It looks like my pick was correct and Miami will be beat ATM in the early game today - they're up, 10-3, with 1:44 left in the game, but anything can happen. It's a windy day in College Station, and there's been few long passes and four missed field goals. But should the Hurricanes hold on, I'll finally break my three-game losing streak and improve to 3-6. Still disappointing, though.
Meanwhile, No. 6 Ole Miss (11-1) will win this game. They're 17½-point favorites but I'm still picking them to beat the spread. No. 20 Tulane (11-2) is only in the CFP as the fourth conference champion (AAC) and they've already lost to Ole Miss, 45-10, during the regular season.
My only trepidation, of course, is Lane Kiffen. The Rebels head coach left Ole Miss to coach over at LSU, and teams with interim HCs are 0-3 so far this bowl season. Tulane's HC, Jon Sumrall, will be with the team today, although he's accepted the job at Florida and will be leaving after the postseason (i.e., after this game).
The winner will face Georgia in the quarterfinals. Georgia's already played - and beaten - Ole Miss earlier this season, 43-35, in Athens, so after facing Alabama in both the regular season and the SEC Championship, the semifinal will be the Dawgs' second rematch game of the season. It will also be the Rebels' second rematch. Has that ever happened before - two teams facing each other a second time both playing in their second rematch of the year? I doubt it. Rematches are rare as it is, and it's ever rarer for a team to have two rematches in one season, but I sincerely doubt that second rematch has ever been between teams that both already have one previous rematch under their belts. History, man, history.
But that's still off in the future and hasn't happened yet. Ole Miss still needs to get past Tulane today.to get to the Bulldogs and the semifinal.
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