Auburn Begins October with Ole Miss (Previewing Auburn vs. Ole Miss)
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    War Eagle, everybody! It’s time now for another Auburn football preview! On October 7th Auburn will host the Ole Miss Rebels. It’s another critical October matchup for both teams. A loss here would send Auburn tumbling towards the bottom of the bowls. For Ole Miss, there is no post-season this year, as they will sit out due to self-imposed penalties. Head coach Hugh Freeze says that the team will treat every game like a bowl game.
    The Auburn Tigers will have opened the season with Georgia Southern, then traveled to Clemson. Auburn will then enjoy an early homecoming game against Mercer before traveling to Missouri, prior to a home clash with Mississippi State. The Rebels follow at Jordan-Hare Stadium the following week. Ole Miss has an easier start to this season, at least at first. The Rebels ease into the season hosting South Alabama, then U. T. Martin. Ole Miss then travels to Berkley, California to play Cal in a 9:30 PM kickoff. Ole Miss then gets a bye week to get over the jet lag. Then it gets difficult with back-to-back road trips to play Alabama in Tuscaloosa followed by Auburn at the Plains.
    Ole Miss returns a lot of talent, including 4 starters on the offensive line, to an offense that could score last season. There are a lot of young, highly recruited receivers that will get a chance to shine in an air-raid offense installed by new offensive coordinator Phil Longo. Where Ole Miss had difficulties last season was, first, running the ball. Presumed starting running back Jordan Wilkins was declared ineligible early, and the ground game never took off. Then, just past midseason starting quarterback Chad Kelly was lost for the season to injury, and the Rebels ripped the redshirt off of true freshman Shea Patterson. Whether that was the right thing to do was certainly debatable, but it does give Patterson SEC experience going into this season.
    The Rebel defense went from solid to shaky as the season progressed, and the team finished giving up 34.0 points per game. A good starting defensive line returns, but the back 7 needs to improve. Ole Miss poached Auburn assistant Wesley McGriff at the end of last season to coordinate its defense. Judging from the Ole Miss spring game, tackling on the back end is still a work in progress. In the spring game, the defense gave up catch-and-run touchdowns of 74 and 76 yards, and Shea Patterson threw for 341 yards.
    Ole Miss returns a strong pair of legs in the kicking games in seniors Gary Wunderlich and Will Gleeson. New return men will have to be found, but there are plenty of fast skill players to choose from. Rebel coverage was middle of the pack last season and figures to be once again.
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