Merry Christmas!!

MY NEW GIRL ZOEY

CARL'S STONE COLD LOCK OF THE CENTURY OF THE WEEK

HARD AT WORK

HERE'S A LITTLE SOMETHING TO GET YOU IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/9pDlE9GBOLHNFxto?cmpid=ey_fb_self

SAY HELLO TO THE NEW STARTING QB AT LSU

No, Jordan Jefferson did not graduate, transfer, or declare for the draft, he will just be holding a clipboard and wearing a baseball hat next year. Zach Mettenberger officially committed to the Tigers today ending the grueling experiment that was Jordan Jefferson. Mettenberger is 6'5 245 lbs with a rocket arm and as you can see some sweet ass chops. Mettenberger spent the last year at Butler CC in Kansas leading the Bears to a 13-12 loss in the NJCAA National Championship game. (Butler went for two on both of their TD's because apparently their kicker has a case of the "Boise State's") He finished the season passing for 2678 yards and 32 TD's with only 4 INT's. Mettenberger was kicked off the Georgia Football team after apparently grabbing the ass of some big time boosters daughter at a bar his freshman year. (Who hasn't done that? Apparently it's against the law) While at Georgia he was winning the spring QB battle with now starter Aaron Murray. That's saying alot considering how well Murray played this year. It sure wasn't his fault the Dawgs finished 6-6 as the defense was horrid. Anyway, we finally have a QB to get the ball to all the talent that Jefferson was wasting. If our defense is half as good next year as it was this year, this could be special. With that being said, if Miles starts Jefferson next year and plays two QB's I will denounce my status as a fan until he leaves. Write it down.

OLE MISS KNOWS HOW TO TREAT THEIR RECRUITS

This weekend Ole Miss was hosting a number of recruits but one had a particularly great show of hospitality from Black Bear fans. C.J. Johnson, a 4 star LB from Philadelphia, MS was on his official visit for the Egg Bowl. Johnson is committed to MS. State but wanted to take a trip to Oxford to see what it was all about. Here is what he had to say about his experience.


"When Chris Relf broke the big run, I jumped up to see if he broke it because I couldn't see real good," said C.J. "This guy came up to me and ripped my lanyard off my neck. He said I didn't need to be there if I was going to be rooting for State.
"I wasn't trying to cause any problems and I wasn't cheering. I was just trying to see the play."


Well done Black Bears, well done.

SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT...

Saddam Hussein gets rid of his WMD's but we don't believe him so we attack Iraq. Kim Jong Il goes on television and tells everyone he has WMD's and then says watch this as he tests the rockets that would deliver these WMD's and we do nothing. Il then decides to lob Mortars at a small island inhabited by South Koreans, killing and injuring many, and says that he did it because the island belongs to him. So surely the US would say enough and put a stop to this right? i mean we attacked Iraq for far less. Nope, the US decides to condemn the attacks and tell Kim Jong Il not to do it again. In laymans terms, Il slapped us in the face and instead of knocking the fuck out of him we told him that was wrong and not to do it again. Then he did it again and we told him we were angry, that he was wrong, and not to do it again. If you don't understand that analogy, how about this one. Il basically showed up at Thanksgiving dinner, stood on top of the table and pulled his pecker out and swung it around like a helicopter all while telling your grandmother to shake her ass for him. Then he came back and did it again at Christmas. My question is how many times does this little midget have to do this to us before we say enough is enough? This whole thing makes me think of this video...

CAM NEWTON NEEDS A RAISE

TIGERS DOWN YOGI BEARS 43-36

Don't have much to say about this one. Ole Miss was jacked up to play LSU and restore some pride after the whipping they took to Tennessee. LSU, especially the D, looked a little uninspired (hard to believe since it was senior day). Masoli finally played like the player the fans thought they were getting at the beginning of the season. Jordan Jefferson finally looked like the player fans thought they had at the beginning of the season. The game reminded me of last year but the difference was that LSU apparently learned how to manage the clock on the last drive. Anyway, til next year...

GAMEDAY SIGN FROM TODAY

Those smart kids from Northwestern are pretty clever.

IS IT JUST ME OR DOES...

this guy







look like this guy

WE'RE F%#KED

Ok, I realize that this is not really the normal thing we post here on this blog, but it has cartoon dogs wearing people clothes and that's a winner in my book. Somehow these dogs make me understand how screwed up our government is more than the so called "news" channels. After watching this you should go out and buy a bunch of guns and leather and chains and shit because it's only a matter of time before America turns into Thunderdome.





and if you don't know what I meant when I said Thunderdome, here ya go...

OH YEAH!

I know this is not really news to anyone but Family Guy is the funniest show on TV. One of my favorite scenes is when the Kool Aid man runs through the wall in the courtroom. I don't know why, but this just cracks me up every time I see it. It's actually two parts in two different episodes. For laughs sake here are both of them.

The first one...




and the follow up...




That judge gets me every time.

I MAY HAVE TO START WATCHING THIS SHOW

THE BEST THAT NEVER WAS

If you didn't see the ESPN 30 for 30 special on Marcus Dupree called "The Best that Never Was", you need to find out when it will play again and make sure you are in front of a TV. I heard the stories about this guy growing up, but never really knew the whole deal. Dupree was a running back from Philadelphia, MS and is widely considered the greatest high school football player ever. If you think the Cam Newton stuff going on right now is something, it pails in comparison to the things that were going on with teams trying to get this guy. I have watched pretty much all the 30 f0r 30's and this is definitely in the top 3. Also since he is from Mississippi is kind of made it a little more personal. Here's the trailer for it. Don't miss this one.

NOBODY WANTS TO SEE A "NEKKID GRAMMAW"

The best part of this video is Steve Harvey's initial reaction. He get's out nekkid before he realizes what the guy said. I have to agree though. The only thing thing that would deter me from robbing a house is that there might be a naked old lady standing there when I got inside.

ALABAMA SMELLS LIKE BOOTY CRUMBS

I couldn't have said it better myself.

P.S. I don't know what the hell is going on starting at the :40 second mark.

SUCK IT AMERICA

TRUE GENIUS

I was wrong and I am a big enough man to admit it. Les Miles is not an idiot, he's a genius. I only thought he was an idiot because his genius is so far over my head that I can't even comprehend or recognize it, and apparently neither can any other coach in America. Name another coach in college football besides Les Miles that would call a Tight End reverse on 4th and a half yard in the 4th quarter, down 1 point and in field goal range against Alabama. Go ahead, I'll wait... Can't name one? Me neither. There in lies the genius. Since no other coach in the world would call it, no other coach in the world would expect it. Les Miles balls are so big that if you rode in the car with him, you would have to ride in the back seat because his nuts would ride shotgun. Another thing, can anyone tell me the last time one of Miles so called "wacky" plays didn't work? Of all the fake punts, fake field goals, TE reverses on 4th and 6 inches I can't remember when one didn't work. This is also evidence of his genius, he knows exactly when to use them. So with that I take back every negative thing I have ever said about Les Miles.

This video pretty much sums up how I felt right after the famed 4th and inches call.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mD-ryx60Cw

I WILL CONCEDE THE REST OF THE SEASON IF WE CAN WIN THIS ONE

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

MSU Dawgs get nod in the Polls

In honor of the Dogs catapulting to #22 in the Polls after there Big W over the Gators in "The Swamp"

Bears Huh?

I don't know, maybe this is the beginning of the Ole Miss Chapter of the "Superfans".... We are the Bears now.



And maybe one day, down the road, we knock off a solid team and the oppositions coach has a postgame press conference like this one..

STILL THE ONE

As much bitching as I do about Les Miles and Jordan Jefferson, it's still better to be a Tiger fan than a Black Bear fan. 7-0

P.S. How about Bluto doing "The Sprinkler" at the 2:55 mark of this video? Nice

BLACK BEARS?

I guess somewhere, somehow this makes sense?

Thanks for the Memories Bobby

Well Bobby Cox managed his last game for the Braves last night as the San Fran Giants were able to come through in the clutch once again and beat the Braves. Bobby was the manager of the Braves for most of my life so I guess you could say I've grown up with him, as many others have as well. Hall of Famer no doubt and who can forget those amazing Braves teams from the 90's which carried over into the new millenium. All those great players, Glavine, Smoltz, Justice, Avery, Maddux, Lemke to name a few that come to mind. It will no doubt be tough shoes to fill in Atlanta and I certainly wouldn't want that task. Anyhow, as a tribute to Bobby, I offer a video of something that happened to him as often as winning, getting tossed. We enjoyed watching the club you put together year in and year out and this year was no different. Just didn't have enough in the tank left in the end.

Pure Genius

The Real Reason Daniel Larusso beat Johnny Lawrence..My Take

First and foremost, I really like this movie. It is a classic movie that came out in my youth. I can remember really wanting to learn karate after seeing this movie and not just wanting to learn karate but learn it from Mr. Miyagi. Well obviously that wasn't going to happen so we scratched karate. So I'm watching this the other day and it dawns on me that there was no way that Daniel was going to lose the All Valley tournament. Just no way he loses and I'll tell you why.

First off, fear played a factor. He had been pushed around by the Cobra Kai fraternity and he had the incident where his bike let him down. These guys rolled on his ass every chance they got. So in the back of his mind he went into the tournament thinking about those beatings. He fought for his life in that tournament. In addition, the Cobra Kai's, more notably John Lawrence or Johnny, were in fear of losing to Daniel san. This guys a chump, a pushover. We've been whipping up on this guy all first 9 weeks of school. We can't let this guy win. They showed that fear in the tournament because they tried to hurt him, get him out of there. Sinsai John Kreese didn't want to take chances with Daniel so he gave them the green light to sweep the leg. He even got Jimmy to cheap shot him in the semis. Cost that young Cobra a spot in the finals.

Secondly, training. The Cobras trained indoors in an air conditioned building, with a padded floor. Sure those facilities are reminiscent of the facilities in the tournament but they are no match to what daniel san went through. Daniel went through a rigid regiment of training under Miyagi's teaching. Miyagi had him waxing cars, sanding a deck, taking rogue waves in the surf, and balancing on the bow of the boat. All outdoors, in the elements, in the heat. No AC, no padded floor, nothing. You think Jerry Rice worked out indoors in his playing days? Hell no, he was out in the elements, running hills and catching bricks. That's where Champions are made, in the pain of the training. Ole Miyagi worked him to the bone and just when he was about to quit he reaffirmed that training to him by demonstrating to him that all this crappy work has a purpose.

Lastly, Daniel had nothing to lose. Daniel was a transfer student from Riccita. He came from a single parent household. There damn station wagon had to be push started. He had a stupid bike. He wasn't a part of the well-to-do society that Johnny Lawrence rubbed elbows with and the parents of his love interest, Ali, thought very little of him. So he was profiled and discriminated against as well. Not to mention, Johnny was the two-time defending All Valley Champion. Daniel was an upstart from nowhere. A real underdog. If Vegas put odds on that tournament, Daniel would have been a 1 out of 100,000 odds. Maybe more, but he was a true darkhorse.

You may or may not agree with this and make no mistake, in a street fight, Johnny would whip his ass up one block and down the other. But in a confined arena with rules and regulations all of what Daniel went through to get there made him ready to take that Championship. Also, that Crane Kick worked in the tournament but you all saw what happened when he tried to pull that shit in the Death Match against Chosen in Karate Kid II.

LES MILES MUST HAVE A HORSESHOE UP HIS ASS

Now don't get me wrong, I am happier than a pig in shit that LSU won the game, but Les Miles is an idiot or a genius, I can't figure out which one. He is either an idiot who can't figure out what the clock is there for and runs two dives up the middle down 3 on the 36 because he doesn't realize that a 53 yard field goal is not a gimme. Maybe he's a genius who fucks the clock up to confuse the other team and sets up a 53 yard field goal just so he can fake it. Either way you can't say the guy isn't interesting. My only real problem with the guy is his refusal to play Jarrett Lee more. Let's look at the drives for each QB...

Lee drives: 4 TDs & 1 Punt.
JJ's drives: 3 punts, 2 FGs, Interception, Fumble

Do I even need to continue? If Jarrett Lee plays the whole game, it's not even close. LSU completely dominated this game but JJ's drives kept stalling and our play calling got conservative as soon as we got a lead and stayed that way until we got behind. If LSU had a decent Offensive Coordinator who realizes run, run, pass... run, run pass is not a game plan and would start and play Lee they would have an average margin of victory of 21 points. Here's to hoping our luck continues.

In case you missed it....

This guy is pretty incredible. A no-no in the postseason is about as rare as they come as far as personal/team accomplishments. I say team because the defense has gotta play behind this guy, who is straight up dealing. There has been lots of talk on the radio today about this, as it should be, and the points that keep coming up are that the Cincinatti Reds are frauds and that is it coincidental that this guy, who tossed a perfect game earlier this year, tossed a no-no in the postseason with the same umpire behind the plate as his perfecto. If you listen to "The Herd" on ESPN radio you know what this is all about because Colin has been calling the Reds a fraud for a good long while. As for the same umpire for the perfecto and the no-no, there is some discussion about maybe this umpire, whom I forget his name, shows a little favortism towards Halladay because he works fast. Halladay is not out there walking around the mound in between pitches, soaking up the sights. He is up on the rubber and ready to work. It is strange and certainly not far fetched as far as I am concerned. Certainly something else to think about.

As for the rest of postseason baseball, I am a little surprised that the Tampa Rays are down 2-0 to the Texas Rangers. I felt that they would certainly have better pitching in the series, but then again it is the American League and there are more bats to deal with in the order. Not that it should be a problem, it just kinda looks like it has the makings of a choke job by the Rays. Series isn't over yet though so expect to see them rally.

The Yankees are taking care of business as usual. They just seem to own the Twins in the Postseason so we will shall see if the Twins have any mustard left to get back into the series.

The National league, so far has been headlined by strong pitching. Halladay with the no-no and Lincecum throws a complete game, 14 K performance for a 1-0 W over the Braves. I like the Phillies in a sweep over the Reds and I am really hoping that the Braves get back in the series tomorrow. It would be nice to send Bobby Cox out a winner or at least advance to the NLCS to face the Phillies.

In addition, one of the best recievers out there today is going back to where it all began. Randy Moss headed back home to Minnesota in a trade from the Pats. The Pats got some draft picks and Randy gets to catch rockets off the ageless wonder, Brett Favre. It seems that Randy had become a distraction in the locker room over in New England and that just doesn't fly with Belichek. I think this fresh start for Randy is going to be a great thing. He'll definately have amply chances to get the ball and make plays because lord knows the Vikings need wideouts. Is there any coincidence that Belichek makes the trade to Minnesota right about the time they are set to suite up against the NY Jets? The Pats hate the Jets so I find that pretty interesting in a chess match kinda way. Like Bill is saying, well, we gotta dump him so lets let the Jets deal with him again. Sure they got us earlier this year, but the hell with them now. Either way you slice it, Randy's Rocket is ready to race. Of course, he doesn't have Cris Carter out there.

Powers Picks of the Week

Hey, I lost as well so don't give me any shit about the past week or so. A true champion fights through the adversity. Thats what champions do. I'm ticked off this weekend so I am putting rent and everything up this week. You should do the same. Don't be scared. If you are scared, get a dog. This week is the stomp on the bookies throat locks of the week.....

NC State -9 over Boston College

Florida International -9 over Western Kentucky

Houston Texans -3 over NY Giants

Washington Redskins +3 over Green Bay Packers

Its time to nut up and put it out there, all of it. That's what Kenny does.

IT'S JORTS WEEK!

With all this Brick Tamland (I mean Les Miles) talk I almost forgot one of my favorite weeks of the year. No not shark week, Jorts week. With LSU playing Florida this weekend it's time to celebrate Florida Gator fans favorite attire, the Jorts. Enjoy.

LES MILES IS BRICK TAMLAND

Today in Mandel's Mailbag, Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated referred to Les Miles as Brick Tamland (Steve Carell's character in Anchorman). It's hard to argue that statement. Watch the video below and think of Miles saying these things and not Carell. It does not seem far fetched at all. Also, Miles today named Jordan Jefferson the starter against Florida this Saturday. No, I'm not joking. I used to think Miles was just stupid but I now see that he is mentally retarded and should really be applauded for making it this far in life.

BOUGHT A GUINEA PIG TODAY

I'M SPEECHLESS

LSU beats Tennessee in spite of Les Miles incompetence. In case you missed it...

Ole Miss vs Kentucky preview

I apologize for my lack of doing this until now. Things have been hectic and my computer is a dinosaur so I don't have as much time available. I do today and am glad to share this with all of you. If you are going to game, wear RED!! Seriously!! The school wants to create and environment and this along with cheering is just your small part to play. Now, game info:

This game will be the 41st meeting between Ole Miss and Kentucky. The Rebels hold a 26-13-1 lead in the all-time series and have won six of the last eight games played. Ole Miss also holds a 7-2 advantage in games played in Oxfor.

• Kentucky is the Rebels' third-least played SEC opponent only having played Ole Miss more times than Auburn (34) and South Carolina (15).

• The Rebels are 16-15 against SEC East foes dating back to 2000.

• Ole Miss head coach Houston Nutt is just 2-3 all-time versus the Wildcats. However, he did defeat Kentucky 70-63 in an NCAA record-tying seven overtimes in 2003.

• The Rebels are seeking to improve their record to 3-2 on the season. Ole Miss was 3-2 after five games last season before winning five of its next six games.

• Ole Miss has scored 145 points in the first four games of the season, which is the most points the Rebels have scored in their first four games since scoring 162 points in 2003. The Rebels scored 182 points after five games that season

The Rebellion Continued...

Former NFL and standout Ole Miss lineman, Todd Wade, has joined Former Ole Miss Quarterback in his plea for the fans to take back Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. I couldn't agree more with what these guys are asking. Seriously, you are at a football game, you are supposed to cheer and cheer loud. I think its insane that this is actually an issue but it is and these guys at least have the stones to step up and challenge the fan base to actually show there support and quit being so bandwagon. I know, from time to time, I get pissy with the Rebs, when we just continue to shoot ourselves in the foot during the game, but that does not waiver from loyalty or my ability to cheer for the team. I don't get to go to many games, maybe one a year. But when I do go, I am not there making a scarf or looking at a catalog. I'm 10 in the pack, 1 in the bottle and rabid. If you don't agree, ask those poor bastards sitting around me. Popcorn flying in the air, you name it. I think everyone who is a fan and routes for there respective team will tell you that they love watching there team in there respective stadiums and that is the way it should be, as far as I am concerned. I know Mac loves watches the Tigers in Baton Rouge. I've seen the joy in his eyes. Anyway, here is the letter that was posted on www.theolemissblog.com/ . Enjoy!


A LETTER FROM TODD WADE:

There is a deep rooted culture that exists on gamedays in the fall in Oxford. Its a deep rooted culture that goes back longer than I've lived. Ole Miss fans are familiar with the slogan "We May Not Win Every Game But We Ain't Ever Lost a Party?" A friend and neighbor of mine came up with that fun and catchy slogan, but unfortunately too many of us embrace this mantra on Football Saturdays in Oxford. The Grove has created a unique atmosphere for all who experience it. It is something Ole Miss fans take a lot of pride in. However, The Grove has been an achilles heel to a place called Vaught-Hemingway Stadium for a long time. A former teammate of mine, Romaro Miller, just recently voiced his concerns about the lackluster gameday environment in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. I completely agree. Words can not express how influential fans, students and alumni can be to a team during a sporting event. The Grove has created a unique atmosphere for all who experience it. It is something Ole Miss fans take a lot of pride in. But like Romaro, I think the event at The Grove has become the primary reason for gameday, instead of a place called Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. After all, Isn't this why we show up to show our undying support?

I've played football all of my life until two years ago. I decided to hang it up and move back to Oxford. Something had to replace the passion that I lost in the sport I loved to play so much. So like all of you, I became a fan. A serious one. Since that time, I have traveled to all of the away games and have been in Oxford for every single home game to support my beloved Rebels. Becoming a diehard Rebel fan was good timing to say the least. In my first two years since leaving football, I have seen my alma mater make it to back to back Cotton Bowls and win both of them! Its a remarkable feat considering that in the 26 games we played in the last two years we have won 18 of those with little to zero home field advantage. Steve Spurrier brought his Gamecocks to Oxford in 2008 and left with a victory. After the game Spurrier was asked if there were communication problems? Spurrier implied that our crowd noise was not an issue and did nothing to affect his offense and its audibles. Their game plan was completely intact for the entire 60 minutes. Romaro mentioned that Coach Cut said "Carry the Fight to the Opponent and Keep it there for 60 minutes." That is correct. Our young team must do this now, and so should we as Ole Miss fans.

It is our duty.

We are simply not entitled to bowl games. I can promise you the guys on our team wish they could take a lot of things back and be 4-0 coming into this week...but they're not. They're 2-2. So what do you do about it as a fan besides complain? Do we continue to look like we don't care? We need to ask ourselves "What can I do to help the situation and improve morale inside the Stadium?" Something has to happen in your mind as you walk from the Grove to Vaught-Hemingway. It is two seperate mindset entities. When you leave the Great American Social Scene (which I enjoy) something must happen to turn the switch into becoming a FAN. A loud one. Win or lose. Students, I encourage all of you to wear our school colors for the game. Whatever is asked, please do it. We need uniformity. Guys, you have no excuse. So how to support our team in the stadium? Stand up when the defense hits the field.. Do not tell someone standing in front of you to sit down. Its a football game. Stand up with them, we are all in this together. When our defense hits the field it is Imperative that you make "Continuous Noise" for each Defensive down including 4th down when they punt! Don't say one thing while our offense is out there! Eat a hot dog! It doesn't matter. Please remain quiet. As a former offensive lineman who jumped offsides more than once in my career, I can promise you that crowd noise is detrimental to an opposing offense. As Ole Miss fans we seem to have never gotten the memo to cheer on every single defensive down, not just 3rd. As fans, if we can get an opposing offensive player to jump on 1st down then it becomes 1st and 15. The opposing offensive coordinator has to go back to his playbook to find a certain play that fits what has now become very long yardage. We have now just taken them out of their gameplan! Please do yourself a favor and YouTube Jeremiah Masoli's old stadium, Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. There stadium is SMALLER than ours! At 54,000, it is widely regarded as one of the loudest places to play in America. What about Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech? It was rated the number one home field advantage in all of college football in 2005 by Rivals.com. It is also ranked #2 on ESPN.com's "Top 10 Scariest Places To Play." Their stadium seats 66,000, about 5,000 more than ours. While our Rebels work on the things they need to work on to improve their game, we must do the same as fans. We need to improve our intensity! Sacrifice just over 3 hours of your time on Gameday. Lets change this lifeless culture in Vaught-Hemingway at Ole Miss. As alumni and students we need to rally behind our teams win or lose. For one, you will help our team by making it so deafly loud that the opposing offense will have a difficult time communicating. Secondly, you will have much more fun! Personally, I am ready to go to new heights at Ole Miss. I want to do my part so that I can say I did everything I could have done to make our beloved Vaught-Hemingway Stadium one of the most intense and difficult places to play in the country.

Lastly, I've talked with members of the team, alumni, students, and former players as well as people in the administration who feel strongly about our cause, The Rebellion. I can assure you that the University will do everything in their power to improve the Vaught-Hemingway Gameday Experience. We finally have people excited about getting on board for a good thing. A New Tradition. This staff is recruiting lights out right now (as high as 9th in the country) and we need to show them that we love Ole Miss. I don't feel that this metamorphosis can happen overnight. Students will have to hold other students accountable and it will need a carry over effect. I do feel this is a great opportunity, that if done correctly right now, will make us truly proud for years to come. I'd love for our record to be perfect, just like the rest of you, and the timing could be better, but the time is now, Not next year. Now!

Let's get Home Field Advantage.

Hotty Toddy!

Todd M. Wade

Powers Picks of the Week

Ok, so last week down the drain. KMA. Nobody's perfect. I'm about as close to perfect as you can get but even I slip up. Anyway, get back on the winning track this weekend with slate. I call them the Fierce Four and they go like this.....



UCLA -27 over Washington State



Marshall +9.5 over Southern Miss

Tennessee Titans -6.5 over Denver Broncos

Philly Eagles -5.5 over Washington Redskins

NO picture this week as I am already in the media enough. Besides, I got priors. Peace

THE NEW JORDAN JEFFERSON SHIRTS ARE IN. GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE HOT!

Letters From Romaro

I got this via email and I gotta say, he makes a good point. Make no mistake about it, if I was able to attend every Home game for the Rebs, he would not be talking about me. If you've been with me to a game, you know I cheer my ass off the whole time I am there and that's regardless of BAC level. I mentioned something along these lines after the Vandy loss, about how there was nobody at the game. And I can say from an outsider looking in at other stadiums, the fans are in the game the whole time. I agree with what Romaro has to say, it's the truth. I'm sure some of people will not like it, but those are people he is talking about. It is rather lengthy, but nonetheless, enjoy.

Carry the fight to the opponent and keep it there for 60 Minutes.

Any time you jump out and do what I am about to do, you must weigh your pros and cons.

I have talked to countless ex-players and they all support what I am about to write. I feel that I should share some thoughts and concerns with my fellow Reb fans with whom I share my love for Ole Miss and the Ole Miss football team. All of us that have this same passion know that we all bleed red and blue.

As an ex-player there were certain things that got me focused and motivated me to play the game hard for those 60 minutes. David Cutcliffe was the coach at the time. The team would always start pregame chants and we would repeat them before every game as we came out of the tunnel down to the field. My favorite was Carry The Fight To The Opponent And Keep It There For 60 Minutes. Now whether we did that or not I guess is debatable in your eyes perhaps, but that was our goal.

This has been on my mind and in my heart all year. I am seeing something that is very hard for me to take sitting down as a former OM football player. I feel that it is time some things stop right here and some of our fans get called on the carpet.

Everyone loves being a winner. It is during the difficult times when we may not win that is my concern. First and foremost, the team is not my concern. We have some incredible talent and I know that our team will get there. I do have a real concern in our fans though. It seems when we win and we are ahead in a game our fans leave the game and go to the grove. When we are losing, our fans, instead of staying when our team needs us the most, leave out of frustration. At halftime, some of our fans and students leave and go to the grove to get something to eat and drink. This is a problem because when the game starts back they aren’t in their seats to kick the second half off.

I have pondered this over and over again. Is it cool as a fan to sit in the stands and watch my Rebels bleed, sweat, and work hard or is it cooler to be in the grove with food and drink in hand while not supporting my Rebels who are working hard on the field to win that game?

The first three home games were all prime examples. The 1st half of these games the atmosphere was great.

Listen, I have been in the pit many times at Ole Miss and all over the SEC. Trust me, when I say this, the TEAM FEEDS OFF YOU! We had a great first half crowd and then I begin to see fans not come back after halftime. For some reason we have made “The Grove” the pinnacle of a game weekend at Ole Miss. It’s a wonderful place, but the game has to be the main attraction.

I am asking every fan to understand that any football team feeds off of the energy of the fans inside the stadium. This is nothing new to any of you. You have seen momentum become a game changer with fans time and time again.

Saturday night in the first half against Fresno the stadium was loud and the players were jumping around getting what they call crunk.

In the 3rd quarter the crowd left and the team’s energy went flat. The D gave up 10 in the 1st half and a lot more in the 2nd just like the JSU game. Ask yourself, how was the atmosphere for Vandy? Ask yourself this question: If I was on the field playing in front of less than 40,000 fans when there were 55,000 in there the first half, could I get up to play? Most will lie and say as long you’re on the field that you could. I will say those guys are rare, off the top of my head Ray Lewis and he is a special player. Trust me when I say this but it is hard to motivate yourself to maximum output without maximum support.

11 o'clock kickoffs? Don't even get me started on that. Be honest with yourself and think about Arkansas , Auburn or even MSU fans on TV, it looks a lot different. We have the only fan base in the SEC that the team has to get the crowd up. We need to stop making excuses.

At other schools fans get the team up with their energy. We have true SEC crowds when we play an LSU or a Bama, but when we play JSU or Fresno State we may as well have a South Panola crowd in the second half.

Heck, I can’t help but wonder what would happen if we closed the beloved Grove at halftime.

I would bet my next month’s check that if we had Saturday night’s 1st half crowd for the whole game against Vandy and the JSU game WE WIN. If you don’t believe that ask any player or even ex-player.

This football team along with those before and after will bust their humps for Ole Miss in the months of January, February and March when not a soul is looking. Then for the fans to come to the games and not cheer, or to leave, is a bit disheartening. Really it is utterly ridiculous.

Kentrell Locket tore his ACL fighting for the fans, the love of the game and the WIN. In addition, about 100 more guys do this every Saturday for us, for the love of Ole Miss and ultimately for the WIN and so we can go to work on Monday to brag.

I know that I am more than likely to get roasted for telling the truth but that is the chance I am willing to take for the love of my team and my university. It is worth the sacrifice if that is what it takes.

Fans, we need you all of the time, not just half of the time.

Our coaches work hard to get prospects to campus. If we bring them to a game and they see the 2nd half crowd with most of them gone, my feeling is they will want no part of Oxford, particularly if they go to the State game against Alcorn State where there are 55,000 fans ringing the hell out of those damn bells.

I just hope like hell our recruits were not there to see MSU tear down their goal posts after they beat Georgia ? something our fans made fun of them for.

Let’s say AK has a great basketball recruit in town and he goes to the football games and sees the crowd leaving, how do you all think that this helps Ole Miss? With us fans, me included, these are the issues our coaches have to overcome.

Students, I left after the game Saturday and went to the square. I felt the same way you did in less time with my Vodka and Cranberry. I missed nothing.

If Coach Nutt asks everyone to wear blue, then Cobra, don’t let high powered school officials on the field in RED.

Beyond a shadow of a doubt I love our military, but somehow we have got to make sure that when the center is about to snap for the extra point, we don’t shoot the cannon!

Whoever is in charge of the game day experiences at Ole Miss, we need a lot more. Give fans more reason to stay by making the atmosphere more exciting.

I drive around all day in my job and I can’t wait to see the 1st OM billboard. Lord knows I’m tired of the Leghumper billboards everywhere.

Coach Nutt, AK, From Dixie With Love, or Colonel Reb may not be here forever but the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) which we love will be.

This whole thing is about teamwork and the fans’ job in this puzzle is to cheer. I am doing this because I feel we are in this together. I hope that each of you will take this to heart. It’s time we demand the best from ourselves and everyone connected to our University.

I learned a long time ago to control what you can control and we can control our HOME field. I will be at the next game early in RED and loud, and I will stay until the end, but the question is will my 60,000 plus friends and fellow fans do the same? My greatest hope is that you say YES, that you will. I hope that you will stay the whole game. I hope that you will be in your seats after halftime. I hope that you will cheer loudly. I hope that you will send cheers of encouragement even on the most screwed up plays.

Obviously, I am not really preaching to many Spirit subscribers on this issue. We are the diehards, but we can do our part in this too. Every one of us needs to spread this message to other Rebel fans. It’s time we, as fans, accept this responsibility and ask others to do the same.

Last Week of September....Bring It!!

I don't think the youth of america appreciates Vernon Reid like they should. If you have any qualms about this matter, fast forward to the 3:00 mark and watch that for about 20 or so seconds to see what I mean. Motha Trucka is bad.

Funny Coach Nutt Pics

Don't know how I missed these, but you gotta love him as "Warren".

Bolden Finishes Fresno

Hey kudos for the boys in O-town fighting this one to the end. Hopefully this is the confidence they needed to continue to fight the rest of this season. I gotta tell ya, it was night and day from this week to last week. I know those Fresno guys play in the WAC and we are supposed to win, but you gotta remember who we are talking about here and what has been shown thus far in the young season. Sure, the D gave up 390 passing yards and that is an area for concern and it will obviously be our downfall the rest of the way. But you gotta think if an opposing team makes 40+ passing attempts then they are going to have some success. Anyway, water under the bridge and now we jump back into the conference mix for the next several weeks starting with Kentucky at home. Lord only knows how this one will play out. Kentucky is hot right now, but hopefully the confidence taken from finishing a game will carry over into a good week of practice and come to head on gameday. It sure would be nice if this new found ground game could carry over the rest of the way out for the Rebs. I mean, 400 some odd yards rushing is pretty legit and it would be great to develop a balanced offense. But if Brandon Bolden can have half the success he had Saturday night, week in and week out, that would be swell buddy. As nice as it was to get this victory, I still say we are week to week. Lets see what team shows up against Kentucky. Now when we get into the "Big Boys" of the schedule, that treacherous three week string against Bama, Arkansas, and Auburn, we'll just rule out that "see what team shows up" thing. Anyhoo, enjoy it Rebel Fans.

BET THE HOUSE!

With Miles saying after the game last night that Jordan Jefferson is his starting quarterback and LSU opening as a 16 point favorite this weekend against Tennessee, I will be betting everything I have on the Vols. The only way Tenn. doesn't cover is if they decide to test Patrick Peterson and constantly throw to his side and punt it to him every time. The Jefferson ship is sinking and Miles is apparently content with riding it all the way down. Get your money in before Vegas realizes that Jefferson is starting.

WITHOUT PATRICK PETERSON AND ARGUABLY THE BEST DEFENSE IN THE COUNTRY, LSU IS 2-2 AT BEST

Seriously, this is getting ridiculous. Jarrett Lee must be banging Les Miles wife or something. That's the only reason I can fathom as to why he is not seeing any playing time. As a slap to the groin, Miles put Lee in for one series with 7 minutes to go because Jefferson was struggling. Two plays running it up the middle and on third down Lee completes a pass short of the first down. Then on the next drive Miles puts Jefferson back in. What the fuck was the point of that? Is he just trying to piss the fans off even more? I would not blame Lee one bit if tomorrow morning he were to walk into the athletic offices and tell Miles to go fuck himself and then quit the team.

28 of 58, (48.3%), 269 yards, 0 TDs, 3 INTs, 76.9 Passer Rating

These are Jefferson's stats over the last 3 games. I'd be willing to bet that you could take half of the high school QB's in Louisiana, have them suit up for LSU, and their stats would look better than that. These stats are against Vandy, Miss. State and W. Virginia. What the hell are they going to look like against Bama, Auburn, and Florida? Les Miles is a buffoon and he is going to take this program down with him. For all those people who will tell me I am whining and should be happy being 4-0, they started 5-0 last year and ended up 9-4 and started 4-0 in 08 and ended up 7-5. The meat of the schedule is coming and it's going to get ugly unless we find a QB.

A guide to the rest of the season for Ole Miss fans

Took this off the website: Friends of the Program. Pretty classic, although I do not entirely share the same feelings. Nonetheless, enjoy.

After a few days of outright denial and indignation, I have resigned myself to the fact that the Ole Miss football season will be a complete and utter abortion, not seen since the days of Orgeron…and even those 3 and 4 win days seem like a pipe dream at this point. That’s right, Ive given up. I had been optimistic that, after the Jacksonville State debacle, as Parrish Alford wrote, it was not a beginning of a terrible season, but merely a terrible beginning of a season. I think we are past the point of that kind of optimism now. It’d be easy for me to just dismiss the season, refuse to watch the team, and go on throughout the fall as if none of this ever happened. The problem with that is, Ive got obligations. Im obliged to attend no less that 4 more Ole Miss games this season for various reasons. So instead of ignoring the obvious, Im facing the issue head on, taking my medicine, and dutifully surrendering to friends and alums of rival schools in person (trips to Fayetteville and Baton Rouge being the two most notable potentially self deprecating of away games). The good news for alot of Rebel fans is they dont have to, or maybe even, are unwilling to, do this. And really, I can’t blame you. Theres no reason you, o’ Rebel faithful, should have to endure the ridicule any longer. Make better use of your time, I wish I could.
To help you in this endeavor below are a few suggestions of how you, as an Ole Miss fan, can break free from the shackles of a dismal football season and spend each Saturday from here on out a little more productively.

Ole Miss v. Fresno : Get drunk

You are just getting used to this new life without Ole Miss football. The initial withdrawalsare gonna be pretty substantial. Best to take the edge off at least. May I recommend any assortment of fine whiskeys, perhaps one that is both agreeable with your pallet and also mixes well with diet coke and tears. At first, you’ll probably just want to slam that bottle of Makers that’s been eye balling you ever since halftime of the Vandy game, but you’ve earned a reputation around the league as a fancy pants, what with your sear sucker suits and vast color assortment of Southern Tide polos and all, so might as well go with it…grab you a nice drinking glass and a moderately priced cigar and ease your way into this new disappointmentless comfort zone….besides, Masoli’s probably running for his life behind that sieve of a line around this time. You’re better off.

Ole Miss v. Kentucky: Watch The Wire on Netflix

I’ve never watched The Wire. I’d really like to and so would you. Bill Simmons says its great so who the hell are you to question that kind of endorsement. In fact, every time you or I admit that we’ve never watched the show, our street cred goes down exponentially. Time to put a stop to that. It’s on Netflix so order that shit now and quit putting it off. You can likely get through 4 episodes in the time it would take to watch some team with inferior talent baffle Tyrone Nix with the magical wonders of the read option play.

Ole Miss v. Alabama: Learn to play piano

History says you should never watch this game if you are an Ole Miss fan. It never ends well and, this year, Im sure, won’t be any different. Besides, your mother always wanted you to learn how to play the piano. You never wanted to. As a kid, you always had a bout of smear the queer or a Nintendo game marathon to complete. And now look what happened…guys like John Mayer fall into vats of endless fresh trim every night and you are sitting there musically talentless and trimless…but hey, that Steve Bedrosian was unhittable on RBI Baseball, wasn’t he? Alls not lost, go dust off that paino your grammy left you in her will and get to learning chop sticks, son. It’ll be a nice way to drown out the Houston Nutt post game interviews where he blames everybody but himself.

Ole Miss @ Arkansas: Catch up on your correspondence

Nobody writes a letter anymore. I for one like a good bit of stationary, and, I’ll be honest, I’ve always been intrigued by that candle, red bar of wax, engraved stamp sealing combo. A letter always has that added bit of an aire of importance that gets lost in emails, texts, and Facebook. So take a few hours, write some old girlfriends and tell them how you never really stopped caring about them and every time you drive by their house or call and then hang up its just a cry to get back together, and as long as you do that wax seal thingy, its gotta come off as less creepy. Right? Right!? Plus, it’ll give you practice for writing that refund demand letter to the Ole Miss ticket office after you witness the 3rd failed swing pass to Brandon Bolden of the night.

Ole Miss v. Auburn: Learn to Cook

I can’t cook. You probably can’t either. I dont mean grilling steaks, I’m a man, I can do that…I mean actually cooking…like souffles and shit. You can’t cook a quiche…might as well learn how to get the crust to egg ratio just right while you’ve got the free time. You kept threatening your parents that you’d drop out of college and go to culinary school just like all of the rest of your wayward trust fund friends, this is the next best thing. So while you are getting your puree’ on,you wont have to see the Ole Miss punt team take the field for the 8th time in a half.

Ole Miss v. ULL: Decide, once and for all, whether or not you like the Avett Brothers




By sheer southern whiteness alone, I know Im supposed to like these guys and you are probably supposed to like them to.. I get it, they’re lyrics are moving…but every time you tell me to “just listen to the words, man” all I hear are banjos and pots and pans clanging together. Guess it beats watching Ferbia Allen drop sure touchdowns.

Ole Miss @ Tennessee : Hunt for loose change

I’ve always seen these guys on the beach…they’ve got to have some sort of measure of success otherwise they wouldn’t be out there doing it. You get to, essentially, carry around a magic wand and wear really cool looking air traffic controller head phones all the while searching for buried treasure while trying not to make it obvious that you think the king’s share of the booty is under the group of tanning coeds. Regardless, the chance to avoid seeing Bradley Sowell wiff a block is worth his weight in gold.

Ole Miss @ LSU: Start smoking a pipe

Why not? You get tobacco presented in fine mahogany and ivory craftsmanship. Dont’ be a pussy…Gerald Ford smoked one, and that guy played football before they invented helmets or the illegal chop block. You’ll look like a real statesman, and that kind of perception of sophistication and dignity is important when you are trying to hide your searing anger over the secondary’s inability to understand the basic tenetsof covering a 7 yard out route within the confines of a Cover 2.

Ole Miss v. Mississippi State: Put yourself out of your misery

If you’ve made it this far in the season without a relapse, good for you…problem is, it’ll start all over again next year.

Powers Picks of the Week

What up slapdicks, your ole boy Kenny is back!! Went 3-1 last week to bring the season record to a sexy smooth 6-6. That's .500, which is a shitty number betting, but strong if you are in the batters box. Anyway, these are getting you fat this weekend.

California +7 over Arizona

Bowling Green +26 over Michigan

Washington Redskins -3 over St.Louis Rams

Pittsburgh Steelers -1 over Tampa Bay Bucs

You can thank me later. Powers!! OUT!!

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND EVERYONE

A FREE TIP FOR THE REST OF THE TEAMS ON LSU'S SCHEDULE

Don't throw the ball anywhere near this guy. QB's, Patrick Peterson is going to play press man coverage on your best receiver and before the play you are going to be thinking... "wow, I've got my best receiver out here 1 on 1 and the corner back doesn't have any safety help". DON'T DO IT!

Apparently QB's these days just go through the motions in the film room to satisfy their coaches so they can get to the bar. Because if they were actually paying attention they would never think of throwing to #7's side of the field. Case in point, last week Chris Relf of Miss. State looked right and noticed his WR and Peterson were out there alone and the safety was cheating up to take the flats. Relf apparently didn't watch any film during the week and this is what happened.

Not a good idea. The guy is the best cover corner College Football has seen since Deion Sanders. He's 6'1 222 lbs and has been laser timed at a 4.3 40 yard dash. This is my one piece of advice for you. If you choose to ignore it I'll be back on here saying "I told you".

YOU CAN RELAX NOW ZACH... YOU NEVER HAVE TO PLAY LSU AGAIN

So three years ago in the first game of the year, LSU receiver Brandon Lafell welcomed Miss. State freshman Zach Smith to big time college football with a block that left him woozy to say the least. Let's take a look.

Fast forward to three years later and it's Zach Smith's senior year and final game against LSU. Redshirt Freshman Craig Loston wanted to send Mr. Smith off with a bang. On the opening kickoff, Loston laid out Smith so bad it made the first one look pleasant.

Keep your head up Zach. The nightmare's over.

LOUISIANA SATURDAY NIGHT

Well I was lucky enough to be in Tiger Stadium for the Tigers and Dawgs this weekend and I took a little video of the pregame festivities for ya. Enjoy

Something to get over the Funk

Maybe the Rebs should sub this in over "Crazy Train"...it does include the sample..... Also, this is NSFW-language

The Blame Game

Well as most of the Rebel Nation would agree, that was about as dismal and uninspired effort on the gridiron as I have ever seen. Now there were flashes where the Rebs looked like they had a pulse but those were few and far between. Now obviously, the finger pointing begins. We were supposed to be 3-0 at this point in the season. Yeah, we sure were and not just 3-0, but 3-0 and winning big. Dominating on D, opening up the offense. Finding out about Masoli and giving him the snaps to get ready for the road ahead. Well, that shit didn't happen. The Rebs sit at 1-2 and are staring dead at what has all the makings of a very, very long season. At this point, the so-called gimme games don't exist. Every game on the schedule has the potential to be a loss. I was completely wrong about 8-4 this year and a bowl game. It hurts, believe you me, it hurts. I was excited about this season because I was anxious to see how we would play in year 1 post Dexter. Well, we got a whole bunch of holes on both sides of the ball. For starters, we have a young offensive line and to be honest it takes time for an O-line to gel and at this point in the season, there is no gel at all. It's hard to run the ball and throw it when opposing defensive lineman are all in the backfield. We have some inexperience on the defensive side of the ball and it seems we are out of position a good bit. In addition, we do not tackle well. You can't arm tackle in Pee Wee and you damn sure can't do it in the SEC. The good news is that all these are correctable and with experience and possibly lots of prayer they will get corrected. Keep in mind, this is supposed to be a rebuilding year and it is pretty obvious there is a whole bunch of bricks needed to get this (whatever) built. Even though I think the Rebs will have a tough time winning 3-4 more games, I will still support them and look forward to seeing this team improve as the season progresses. With that being said, Masoli has played well considering the circumstances. Sure he chunks some picks, but what QB in the world doesn't make bad decisions when they are running for there life right after they get the snap. As I said, it all starts up front, as it always does, and in order to get things going the rest of the way both the O-line and D-line have got to step it up a notch. The "Landsharks" are not swimming, they are not even in the water. I don't know where they are or what they are doing. Maybe they are at Sardis or The Library which is apparently where all the fans were this weekend. The stadium was pretty empty and this was before halftime. They said 50,000 were there but I think they were including concession stand workers, highway patrol, officials, ball boys, coaching staffs on both sides and Cobra security. Anyway, we know where we stand now and we can only go up from here. So we got some optimism there.

I know this has nothing to do with Ole Miss, but it makes a good point and it is relational to the woes of this football team......




Plus its pretty funny. A dirty bird can't fly with a broken wing = Ole Miss Football