5 Good Questions: Ole Miss

5 Good Questions rolls along this week, getting some help from Seth at The Hotty Toddy Blog. His answers to my questions are below, and when he puts them up, I'll link to my questions to his answers. Here are my answers to his questions. Enjoy!

1. Ole Miss played pretty well to start the season against Memphis and it seems like Houston Nutt has the Rebels moving in the right direction. What is Nutt doing to turn the program around?

Coaching. Our last coach was an outstanding recruiter but seemed to be in over his head in regards to running a college team. Nutt has a well established history at Arkansas. He has the leftover talent (our most talented team since the Eli days) and his coaching skills with Coach O's talent is a good match.

2. How important is this game against Wake Forest to the Ole Miss football program and its fans? What would a win mean for this team? A loss?

This is an important game for the Rebels. A win would mean 2-0 with a good shot at being 4-0 heading into the Florida game. Also, anytime you can get a win against an Out of Conference team it always helps because wins in the SEC are hard to come by. A loss would hurt but not be devastating as it would be to a ranked Out of Conference team.

3. Against Memphis it seems the Rebels went with a running back by committee approach. Do you expect to see this approach all season? How effective do you think it will be in the long run?

Yes. We have several talented RB's. Houston Nutt loves to run by committee as he did at Arkansas. How well it works against WF will be a better gauge of how successful it will be this season.

4. Where do you think Ole Miss matches up well against Wake Forest? Where do they match up poorly?

Our O line is strong and should provide a good push for our running game. Our D line is suffering from some big losses but we still have some talent there. Memphis ran the spread offense well against us. Despite the score, they had over 400 yards of Offense. Wake Forest has a talented Offense so we need to improve in the secondary and on the line in order to have a good change of winning.

5. Very few people bite on this, but I always ask anyway: What will the final score be on Saturday? How many games will the Rebels win this season?

I think the game will be decided by 7 points or less. As for the rest of the season, I think 6-8 wins is realistic this year.

Thanks to Seth for taking the time to answer these questions. For more on Ole Miss, make sure to visit The Hotty Toddy Blog.