Ole Miss accused of fraud as criticism grows over Rebels being pretenders

Ole Miss was the No. 7-ranked team in the country, undefeated and among those dark horse teams mentioned as a possible College Football Playoff participant.

The Rebels also built a 20-17 lead at halftime on Saturday against LSU in Tiger Stadium. Then the wheels came off, and by midway through the fourth quarter, they trailed by 18 points.

Lane Kiffin also lost his first game, 45-20, after leading at halftime, as he was 20-0.

Here’s a sampling of the reaction:

That LSU BOATRACE in Baton Rouge starting to look even better for Tennessee. I ain’t seen a SOUL say Ole Miss was overrated. But somehow Tennessee still ain’t played nobody ??

— BigShotRob44 (@Mr_BigShot_Rob) October 22, 2022

I knew Ole Miss was highly overrated…

— Dewayne Standridge (@dewayne72601) October 22, 2022

Can’t wait to see Ole miss fans explain how they are still the best in the west after losing this game. Fraud Alert.

— Chris (@cmhwrd) October 22, 2022

I knew Ole Miss was a fraud. There’s really one good team in the SEC and that would be Georgia.

— Producer Jesse (@ProducerJesse) October 22, 2022

was ole miss just a fraud, or brian kelly turning the corner down there?

— T.Y. (@0fficialTy) October 22, 2022

The fraud allegations really whoopin Ole Miss ass huh

— #SauceSZN #StequaviousHeisman(UGA 7-0, NYJ 4-2) (@cunnyman420) October 22, 2022

LSU BITCHES!!!!! FRAUD ASS OLE MISS #7 IN THE NATION MY ASS!!!

— Jake Kaiser (@FlakyJake10) October 22, 2022

I’m not convinced that Arkansas won’t be favored when Ole Miss visits on Nov. 19.

ESPN gives Arkansas right now only a 28% chance of winning that game, but the Rebels look pretty overrated today.

— Jonathan Acosta (@_jacosta) October 22, 2022

Get ole miss out of the top 25 OVERRATED

— PEACH BOWL CHAMPS! (@bobbycouturier) October 22, 2022

Keith Farner

A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.