I'm Saying It: Pete Golding Could Be Ole Miss's Kirby Smart | Ranking is Fair

Ole Miss is 9th in the AP poll and I'm not playing the disrespect card — because there isn't one to play. But I am saying something bigger: there's a legitimate chance this program just found its Kirby Smart. IN THIS EPISODE: 👑 Nine is fair — and the bigger claim underneath it. Ole Miss finished No. 3 in the final AP poll last season after 13-2 and a Playoff semifinal. But this team has a head coach with exactly three games at this level and a brand-new coordinator. Voters split the difference. Here's what I keep coming back to: two of those three games were Playoff wins, and Pete Golding has passed every single test in front of him — December, January, spring, and now this. He's earned the benefit of the doubt. Plus the distinction that matters: fair isn't the same as right. Nine is fair for August. Three might be right in December.