OXFORD — Matt Corral deleted his social media Wednesday night.
Twitter is gone. So is Instagram.
He might look here and there, he admitted Thursday, but he’s not going to be spending much time, now that the 2021 season has arrived, reading through mentions.
Without social media at his fingertips, Corral didn’t know Wednesday that former Heisman winner Robert Griffin III, now a college football analyst at ESPN, predicted Corral would join that elusive fraternity come December.
“I’m going with the most fun to watch gunslinger in all of college football: Matt Corral,” Griffin said on ESPN. “I think he’s going to fix his turnover issues and he’s going to go out and lead Ole Miss to being a serious contender in the College Football Playoff. It’s not the safe pick, it’s not the trendy pick, but this guy’s exciting.”
Corral learned of Griffin’s prediction Thursday at practice. Ole Miss faces Louisville Monday night in Atlanta in the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Classic at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
“That’s pretty awesome but I don’t really try to focus on it,” Corral said. “Coaches don’t even talk about it. They talk about how much I suck, so it’s all good.”
Corral’s focus is on team, not individual acclaim, as the season-opener nears. After throwing for 3,337 yards and 29 touchdowns in 10 games in 2020, Corral is being asked to lead the Rebels to the next level in the ultra-competitive Southeastern Conference.
He said Thursday he’s worked through the playbook non-stop since the Jan. 2...
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