Ole Miss coach Pete Golding summed up the challenge of this week perfectly.
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Golding → sum → week
“In this profession, you start getting comfortable, you start getting your (butt) beat,” he said.
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he → start → profession
Coming off an emotional win against LSU that spoiled Lane Kiffin’s return to Mississippi, the fourth-ranked Rebels have another challenge ahead: facing No. 21 Florida in the Swamp on Saturday.
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Rebels → come → Saturday
It’s a chance for two of the Southeastern Conference’s nine unbeaten teams to show they can handle success — avoid a letdown, really — and get to 4-0 when they meet at Florida Field for the second time in three years.
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they → ’ → years
“If there’s anybody in this building that’s overlooking this game, there’s something wrong with them,” Golding said.
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Golding → ’ → them
The Gators are taking a similar approach after winning at Auburn last week.
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Gators → take → Auburn
“If we are not fully moved onto getting ready for Ole Miss, this is going to be ugly for us,” Florida coach Jon Sumrall said.
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Sumrall → move → us
The Rebels are 3 1/2-point underdogs despite having two of the more impressive wins in college football this season: against Louisville and LSU.
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Rebels → have → Louisville
If the line holds, it would be the fifth time since 1978 that a top-five team was a road underdog against a team ranked outside the top 20, according to ESPN.
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team → hold → ESPN
The previous four top-five teams lost and failed to cover the spread.
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teams → lose → spread
“For us and this team, we’ve been preached to just move forward and keeping looking ahead,” Ole Miss tight end Caleb Odom said.
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Odom → preach → team
“Coming off an emotional week, it will be easy for us to focus on what we got to do.”
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we → come → what
The Gators have won the last two meetings in Gainesville, upsetting ranked Ole Miss teams in 2015 and 2024.
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Gators → win → 2015
But they haven’t forgotten about last year’s 34-24 loss in Oxford in which Trinidad Chambliss threw for 301 yards and a touchdown.
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Chambliss → forget → yards
“Coach Sumrall always tells us to make sure you have a chip on your shoulder,” Florida linebacker Aaron Chiles said.
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Chiles → tell → shoulder
I understand the odds have us to be a favorite, but there’s a lot of people out there that don’t think we’re going to win.”
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we → understand → people
Lacy and Singleton are injuries to watch
Ole Miss running back Kewan Lacy, who ran for 224 yards and three TDs against Florida last year, is considered a game-time decision with a shoulder injury.
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who → watch → injury
Tests provided promising results, Golding said.
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Golding → provide → results
“It wasn’t nearly as bad as we thought it was,” Golding said.
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Golding → think → ?
Florida, meanwhile, could have receiver Eric Singleton Jr. back after a two-game absence.
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Florida → have → absence
Singleton sprained an ankle in the opener.
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Singleton → sprain → opener
“Common sense has to prevail,” Sumrall said.
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Sumrall → have → ?
“You force a guy like that back too soon with his skillset, and then something bad happens that we could have avoided, and then you set him back four more weeks.
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you → force → him
It’s like, ‘Well, that was a bad idea.’
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that → ’ → ?
We’re going to make good, educated decisions about his return.
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He will have a shot.”
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Heisman hopefuls on both sidelines
Chambliss is currently the betting favorite to win the Heisman Trophy.
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Chambliss → win → Trophy
But Florida running back Jadan Baugh hopes to work his way into the mix.
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Baugh → hop → mix
Baugh ranks second in the nation with 458 yards rushing and leads the country with eight touchdowns.
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Baugh → rank → touchdowns
He’s averaging 8.48 yards a carry and, according to Pro Football Focus, has forced a nation-leading 30 missed tackles.
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The Gators stepped up his Heisman campaign this week by sending out a “He13man” stats package.
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Gators → step → package
He wears No. 13.
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He → wear → .
Baugh, though, started his own push weeks earlier by delivering Heisman poses after several TD runs.
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Baugh → start → runs
“I’m not going to take the fun away,” Sumrall said.
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Sumrall → go → fun
“Growing up as a kid, you said, ‘I want to go play football, not work football.’
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I → grow → football
Now it’s our livelihood and it’s our job, but I want him to enjoy it.”
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him → ’ → it
Denson and Boireau return to the Swamp
Ole Miss safety Sharif Denson and defensive tackle Michai Boireau will return to Florida Field for the first time since transferring.
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Denson → return → time
Denson was a two-year starter for the Gators who entered the transfer portal before Florida finalized its current staff.
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Florida → enter → staff
Boireau wanted to stay in Gainesville but wanted more money than the team was willing to provide for a player who missed time with a knee issue in 2025.
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who → want → 2025
“Just playing against my old teammates,” Denson said.
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Denson → play → teammates
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