I extra hate Barnville this year. Imo, they got away with at least 2 wins just based of the incompetence of the SEC officials (cough cough paid off refs cough cough). I am so glad we do not play them in “pixie dust land” this year. Their dB‘s are always super handsy and if they ever get called on it, they jump up and down and act like it’s their birthright to do so. Since they don’t have an SEC championship to play for, Gus will put all his focus into winning this game to make their season and save his job for another year. we need to get up quick and take the air out of them. I want unmericcelous (if that is a word) amounts of points scored on them and that may not be enough.
However good the boogs are, they always play better than that against us. And you can bet they spent the two off weeks preparing for us....as others have posted, they want to beat us worse than they want to win a championship.
I fully expect they’ll run all sorts of pre-snap motion and lots of eye candy to trick us into abandoning coverage responsibility, and allowing RBs and TEs running free over the middle. We were highly vulnerable to that early in the season, and Ole Miss almost won because of it. Then we seemed to get better, but had a relapse for the first 20 minutes or so of yesterday‘s game.
We really need to both pressure Nix on passes, and contain his running ability. All QBs’ effectiveness erodes when the D is in their face, but his erodes faster than most, and he gets sloppy with ball security. He is, however, dangerous with his running ability.
I don’t think their D can stop us consistently. But I’m not sure ours can stop them a whole lot better. So I expect a lot of points by both teams next week.
Not sure what unmericcelous means, but I‘m wondering if it’s along the lines of merciless?