Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt looked at the Rebels’ schedule this summer and scanned the Rebels’ Southeastern Conference opponents.Nutt wasn’t interested in finding the Rebels’ meetings with rivals LSU or Mississippi State. He wanted to find the date he had to coach against his alma mater and former team — Arkansas.”Sometimes you can’t help but think about it off and on during the summer because of all the time we spent there,” Nutt said. “But once the whistle blows and once that ball is kicked off, it’s just like every other football game.”Nutt spent 10 seasons at Arkansas, winning three western division crowns and having only two losing seasons.The Rebels have had problems finishing games in Nutt’s first season in Oxford.Ole Miss is 3-4 on the season, and the Rebels four losses have come by a combined 19 points, including last week’s 24-20 loss to Alabama.”To be 3-4 makes me sick because I know that we can be 6-1 or 7-0 so easily, and that hurts my heart for these seniors because my obligation to them was to get them to a bowl game and experience that,” he said.The Razorbacks have also struggled to 3-4 this season in Nutt’s absence, following last week’s 21-20 last second loss to Kentucky.SPREAD MEETS SPREADAuburn has struggled in its first season running the spread offense and ranks at or near the bottom in the SEC in nearly every offensive category.The Tigers hope to jump start their offense tonight against West Virginia, the team credited by many as the reason why the offense has moved across the country.”They’re sold on what they’re doing, and they’ve done it for years,” said Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville. “They have a good scheme. They run option plays, draws, screens, they throw the ball down the field, they run a different version of the spread.”West Virginia has had its own offensive issues this season and ranks No. 79 in total offense.But the Mountaineers are expected to be revitalized by quarterback Pat White, who is expected to be 100 percent for the first time since the beginning of the season after having a head injury.Tuberville said White’s skill set makes him comparable to a former Auburn quarterback.”There isn’t a whole lot of difference between Pat White and Dameyune Craig,” Tuberville said. “Both are phenomenal football players. They play great with their athletic ability. Their feet accelerate, make good decisions.”   ‘BAMA TRIES TO PLAY FULL 60 MINUTESAlabama coach Nick Saban loves the effort his team gives in the first halves of games — the kind of effort that has given the Crimson Tide 23-3, 31-0 and 24-3 first half leads against Clemson, Georgia and Ole Miss, respectively.But Saban isn’t as high on the lackadaisical effort his team seems to give while playing with a big lead.The Crimson Tide’s latest setback came last weekend when Ole Miss outscored Alabama, 17-0, after the Crimson Tide took a 21-point lead into halftime.Saban said the Crimson Tide must play all 60 minutes this weekend against Tennessee to remain unbeaten.”Certainly that needs to be our focus as coaches in terms of what we need to do, and I am sure our players will want to do the same thing,” Saban said. “I think that sometimes when you get affected by external factors, then sometimes you lose sight of that.”The Crimson Tide will be without nose guard Terrence Cody for the next two weeks.Saban said he hopes Cody will be available to play against LSU on Nov. 8.”This is a time for players to support the players that are going to play,” he said. “We all want to support Cody and help him get back and get healthy so he can play well again.”—-Contact Casey Gisclair at [email protected]