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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 7, 2012

Ole Miss football 2012 recruiting class in perspective

Now that National Signing Day has come and gone, recruiting junkies only have one thing left to do: wonder.

Those wonderers will sit around and ask themselves if Hugh Freeze’s recruiting class was good enough or if it will be something that ruins his career at Ole Miss, much like it did Houston Nutt.

February 7, 2012

Sophomore Sensation: Vlaar builds off successful freshman season

Sophomore Vivian Vlaar became an Ole Miss Rebel Netter at the age of 17.

Although young, her game was like that of a seasoned veteran. In her freshman season, Vlaar compiled a 25-9 overall singles record, which included a 12-match win streak from Jan. 14 to March 6. Vlaar also posted a winning record in doubles at 11-9.

Sophomore Vivian Vlaar became an Ole Miss Rebel Netter at the age of 17.

February 6, 2012

David leads men's golf into start of 2012 season

At the age of four, senior golfer Joe David was already learning how to play the game.

“I started golf and baseball at the same time when I was four years old,” David said. “My grandfather got me into it. One day he was in the backyard hitting golf balls, and I asked him what he was doing, and he explained it and showed me. Eventually, some guys at the golf course got me some clubs, and I started going to the course with my grandfather.”

At the age of four, senior golfer Joe David was already learning how to play the game.

February 3, 2012

Recruiting class grades: the defense

Defensive End

Signees: Channing Ward, Kameroon Wood (Greyshirt from last year’s class), John Youngblood

Grade: A

Ward is the jewel of Freeze’s first recruiting class. One of the best, if not the best player in Mississippi, he looks to step in and be an impact pass rusher for a defense that managed only 13 sacks this past season. As a senior at Aberdeen, he recorded 117 tackles and 16 sacks.

Wood and Youngblood are high-energy, high-motor guys that, if nothing else, provide depth at the position. This group could have been an “A+” if Ole Miss had landed North Pike’s A.J. Jefferson, who signed with Mississippi State.

Defensive Tackle

Signee: Issac Gross

Grade: B

At 6’3” and 275 pounds, Gross is undersized for a defensive tackle, but he will push for playing time at either defensive tackle or defensive end because of a great first step and high motor.

February 3, 2012

Recruiting class grades: the offense

Quarterback

Signees: Bo Wallace, Maikhail Miller (Greyshirt from last year’s class)

Grade: C+

Ole Miss failed to sign a true high school quarterback in this class, but brought in the NJCAA Offensive Player of the Year in Bo Wallace who has three years of eligibility left. Miller greyshirted from the 2011 class and enrolled in January. He’s a developmental player who will need time before competing for the starting job. Wallace should immediately compete for the starting job, but it hurt to not land either Anthony Alford or Jeremy Liggins, who committed to Southern Miss and LSU, respectively.

Quarterback

Signees: Bo Wallace, Maikhail Miller (Greyshirt from last year’s class)

Grade: C+

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.

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 31, 2012

Golson makes transition from the gridiron to the diamond

When the Ole Miss football team got back to Oxford after a 31-3 loss to Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl, most of the team turned their attention to the offseason and who would be named their new head coach, but freshman Senquez Golson turned his attention to baseball and the friendly confines of Oxford/University Stadium at Swayze Field.

January 31, 2012

Ole MIss Signing Day Primer: Announcements and other notes

Signing Day Announcements

LB Richie Brown

Schools Considering: LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Tennessee

WR Brad Culp

Schools Considering: Arkansas, Ole Miss and North Carolina

DB Trae Elston

Schools Considering: LSU, Ole Miss and Oklahoma State

LB Khalid Henderson

Schools Considering: Kentucky and Ole Miss

WR Cordarrelle Patterson

Schools Considering: Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss and Tennessee

RB Justin Taylor

School Considering: Alabama, Kentucky and Ole Miss (currently committed to Alabama)

Greyshirting

A greyshirt is when a recruit delays his enrollment for a semester so his eligibility clock doesn’t start until January of the next year. The player can take less than a full load of classes and work out but can’t practice or play with the team. It is used by schools to create more room to sign players when scholarships are tight.

January 29, 2012

Ole Miss announces 2012 Hall of Fame class

Students, professors, administrators and Oxonians alike filled the seats of the Gertrude C. Ford Center this past Friday to support the 2012 University of Mississippi Hall of Fame class, as well the annual Who’s Who of American Universities and Colleges.
Chancellor Dan Jones gave the opening statement and was joined by Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Sparky Reardon and Provost Morris Stocks.
“It’s a great event for the university,” Jones said. “It’s always a happy occasion for the university.”

January 26, 2012

Rivals.com analyst Keith Niebuhr breaks down Ole Miss recruiting

Austin Miller: What are your overall thoughts on this year’s Ole Miss recruiting class?

Keith Niebuhr: It’s always difficult when you have a new staff come in and have that kind of turnover. They lost some crucial time from when it was known that Nutt wasn’t going to be back, to the time the new staff was put into place. This group did a good job, first and foremost, of securing the recruits they already had. That’s the key. So you’re almost starting from scratch. Then they went out and have gotten a few more guys. It’s not huge in numbers, but it’s high in quality. And now they land Channing Ward, which was huge. That’s a big prize in Mississippi, so that’s significant.

Austin Miller: What are your overall thoughts on this year’s Ole Miss recruiting class?

January 25, 2012

Rebel Netters set to open season today

The No. 23 Rebel Netters take to the courts today to open its dual match season against Southern Miss, looking to building on their success from this past season. Doubles play will begin at 1:30 p.m. followed by singles matches at the Gillom Sports Center.

January 24, 2012

Crown Jewel: Ward talks about his recruitment and Ole Miss commitment

Surrounded by his family and coaches, Aberdeen defensive end Channing Ward was set to make his college choice during a timeout in the Under Armour All-America Game on Jan. 5. Hats representing Alabama, Ole Miss and Mississippi State sat on a table on the sidelines of Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. When he picked up the Ole Miss hat to indicate his verbal commitment to join the Rebels next season, it was a huge win for new head coach Hugh Freeze and his staff.

January 22, 2012

Winter Break Roundup: Men's Basketball

The Ole Miss men’s basketball team has played 11 games since school let out for winter break in early December. The break was one of highs and lows for the team. Below is a quick glimpse of what you may have missed over the break.

DECEMBER 10: OLE MISS 80, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 56

The Rebels kicked off their winter break by welcoming Mississippi Valley State to Oxford. The Rebels had very little problem with the Delta Devils, taking a 41-22 lead into halftime before cruising the rest of the way to an 80-56 victory.

January 12, 2012

Ole Miss Picks Up JUCO QB Bo Wallace

Ole Miss head football coach Hugh Freeze continues his hot start on the recruiting trail, receiving a national letter of intent Thursday from Bo Wallace, a quarterback from East Mississippi Community College.

The 6-foot-5, 210-pounder will enroll at Ole Miss for the spring semester and begin competing in the 2012 season with three years of eligibility remaining.

January 4, 2012

Rebels survive scare from SMU

It wasn’t pretty and it wasn’t easy, but the Ole Miss men’s basketball team got back in the win column with a 50-48 win over SMU (8-6) Tuesday night in Oxford. The Rebels snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 10-4 on the season as they enter Southeastern Conference play Saturday.

"We have a term with this team that especially rings true, 'Embrace the grind,'" Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy said after the game.

December 22, 2011

Rebels suffer second straight loss, injury to Holloway

SOUTHAVEN - Ole Miss started the season 9-1, winning six straight after a 30-point loss to Marquette in the Paradise Jam Tournament.

However, the Rebels (9-3) lost 86-82 at Southern Miss this past Saturday, followed by a 68-56 loss to Middle Tennessee State in Southaven Wednesday night.

SOUTHAVEN - Ole Miss started the season 9-1, winning six straight after a 30-point loss to Marquette in the Paradise Jam Tournament.

However, the Rebels (9-3) lost 86-82 at Southern Miss this past Saturday, followed by a 68-56 loss to Middle Tennessee State in Southaven Wednesday night.

“We just have a lot of inefficiencies,” Kennedy said of his team. “We don’t have one guy that’s really struggling. It’s our team. It’s our inability as a team.”

December 8, 2011

Freeze Announces First Additions To Ole Miss Staff

Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze announced on Thursday the first additions to his Rebel football staff. Dave Wommack was named the Rebels’ defensive coordinator and safeties coach, Maurice Harris will serve as tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator, Tom Allen will be the linebackers coach, and Chris Kiffin was named defensive line coach.

All four assistant coaches were members of Freeze’s staff at Arkansas State.

December 6, 2011

Coming home

On Monday, Hugh Freeze was officially announced as the 37th head coach of the Ole Miss Rebel football program, but it wasn’t a hire the entire fan base loved.

Not at all, actually.

November 30, 2011

SEC Football Power Poll: End of the regular season

1. LSU (12-0, 8-0 SEC, 1st last week): LSU all but locked up a spot in the BCS National Championship with a 41-17 trouncing of Arkansas, the Tigers’ third win over a top-three team this season. In all, LSU has beat seven top-25 teams by an average margin of victory of more than 20 points. Despite trailing 14-0 early in the second quarter, the Tigers outgained the Razorbacks 494-254, including 286-47 on the ground. Sophomore defensive back Tyrann Mathieu was the player of the game, tying the game on an electrifying 92-yard punt return for a touchdown, forcing two fumbles and recovering one of the them. LSU looks to keep its perfect season intact when they play Georgia in Saturday’s SEC Championship.

This week: vs. Georgia (10-2, 7-1 SEC), 3 p.m., CBS

November 29, 2011

Life on the sidelines

Lucus Jackson wears no jersey where he works on the sidelines, getting Gatorade for the players and arriving at football games five hours early to make sure the cups, towels and bandages are ready.
Even though he isn’t a player on the field, Jackson, a student athletic trainer with the football team, participates on the larger playing field of life, making service his emphasis.
With so much emphasis on the losing football season and coaching and other leadership changes, Jackson’s role out of the spotlight and on the sidelines shines brightly.

November 28, 2011

Pick Six: A closer look at the Ole Miss head coaching search

LARRY FEDORA, 49, Southern Miss Head Coach

This Season: 10-2, 6-2 C-USA

Head Coaching Record: 31-19

Past Coaching Experience: Baylors WRs/TEs/RBs (1991-96), Air Force QBs/WRs (1997-98), Middle Tennessee OC (1999-2001), Florida OC (2002-04), Oklahoma State OC (2005-07), Southern Miss HC (2008-Present)

November 27, 2011

Women's hoops wins third striaght, wins at UMass

AMHERST, Mass. – Nikki Byrd led four players in double figures as the Ole Miss women’s basketball team won its third straight game, 72-67, at UMass Saturday afternoon.

With the win, Ole Miss improved to 4-1 overall, while fell to UMass 1-4.

The win gave Ole Miss its third 4-1 start over the last three seasons.

It also pushed the Rebels’ winning streak to three games, the longest since the 2009-10 season when Ole Miss won five straight from January 6 – January 24.

November 15, 2011

A new-look Cox works his way into shape and the starting lineup

Demarco Cox enters his sophomore season a completely different player. After stepping on campus and playing at 315 pounds this past season, Cox lost 40 pounds over the summer to get down to 275. His physical transformation has already shown, as he is running the court a lot better and is a lot quicker on his feet on both sides of the court. Cox credits running every day and completely changing his diet.

November 10, 2011

Bracketology: Ole Miss edition

AUSTIN MILLER: What are your overall thoughts on the Ole Miss men’s basketball team this season?

JOE LUNARDI: At the risk of being the most unpopular person in Oxford, I am not overly optimistic. Ultimately, Ole Miss was a losing team (7-9) in a horrible SEC West and has lost its best player in Chris Warren. While there may be a little “addition by subtraction” in being more team-oriented, the gap between the Rebels and the NCAA tournament was far greater than their 20 overall wins would suggest.