Game of the Weak: Jevan Snead Chokes in Loss to South Carolina Gamecocks

The way this season has started, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a top-five team fall every weekend. Last night, Ole Miss became the latest casualty of this trend, following Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and USC, by dropping a road game to South Carolina, 16-10. I can’t say this one caught me off guard. The Rebels may have won their first two games by margins of over 30 points, but that number is highly misleading. In their first game against Memphis, the score was actually only 17-7 in favor of Ole Miss going into the fourth quarter. Quarterback Jevan Snead had been terrible to that point, throwing two interceptions and no touchdowns. The second game, a 52-6 rout, doesn’t factor in to my decision because they were playing Southeastern Louisiana, an FCS team. Enough said. Now that the Rebels got to show their stuff against a fellow SEC opponent, I’m really not impressed. And I’m holding Jevan Snead responsible. Snead is regarded by Mel Kiper and all those ot...