Sunday morning notebook: Five things I think I know: • I underestimated Missouri. The Tigers are far, far better than I thought. They are really good up front on both sides of the ball. They have two excellent quarterbacks, a fleet of receivers and better runners than I anticipated. You choose your poison. You can […]
OXFORD– The Ole Miss Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame will honor Billy and Mollie Van Devender of Jackson, Miss., with its Distinguished American Award and Jesse Mitchell, also of Jackson, with the Contribution to Amateur Football Award here Saturday night, Nov. 23, when No. 24 Ole Miss hosts No. […]
Mississippi State likely will nominate All American offensive guard Gabe Jackson as its candidate for the C Spire Conerly Trophy. Jackson, a fifth-year senior, ranks at or near the top of virtually very NFL draft expert’s list at the guard position. Jackson has not allowed a sack this season and has consistently graded out a […]
From Ole Miss media relations OXFORD — Ole Miss and the State of Mississippi lost another sports legend Sunday, Nov. 17, with the passing of George M. “Buck” Randall, 73, of Clinton, Miss., following a lengthy illness. Visitation will be at Sebrell Funeral Home (425 Northpark Drive, Ridgeland, Miss., (601-957-6946) from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, […]
Jackson, Miss. – For the first time in the award’s history, Mississippi football fans will have the opportunity to take part in the voting for the C Spire Conerly Trophy winner, which annually honors the top college football player in the Magnolia state. C Spire, along with the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, […]
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State, a whopping 26-point underdog to top-ranked Alabama, achieved the most necessary ingredient for a monumental upset. The Bulldogs won the turnover battle 4-1. To win against such huge odds, you have to be plus-2 or more, and State was plus-3. The other ingredients weren’t there. You can’t waste scoring opportunities, especially […]
From Special Reports SCOOBA – The juggernaut that is East Mississippi Community College football was back in the news in a big way today. Headlined by Region 23 Offensive Most Valuable Player Dontreal Pruitt and Coach of the Year Buddy Stephens, the MACJC State Champion Lions of East Mississippi Community College have placed a state-high […]
Ole Miss junior quarterback Bo Wallace, the 2012 C Spire Conerly Trophy winner, continues to put up huge numbers in 2013. His 416 yards passing and 428 yards of total offense in last Saturday’s 34-24 victory over Arkansas both rank as the second-best single-game performance in Ole Miss football history. Wallace has moved into fifth […]
