Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace was frustrated with the play-calling during Saturday’s 10-7 loss against LSU and said Monday that he hopes the Rebels are more aggressive going forward especially on the early downs.
"A lot of times when we were throwing the ball it was third down," he said. "It's easy [for the defense] when you know it's coming — third-and-9, third-and-long.
"Hopefully we can be more aggressive this week, but I'm going to run the plays that are called. That's all I can do."
Wallace’s frustration with the safe plays got the best of him last Saturday when he decided against throwing a route to the sideline or out of bounds during the waning seconds against the Tigers. Instead, he launched a ball toward the end zone that was intercepted and cost the Rebels a chance to tie the game and go into overtime.
Coach Hugh Freeze was adamant that the play Wallace ran at the end of the LSU game was not the one he called. He also noted that he deliberately tried to slow the Rebels’ offense because he had faith in his defense that’s only allowing 10.5 points per game.
However, Ole Miss’ strategy might have to change this weekend against an Auburn offense that hasn’t had a lot of trouble scoring on its opponents this season.
"I certainly think the plan that we had gave us a chance to win," Freeze said. "We had two touchdowns called back and had chances to score more points. Either we didn't make the right call or we didn't execute properly at times or LSU made good plays. Should we speed it up more? Maybe. But I still say we had a chance to win in a hostile environment."
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