The Fiesta Bowl: Ole Miss

Series History

Miami and Ole Miss have met only 3 times, the last in 1951, with Miami winning 20-7. Ole Miss leads the all-time series 2-1.

Key to the Game

Beck needs to keep doing his usual game-manager mindset and not turn the ball over, because if he starts turning it over, I can see it snowballing. Ole Miss can capitalize, and that can break our great defenses back. It will be a blowout. Miami needs to keep feeding Fletcher, sprinkle in Pringle for the speed, and bring in Brown in the fourth, just like they did when they played against Ohio State, and wear them down. Defensive lines, they need to get to Chamblish and don't let him play like Cam Ward did when he played for Miami in 2024, and he will dice us up like no other. Linebackers need to keep an eye on Chamblish because if he decides to run, they can be there and either get him down or slow him down, so the others can come in and clean up. The secondary is gonna be well conditioned, cause this is one of those games where they need to stay on their guys and don't let them get behind you, because it's gonna be that type of game where you know there are gonna be big plays that will happen.

Predicition

Miami's bread and butter needs to continue to dominate, and that's the O-Line and D-Line, because if the O-line keeps pounding Ole Miss D-Lines, then by the fourth, Ole Miss is dead, and they don't want to hit. D-Line gets home to Chamblish and doesn't let him see his targets or hit him consistently. He's gonna fold, and that will be the reason Miami wins this game.