The Week 7 game between Ole Miss and LSU had all the ingredients for a SEC contest: two good, ranked teams playing against each other on a Saturday night, with both looking to avoid a loss that would hurt badly their College Football playoff chances.
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Ole Miss and LSU were sitting with one loss on their respective records, and the Rebels were ranked #9 while the Tigers sat at #13. Any loss would represent a huge setback when looking at the long-term picture.
Kyren Lacy ended up being the star of the show with the game-winning catch during overtime, with the Tigers now firmly in the fight for a playoff spot and surely with a huge bump in the rankings coming. Fans stormed the field at the end of the game - they knew how important this win was.
The game went to overtime after a slew of miscues from both teams in the second half, but it's important to notice that this wasn't an easy game for LSU as it used to be. The Tigers had to grind hard to win and move to 2-0 inside the SEC.
The star of the show was Kyren Lacy. He dominated with over 80 receiving yards in the first half, and while he didn't do much after, he showed his quality again as he caught the game-winning touchdown from Nussmeier, finishing a close and tense game that could've gone to either side.
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The Rebels will walk home lamenting how they let LSU come back into the game. With just under one minute, they led 23-16 and allowed two passes of over 10 yards for the Tigers to score and take the game to overtime. At the 2-minute warning, they just had to defend a 4th & 6.
It wasn't pretty, but LSU will re-enter the top 10 after their fifth straight win with a lot of confidence. Bigger challenges lay ahead, however, with Texas A&M and Alabama waiting in Weeks 9 and 11. We'll see then if they keep up for the playoff fight or not. For the Rebels, the mission is nearly impossible now.
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Henrique Bulio
Henrique Bulio is an NFL and College Football journalist at Sportskeeda and the Editor-in-Chief of Pro Football Brasil. He has a total 13 years of experience working in American Football, and playing quarterback at an amateur level in Brazil has given him a unique perspective of the game.
Henrique follows the Philadelphia Eagles closely due to Michael Vick's historic performance on MNF against the Washington Commanders in 2010. His all-time favorite player is Ed Reed; he believes that Reed is the greatest safety to ever play the game. Bill Belichick gets the nod as Henrique's favorite coach for coaching the Patriots to glory over two decades.
If Henrique were to be able to go back in time and watch one game, it would be Super Bowl XLIX, where the Patriots and the Seahawks played a complete, back-and-forth game that concluded with one of the biggest talking points in NFL history.
Technical deep dives are Henrique’s specialty, and he ensures never to use misleading words in his articles, since he himself consumes a lot of information off the web. He has had the privilege of interviewing Cairo Santos, Lamar Jackson, Jim Harbaugh, Sean McDermott, Bruce Arians, Matt LaFleur, among others.
Aside from football, Henrique likes to play poker and Counter-Strike.
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