Rebels hand Furman its worst loss in the modern era
FBS sixth-ranked Ole Miss came into the season with the highest ranked transfer portal class in the nation, and the Rebels showed why there has been much hype around their football program entering the 2024 season, handing FCS No. 9/12 Furman its worst loss since 1955, defeating the Paladins 76-0 before a sellout crowd of 66,105 on-hand Saturday night at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The night was certainly historic for Furman, and not in a good way by any stretch. The Paladins came into the contest with a brand new and inexperienced secondary facing off against maybe the most prolific passing attack in all of college football. It’s an Ole Miss offense that has the type of potential to be record-setting led by a Heisman Trophy Award candidate under center, and by season’s end, could be a unit that makes us even forget about that 2019 LSU offense, which was led by Joe Burrow. Adding even more to the comparisons between Dart and that Burrow-led LSU offense of five years ago is the ...