Charlotte Podcaster CRAZY pick for Saturday | Ole Miss Is A 47.5-Point Favorite | LSU Looms for Rebels

Charlotte comes to Vaught-Hemingway on Saturday as a 47.5-point underdog — the biggest number in the program's history, bigger than the spread when they went to No. 1 Clemson in 2019. Steven Willis is joined by Hunter Bailey of the Highway 49 podcast, who has covered the 49ers since 2018, for the Know Your Enemy crossover.

The headline: Charlotte lost at home to The Citadel, 43-41, as a 20-point favorite. But the way they lost is the scouting report. The Citadel ran for 260-plus yards on them — an FCS school — and did all of it after halftime, scoring touchdowns on their first three second-half drives. And on third and fourth down, The Citadel dialed up cover-zero blitzes that worked. Bailey's expectation is that Ole Miss watches that film and brings six almost every snap.

Then the matchup that decides how early this gets out of hand: Charlotte's corners. CB1 Jamil Croft Jr. is a Kansas transfer who led the defense in snaps. CB2 is 5-foot-8, and The Citadel's bigger receivers won the 50-50 balls against him. Asked whether anybody on Charlotte's roster can run with Deuce Alexander, Bailey didn't hedge.

Plus: the money (roughly $1.7 million, and this game was originally supposed to be played in Charlotte), the crowd noise Charlotte is pumping into practice after three false starts on their own goal line last week, and why Ole Miss should treat this as a get-right game for a secondary that gave up most of Louisville's offense on a handful of busted coverages.

Two days to Charlotte. Nine to LSU. Maybe.