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Pictured on the cover of this month’s Game Time Rebels are running backs Jeff Scott and Brandon Bolden. Both return for the Rebels in 2011 and are expected to lead a talented offensive cast. Photographs by Matthew Sharpe.Photoillustration by Paul Gandy.

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W hen I last talked to Houston Nutt in mid-December, he was in Los Angeles.

The next day he flew back to Oxford for a few hours, showered, grabbed a fresh change of clothes, hopped back on a plane and got back on the trail.

Yes, he flew right over the great state of Colorado…twice…and didn’t even look down.

Nutt was out West recruiting…for the Ole Miss Rebels.

He and his staff, just like all of us, feel the pain of the 2010 season. All indications are that the coaching staff is busting its collective butt right now for immediate fixes in all areas of the roster deemed lacking.

That’s good news. Nutt said in a press conference back

in November that the 2010 season had caused him pain all the way down to the end of his pinky finger.

Well, I’d be willing to bet my own pinky finger that there will be no repeat of that debacle in 2011.

Yes, this time next year, the Rebels will be making bowl game plans.

Before you accuse me of being a blind

homer, let me say this: For sure, there’s no other way to classify 2010 other than dismal. It was a train wreck.

The crazy, preseason quarterback situation, while proven worthwhile, was more of a distraction internally than anyone let on.

The season-opening loss to Jacksonville State set the tone for one of the most forgettable falls in the annals of Ole Miss.

Then there was the loss to Vanderbilt at home.

Then there was player attrition and suspensions…one of the worse defenses we’ve ever had to endure…a second straight loss to arch rival Mississippi State.

Things just didn’t gee-haw this season.

It happens.It happens everywhere.It happened with the Texas Longhorns

this year, too.But now it’s over. And it’s time once

again to focus on the positive.The positive, for now, is that it seems

this coaching staff has turned up the intensity level in regards to everything.

Don’t take my word for it. Just ask a

player or two how tough the workouts have been since the season ended. One reported that there was so much spilling of stomach contents inside the indoor practice facility during workouts that new turf would have to be ordered because of the stench.

While not a pretty image, this sounds like a good start to a successful 2011 season. It sounds like something that will create physical and mental toughness for a team that looked as if it lacked those virtues at times this year.

Coach Nutt spending December flying coast-to-coast, hard on the recruiting trail, will produce results, too. In fact, the commitment list proves that it already has.

It’s just a few more days until a new calendar year, but the new football year started on the final whistle in the Egg Bowl.

The past is now where it needs to be: In the past.

Hotty Toddy and Happy New Year…because 2011 is going to be so much better.

The proof is likely in the pudding…on the turf.

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Area 55 Communications, an Oxford-based company, will soon launch Ox-ford’s only 24/7 all sports radio net-work. The network, called “The Reb,” will consist of one FM station in Gre-nada and at least one FM station in the Oxford market.

“We hope to be on the air in a few short weeks,” said Station Director Andy Hodges.

The company’s ownership group, which includes former Ole Miss All-Americans and professional football players Todd Wade, Derrick Burgess and Terrence Metcalf, is committed to providing local sports content on the airwaves. All three Rebel alums have made Oxford their permanent home.

Wade, Burgess and Metcalf will be three of many former Rebel players who will routinely be featured in the network’s programming.

“I’m very excited about this,” said Wade. “This is an opportunity to cast the light on the Ole Miss athletic pro-gram that it deserves.”

“Whether it be Ole Miss, local high schools or community sports, we will be dedicated to providing the best lo-cal content,” Hodges said. “Obviously, we will have a very strong Ole Miss fla-vor to our programming. From a radio standpoint, we will cover the Rebels like no one else.”

The network’s broadcast day will be-gin at 6 a.m. with the all-local morn-ing show “Rebel Rise with Brent and Hailey.” Hosted by Brent Phillips and Hailey Nutt, the show will air Monday through Friday from 6 a.m.-9 a.m. Nutt is the daughter of Ole Miss head foot-ball coach Houston Nutt.

Former Rebel great Deuce McAllister also has a programming commitment with the network, details of which will be released at a later date. Ole Miss legend Archie Manning will also make guest appearances on the network’s programming.

When complete, the network’s signal

should reach from roughly the Tennes-see state line to approximately 25 miles south of Winona and from the Missis-sippi River to New Albany. The net-work will also be available worldwide via Internet streaming.

“It’s important to us that the Rebel fan in Texas, California or wherever, can enjoy our coverage of the Rebels,” said morning show co-host Hailey Nutt. “We’re extremely excited about the programming and the constant cov-erage of Ole Miss sports it will bring to North Mississippi and beyond.

The network is affiliated with the Sporting News Radio Network and the

Fox Sports Radio network. “The Tim Brando Show,” a Sporting News Radio production, will air from 9 a.m. until noon, Monday through Friday.

A live evening drive time show is planned weekdays from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. Several weekly shows covering Ole Miss are also in the works. Night time will be filled with local sports program-ming, and live college and professional sports broadcasts.

“The network will come online gradu-ally, but the engines have been fired up. We’re ready to launch,” Hodges said.

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Dear Dr. Boyd, I have started a new

running program, but can’t increase my exercise because of nagging knee and foot pain. What can be done to allow me to keep running?

Gina, Memphis

The most common periods for running injuries are the initial 4-6 months of training such as after a new year’s resolution, when distances are increased such as preparing for a half/full marathon, when intensity and speed during exercise is increased, and the initial return to training after an injury. Most injuries

are preventable and can be attributed to anatomic abnormalities, running surfaces, shoe wear, and weather.

Runners should be aware that anatomic abnormalities such as lack of core body strength and misalignment of the hip, knee and ankle

are major causes of pain while running. Pain at the knee cap in runners is usually due to inflammation of the patella tendon or the smooth cartilage that covers the underside of the knee cap. Leg and foot pain may be due to stress fractures of the shin bone or smaller bones in the foot. All of these injuries are related to the body being unable to heal itself because of repetitive stressful activities.

The ideal surface for running is smooth and reasonably soft. Shoe wear has become more controversial. Traditional teaching is the use of well

made running shoes that correct for any misalignment of the foot with inserts. Shoes are replaced every 500 miles. A newer concept is “barefoot” running in which shoes are designed with minimal elevation in the heel which changes the way a runners foot strikes the ground while training.

Generally running injuries are treated with rest to allow healing of the overused area of the body with a gradual 10% increase in mileage per week upon return to training. The following are common injuries and treatments.

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Common Injuries in Runners:

KNEE PaINTendonitisMeniscus TearPatella Pain

LEG PaINStress FractureCompartment SyndromeShin Splints

FOOT PaINMetatarlsalgia Plantar fasciitisStress Fracture

Pain in tendons about kneePain with catching or lockingPain at knee cap

Pain at front of shinNumbness, weaknessPain on side of shin

Pain in ball of footPain under heelPain on top of foot

Rest, stretching, NSAIDSArthroscopic surgeryStrengthen QuadricepsAvoid hills

Rest, crutchesSurgery, cessation of runningRest, stretching, ice

Orthotics, soft running surfacesStretching, NSAIDS, heel padRest, walking boot, crutches

Injury Symptoms Treatment

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L ong before Raymond Cotton’s decision to transfer or Kentrell Lockett’s season ending knee injury, events had already set into motion

to send Ole Miss on its way to a losing record in 2010.

Player attrition under Ed Orgeron gave Houston Nutt’s staff an academic performance rate violation and cost three players from the 2010 signing class. That’s was not good for a program having start a lot of redshirt freshmen and sophomores.

With the season ending loss to Mississippi State still fresh on his mind, Nutt was able to reflect on the season. It was clear the February death of walk-on Bennie Abram due to Sickle Cell complications during the first workout of the offseason resonated through the program.

“That was really a tough way to start our offseason,” Nutt said. “I think it affected us a great deal—I know it did. It also affected us a great deal as coaches. It is the first time we have experienced that, and you have a tendency to pull back a little bit.

Our thoughts are with Bennie Abram’s family, and we wanted to dedicate the season to Bennie, and we didn’t do a very good job of that.”

An offseason with the weight of losing a teammate resting on their shoulders was a difficult enough task to handle. The team was only given more turmoil when Cotton’s decision to transfer sent the quarterback position into crisis mode. Weeks of ‘will he or won’t he enroll’ followed, as Nutt wrestled with the decision to reach out to troubled former Oregon star Jeremiah Masoli.

Masoli was ruled ineligible to play this season by the NCAA a week before the season opener against Jacksonville State, but an appeal got him back on the field 24 hours before the season opener.

After a week straight of having a quarterback in limbo, the Rebels shocked the nation by losing to an FCS level team for the first time in school history.

Nutt took a public relations risk by only reaching out to Masoli after his quarterback depth chart was depleted, but it was a decision he would make again.

“It was worth it,” Nutt said. “Number

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one, he helped us. The record may not say it, but he helped us. I think more importantly Ole Miss helped him. He’ll be locked into Ole Miss for a long time, for the rest of this life. I think he was an awesome leader. I think he helped a very young offensive line. I think he helped us in the locker room.”

With all of the speculation of how Masoli would handle himself after run-ins with the law in Oregon, he ended up being a model citizen in Oxford while his teammates made decisions that would cost the team on the field.

Starting right guard Rishaw Johnson was kicked off the team before the second game of the season. Freshman outside linebacker Clarence Jackson was arrested for stealing a TV out of Hume Hall and suspended for the season. Promising freshmen cornerback Tony Grimes and defensive end Delvin Jones were suspended the final two games of the season, and starting wide receiver Melvin Harris missed the Egg Bowl due to a suspension.

“It was the worst year we’ve had in terms of decision-making, and I think it goes back to leadership as coaches and seniors,” Nutt said. “If you go through the year since that February morning (Abram’s death) it has been a tough, tough road.”

Nutt has continually enforced the attributes of work ethic and discipline as pillars with which he built his Arkansas program after two losing seasons in his nine years in Fayetteville. He said the senior class has to do a better job of leading, which will be helped with the return of Lockett for a sixth year of eligibility after tearing his ACL against Fresno State. Other than Lockett only seven other seniors have started a game for Ole Miss entering 2011, which is why Nutt said he would consider opening team captain voting to underclassmen leaders like D.T. Shackleford.

“This will be an offseason where they’ll know whether or not they truly love football,” Nutt said. “They are going to be survivors, they will have gone so far that they will refuse to step back, because we are going to push them to the edge.”

The front seven on defense with four senior defensive tackles, and two senior linebackers were expected to lead a defense that finished in the top 10 against the run in 2008 and top 20 in the country against the pass in 2009 to success. Instead, they surrendered the most points in school history, gave up 38 points per game in conference play and surrendered 85 plays over 18 yards.

“We expected much better,” Nutt said. “You can point at some injuries and a guy

like (Kentrell) Lockett. The bottom line is we gave up too many big plays, there were some times we weren’t lined up or misplayed the ball. It seemed like everything that could’ve gone wrong went wrong.”

There is a silver lining from the season, and it comes from the play of an offensive line that started four true freshmen in the interior and finished second in the SEC in rushing and first in sacks allowed.

“If you look at those offensive lineman who got thrown into the fire: Patrick Junen, AJ Hawkins, Jared Duke, Evan Swindall, all of those guys have really stepped up,” Nutt said. “Jeff Scott, Charles Sawyer, Mike Marry, Cameron Whigham. If you look at how many young people played there are going to be very good. If you look at how tough our league is, there will be a year where you have things you didn't expect. That is why those recruiting classes have to be in order every year.”

Nutt’s current recruiting class is ranked in the top 25 in the country according to Rivals.com with 19 commitments, but he will be looking to the junior college ranks for help at defensive tackle and the secondary. He’ll also look at linebackers and wide receivers.

Nutt said he will search to add a high school and junior college quarterback to join the competition for Masoli’s replacement. Maikhail Miller out of Itawabma Agricultural High School in Fulton, Miss., is currently listed as a commitment on Rivals.

“Randal Mackey and Nathan Stanley…we have those two guys here right now ready to go,” Nutt said. “We will possibly sign a junior college guy, possibly sign one high school guy. We are going to try and get two more in here. All of those guys will be ready to compete.”

“THIS WILL BE aN OFFSEaSON WHERE THEY’LL KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY TRULY LOVE FOOTBaLL,” NUTT SaID. “THEY aRE GOING TO BE SURVIVORS, THEY WILL HaVE GONE SO FaR THaT THEY WILL REFUSE TO STEP BacK, BEcaUSE WE aRE GOING TO PUSH THEm TO THE EDGE.”

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JERRELL POWE, WHO aDORNED THE FIRST EVER cOVER OF GamE TImE REBELS, SaYS HE WILL FOREVER BE GRaTEFUL TO OLE mISS aND THE OxFORD cOmmUNITY FOR THE LOVE aND RESPEcT HE REcEIVED WHILE a REBEL.

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Jerrell Powe’s words blast from his mouth in harmony with his football explosiveness when asked how he will remember Ole Miss.

There’s no hesitation.“Ole Miss means the world to

me,” he deadpanned with a glare of conviction.

Powe, an all-conference defensive tackle and fan favorite for the Rebels, announced in early December that he would not pursue a potential extra year of eligibility at Ole Miss, instead opting for a future in the NFL. He says he is expecting to be selected late in the first round or early in the second round of the 2011 draft.

“The decision to leave was very difficult,” Powe related, “and I mean that from the bottom of my heart. I sat down with my family, my coaches, and made the best decision. I think I made the best decision for me.”

Powe said he is finished taking classes at Ole Miss and will spend the majority of his time in the Hattiesburg area prior to the draft. Oxford, however, will remain his home.

“I love this community. I love Oxford. I love Ole Miss. I will forever be a Rebel. I plan on buying a house and making my off-season home here. In the meantime, I’ll be back and forth between the Hattiesburg area and Oxford. I’ll be back for events, and I plan on attending a couple of basketball games,” he continued.

“There’s no place in the world I’d rather put down some roots than here in Oxford. I want everyone in this community and at Ole Miss to know how much I appreciate the love and respect that has been given to me the entire time I have been here. I will never forget that.

“And the Ole Miss football team will be good next year,” he boldly predicted. “There are so many talented young guys on the team. Coach Nutt has a road map for this team to find success, and I believe that road map leads next year’s team to Atlanta and the SEC title game.”

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The offensive prognosis for the Ole Miss football team looks, well,

fantastic heading into 2011.That’s if the Rebels have

a capable quarterback under center.

Ole Miss returns its entire corps of offensive linemen, a stable full of running backs and a receiver group with some experience.

The quarterback position will be unproven.

Will it be Randall Mackey?Will Nathan Stanley finally arrive?Will there be an incoming junior college

QB in the mix?Those questions likely won’t be

completely answered until August. But one thing is for sure: Ole Miss will not have a depth issue at quarterback.

“We need to have four quarterbacks on campus,” said Ole Miss head coach Houston Nutt. “If someone transfers, it messes your numbers up. I’m proud of the work ethic shown by Nathan Stanley and Randall Mackey, but we’ll have four quarterbacks on the roster.”

Brandon Bolden and Jeff Scott spearhead the return of a talented group of running backs. Bolden finished just a few yards short of the 1,000-yard plateau and Scott was brilliant at times with his blistering speed. The Rebels finished third in the SEC in rushing offense, averaging 207.6 yards per game, with Bolden gaining 976 yards and scoring 14 touchdowns on the ground.

“Those two guys ran hard,” said Nutt. “Brandon really got better as the year went on. I hated he didn’t get that thousand-yard mark. Jeff Scott brings so much quickness to the game. Enrique Davis runs really hard, and don’t forget H.R. Greer and E.J. Epperson at fullback. Those two guys will be back.”

Melvin Harris, Jesse Grandy and Ja’mes Logan bring a wealth of experience to the receiving corps.

“Logan really stepped it up this year,” said Nutt. “Jesse was kind of hot and cold. Melvin Harris could be an excellent receiver. Terrell Grand and Korvic Neat are

back, too.”The offensive line depends

upon teamwork as much as any position on the field. Youth and inexperience was the order of the day starting the season, but by the end of the year the Rebel’s line had improved to be ready to move into a solid unit for next season.

Junior offensive lineman Bradley Sowell was named to The Associated Press’ second

team unit after the year and the 6-foot-7, 315-pound giant was just one of the five starters in the final game of the season that will be coming back next year.

Guards Alex Washington and Jared Duke both will be back along with A.J. Hawkins at center and tackle Bobby Massie will also be returning.

Also figuring in the picture in the offensive line that did not have a senior in the mix were Mike Marry, Cameron Whigham, Josh Tatum, Wesley Phillips, Emmanuel McCray and Patrick Junen.

In all, offensive line coach Mike Markuson will have 19 returning players in the offensive line and only three of them will be seniors.

That’s a nice way to start spring drills.At tight end, only one senior departs

(Reggie Hicks) with Ferbia Allen, Reggie Hicks, Laton Jones, Z. Mason, Jack Nuismer and John Peloza returning.

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SOmETHING TO BUILD ONRetuRning offensive cast should shine in 2011

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Beauties can be found at every

turn on the Oxford campus,

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redshirt Miss Americas.” Natalie is majoring in Marketing and Communications and is a

member of Chi Omega Sorority. She chose Ole Miss because

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A two-time team captain, Meredith won the 2009

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Even in a place as beautiful as Honolulu, there are some times when all you want to do is go home.

Renee Ladner’s basketball team

had to have felt that way after playing three grueling games in three days.

Less than 12 hours after Ole Miss finished off a 70-61 win over Illinois, Ladner asked her team to wake up at five in the morning to go on an hour and a half hike to the top of Diamondhead volcanic crater overlooking Waikiki.

Ladner knew she was going to find out a lot about her team on the trip. Three of her players had never even been on a plane. They had just finished playing three marathon games featuring only a seven-player rotation—they might have every right to protest about an early morning hike.

Ladner thought that might be the case, but she quickly got an answer: This isn’t a team built for complainers. It was freshman Jasmine Trotter who piped up, “Listen! If we’re going, then we are all going!”

The team reached the top of the crater in time to watch the sun rise over the Pacific Ocean. The journey up Diamondhead mirrored the Rebel’s propensity to climb out of early deficits as the season has begun. At 5-2 as of this writing, Ole Miss could easily be 7-0 or 2-5, depending on the breaks.

“We find ways to win, especially through adversity,” sophomore forward Courtney Marbra said. “A couple of games we were falling short at the beginning, but we pulled through because we have that fighting attitude. That’s what I like about this team. We will keep pushing even if it is 16-2.”

In the opening game in Hawaii, Ole Miss fell behind Gonzaga 16-2 in the opening minutes and trailed by as much as 10 in the second half.

“We were down 16-2, but I never saw panic in our kids’ faces,” Ladner said. “We were getting shots, but they were nervous, and we should’ve been. It was our first away game. We slugged, fought, and found a way to get it done.”

Gonzaga took a 52-51 lead with nine

seconds left, but freshman point guard Valencia McFarland went the length of the court to score the game-winning lay-up with four seconds.

“That’s how you know you have a heady and true point guard,” Ladner said. “She got the ball, looked at me, and finished the shot between four people. I had two timeouts, but why should I call time out if the person I want to have the ball has it in her hands?”

McFarland’s heroics came up short in the second game of the tournament, a 64-57 double overtime loss to host Hawaii. McFarland could have ended the game in regulation, but missed on another full-length drive after the Warriors tied the game late under much controversy.

“We should have won the game because we had opportunities to make free throws down the stretch. We missed them. The officiating was inconsistent, and although it did not beat us, it put Hawaii in position to win.”

Against the Illini, McFarland and Melson each responded with a career highs in points scored. McFarland went 6-11 from 3-point range to finish with 24 points while Melson scored 21 points and dished out nine assists.

McFarland has lived up to her billing as two time Mississippi high school player of the year leading the Rebels as a freshman with a 15 point per game average.

“At the end of regulation against Hawaii she just happened to miss, but we get down against Illinois and she hits big shot after big shot,” Ladner said. “Each team took away one of our strengths, and whatever they took away she seemed to make it work.”

Other than the loss to Hawaii, the only other blemish for the Rebels in the early season was a 72-70 loss to Arizona in which Ole Miss lead by as much as 10 in the second half.

“We are going to have to take it one game and one possession at a time,” Ladner said. “It is the only way I can handle these newcomers. They are learning there is something much bigger down the line. Take care of your games now, and you put yourself in a good position come March.”

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Throughout key stretches this season, Ole Miss basketball coach Andy Kennedy has relied on a four-guard lineup more out of necessity than a desire to go small.

Starting power forward Murphy Holloway made the decision to transfer closer to home to take care of his daughter after last season, and left the Rebels without their leading rebounder.

“Murphy definitely helped our team out with scoring, but it is still really early,” senior guard Zach Graham said. “We have talented big men, and as the season goes, they are going to get more comfortable, and we are going to throw them the ball.”

In a pair of losses, Ole Miss has been out-rebounded 92-65 and averaged a combined 15 points from the frontcourt of Reggie Buckner, Terrance Henry, Steadman Short and Demarco Cox.

In wins over Arkansas State and Southern Miss, Kennedy relied on the smaller, perimeter oriented line-up featuring the experience of seniors Chris Warren and Graham, fourth year junior Trevor Gaskins, and third year sophomore Nick Williams.

In the season opener against Arkansas State, Gaskins subbed in for Buckner and the Rebels closed the game on an 18-10 run.

The Rebels trailed USM 76-72 with five minutes to play when Graham replaced Short on the floor. On the next offensive possession, Warren hit his first of consecutive 3-pointers to give Ole Miss a lead it would never relinquish.

“We had to go small based on our foul trouble and our inability to get rebounds, so I challenged our bigs. If they are not going to rebound the ball, we are so much better in every other area when we are smaller,” Kennedy said.

The fifth-year head coach said a four guard lineup with a ball screen for Warren is the hardest matchup for other teams.

“We’re hard to guard because a big has to try and cover one of our guards so we try to expose that. On the defensive end, we are little, so we get into a zone and help each other out,” Warren said.

Graham and Williams are crucial to the four-guard line-up because of the duo’s versatility (Graham listed at 6-foot-6, Williams at 6-foot-5) to guard bigger players on defense.

“I just try to go into the four-man and use my body and my quickness on (the forwards),” Williams said.

Freshman Dundrecous Nelson has made his impact early even in a talented and experienced group in the backcourt. Nelson scored 12 points in only nine minutes of action against Dayton, and 11 points that included a first half barrage of three consecutive 3-pointers.

“Dundrecous is physical, strong and quick. For him it is just experience. It is knowing which angles to take, as opposed to doing it all with his athleticism,” Kennedy said.

As with any freshman, a coach must take the good with the bad. Against USM, Nelson had four turnovers in only 16 minutes.

Nelson is being groomed to take over the point guard role after Warren graduates this season, and the senior thinks the program will be in good hands.

“I think he is going to be a great player,” Warren said. “He can score anytime he wants to. He has a great gift. He has a lot to learn, and when he does, he will be one hell of a ball player.”

“The biggest discouragement is that we have given one up at home which certainly puts behind the eight ball,” Kennedy said. “The reality is, though, we have played six games and we have 25 regular season games to go, plus at least one tournament game. There is quite a journey still to be had.”

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a s the Rebels prepare to host the 2011 S o u t h e a s t e r n

Conference Softbal l Championships May 12-14, the Ole Miss Athletics Department is excited to announce renovations to the Ole Miss Softball Complex and ticket packages for the three-day tournament.

This will mark the first time Ole Miss has hosted the eight-team, single-elimination tournament, which began in 1997. Arkansas served as host of last year’s tournament, while Alabama claimed the championship. Over the past decade, Ole Miss has hosted SEC Championships in cross country, men’s and women’s

tennis, soccer, track and field and women’s golf.

“We are very excited to host another SEC Championship event at Ole Miss,” said Executive Associate Athletics Director Lynnette Johnson. “We are in the process of making several upgrades to our facility to provide fans a first-class experience.”

Among the renovations to the Ole Miss Softball Complex will be outfield terrace seating beyond the wall in left field that will provide unique views of all the action, similar to the outfield seating at Ole Miss’ baseball stadium, Swayze Field. Amenities will include a grilling area, pavilion and a camera platform area in center field.

Other improvements

include a new LED video and scoreboard that measures approximately 13 feet high by 23 feet wide. The video board will have the ability to showcase live and recorded video images, animation and graphics with incredible brightness and wide-angle visibility. Bleacher seating will also be added in right field to accommodate the expected crowds for the SEC

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chairback ticket packages for the SEC Tournament will be $85, while reserved bleacher seats will be $60 for all three days. Ticket packages for the left field terrace will be $60 and admission to the right field bleachers will be $40. Coolers will only be permitted in the left field terrace area.

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Ole Miss Assistant Athletics Director Jamil Northcutt recently made a special trip to Fulton, Miss., to meet Eli Kent, a one-year old Rebel fan who suffers from Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and his parents Nicky and Alisha Kent. Northcutt presented Eli, who was named after former Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning, with a football signed by Rebel head coach Houston Nutt and other Ole Miss mementos. “He didn’t ask to be like this, so he’s just happy no matter what is going on,” Northcutt said. Eli Kent turned one on Friday, and according to the family, he is the first child in the world with this diagnosis to live through their first birthday.

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The Vaught Society is well on its way to its initial goal of $12.5 million for Ole Miss Athletics.

“As we make strides toward our goal of $12.5 million, we continue to be blown away by the tremendous generosity of our Vaught Society members,” White said. “With donors continuing to step forward, we feel sure we will reach our goal and position ourselves in a strong financial position

for the future.” The Vaught Society’s

fundraising efforts are currently emphasizing the school’s on-campus facilities. All proceeds go towards the state-of-the art facilities recently constructed, as well as the continued effort to enhance athletics facilities and improve our programs.

For more information on the Vaught Society, visit the UMAA Foundation page on OleMissSports.com.

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Michael harmon streaks through the secondary of the arkansas Razorbacks in this photo from sept. 26, 1981 in a game played at Mississippi Memorial stadium in Jackson. this was a non-conference game, as arkansas was still a member of the now defunct southwest conference. harmon, a flanker, starred at ole Miss from 1979-1982. harmon caught 119 passes for 1,760 yards and seven touchdowns as an ole Miss Rebel. he’s still suiting up in uniform for ole Miss today, now serving the university as a dedicated member of its police force.

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