Lessons from Week 3

A wild weekend in college football showcased Pete Golding’s fast start as a head coach, Mississippi State quarterback Kamario Taylor’s emergence as a rising star and proof that miracles can happen in Music City. Golding’s Ole Miss team knocked off LSU 32-24, while Taylor helped Mississippi State rally past South Carolina.

It also revealed a harsher truth: With the SEC moving to a nine-game conference schedule, the league could be on the verge of cannibalizing itself.