JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -These are the kind of games that Houston Nutt has built his reputation on.
And No. 20 Mississippi could use all of Nutt’s mojo this week with No. 3 Alabama coming to town. This is the first time since 1970 the teams are meeting while both are ranked in the top 20, and all the goals the Rebels set before the season are at stake.
A loss likely knocks them out of the SEC West race, the Top 25 and contention for a BCS bowl.
Nutt explained this week there’s no magic in his long history of success against top-five teams. These are simply the kind of games you live for.
Nutt is 5-8 overall against top-five teams with wins in two of the last three and three of the last five. Three of the losses have come by four points or less.
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