NUTT ROUNDS UP

Ole Miss Head Coach Houston Nutt had some nice things to say about the Commodores in his weekly press conference, praising Chris Nickson, Jared Hawkins, Reshard Langford and D.J. Moore:

"Chris Nickson is the difference. He is a healthy guy that is moving around. He can escape and he can create. They have some good receivers, and then they have a running back that's really tough. He knows how to hit it up in there full speed. Defensively, they have given up very little and are very sound. They're a really hard hitting secondary, especially number 33. He will hit you. D.J. Moore, boy he's good.

So far, so good.

Then he said this:

"They've got 300-pounders in the middle up front and have 6-foot-5 guys on the edges."

OK, we've got Broderick Stewart and Steven Stone on the edges and both of them are 6-5. But where are these 300-pounders in the middle of the defense?

The defensive tackles on the depth chart are:
• Greg Billinger, 290
• T.J. Greenstone, 278
• Rob Lohr, 272
• Adam Smotherman, 285
• Colt Nichter, 285
• Greg Billinger, 290

Sure, if you've got an aunt who's 285, you might say she's 300. You might round up. But you don't round up with linemen. A 285-pound lineman is not a 300-pounder. Wish it were.

But it's not the first time a head coach exaggerated a bit when describing an upcoming opponent.