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ESPN Analysts Predict Ole Miss Will Make College Football Playoff
7/22/2024 | Football
OXFORD, Miss. – SEC Media Days are in the books, and the 2024 college football season is drawing ever closer, and with it, the anticipation around Ole Miss this fall grows even greater.
Rece Davis and Pete Thamel gave their preview for Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss football this season, and they like the Rebels' chances of being one of the last 12 teams standing at season's end.
"I'm just gonna go ahead and say it, man. I think Ole Miss is in the playoff," Davis said.
"I have a hard time arguing with that," Thamel replied.
ESPN has previously named Ole Miss one of the top playoff contenders and the most likely first-time playoff team. After posting a season-best 11-2 record and winning the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl last year, the Rebels added one of the nation's top transfer classes, giving experts plently to like in 2024.
"Give Ole Miss credit as a program and as an athletic department," Thamel said. "They saw NIL as an equalizer to get them out of what they have been historically in the bottom half of SEC teams. They have been aggressive, and they've almost used it as a flex to show how much they care. Everybody cares in the SEC, but they really, really have gone all-in."
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Rece Davis and Pete Thamel gave their preview for Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss football this season, and they like the Rebels' chances of being one of the last 12 teams standing at season's end.
"I'm just gonna go ahead and say it, man. I think Ole Miss is in the playoff," Davis said.
"I have a hard time arguing with that," Thamel replied.
ESPN has previously named Ole Miss one of the top playoff contenders and the most likely first-time playoff team. After posting a season-best 11-2 record and winning the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl last year, the Rebels added one of the nation's top transfer classes, giving experts plently to like in 2024.
"Give Ole Miss credit as a program and as an athletic department," Thamel said. "They saw NIL as an equalizer to get them out of what they have been historically in the bottom half of SEC teams. They have been aggressive, and they've almost used it as a flex to show how much they care. Everybody cares in the SEC, but they really, really have gone all-in."
Keep it here for OleMissSports.com, and we'll supply all the best takes on the Rebs. Sign up for The Sip, the official newsletter of Ole Miss football, to have the top stories and content dropped to your inbox.
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