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October 20, 2011
View from the Lawnchair: Forward Rebels, Colonel Reb and the 'Who Hates Nutt more bowl'

September 26, 2011
View from the lawn chair: Intramural Power Rankings and Predictions

As we close in on the midway point of another semester there a quite a few hot topics that students are talking about around the campus. Parking, our football team, free scantrons, Amendment 26 and when the exact date that it will become fashionable again to wear leggings, XXXXL sweatshirts and rain boots. I'm thinking mid-October.

That said, I am going to take a different route, and talk about an issue that has been untouched as of yet by the campus water-cooler. Intramurals. I'm sticking to the important issues see?

February 1, 2012
Ole Miss commitment capsules

Quintavius Burdette

Athlete

Senatobia (Senatobia HS)

Rivals.com: 2 Stars

Scout.com: 2 Stars

Vitals: 5’10,” 180 pounds

Burdette committed to Hugh Freeze at Arkansas State and switched to Ole Miss in late January. Originally a running back, he was forced to play quarterback as a senior. He rushed for over 1,200 yards as a junior at the running back position. Listed as an athlete, he could play in the defensive secondary or at running back for the Rebels.

January 31, 2012
Baseball Practice Report: Positon-By-Position Breakdown

Pitchers:

While there is still a lot to be determined in this young pitching staff, one thing is clear: there is depth. The weekend starters are not yet set, but it looks as though freshman Bobby Wahl and senior R.J. Hively will take the hill on Fridays and Saturdays, respectively, for the Rebels. The Sunday spot seems to be down to three guys, but it’s anyone’s battle at the start of spring practice.

“Coach (Mike Bianco) has said that whoever performs the best is going to get the weekend spots, so we’ll see what happens,” Wahl said.

Sophomore Mike Mayers may have a slight lead at the moment with a season of SEC experience under his belt. However, freshmen Josh Laxer and Hawtin Buchanan, as well as juniors Tanner Bailey and Dylan Chavez, are right there in the mix. Look for Mayers to take the Sunday spot to start the season with two of the other four pitchers to fill the mid-week spots.

“(Mayers’) slider is something he’s worked on since last year,” head coach Mike Bianco said. “I think it’s just normal progression. He pitched over 50 innings last season, which is a ton for a freshman. The slider is better, but I think he’s better all around.”

Junior Brett Huber will be counted on in the late innings of the game and fill the closer’s role as he did his freshman year.

“Right now, I’m just working on commanding the strike zone and stuff like that,” Huber said. “I’m just working on being more consistent out there. Last year I had some problems with that.”

Pitchers:

While there is still a lot to be determined in this young pitching staff, one thing is clear: there is depth. The weekend starters are not yet set, but it looks as though freshman Bobby Wahl and senior R.J. Hively will take the hill on Fridays and Saturdays, respectively, for the Rebels. The Sunday spot seems to be down to three guys, but it’s anyone’s battle at the start of spring practice.

January 31, 2012
College football recruiting is overrated

They say the college football season never really ends. When the games are over and a champion is crowned, coaching searches and recruiting take center stage in college football news. However, recruiting and the way it is currently handled by all parties involved makes it completely irrelevant.

They say the college football season never really ends. When the games are over and a champion is crowned, coaching searches and recruiting take center stage in college football news. However, recruiting and the way it is currently handled by all parties involved makes it completely irrelevant.

First off, player ratings make no sense and do not really capture a recruit’s true potential. If you don’t believe me, let’s look at past Ole Miss players as incoming recruits. Some of the Rebs’ best players were not highly rated or recruited.

January 26, 2012
Recruiting Update: Remaining targets for Ole Miss

With signing day less than a week away, The Daily Mississippian’s Bennett Hipp gives a few of the prospects that are still being pursued by Ole Miss. This isn’t an inclusive list, and names are listed alphabetically.

With signing day less than a week away, The Daily Mississippian’s Bennett Hipp gives a few of the prospects that are still being pursued by Ole Miss. This isn’t an inclusive list, and names are listed alphabetically.

Richie Brown

Linebacker

Long Beach

Scout.com: 3 Stars

Rivals.com: 4 Stars

Vitals: 6’2,” 228 pounds

October 27, 2011
NCAA approves major scholarship changes at meeting

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The scandal-plagued NCAA is moving swiftly in hopes of cleaning up its image.

On Thursday, the Division I Board of Directors approved a package of sweeping reforms that gives conferences the option of adding more money to scholarships, schools the opportunity to award scholarships for multiple years, imposes tougher academic standards on recruits and changes the summer basketball recruiting model.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The scandal-plagued NCAA is moving swiftly in hopes of cleaning up its image.

On Thursday, the Division I Board of Directors approved a package of sweeping reforms that gives conferences the option of adding more money to scholarships, schools the opportunity to award scholarships for multiple years, imposes tougher academic standards on recruits and changes the summer basketball recruiting model.

October 17, 2011
Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers visits Ole Miss

 

Heisman Trophy winner and two-time National Champion Johnny Rodgers visited the University of Mississippi this past weekend. 

On his itinerary, in addition to attending Saturday’s Ole Miss-Alabama game, was visiting Meek School of Journalism and New Media Dean H.W. Norton, who knew Rogers from his time as the journalism dean of the University of Nebraska, and speaking to Professor Jim Lumpp’s Integrated Marketing Communication class. 

September 18, 2011
Secretary of state announces ammendments to sports agent laws

The state of Mississippi is strengthening its rules on sports agents interactions with players.
The Secretary of State’s office announced this past summer the revisions that have been made to the Uniform Athlete Agents act, or the laws which govern sports agent operating in the state.
The office said that this change was made to “provide greater protection to our student athletes.”

September 12, 2011
Turner Center to host charity event honoring fallen heroes

 

On Aug. 6, an American helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan — it was the largest loss of American lives in a single event since 2005.

September 7, 2011
The problem with justice in the Brandon McInerny case

The butterflies in the stomach, the rush of those adolescent hormones — it’s a hallmark of those tumultuous early teenage years.

For a few of us, that first crush results in bliss; however, for the rest of us, it’s a heartbreaker. For 15-year-old Larry King, it killed him.

August 17, 2011
Preseason Football – Rebels go to full pads

 

June 15, 2011
Ole Miss softball team receives SEC Sportsmanship Award

 

The Ole Miss softball team and University of South Carolina track and field athlete Louis Day have been named recipients of the fourth annual SEC Sportsmanship Award, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive announced Wednesday.  The winners will be forwarded for nomination to the NCAA for its national sportsmanship awards, to be announced in July.

The two were chosen by a vote of the SEC directors of athletics.

June 14, 2011
Meet the new assistant basketball coaches: Al Pinkins

 

Michael White left for a head coaching position at Louisiana Tech, Owen Miller to become the head coach at Gulfport High School and Torrey Ward to pursue other coaching opportunities. This is the second of a three-part series, introducing the three new assistant basketball coaches.

 

After being an assistant coach at Middle Tennessee State University for eight seasons, Al Pinkins, one of the rising young coaches in the profession, was named to the same position at Ole Miss in April.

He joins head coach Andy Kennedy and new assistant coaches Bill Armstrong and Sergio Rouco on the bench this season. From his past playing and coaching experience, Pinkins brings deep recruiting ties in the South and a reputation for developing post players.

June 10, 2011
The NCAA: Putting its money where its mission is?

 

The NCAA is not new to making enemies, but they’ve made two new ones.

University of Colorado at Boulder’s two most infamous non-graduates, Matt Stone and Trey Parker – the minds behind the television series South Park – chose to put the NCAA under the spotlight of their social commentary in the show’s 15th season.

April 11, 2011
Student athletes honored at Rebels’ Choice Awards

The Ole Miss athletics department and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committte rolled out the red carpet – literally – to honor its student athletes and coaches on Monday night at the inaugural Rebels’ Choice Awards in the Ford Center.

The Ole Miss athletics department and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committte rolled out the red carpet – literally – to honor its student athletes and coaches on Monday night at the inaugural Rebels’ Choice Awards in the Ford Center.

ESPN’s Clay Matvick emceed the event that closely resembled the World Wide Leader’s Espy Awards, which honors individual and team athletic achievement each year. Matvick opened the evening with a few jokes before getting into the awards portion of the show.

April 6, 2011
Kirui wins Brad David SEC Community Service Scholarship

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Ole Miss track and field athlete Barnabas Kirui and University of Georgia track and field athlete has been named the 2010-11 Brad Davis Southeastern Conference Community Service Leader of the Year, alongside Bridget Lyons of the University of Georgia, commissioner Mike Slive announced Tuesday.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Ole Miss track and field athlete Barnabas Kirui and University of Georgia track and field athlete has been named the 2010-11 Brad Davis Southeastern Conference Community Service Leader of the Year, alongside Bridget Lyons of the University of Georgia, commissioner Mike Slive announced Tuesday.

The two were chosen by a committee of faculty athletics representatives from SEC universities. Each will receive a $6,000 post-graduate scholarship, provided by the SEC.

March 18, 2011
Q&A with Michael Thompson, Ole Miss Senior Associate Athletics Director for Communications and Marketing

On Feb. 11, I conducted an interview with Michael Thompson, Ole Miss' Senior Associate Athletics Director for Communications and Marketing. Thompson had much to say about the Ole Miss atheltics brand and how he plans to grow it in the future.

On Feb. 11, I conducted an interview with Michael Thompson, Ole Miss Senior Associate Athletics Director for Communications and Marketing. Thompson had much to say about the Ole Miss atheltics brand and how he plans to grow it in the future. Unfortunately, thanks to a snafu by yours truly and a dead laptop, the transcript of this interview never saw the light of day until now. While this interview took place nearly a month ago, it nevertheless provides quality insight into Thompson's philosophy in regard to marketing Rebel athletics. 

March 7, 2011
The Divine Dramedy of Brian Davies

I hope you don’t mind me hiding under the covers of this newspaper — it’s been some time since my last confession, and after comparing my life to the Honor Code described in this column, I’m afraid I sin like a champion.

Dear readers, thanks for making time for me today.

I hope you don’t mind me hiding under the covers of this newspaper — it’s been some time since my last confession, and after comparing my life to the Honor Code described in this column, I’m afraid I sin like a champion.

The Salt Lake Tribune reported last Wednesday that BYU center Brian Davies had been dismissed from the team after he admitted to having violated the BYU “Honor Code.”

February 16, 2011
Thompson tackles basketball attendance

 Michael Thompson, Ole Miss senior athletics director for communications and marketing, spoke at length with The Daily Mississippian sports editor Paul Katool about his plans for Rebel athletics.

 Michael Thompson, Ole Miss senior athletics director for communications and marketing, spoke at length with The Daily Mississippian sports editor Paul Katool about his plans for Rebel athletics. Here’s what Thompson had to say on improving attendance at Ole Miss basketball games:

On the lack of basketball attendance...
When I was here from 1989-2001, that Coliseum was crazy; it was nuts. I remember waiting in line to get tickets. I remember waiting in line to get into the game, I remember wanting to get there early.

February 2, 2011
Is social media a detriment to recruitment process?

With the advancement of social media outlets, the coverage of college football recruitment has changed dramatically. No longer do fans have to wait until national signing day to see which highly rated recruits signed with their school of choice.

With the advancement of social media outlets, the coverage of college football recruitment has changed dramatically. No longer do fans have to wait until national signing day to see which highly rated recruits signed with their school of choice.

October 5, 2010
Which mascot will you choose?

Yesterday afternoon, the mascot selection committee posted images and biographies of the three remaining choices for on-field mascot. 

 

Yesterday afternoon, the mascot selection committee posted images and biographies of the three remaining choices for on-field mascot. 

 

September 27, 2010
Eldrick Woods and Tiger Woods: Let them be

Eldrick Woods is a family man with two beautiful children, an entrepreneur with countless successful endeavors, a brilliant thinker with a Stanford education, and as personable and easy to advertise as any human being on the planet.

 

Eldrick Woods is a family man with two beautiful children, an entrepreneur with countless successful endeavors, a brilliant thinker with a Stanford education, and as personable and easy to advertise as any human being on the planet.

 

September 9, 2010
Student athletes gain experience outside locker room

Student athletes attended the Backpack to Briefcase etiquette dinner on Wednesday where they learned networking and proper etiquette skills.

 

Student athletes attended the Backpack to Briefcase etiquette dinner on Wednesday where they learned networking and proper etiquette skills.

 

September 8, 2010
Srother a success in soccer and in studies

 

The Southeastern Conference is known for its talented athletes - athletes who persevere, push beyond their limits and settle for nothing short of perfection. 

 

The Southeastern Conference is known for its talented athletes - athletes who persevere, push beyond their limits and settle for nothing short of perfection.