Ole Miss is making a valiant effort to rise among the ranks of the SEC powers, however, this article will provide a reason why the 2010 recruiting class will fall short. Ole Miss Chancellor Dan Jones has banned the Rebels’ marching band from playing the fan favorite “From Dixie With Love” during football games after a group of students disregarded an edict that they stop chanting, “The South will rise again.” Now his support of the student-led initiative to...
South Carolinais heading into Saturday’s match-up against Kentucky without star TE Weslye Saunders. Saunders injured his ankle in last week’s beat-down of South Carolina State. The 6’5 TE aggravated the ankle which has given him troubles before in the past. In his absence, SC will be forced to start Justice Cunningham. Cunningham has seen action in all of South Carolina’s games this season so they will have some experience to turn to while Saunders recovers.
South Carolina’s 16-10 win over Ole Miss comes with a small price tag. Unfortunately, the Gamecocks’ DT Travian Robertson will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL in his right knee. Robertson suffered this season ending injury during the 3rd quarter of Thursday’s game. The team released a statement late Friday night confirming the torn ACL and stated that Robertson is scheduled for surgery in the coming weeks. Robertson is listed as a junior so he...
Ole Miss DE Greg Hardy will not suit up this Saturday for the Rebels’s second game of the season against Southeastern Louisiana. Hardy sprained his ankle on September 6th during Ole Miss’s game against Memphis and it is still giving him trouble. Rebel head coach Houston Nutt announced on Monday, “I’d say Greg is very doubtful for this game,” Nutt said. “His ankle is still swollen. There’s some discoloration. He has a ways to go.” Hardy has been one of...
It looks as if Nick Saban has finally decided on a permanent place to lay his roots. Saban signed a contract extension that will keep him in Tuscaloosa until 2017.“Coach Saban has impressively led the Alabama football program back to national prominence in a short period of time,” Moore said on the school’s Web site Saturday. “This contract extension is a clear statement of our mutual commitment to building on the foundation he has established.”
At on point, true freshman Elton Ford (So. 6’0, 208 lbs.) ranked second on the Arkansas Razorbacks with 42 tackles last season. He played so well in the beginning of the season that he got the nod to start at free safety as a true freshman. Unfortunately, he took a devastating hit during the Ole Miss game. The collision with Ole Miss’ Mike Wallace caused Ford to break three vertebrae in his neck. At the time, no one was sure if...
Ole Miss is back at it again. Top recruit and signee Darius “Tig” Barksdale (6’0, 190 lbs.) was arrested for DUI and driving without a license yesterday morning (August 6th) in Batesville, Mississippi. He was initially pulled over when the Batesville police were searching for a stolen vehicle. When pulled over, the police automatically smelled the alcohol permeating through the Mississippi air. When asked about the vehicle, he claimed he was borrowing his friend’s car. Not satisfied with the answer and with the detection of...
Mississippi State’s WR Brandon McRae’s (Sr. 6’4, 205 lbs.) 2008 season ended abruptly in the second quarter as he had to be carted off the field in the Egg Bowl against Ole Miss with a broken leg. The Bulldogs were crushed 0-45. He suffered a compound fracture of the tibia and had to have his leg immobilized. McRae missed all of spring practice recovering from the injury. McRae says he is ready to go and is listed as a starter on the team’s depth chart. Last season,...
