re: Looking back now, was the Ole Miss game the most blown out of proportion game ever?

Yes. It was pure ignorance.

LSU just went on the road and beat Alabama in a highly charged, emotional game and then took a 31-7 lead against a highly inferior Ole Miss by the half. They let off the gas some in the second half and Plumlee gashed them for a few big plays. Talking heads, incapable of rational thought, blew it all out of proportion and ridiculed the defense. It worked out in our favor though, as the defense played the rest of the year with a chip on their shoulder and shut everyone else completely down.