Here are the 5 biggest takeaways from the Rebels’ 10-7 loss to LSU in Death Valley Saturday night:

1. Bo Wallace looked like ‘Bad Bo’ even though he only threw one interception. The Rebels’ quarterback is normally judged by his turnovers, but just because Wallace didn’t commit a turnover until the final play of the game doesn’t mean he didn’t play poorly for the entire game. The Ole Miss passing offense was out of sync from the jump, as Wallace completed just 42 percent of his passes for only 176 yards and zero touchdowns. He had been completing more than 65 percent of his passes entering Saturday’s action, but he could never find his rhythm in a hostile road environment. Wallace did end the game with his first interception in SEC play (and his first interception in the second half of any game), but his performance had taken a turn for the worse long before that interception.

2. The ‘Landshark’ defense was still dominant even in a losing effort. Ole Miss entered Saturday’s contest allowing just 10.6 points per game, and it improved on that number by limiting LSU to just 10 points on its home field. The Rebels held the Tigers to just three points for most of the night, and they forced four turnovers in yet another overwhelming performance. Don’t try and pin this loss on the defense, as it’s certainly not the Landsharks’ fault the Rebels’ offense couldn’t muster more than seven points on the night. Eventually the Rebels defense wore down, a product of spending 36 minutes on the field while LSU’s defense played just 24 minutes. The Ole Miss defense reasserted its standing as the best defense in the SEC Saturday night, and it’ll remain a force to be reckoned with the rest of the season.

3. Hugh Freeze had his worst coaching performance of the season under the Death Valley lights. Freeze is the lead culprit behind the Rebels’ mismanagement of their final possession Saturday, costing his team its first defeat of the season. With nine seconds remaining, he wasted most of the play clock trying to decide whether to kick a potential game-tying field goal or run one more play to make the kick easier. By the time he elected to kick the ball the play clock ran out costing his team five yards on a delay of game penalty. The penalty yardage moved Ole Miss out of field goal range, and Wallace threw an interception on the next play when Freeze should have warned him to either take a safe completion or throw the ball away. The Rebels should have forced overtime, but they never even attempted a kick thanks to Freeze’s incompetence late in the game. The Rebels’ head man has been one of the SEC’s best coaches during his tenure in Oxford, but Saturday night was his worst coaching performance of 2014 by far.

4. Will Gleeson did as much to keep Ole Miss in the game as any member of the ‘Landsharks.’ Gleeson booted six punts and landed four of them inside the LSU 20 yard line, aiding the Rebels defense in a low-scoring affair in Baton Rouge. Without Gleeson’s contributions to the field position battle, the Tigers might have blown past Ole Miss much earlier than they did. Gleeson routinely gave a run-heavy LSU offense long fields, and it can be argued he had as much to do with LSU’s low point total as the nation’s best scoring defense. Punters are rarely appreciated for their role in a game, but Gleeson was huge Saturday night in keeping Ole Miss in front for most of the contest.

5. Senquez Golson continues to end up in the right place at the right time. Golson pulled in his eighth interception in eight games this season, but once again he made a relatively easy play on a ball that should never have been thrown in the first place. LSU quarterback Anthony Jennings lofted the ball down the right sideline, and it sailed well over his intended target’s head. The wideout cut off his route, but Golson ran under the ball and intercepted the pass to contribute to the Rebels’ four turnovers. Golson is a ball-hawk and a playmaker, but he’s also had some luck on his side in accumulating his SEC-leading interception total.