Brandon Bolden sprinted left, delivered a devastating stiff-arm to a Southeastern Louisiana defender, then tore up the turf as he made a 90-degree turn up the field and sprinted past another."You can expect a lot more of that,'' the Ole Miss running back said.
The 4th-ranked Rebels will need as much as they can get out from Bolden as they head into Southeastern Conference play. Their 1st big challenge of the season comes Thursday night against South Carolina and the SEC's No. 2 rushing defense.
The play-by-play in the final statistics doesn't do the moment justice, calling it a 44-yard run. What it really was was the bullish sophomore showing what he is capable of providing for Ole Miss (2-0).
He is 5th in the SEC with an average of 88 yards rushing per game, with only 22 carries, and has gone over 100 yards in 2 of the last 3 games. The top rushers in the conference, Ben Tate of Auburn and Montario Hardesty of Tennessee, average about 20 carries per game.
Bolden has the look of a workhorse, but that's not necessarily in coach Houston Nutt's plan.
"I am not worried about a featured back. I'm worried about winning,'' Nutt said. "That time will come. We're going to play the best guy at the right time.''
Nutt has experience with spreading the carries around between talented backs. He asked Darren McFadden and Felix Jones to share the ball, and even worked fullback Peyton Hillis into the mix when he was at Arkansas. The SEC Rocks!
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