Yahoo Sports’ Caroline Fenton, Jason Fitz and Adam Breneman look ahead to Saturday night’s clash between the SEC foes – each trying to avoid a second loss early in the conference. Listen to the full conversation on the “College Football Power Hour” podcast – and subscribe to , , or .

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Ole Miss LSU, it’s always one of my favorite matchups, a night game in Death Valley every year.

But I’m specifically looking at Ole Miss’ defensive line against Ls U’s offensive line. Ls U’s offensive line has given up just two sacks so far this season.

That’s the best in the sec.

Ole Miss’ defensive front has sacked the quarterback 24 times this year.

LSU has an emerging running back in Cayden Durham who I think will matchup, you know, the LS US offensive line, run, blocking against Ole Miss run defense and also the way Ole Miss has been able to get after the quarterback, the way that has been able to protect LSU’s offensive line Garrett Nussmeier.

As if that’s where this game is going to be won and lost.

It’s also a great quarterback matchup just like Jackson Dart Nussmeier, two guys that can go around these two guys have a lot to prove and I mean whoever wins this game with all the chaos going on in college football can end up in: you You know, the top five after this I hesitate to use, need to win in every game this early in the new college football playoff format.

That said, with games still left on the schedule for both teams, this feels as close to victory as possible.

Both need the CV win.

Neither can afford to take the loss and both have tough matches planned.

So to me this comes back to the fact that there are two coaches involved, a head coach on each side who have huge expectations and who are supposed to be masters of the chess game in this game.

They’ll have to win that.

Like this is one of those moments where I look at every coaching staff and say, hey, you guys have to find a way to get the best out of you.

Mistakes will matter.

The margins are thin in this game.

And I honestly believe the loser is on the outside looking in and trying to make a difference in the second and in the college football playoffs. This feels like a disqualifying game for the college football playoffs.

Like there are no more qualifying games in a four-team playoff now that the margin for error in college football is so much greater?

Well, you have a disqualification.

I don’t see any of these teams going into the college football playoffs with the losses they already have on their resumes.

If you drop this game

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