Bill Flowers: Pete Golding's Defense Has To Rattle Austin Simmons | Ole Miss vs Missouri

The Missouri week question everyone keeps asking is whether three former Rebels know too much about Ole Miss. That's the wrong line. Ole Miss legend Bill Flowers says Saturday comes down to whether Pete Golding's defense can get Austin Simmons off his spot, and Simmons has 14 touchdown passes against one interception this season, per the Ole Miss game notes. Ole Miss forced four takeaways at Vanderbilt after only two in its first four games, and that is the defense Bill says has to show up again.

Three days to Missouri. Ten to Texas.

Steven Willis brings in Ole Miss legend Bill Flowers to break down the 52-17 rout at Vanderbilt, why the offense finally looked like the one Ole Miss was promised, whether Blake Purchase is the transfer buy of the offseason, and what Ole Miss has to do to Austin Simmons on Saturday. Bill ends with his final score.

⏱️ CHAPTERS

0:00 Bill Flowers on the Vanderbilt rout and Missouri week

1:28 Why the Ole Miss defense finally played angry

3:56 "It was the offense that we were promised"

7:08 Blake Purchase: the transfer buy of the offseason?

11:06 Bill's key vs. Missouri: pressure Austin Simmons

14:57 Can the first-half Vanderbilt team show up every week?

22:44 Bill Flowers' final score: Ole Miss 42, Missouri 28

📌 THREE THINGS

1. Ole Miss finally played like the team it was built to be. It was 42-3 at the half at Vanderbilt and 52-17 at the end, against a program Bill says "has always given us a tough time." Steven's read: Ole Miss passed to set up the run and skipped the first-quarter lull. Bill's: "having Lacy is a game changer." And if the first-half team shows up every week, Steven says, "Ole Miss doesn't lose a game."

2. Blake Purchase leads Ole Miss with 3.5 sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss, per the Ole Miss game notes, and Steven says "nobody's even talking his name." His case: Purchase "might be the transfer portal buy of the offseason for Ole Miss." Bill calls it plug and play, a player without a high-profile name who "just absolutely increases the value of your defense."

3. Bill's key Saturday is pressure on Austin Simmons: "If you let him sit back, he'll pick you apart." Simmons has 14 TD passes and one interception, and Cayden Lee (42 catches, 616 yards) is the target Bill calls Simmons' "pacifier." Bill expects a boxing match with body blows on both sides and calls it Ole Miss 42, Missouri 28.

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