Is Ole Miss-LSU a College Football Playoff elimination game? | College Football Power Hour

Yahoo Sports' Caroline Fenton, Jason Fitz and Adam Breneman look ahead to Saturday night's clash of SEC opponents – each looking to avoid a second loss to start the conference. Listen to the full conversation on the College Football Power Hour podcast – and subscribe at , , or .

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Ole Miss LSU, it's one of my favorite games every year, every night game in Death Valley.

But I'm specifically looking at Ole Miss' defensive line vs. Ls U's offensive line. LS U's offensive line has only given up two sacks so far this season.

This is the best thing right now.

Ole Miss' defensive front has sacked the quarterback 24 times this year.

LSU has an up-and-coming running back in Cayden Durham who I think this matchup, you know, the US offensive line, the run, the blocking against the Ole Miss run defense and also the way Ole Miss managed to chase the quarterback the way that the LSU offensive line was able to protect Garrett Nussmeier.

This is how this game is won and lost.

It's also a great quarterback duel, just like Jackson Dart Nussmeier, two guys that can be around these two guys have a lot to prove, and I mean, whoever wins this game, with all the chaos that's going on in college -Football reigns, could see yourself in you You know, the top five after that, I hesitate to use them, have to win in every game this early in the new College Football Playoff format.

Given the games still on the schedule for both teams, it feels as close to a must-win as you can get.

Both need the resume win.

Neither can afford to accept defeat and both have tough games ahead of them.

For me, that comes down to the fact that there are two coaches involved, a head coach on each side, who have great expectations that they should be masters of chess in the game of chess.

They have to win this.

This is one of those moments where I look at every coaching staff and say, “Hey, you guys have to find a way to get the best out of yourselves.”

Mistakes will matter.

The margins are small in this game.

And I honestly believe that the loser is on the outside looking in and trying to make a difference in the second round and in the College Football Playoff it feels like a disqualifying game for the College Football Playoff .

Like how there are no more qualifiers in a four-team playoff because the margin for error is so much greater in college football?

Well, you have a disqualification.

I don't think any of these teams will make the College Football Playoff with the losses they already have on their resumes.

If you drop this game

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