When a college football game is decided by three points and in the final minutes like Ole Miss’ game with Texas A&M was Saturday night, coaches, fans, players and media will often go to the stats to figure out where the game was won or lost.
In the case of the Rebels, a season-high 10 penalties that garnered 71 yards hurt their chances of earning the victory as much as any stat, including two interceptions thrown by Bo Wallace.
Ole Miss came into the game having only committed 18 penalties for 178 yards through the first five games, an average of 3.6 penalties for 35.6 yards per game, two figures that ranked first and third overall in the Southeastern Conference. (October 8, 2012, Page 2B)
