The grand showdown: Kentucky’s upset, Alabama getting torched on social media after, plus more……
Another week of SEC football brought some predictable moments and some significant surprises. Yes, Alabama and Georgia both looked like national top-5 (top-2?) programs. Oklahoma showed some late game fire, and it’s unclear whether Week 5 showed more of how good Kentucky’s defense is or how overrated Ole Miss was off a soft first 4 games.
But here’s where SEC team is slated to stack up in their final regular-season numbers.
Jaxson Dart was receiving significant Heisman Trophy buzz headed into the game. That will cool off considerably after the Rebels’ loss. And while Kiffin and his team aren’t out of College Football Playoff consideration by any stretch of the imagination, they’ll need to recover from this loss in a hurry, starting with South Carolina in Week 5 — with the Gamecocks, who were off in Week 4, probably feeling quite confident after watching the Rebels go down.
Here’s the reaction from social media after a disappointing Rebels home loss, their first in Oxford since the 2022 Egg Bowl vs. Mississippi State and Kentucky’s first at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in over 4-