He Didn't Believe Me About Ole Miss Last Year. He Does Now. | Pick Six Previews on the Rebs

A year ago I told him Ole Miss would be a playoff team and he didn't believe me. This week he came back and said he's fully on board.   Steven Willis is joined by Brett Ciancia of Pick Six Previews — who researches all 68 Power 4 teams himself, talking to head coaches and coordinators, now in his 15th season.   IN THIS EPISODE: 🤝 The reversal. Brett opens by saying it out loud: you called it, I was skeptical, and this time I'm fully on board. What changed his mind — how Ole Miss bonded and played for Pete Golding in December and January after Kiffin left, and the offseason moves he liked even more. Where he landed: Ole Miss #4 in the SEC, #10 in the country, 9-3, and in his playoff bracket. Plus Chambliss and Lacy on his first-team All-America squad, and Deuce Alexander third-team All-SEC.   🐯 He's picking Ole Miss over LSU. Brett says that's the key one — beat Kiffin in his return to Oxford and Ole Miss takes the fourth SEC playoff spot. And he only attends one game a year in the entire country: Alabama-Georgia two years ago, Texas Tech-BYU for GameDay last year. This year he's trying to book Oxford, and he calls Ole Miss-LSU the game of the year in America.   🧠 The Baker receipt. The one fact nobody looked up: John David Baker is the man who recruited Jaxson Dart out of USC — the move that changed this program's trajectory — and he was Charlie Weis Jr.'s co-coordinator for two years. Brett says the hire answered his single biggest question about this team, and points at East Carolina: a bottom-10 offense in America when Baker took over, top 25 within a year, and a second top-25 offense stacked on top of it. Plus the Air Raid screen game and getting Kewan Lacy into space.   🛡️ From 40th to 25th. Golding signed eight four-star transfer defenders and landed the No. 2 overall transfer class. Brett has the linebacker room 5th nationally and the defensive line in his top 15. Why Blake Purchase leaving Oregon says more than you think, and why Johntay Cook is one of only two players who ever made Steven's jaw drop at the Under Armour game.   🚨 THE OLE MISS HUB IS ALMOST HERE. ⭐ THE EVERYDAY CLUB — ad-free episodes, members-only Discord, 7-day free trial: https://lockedonolemiss.supercast.com 💬 JOIN THE FREE LOCKED ON OLE MISS DISCORD: https://discord.gg/KF3dtcQJhC 📕 Pick Six Previews — Brett Ciancia, @PickSixPreviews. Locked On Ole Miss is your daily Ole Miss Rebels podcast, part of the Locked On Podcast Network. New episodes every single day. Hotty Toddy. 🦈 #HottyToddy #OleMiss #OleMissFootball   Episode Timestamps 00:00 Evaluating Ole Miss coaching changes 04:29 John David Baker's screen game 07:55 Pete Golding's defensive recruits 10:48 Talking Ole Miss playoffs and candy 13:56 Discussing Ole Miss defensive improvements 17:25 Analyzing Ole Miss defensive line talent 19:32 Freshman to Watch: Landon Barnes 22:53 Predicting Football Team Success 27:10 Talking Ole Miss with Brett Ciancia   JOIN THE EVERYDAYERS CLUB https://lockedonolemiss.supercast.com/   Everydayer Club   If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everydayerclub     Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!   Poncho Outdoors Go to https://ponchooutdoors.com/LOCKEDON  and enter your email to get $10 off and free shipping on your first order Odoo Great organizations win because operations matter. And that’s why you should get Odoo. Try for free today at https://Odoo.com/lockedon.  Indeed Listeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast   FanDuel Today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. From the opening whistle to the final kick, Let There Be Goals on FanDuel. Visit https://FANDUEL.COM to get started now.    FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.