Call it the “Coach O Bowl.”

LSU hosts Ole Miss in Ed Orgeron’s first game against the school he led to a 10-25 record in three years in the mid-2000s.

Unlike back then, it’s Orgeron’s team that comes in with momentum. LSU has won two straight under Orgeron, LSU’s interim coach, and Ole Miss is reeling at 3-3 coming off a 34-30 loss to Arkansas.

What’s going to happen? We made some bold predictions:

1. Both teams will come out slinging

LSU (4-2) comes in brimming with confidence after two straight blowout wins. Ole Miss has hit a low point in its season. After coming so close to handing both Florida State and Alabama their first loss, the Rebels fell to 3-3 with another close loss to Arkansas.

For those reasons, expect both the Tigers and Rebels to come out firing.

For LSU, it’s about building on the 35-point second half of last week’s 45-10 win over Southern Mississippi. You don’t carry that momentum by running Leonard Fournette on a power early and often. You do it by spreading the field and trying to get Malachi Dupre, D.J. Chark or Travin Dural in a favorable matchup down the field, especially if an Ole Miss defense that has had trouble stopping the run comes out determined to do just that.

Expect the Tigers to be aggressive.

As for Ole Miss, the Rebels want to regain momentum. What better way is there to do that than to have Chad Kelly take some shots early? A chunk play right out of the gates to Evan Engram would be a great way to get the bad taste of last week’s loss out of their mouth quickly.

2. LSU will give up way more than its average for passing yards, but Chad Kelly won’t be as efficient as normal

Do the math here. LSU is good at stopping the run and Ole Miss isn’t great at running the ball. LSU’s offense is improving and Ole Miss’ offense is regressing.

Add it together and you get plenty of motivation for the Rebels to keep the ball in the air. LSU isn’t Texas A&M on offense, but the Tigers figure to put up their share of points if the recent trend continues. And the best way for the Rebels to keep up is with Kelly throwing it.

That won’t be easy against a talented LSU secondary and a passing defense allowing 208.3 yards per game, but Kelly is also talented and he has capable pass-catchers, starting with Engram.

Look for Kelly to throw more than 40 times, maybe 50. But LSU will have him completing a low percentage (sort of like last week when he was under 50 percent against Arkansas). However, Kelly will make plays and get to 300 yards.

It won’t be his most efficient day, but he’s going to battle and produce.

3. You’ll see both Leonard Fournette and Derrius Guice in the backfield at the same time

Leonard Fournette is back, and when you have a player with his capabilities, you use him.

But when you have a running back who averages over nine yards a carry like Derrius Guice, you use him to.

So expect to see some packages where you see both Fournette and Guice on the field at the same time, something Orgeron hinted he would try to do once Fournette got healthy.

Perhaps there will be two-back sets that don’t involve a traditional fullback, allowing Guice and Fournette in the game together in split backs. Or maybe one of them, most likely Guice, will line up as a slot receiver.

How about running the power, an LSU staple even without Les Miles, with Fournette while Guice comes across from a slot receiver spot to fake a jet sweep action? Then later, the Tigers could fake to Fournette and give it to Guice.

There are a lot of possibilities. But the bottom line is, they are too good not to use in tandem, especially against a team that’s been weak at stopping the run like Ole Miss.

4. The teams will combine for 70-plus points

Ole Miss averages just under 40 points per game. LSU averages 43.5 points per game under Orgeron.

LSU should keep scoring because the Ole Miss defense is not very good. Ole Miss should keep scoring despite how good LSU’s defense is (just six touchdowns allowed) because the Rebels are that good.

Does that mean a shootout? It depends on how you define “shootout.” But the standards of LSU, which has played a 16-14 game, an 18-13 game and a 23-20 affair, yes, this one is going to be wild and woolly.

But Ole Miss has had games finish with 91 combined points, 79 and 76. So this will be old hat.

5. LSU will make the Alabama game relevant

LSU’s too good on defense for Ole Miss to score near its 39.7 point average. And the Rebels aren’t great on defense playing an LSU offense that, while statistically mediocre, is brimming with confidence after a couple of productive outings.

Look for the Tigers to move the ball on the ground with both Fournette and Guice getting chunk plays, and look for Danny Etling to get his share of big plays as well.

As for Ole Miss, the running game won’t go anywhere, but Kelly will do what he can to keep it close with his arm and feet. However, he’ll run into trouble needing to do too much, and like the Alabama game where he turned the ball over twice on plays resulting in Tide touchdowns, LSU will be able to force a couple of critical mistakes.

The yardage will be close, but those mistakes will be the difference.

Let’s call it a 42-31 LSU win, and the Tigers head into the bye week before Alabama with West Division title dreams still alive.