Watkins Looking Ahead to Take on the Aggies

By Adam Brown
Sports Editor
adam.brown@hottytoddy.com

Ole Miss wide receiver Jordan Watkins met with the media following practice on Tuesday. The Rebels are preparing for a trip to College Station, to take on Texas A&M.

Ole Miss (7-1, 3-1 SEC) is coming off its first loss of the season after a 45-20 to the LSU Tigers. The Rebels opened the game taking a 17-3 advantage over the Bayou Bengals in Death Valley.

โ€œ(LSU) is a really good football team and we are a good football team,โ€ Watkins said. โ€œI donโ€™t think it was anything special that they did that kind of got the end of the game that it was and the score.โ€

Watkins added, โ€œWe got to a really hot start and the execution level went down a little bit. That was our first road test in a hostile environment.

โ€œWeโ€™ve got to come back we have another hostile environment this week,โ€ Watkins said. โ€œWe just have to execute better when times get tough.โ€

Ole Miss has put that game behind them and returned to the practice field.

โ€œWe just want go 1-0 again,โ€ he said. โ€œEach week is a different opponent and a different task at hand.โ€

This week, the Rebels will step onto Kyle Field to take on the Aggies.

โ€œAnother hostile environment against a really good football team again,โ€ Watkins said. โ€œI think they havenโ€™t played at home in a month and we have a night game. The environment is going to be crazy and we have to respond and play our game.

โ€œWe just have to connect in all three phases of the ball offense, defense and play our style of ball.” ย 

Watkins and the Rebels take on the Aggies at 6:30 p.m. and can be seen on SEC Network.


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