansas? Yeah, it’s balanced, and it got to almost 400 yards in a win.

Yeah, the Mississippi State defense has been solid throughout the year – especially against the run – but Alabama rolled at will in the win back in mid-October, and now it has to keep up with an attack that should get close to 500 yards.

Ole Miss generates just enough of a pass rush to potentially be a wee bit of an issue, there aren’t any turnover problems, and …

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Why Mississippi State Will Win

For all the flash, dash, and pizzazz, Ole Miss isn’t scoring a whole lot.

Oh sure, it’s winning – six of the last seven games since losing to Alabama – but it’s not cranking up the 50-point games like it did early in the year.

It’s a banged up Rebel team that now has to face a Mississippi State offense that’s humming to near-perfection in the passing game.

Will Rogers is the hottest quarterback in college football – yeah, over CJ and Bryce, too. He’s connecting on close to 80% of his throws over the last five games with 20 touchdowns.

The Ole Miss pass defense hasn’t dealt with a slew of high-powered passing games, and it’s still allowing well over 200 yards per game on a regular basis.

What’s Going To Happen

This might be the best football game played anywhere on Thanksgiving Day.

These two teams will go up and down the field, the two quarterbacks will be fantastic, and at home, the control of the Mississippi State offense – it’ll have the ball for close to 40 minutes – will overcome the flash of the Ole Miss attack that will score in bunches.

The Bulldogs will grind it out in the fourth quarter.

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Ole Miss vs Mississippi State Prediction, Lines

Mississippi State 38, Ole Miss 34
Line: Mississippi State -1.5, o/u: 62
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5

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Ole Miss vs Mississippi State Prediction, Game Preview

Ole Miss Rebels vs Mississippi State Bulldogs prediction and game preview.

Ole Miss vs Mississippi State prediction and game preview.


Ole Miss vs Mississippi State Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 28
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Venue: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS
Network: SEC Network

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Why Mississippi State Will Win

The Bulldogs don’t have the results, but they’re playing better.

It’s not the high-flying fun show it was supposed to be under Mike Leach – especially after the brilliant performance in the win over LSU to start the season – but Will Rogers and the passing game were fine against Georgia – he hit 79% of his passes for 336 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions – and now it’s time to have some fun against the SEC’s worst defense.

Ole Miss has allowed more than 400 yards against everyone but Arkansas – who came up with 394 yards – thanks to a bad pass D, a worse run defense, and with a total inability to get off the field.

Mississippi State has to control the clock, own third downs, and rely on its defense that’s been terrific against the run and is solid at taking the ball away. Against Ole Miss, just hold serve defensively, don’t turn the ball over, and this should be interesting.

Why Ole Miss Will Win

The Ole Miss passing game keeps getting better and better as the offense keeps getting stronger and stronger.

Vanderbilt and South Carolina might not be killers, but the Rebels were able to roll at will and did what they were supposed to with close to 400 rushing yards in the two games, almost 1,000 yards through the air, and with close to 1,350 yards of total O.

This is the offense Mississippi State was supposed to have.

QB Matt Corral has been flawless, hitting 92% of his passes for 925 yards and ten touchdowns with no interceptions in the last two games. He’s been incredible, and so has …

What’s Going To Happen

Elijah Moore.

In case you forgot, last year, Moore caught three passes for 35 yards and a score in the Egg Bowl, with his touchdown making it 21-20 Mississippi State in the final moments.

He celebrated with a mimicking peeing dog thing in the end zone, got flagged for a personal foul that moved back the extra point attempt, the try failed, Ole Miss lost, head coach Matt Luke was eventually sacked, the Lane Train rolled into town, and …

Over the last two games, Moore has caught 25 passes for 563 yards and five touchdowns. He failed to come up with double-digit grabs just once all year, and this time around he’ll explode against the Bulldogs.

Mississippi State will put up a good fight in the rivalry game – the defense is good enough to keep this from getting ugly, but Lane Kiffin will win the first round over Mike Leach.

Ole Miss vs Mississippi State Prediction, Line

Ole Miss 34, Mississippi State 24
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Ole Miss -9.5, o/u: 67
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

Must See Rating: 3.5

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Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State Fearless Prediction, Game Preview

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Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State Broadcast

Date: Thursday, November 28
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS
Network: ESPN

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Why Ole Miss Will Win

The running game has become unstoppable.

It was working just fine here and there – hitting Vanderbilt for over 400 yards, and coming up with over 200 on a regular basis – and it ripped through New Mexico State for 447 yards a few weeks ago. That was hardly a shocker, and then …

44 carries, 402 yards, four scores against LSU.

Ole Miss lost, but offensive coordinator Rich Rodriguez’s attack is ripping off yards in chunks, starting with freshman QB John Rhys Plumlee taking over and making the offense his, highlighted by his 212-yard day against LSU.

Unlike LSU, Mississippi State doesn’t have the offense to keep up the pace if this gets into any sort of a shootout.

The Bulldog run defense hasn’t been bad, but it’s not getting behind the line enough to stop the Rebel O before it gets started.

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Why Mississippi State Will Win

Mississippi State isn’t as dynamic at running the ball as Ole Miss is, but it’s been almost as effective lately, and it’s been more deliberate doing it.

The Rebels might be fantastic when they get into their groove, but they don’t do anything to control the clock. Mississippi State might not have the most dynamic of offenses, but Kylin Hill and the ground attack can pound out yards, too, and they dictate the tempo.

The Bulldogs are running well lately, too. coming up with over 800 yards against Abilene Christian and Arkansas, averaging over five yards per pop against Alabama and hammering Texas A&M for 239 yards.

The quarterback rushing production isn’t the same as what Ole Miss is getting from Plumlee, but Tommy Stevens have been ripping off yards in chunks over his last few games, and Hill has hit the 150-yard mark in three of his last four games.

What’s Going To Happen

Both teams have something massive to play for.

Mississippi State becomes bowl eligible with a win, and even with a loss, it still has hope, just like Ole Miss does if it gets to 5-7 thanks to the potential of the APR provision.

If there aren’t enough bowl eligible teams, it’ll come down to the Academic Progress Rates of the 5-7 teams, and there’s a very, very, very distant chance that both the Rebels and Bulldogs can slip in.

Ole Miss is going to make it interesting, keeping its hot ground game going in what should be a bit of a firefight. The Rebels are a bit better against the run than Mississippi State is.

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Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State Prediction, Line

Ole Miss 38, Mississippi State 34
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Mississippi State -2.5, o/u: 58
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ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
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Must See Rating: 3.5

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