Last night neither the coaches or the team showed up to play against Alabama.  Saban made a clear statement by making 66 points and put the "Ole Miss won 2 of the last 3" games played to rest.  There were no true highlights for the Rebels with the exception that they did not get blanked and Wilkins gained 101 yards rushing (although 1 run accounted for 44 yards).  The players were outplayed and the coaches were outcoached.  Alabama may be the #1 team in the country, but you would at least think there could have been a better effort by Ole Miss.

The Longo offense is a farce.  Rock1 warned us about the Longo hire, and he was right.  Longo's offense does not work in the SEC.  Fans can directly thank Hugh Freeze for hiring Longo to implement his high schoolish, Juco, Division 1-FCS offensive scheme.  By evaluating offensive data, Ole Miss had zero third down conversions, zero fourth down conversions, and a QB rating of 7.  It is obvious that Lingo's offense does not work at Ole Miss.

Freeze had a quality OC in Dan Werner, but instead of giving him more control, Freeze fired Werner as a fall guy for all of Freeze's bumbled headed offensive plans.  To act like he was getting another OC, Freeze hired Longo, who would be a "yes" man to Freeze and run the same high schoolish type plays.  This hire is ironic because Bjork stated that the checkbook was open, so why would Freeze not hire someone who is really capable of being a successful OC in the SEC?

Now there are concerns about the Crime Dog defense.  Even though he does not have talent, fans would think that the defense would be in better position to stop their opponents.  Instead, the Rebels continued to give up yardage and provide crucial first downs to an Alabama team that seemed to almost score at will.  Many defensive positions were not properly recruited by Freeze, who may have been more concerned about signing 12 WRs or his next appointment with an escort.

Well, its only a game, but Ole Miss did not show much enthusiasm, room for improvement, or betterment of the program.  Preseason I only expected four wins and hope we can there, but at this point it seems like Ole Miss will really be scratching for their next two wins.  Now it is time to move forward because tomorrow is "Get Better Monday"!!!