I'm not sold on Mississippi's offense facing a defense of this caliber. Alabama yields an average of just 63 yards on the ground and has held its first two foes, Wisconsin and Middle Tennessee, to under 300 total yards.

I'm also not sold on Alabama's passing attack. The Crimson Tide are one-dimensional featuring lots of running that eats up clock.

These teams are more about defense than offense. In fact, they both are in the argument for top defense in the country. Those defenses are ahead of the offenses right now. Neither team has fully established its offensive identity yet.

There were just 40 combined points scored in last season's meeting. The year before that, in 2013, Alabama won, 25-0.

I'm surprised this total has been bet up. I'm glad to fade the early steam move.