Some football pundits have criticized Ole Miss’ offense for moving too quickly, exposing its defense to long stretches on the field that eventually wear it down.

But for Rebels coach Hugh Freeze, that style is playing to his team’s strengths.

“We’ve won a lot of games doing that. We think about it frequently, but when we slow down we aren’t near as effective, it seems,” he said Wednesday during the SEC coaches teleconference. “Arkansas slowed it down on us (last Saturday), so it’s not like we are playing a ton of defensive snaps. We pay attention to it, but we aren’t overly concerned about it.”

Ole Miss is second-to-last in the nation in time of possession, averaging less than 24 minutes per game. The flip side of that statistic, however, is that the Rebels are 20th nationally in scoring with 39.7 points per game.

Yet Freeze’s squad has blown second-half leads in all three of its losses this season, and he was asked about the difficulties of calling plays with a lead.

“It’s difficult to stay aggressive when you are leading,” he said. “It just takes a tipped pass to flip momentum. It’s tough to manage.”

The No. 23 Rebels (3-3, 1-2) will try to get their season back on track when they visit No. 25 LSU (4-2, 2-1) at 9 p.m. ET Saturday for a game on ESPN.