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aty Perry, Snoop Dogg and Betty White are all celebrities who have graced the jumbotron at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium to deliver the famous “Are You Ready?” videos before each home game.

Michael Thompson, senior assoPHOTO BY: MARLEE CRAWFORD ciate athletics director for communications for the university, said the idea for the videos came from a fan’s suggestion and has been a tradition ever since it started in 1997.

“After the first season of doing it, it probably became one of those things like, ‘We are really on to something ... We have to continue it.’ Obviously, it stood the test of time,” Thompson said. “Here we are in 2016 and it’s a big, big tradition that people look forward to.”

Thompson testified that trying to guess who may pop up on the screen is a big part of the tradition, leading to anticipation from fans, students and university staff.

“I really look forward to seeing who they have lined up for the videos,” Caleb Castillo, senior English PHOTO BY: ARIEL COBBERT major, said. “I think it pumps peoTOP: Acacia Santos and her supporters react after her name was called in the run-off for Miss Ole Miss. BOTTOM: MK Phillips and her supporters ple up for the games. It’s just interreact after her name was called in the run-off for Homecoming Queen. esting to see who they are going to have each week.”

Students crowded the steps in front of the Lyceum can-American non-Greek candidate to win the title.

This places a large emphasis on once again Thursday night for the announcement of MK Phillips became Homecoming Queen with the confidentiality of each video, the winners in the run-off election for the titles of 54.06 percent of the vote. only revealing the coveted inforMiss Ole Miss and Homecoming Queen.

Phillips said being crowned Homecoming Queen With 54.93 percent of the vote, Acacia Santos is an unreal experience and that words cannot debecame Miss Ole Miss. Santos is the first Afri- scribe how grateful she is.

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The third candidate for the vice chancellor for diversity and community engagement discussed his vision at the open forum on Thursday.

Stacey Close, a native of Southwest Georgia, said he wants to help Ole Miss tackle the past on campus and move forward in unity.

Close studied undergrad at

Albany State College before he earned his master’s degree and doctorate of philosophy in history at Ohio State University.

“I found a place and home that I liked and I got a chance to grow,” Close said.

Close later worked at Eastern Connecticut State University where he began teaching courses on African-Americans, African history and Southern history.

Close also has presented

at the Southern Conference on African American Studies, Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History and the Professional and Organizational Development Network.

Close said he was drawn to work at Ole Miss because of the university’s reputation and straightforward diversity mission.

“I became interested in this position after reading the university’s diversity plan. It is

your diversity plan that does what other diversity plans don’t do. You openly talk about the past,” Close said.

Close said that there are more opportunities that can be done on campus and expand within the state.

“Very few schools are doing what the University of Mississippi is doing in terms of trying to work at their issues of

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OPINION

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The South has changed, but its identity endures

FRASER WRIGHT

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The crux of the defendant’s arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that legalized gay marriage in the United States, was that marriage was by definition between a man and a woman.

Same-sex marriage was not marriage, per se; the same-sex qualifier was necessary to separate it from traditional marriage.

The Supreme Court ruled otherwise, stating that marriage had previously been thought of by many other definitions. For cen-

turies, mixed-race marriages, for example, were not acknowledged as legitimate marriages. The court ruled that these had been definitions of marriage in the past but that none of them were intrinsic to the definition of marriage.

Such was the case with samesex marriage, as well. And just as with mixed-race marriage, rejected in the South for so long, samesex marriage has not caused any great harm to society or traditional marriage.

The slaveholding South believed fervently that slavery was an intrinsic part of not just the South, but of civilization. John C. Calhoun stated that the United States was founded “upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man.” In seceding from the United States, Mississippi declared the attempt to extinguish slavery as “a blow at commerce and civilization.”

Yet they were wrong. The South and all of civilization survived without slavery and “the great truth” of John C. Calhoun was

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proved to be a terrific lie. Slavery was not intrinsic to the definition of the South.

Yet this idea of a single, definitive South rears its head again and again in the face of overwhelming evidence that it is more of a crutch to defend bad ideas than a real rational thought.

The idea of purity and righteousness of heritage has been used to enslave, segregate and rob the rights of blacks for centuries.

Homosexuals have faced similar discrimination since the mid20th century. In the search for a romanticized Southern heritage, thousands have been left lynched, beaten and excluded from society.

Arguments continue to arise that rely on this thinking. Removing the state flag will somehow divorce Ole Miss from its roots in Mississippi.

Getting rid of Dixie will rob us of our Southern identity. Students won’t want to attend a school that so willingly rids itself of its character. Yet none of these arguments have any foundation in reality.

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Calling for a new flag that better represents all of Mississippi is not rejecting our state – it is hoping for an improvement. Removing Dixie is aimed at improving the inclusivity of football games, not making this a school that ignores its past.

Ole Miss’ character and identity remain intact. This is still a deeply Southern school in its atmosphere and values. None of the changes have been intrinsic or definitional aspects of the school. And the statistics demonstrate that intelligent, capable students are still coming here. In fact, our freshman classes improve each year in the face of these changes. Apparently, the harm to the university is so minor that no applicants have even noticed it.

The fact is, that’s the only evidence we have. As Ole Miss continues to evolve as a Southern institution, the metric of success for the university must always be the success of its students. And Ole Miss students are more successful than ever in terms of aca-

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demic achievement. Indeed, the university is breaking records in academic, athletic and fundraising efforts.

The sentiment that a true Southern school never changes flies in the face of the innumerable positive impact of these changes.

Perhaps it isn’t causation, but at the very least it proves that change will not hinder our progress.

This university will survive as a great Southern institution, even without the symbols that some view as intrinsic to its Southern label. This is because these are no more Southern than single-race, opposite-gender marriages or the belief that blacks are subordinate to whites by natural law.

The South will endure for symbols and values above and beyond these and to believe otherwise is to discount the resilience of this place and its people’s identity.

Fraser Wright is a sophomore history major from Tiburon, California.

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Are online courses the best option for the future of education?

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Imagine a digital-only educational world. There is no need for classes, much less a campus. Students can live and work from home. Maybe people can even participate in extracurricular clubs from the comfort of their own bedrooms. Education could be completely redefined as we enter further into a digital world.

Sound crazy?

Of course it does.

That is why as a university, and as a society, we have a reason to be wary of the increase in online learning in our futures. As a concept, online courses are a great option.

The convenience is perfect for busy professionals and working parents. You can access the classes at any time from any location with a laptop and the click of the mouse.

For people who can not stand walking into a classroom without knowing a single person, it provides no need for faceto-face social interaction.

While the trend in online education might be the right prescription for some people, a blanket implementation of online-only classes could have some disturbing consequences.

When we lose classroom interaction, we lose the building blocks of a successful learning environment. Learning is not a one-way street. Mark Ed-

mundson, a professor at the University of Virginia, wisely said that online education creates “a monologue and not a dialogue.” For most students, monologues do not promote learning, while dialogue does.

The instructor (if there is one at all) is a figure on a screen, instead of a person standing a few yards away.

Hard data has backed up this assertion, as well. Researchers at the University of California – Davis found that community college students in California were 11 percent less likely to pass a course.

Online classes can also take away the importance of learning from others, not just the instructor. Think of all the times you have learned from other students’ questions, comments and shared experiences. Online classes accommodate this need somewhat, by use of online group discussions in message boards.

However, it is another lousy

replacement for the actual classroom experience. An online forum can never replicate a real group conversation.

Some might say the argument against online classes is another desperate push by traditionalists against the digital era. I disagree. Digital learning can certainly have its place inside the classroom through the use of handheld devices, video aids and other elements of technology. However, nothing can replace the experience of being inside the classroom for structured learning.

Ole Miss does not seem to be heading in the direction of an “online-only” educational world. Here, we value productive conversation. However, our society must be on guard so we do not go down this dangerous path..

Patrick Waters is a sophomore accounting major from St. Louis, Missouri.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

In response to guest columnist Andrew Soper’s, “Ole Miss has become the University of Nowhere,” in the Sept. 9 edition of The Daily Mississippian.

Dear Editor, Andrew Soper’s article “Ole Miss has become the University of Nowhere” has made a lasting impression on me and many individuals in the Ole Miss family. I am glad to see his leadership in bringing Ole Miss forward and into reconciliation with its adored traditions. He has the support of many, and I look forward to the university working with him to make Ole Miss a place of excellence and high academic standing.

Political correctness is destroying our country and our beloved Ole Miss. We do not get the respect we once did with our mascot, school spirit, deeply-rooted traditions and campus way of life.

We get scoffed at for our teddy bear mascot and daycare-style leadership policies. Uncertainty is prevalent among individuals as to what our mascot really is. When you see Colonel Reb being warmly greeted by crowds of people at sports events then a repugnant teddy bear on the field vying for one clap of approval, it can be confusing, too.

The disastrous policy of the 2014 Action Plan is crippling our university. As a recent graduate of the “modern and diverse Ole Miss,” this policy is not receiving positive reactions from the community. When I mention where I graduate from, I get fussed at constantly for my alma mater “bending the knee to political correctness.” Previous chancellors have opened the door for strife and division on this campus. The work of many university officials has served as a catalyst for this campus climate. They did nothing more than stroll the campus and insult us by telling us that our own traditions are too offensive. I, along with many, are demanding a severance from these new policies and a return to the Ole Miss we all know and love.

Stewart Parks is a 2016 graduate of Ole Miss.

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Football games are a huge source of revenue here in the South where we eat, sleep and breathe football.

The annual Ole Miss versus Alabama game has quickly become the most highly anticipated game in the SEC since Ole Miss upset Alabama in 2014, winning 23-17, and then repeated their victory the next year, winning 43-37 in 2015. The second win was an Ole Miss record for beating Alabama back-to-back years.

Dedicated Ole Miss fans go above and beyond to support their Rebels, and that is certainly true when it comes to the Alabama game.

Bigger rivalry means even bigger revenue for the university on game day.

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium is expected to be at maximum capacity Saturday, and fans may wonder just how much money is spent at a game like

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According to Angela Robinson, associate athletics director for financial operations, the total ticket revenue for the 2014 game against Alabama, including the proportionate season tickets by game distribution, was $2.6 million.

Individual game tickets were $75 each and season tickets were $360 in 2014.

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This year, individual game tickets are $90 and season tickets are $400.

Total concessions revenue for the 2014 game was $354,662.

This year’s game is expected to be just as successful as 2014 in regards to revenue but not any more successful than other games this season.

The 2015 match was in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

“Any big football game weekend where we’re completely sold out and we know that people are going to be using their tickets is a

big weekend as far as revenue is concerned,” Michael Thompson, senior associate athletics director for communications and marketing said.

“I wouldn’t say that it’s any different than any other big weekend that we have an SEC game or where you have SEC Nation, just a lot of people that we know are coming in.”

Thompson said he thinks the numbers this year will be very similar to 2014, but improvements to the stadium will increase the amount of revenue generated.

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Alabama for the third time in a row has fans excited.

The No. 19 Rebels will face the No. 1 Crimson Tide again this Saturday in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium where Ole Miss hopes to replicate past successes.

During the off-season, Vaught-Hemingway Stadium was renovated and the north end zone was closed in, making room for more fans.

“We’ve had a small increase in ticket prices, so you’re going to have a natural bump there,” Thompson said. “We have more tickets in 2016 than we did in 2014, a lot more. We have more concession stands. There are more opportunities for revenue just because our stadium has grown for this year.”

Thompson said he believes that the game against the Georgia Bulldogs may be a bigger game in terms of revenue.

“I know that next weekend with Georgia, we probably have more interest as far as people we know are coming,” Thompson said. “Georgia will probably be bigger and I think it’s because we don’t play Georgia every year like we play Alabama. With that rotating, you have a lot of people, especially from Georgia, that will be coming because they don’t always get to come to Oxford and the Grove.”

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CHAD KELLY

is ready for final match against Alabama

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When Ole Miss upset Alabama in 2014, Chad Kelly wasn’t battling on the field or part of the mob of students that tore down the goal posts. Kelly was still the quarterback at East Mississippi Community College and had sat down in a Mexican restaurant with his family in Meridian.

“I remember going crazy in there,” Kelly said. “I wasn’t even committed expecting to go to Ole Miss then, but I was a fan of the Ole Miss football team, and the way they played that game then and finished the game was amazing.”

One year later, Kelly had won the starting quarterback job for the Rebels and was taking the field in Bryant-Denny Stadium to try and deliver an upset of his own.

In the third quarter, Kelly chased after a high snap and wildly flung the ball toward Laquon Treadwell to avoid being sacked. The now

in-famous pass would be tipped into the air and caught by Quincy Adeboyejo who raced 66 yards to the end zone.

Kelly said his friends kept asking him why he decided to throw the ball instead of taking the sack.

“That’s part of who I am. I just try to make plays,” Kelly said.

“Sometimes it might not go the way you like, but sometimes it does, and God is on my side.”

“One thing I’ll say is he knows he shouldn’t have done that, but in his thinking he knew that Laquon was there and that he’d have a chance to fight for it – and he knew Laquon would,” Head Coach Hugh Freeze said of the throw. “So, that’s Chad’s reasoning. That has a little merit. I’m not crazy about wildly doing that again, but you need a few breaks when you’re playing great teams … But I’d just as soon us not do that again.”

Alabama lost long-time Defensive Coordinator Kirby Smart

after he took a head coaching job at Georgia, but somehow the Tide hasn’t missed a step and are a formidable defense once again.

“First, I think they recruit very well, as we all know,” Kelly said.

“Every year in and out they have a great team. It starts with their coaches and goes all the way down to the players. Those players believe in the system. They always have. They have a great team. It really starts with the coaches.”

It may be hard to believe, but Alabama’s defense might be even better this year, allowing just 17 points total in their first two games.

“I think their speed and quickness is a lot faster than they’ve been,” Kelly said. “Those guys on the line all the way back to the safeties are really fast. They’re very disciplined, always in the right spot. That goes back to who their coach is. They get those guys ready.”

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lando against Florida State, he remains confident in his ability.

“Besides those turnovers we were still in the game late in the fourth quarter,” Kelly said. “Yeah, sometimes I made a mistake trying to force it downfield and not take what the defense gives me.

From that, you’ve got to just learn from it.”

Kelly hopes to learn from his performance against the Seminoles.

“Now, going onto another great team like Alabama, we really have to harp on protecting the ball, and that starts this week in practice.

I really have to take what the defense gives me, and we should be good.”

With his final matchup against Alabama on Saturday, one thing stuck out to Kelly as the key to leaving the field victorious once again.

“I think it’s a mindset first,” Kelly said. “You have to go in there thinking you’re going to win.”

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EVAN ENGRAM

‘it’s just another game that we have to win’

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It was just two weeks ago that Ole Miss suffered a second-half collapse against the now-No. 2 ranked Florida State Seminoles. Now, the Rebels have to face Alabama in their first SEC match of the season.

“It’s a great opportunity for us to kind of get back into the things after the loss against Florida State,” tight end Evan Engram said. “Alabama is ranked No. 1, coming off two big wins. Like I said, it’s a great opportunity for us to be at home in front of our fans. It’s going to be a great crowd, a great atmosphere. A lot of energy surrounding this week, and I’m ready to get to it.”

Engram has already faced Alabama three times in his career, but this year the matchup feels different for the senior.

“I’m more at ease about it, calmer,” Engram said. “The last couple of years have al-

ways been hyped up and kind of looking forward to it weeks beforehand. Really excited for it, but I guess, I have had a lot of big games here, been through the ringer a little bit.

I’m really excited about the opportunity and I’m really calm about it.”

In the past two seasons, the Rebels have been much more effective passing the ball as opposed to running the ball when facing the Crimson Tide. Engram saw improvements in the Tide’s pass coverage and overall speed this season but thought they still had good size.

“Their linebackers are slimmer, move a lot better. Their secondary is really good,” Engram said. “I think that’s most they have improved on is their secondary. Even when they send pressure, they hold well.

They move a lot better, just a little bit more, kind of like a finesse defense. They are still very physical, really strong up front and really good against the run. But they are definitely moving around a lot better

and way better in coverage.”

Even with the improvements in the Tide’s defense, Engram still knew how the Rebels offense needed to execute on Saturday.

“We have to make big plays down field,” Engram said.

“It’s really important to control the line of scrimmage in this league. It’s really hard to run the ball against Alabama; their run defense is really solid. But you have to have some type of balance to be successful in this league, and us having big plays through the air down the field will definitely help us in that aspect of our game.”

Engram has been productive in his first two games of this season, catching 11 passes for 164 yards and a touchdown.

Engram saw an improved chemistry between him and quarterback Chad Kelly.

“I give a lot of credit to the film room. Personally, just seeing coverages and actually being involved in the game plan, actually understanding what we are trying to do, how

we are trying to move the ball down the field,” Engram said.

“Just being involved in more and the X’s and O’s has really helped me take that next step. And of course, the small things are working, running routes, timing with Chad and some things like catching the ball.”

There’s plenty of attention surrounding the game and the Rebels attempted ‘threepeat,’ but Engram was careful to not let the hype distract him.

“The past two years don’t mean anything.

We want to compete for an SEC Championship this year and try to get into the playoffs, and we need to beat Alabama to do that,” Engram said. “The past two years doesn’t mean anything. The fans will have their fun with that. But for us, it’s just another game that we have to win.”

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A year ago, Issac Gross lay on an operating table in the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He stared at the ceiling as the anesthesia began to enter his body. A tear streamed down the side of his face, and he began to pray as he faded out of consciousness.

“I just prayed to God I would come back,” Gross said. “Please Lord, just bring me back. That was the toughest moment.”

A black “X” inked in sharpie at the lower-left portion of the front side of his neck signified where his mid-level disc fusion surgery would begin.

Just two weeks prior, Gross was suiting up for the Rebels’ home opener against Tennessee-Martin. It was his final season, or so he thought.

Gross was in the game at defensive tackle and was hit with a chip block.

“They call it a bump combo and the guard came up under me and chipped me,” he recalled.

The blow jarred him and set in motion the climax of a nagging injury he had been dealing with more than a year.

Gross had been battling the discomfort of a bulging disc in his back for nearly 12 months.

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the medical staff kept a close eye on him.

“Whenever I’d take a big shot or get up slow or run to the sideline Pat (Jernigan), the trainer would always ask me ‘Issac, do you feel any tingling feeling?’ and I’d say ‘no sir.’

I never knew what he meant by the tingling feeling,” Gross said.

This time, the answer was yes. The hit had thrust the disc into Gross’s spinal cord and punctured it.

“It touched it, and when it hit the spinal cord it shocked my nerves and I got this tingling feeling in my hand and I couldn’t move my hand,” Gross said. “Honestly, at that time it was really scary.”

He remembers not being able to make a fist or move his arms up and down.

He felt nothing but a tingling sensation as the disc jolted his nerves. Had the disc gone entirely through his spinal chord, Gross would have been paralyzed. How close was this to being a reality?

“Not even a half inch,” Gross

said.

As he alerted Jernigan of what he was feeling, he knew his fate.

“I knew at that moment when I had that tingling feeling that I was going to be out for the rest of the year,” Gross said.

So here he was, two weeks later, lying down with the eerie sense of uneasiness that came with the realization that his neck was about to be cut open.

“The day of the surgery was the toughest when I had to realize that I had to have open surgery on my neck,” Gross said.

It was a similar procedure to what Peyton Manning had undergone in 2011. This gave Gross hope.

“I knew I could come back from it. I just laid down and said, ‘Bring me back.’ I wanted to come back and play football.”

He awoke to nearly instant results. Gross says he no longer felt stiff all the time and began to sleep better. But it came with limitations: he couldn’t face any sort of contact for six months. Gross was confined to the sidelines for the entire season.

It ate at him.

“Just knowing that I played one game and we have a big schedule this year and a great team and I couldn’t contribute to it,” Gross said. “All I could do was be there and encourage

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and support my brothers, but that was the hardest part just going out the very first game.”

He took matters into his own hands.

“The first day I went home, I immediately started doing pushups, pull ups and sit ups to get stronger like that until I could do neck exercises,” Gross said.

He worked tirelessly to get in shape. Gross says before the injury, he worked out once a day, five days per week. After?

Six days a week, three times a day.

“It was just a process. How good do I want to be?,” Gross said. “It was getting myself in shape body-wise, muscle-wise, getting faster and stronger.

Just whatever I had do.”

It taught him not to take anything lightly. He wanted to learn every facet of the game.

“When I was finally out of it, it made me want to learn football from a different aspect. It made me want to learn about the DBs, the safeties, the offensive line. It made me want to learn football as a whole. The whole strategy of the game,” Gross said.

“You take a lot of things for granted, but once you’re hurt and see life from a different angle and see your goals happening from a different angle, it makes you appreciate things.”

He remembers the feeling of sliding his helmet back on his head for the first time, signifying that he was back. He remembers running out of the tunnel in Camping World Stadium and returning to game action for the first time in a year. He remembers all of it.

“That was just my emotions coming out. When it was time for to get on that field, no matter what had happened no matter what was going on,

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He had beaten it. What he prayed for in that operating room in Jackson had come to fruition. He says his desire to

play is inspired by taking care of his family.

Gross suffered a scare, one that could have left him confined to a wheel chair, but he doesn’t live in fear. He doesn’t play in fear. He knows what can happen in the game of football.

He’s fully aware of the danger, but his desire again outweighs that.

“I know the risk. I know what I signed up for. I know what I worked so hard for, and I know

that I have so much passion and love for the game that you take risks,” Gross said.

“When you want to take care of your family, you put yourself through so much as a man to make sure your family is okay.”

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ry happened in a moment. His 2015 season was gone in a moment. Now, he’s determined to capture every one.

“Whatever position you’re in in life, take full advantage of it.

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Editor to editor: Rebels vs. Crimson Tide Tyler Waldrop, Sports Editor of The Crimson White, joins The Daily Mississippian’s Sports Editor Brian Scott Rippee to break down this week’s game.

1. Ole Miss’ passing game is the strength of its offense. How do you see the Alabama secondary matching up with Ole Miss’ receivers?

TW - I think this is probably the best secondary the Crimson Tide has fielded in the last few years, and Ole Miss probably won’t find as much success in the passing game this time around. I expect quarterback Chad Kelly will go after the Alabama secondary’s lone newcomer, cornerback Anthony Averett, but he’s done a good job of holding his own so far this season.

2. Alabama prides itself on running the football, but Jalen Hurts has shown early on that he can beat you down the field with his arm. How has his early success throwing the ball added a different element to the Tide’s offense that Ole Miss may not have seen in the game the last two years?

1. The past two seasons it seemed to me like Ole Miss fans had faith their team could beat Alabama, but didn’t necessarily believe that was the likely outcome. Does that seem like a fair assessment and do fans have more confidence the Rebels can win this time around?

BSR- I think that is a very fair assessment, and I actually think it is the same feeling this year, but for different reasons.

The last two years Ole Miss sort of used Alabama as a springboard to hurl themselves into the national spotlight.

In 2014 it was “can they do it?” In 2015, the feeling was the talent and experience was definitely there across the board, but could they do it on the road? Ole Miss began the year in the spotlight, and after getting off to the races in the opening half, it was exposed by Florida State in a stinging loss. I think the mood is still the same for this game because of what happened in the second half in Orlando that night.

2. What do you think the Ole Miss defense needs to do on Saturday to keep Alabama from moving the chains?

TW- I honestly haven’t seen enough from Hurts yet to say that he is significantly better equipped to challenge the Rebels than former Alabama quarterbacks Blake Sims and Jake Coker. However, he will certainly be asked to do more if Alabama’s ground game continues to stall.

BSR- It has to pressure Jalen Hurts. As simple as that sounds, it will be crucial in order to take pressure off of its secondary that boasts two freshmen safeties and is without its most experienced cover corner in Ken Webster. I think the defense will be able to hold its own up front in the running game, but Hurts seems to have given Alabama a different element in the vertical passing game that it didn’t have the last two years. If he’s got time to throw against this young secondary, Alabama’s offense could be off to the races.

3. Hugh Freeze thinks the Alabama defense is both better and faster than it has been in the past. Do you agree with this and what have you seen so far from the defense?

3. Has Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly improved since these two teams last met, and if so in what areas, and how will that impact the matchups on Saturday?

TW- I’m not sure if this defense is better or more of the same, but it certainly looks faster. The front seven has spent the last few years working on slimming down and preparing to play fastball with teams like Ole Miss and Auburn and the results are plain to see.

4. What is an area on both offense and defense that you believe Alabama could hurt Ole Miss in?

BSR- Yes, greatly. Kelly came onto the scene in the final six or seven games last year. He’s more confident as a passer and really hurt teams with his feet down the stretch last year. I think his ability to extend plays with his legs will play a big factor on Saturday against a strong and quick Alabama pass rush. The game will look similar to its opener against Florida State in that regard.

4. What other offensive players (besides tight end Evan Engram) could give the Crimson Tide trouble on Saturday?

5. Score prediction?

BSR- Before last week I would have told you A.J. Brown and D.K. Metcalf, a pair of true freshmen receiver. Metcalf is now sidelined for the year with a broken foot. Brown is built similar to Laquon Treadwell and Freeze has said he may be further along in his development than Treadwell was at this point in their respective careers. Van Jefferson and Damarkus Lodge are also two receivers that provide match up problems for most teams. The receiving corps is the strength of the Ole Miss offense. The Rebels are deep at this position and also very versatile.

TW- Alabama is the better team, but the Rebels’ defense on the road is a tough test for an offense led by a true freshman quarterback in his second career start.

Ole Miss 20, Alabama 13

5. Does the team seem to be treating the Alabama matchup differently this season, either in the way it prepares or the attitude it has?

TW- On defense I think the Ole Miss offensive line will find itself overwhelmed with the likes of Alabama pass rushers Jonathan Allen, Ryan Anderson and Tim Williams.

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BSR- I don’t think the team itself treats this game any differently. They’ve already been battle tested and took one on the chin on Labor Day. This team is in a delicate spot right now. It has dealt with injuries as well as hearing how flawed it is after being exposed by Florida State in a lopsided second half. While I don’t think they treat this game any differently, I do get the sense it feels like it has its back up against the wall in the midst of a brutal September stretch.

I think this game will be pretty telling in how the rest of the season goes.

6. Prediction?

BSR- I think Ole Miss will put up a good showing at home-- I really do. But its secondary let Deondre Francois throw all over them in the second half in Orlando, and from what Jalen Hurts has shown in the first two weeks, I’m not inclined to think any differently. Bo Scarbrough will eventually wear down the Rebels up front. Saban regains some sanity after losses the last two years and I think the Tide leave Oxford with a 31-27 win.

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From the sports desk: College football pick‘em week three COLUMN

NO. 1 ALABAMA @ NO. 19 OLE MISS

NO. 2 FLORIDA STATE @ NO. 10 LOUISVILLE

Sports Editor Brian Scott Rippee: The Rebels are in a delicate place. This brutal September has left them 1-1 and without some of their key players. I think Ole Miss puts up a great fight at home, but I think Jalen Hurts is able to get in rhythm in the second half and expose a young Rebel secondary.

BR:The Seminoles are going to be tested against a Louisville team looking to make a statement. No Derwin James and the Seminoles’ first tough road test.

They pass it and win by a touchdown.

Assistant Sports Editor Cody Thomason: The last two years I’ve picked Ole Miss to lose to Alabama and been proven wrong each time. I’m not going to jinx it now. Crimson Tide gets a hard-fought win. @OxfordPolice Ole Miss is the only team since LSU in 2010-2011 to beat a Nick Saban-coached team in consecutive years. Never quit on a heater. Ole Miss wins a close one and hopes Harvey Updyke stays at home.

CT: If the Florida State team that showed up in the second half of the Ole Miss game comes to play against Louisville, the Seminoles should be able to remain undefeated. @OxfodPolice: If the Florida State team that showed up in the second half of the Ole Miss game comes to play against Louisville, the Seminoles should be able to remain undefeated.

NO. 3 OHIO STATE @ NO. 14 OKLAHOMA BR: I really enjoy watching Baker Mayfield play football. And it’s hard to picture him and the Sooners not in the mix for a playoff spot late in the season, and a loss would almost ensure that. Mayfield has a big day and Oklahoma rights the ship at home after a loss to Houston in the opener.

CT: Oklahoma may have fallen victim to the first big upset of the college football season, but I still think they’re a good team. Unfortunately for them, Urban Meyer has made Ohio State into a true powerhouse, and the Buckeyes should go home with a victory. @OxfordPolice: JT Barrett versus Baker Mayfield.

Who wins? Everyone watching this game. Going to be points galore but OSU will put just a few more up than the Sooners. Big Game Bob drops another.

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5 The color of the helmets was replicated to match the one Mullins wore using a helmet from the 1994 football season.

6 The first time Ole Miss played Alabama in the Vaught was in October of 1993.

7 The first recorded Rebel win against Alabama was Oct. 27, 1894, in Jackson. Ole Miss beat Bama, 6-0.

8 If Ole Miss fans storm Hollingsworth field following a Rebel victory on Saturday, the university will be subjected to a $250K fine by the SEC.

9 According to the 1897 Ole Miss yearbook, the first time we officially played Alabama was in 1983.

Rebels won, 6-0, but later forfeited the loss.

10 Ole Miss has beaten Alabama 10 times since 1984.

11 This will be the 64th recorded game Ole Miss has played against The University of Alabama.

POWDER BLUE & CRIMSON 1 Powder Blue helmets were first worn by the Rebels from 1948-77. They were brought back from 1983-1984.

2 In 2014, the Powder Blue Helmets were brought back in honor of Chucky Mullins, who was paralyzed during a game against Vanderbilt in 1989. Mullins died as a result of his injuries in 1991.

3 The Powder Blue helmets symbolize the rich history of Ole Miss football. They were particularly popular in the days of Johnny Vaught and Archie Manning.

4 Ole Miss Athletics Department has asked fans to wear powder blue this Saturday as we face off against the Crimson Tide.

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zations such as Baptist Student Union and ROTC.” Generally, the staff and volunteers begin cleanup about seven hours after kick-off, working anywhere from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m until the job is finished. But after all of the trash has been collected, where does it go?

“The trash that is collected goes into the local landfill,” Lazinsky said. “We also collect the recyclable materials that go to the sorting station in Oxford.

Landscape services collects it and (the) Office of Sustainability sorts it at the sorting station in

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There will be a hum of electricity as the players make their way down the Walk of Champions.

There will be a roar of Rebel fans cheering with one another as the ‘Hotty Toddy’ chant resonates throughout campus. It will be game day at Ole Miss.

Thousands enjoy game day in the Grove, but there is one sight that is not so pleasant: trash.

Nathan Lazinsky, assistant superintendent of the UM landscape services, said there are tons of trash and it takes a full staff to clean it all up.

“The average amount of waste collected during game days is about 70 tons and (90 tons for big games),” Lazinsky said. “We set up about 2,500 red and blue barrels, 400 recycling stands and 400 blue drums for trash. We also have about 18 to 31 20-yard dumpsters set up to collect the trash.”

According to UM Landscape Services, in 2012 alone the department removed a total of 489 tons of waste from the Grove.

The University of Central Arkansas game produced 42 tons and the Texas A&M game produced 87 tons.

“We use our full staff for the setup on Friday mornings, which consists of 28 full-time employees, our contract employees that

consists of six employees and our student workers, which consists of about eight to 10 people,” Lazinsky said.

Game day setup involves many people working hard from 6 to 9 a.m. Cleaning up afterwards, however, is another job entirely.

“The cleanup starts Saturday night,” Lazinsky said. “We have 10 full-time employees and volunteer groups consisting of about 100 people come in.

Sunday morning we have 20 fulltime employees and a volunteer group of about 40. The volunteer groups consist of student organi-

Oxford.”

Though recycling is a possible solution to the Grove trash problem, Ann Fisher-Wirth, director of the environmental studies minor, thinks people can do better.

“It is a question of mindfulness, of how we live on the earth,” Fisher-Wirth said. “Just as we wouldn’t leave garbage on the floors of our living rooms, there is no excuse for leaving trash lying around the Grove.

Also, it’s important to make changes in our habits of consumption; for instance, find

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biodegradable options instead of using styrofoam, minimize the use of plastic, recycle, but also minimize the amount of what needs to be recycled.”

Trash is not the only problem Groving causes.

“Protecting the trees and shrubs from damage is also an issue on game days,” Lazinsky said.

Lazinsky said there can be several landscaping challenges including soil compaction. The maintenance crew has to aerate the soil by poking small holes in the ground to let oxygen and moisture into the soil every year.

“When 100,000 people are in a 10-acre spot, the soil particles become smashed, creating an environment where water cannot penetrate the soil and roots have a hard time growing deep; there is also no oxygen for the roots,” Lazinsky said.

Lazinsky said the trash grows every year with the increased enrollment.

Senior Taylor St. Laurent said it is important to value the campus and make an effort to preserve it.

“Ole Miss is considered the holy grail of tailgating,” St. Laurent said. “It’s important to keep our campus and the Grove as nice as we can. We’re pretty lucky to have such a beautiful campus and I think every Rebel should work to keep it that way.”

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The Children’s of Mississippi’s Batson Children’s Hospital Growing capital campaign is a $100 million campaign that will feature Eli and Abby as the public faces as well as honorary chairs of the campaign fundraising committee.

The campaign’s purpose is to expand and update the neonatal intensive care unit and add more pediatric ICU rooms and surgical suites. The hospital is part of the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

This is the second time the Manning family has partnered with UMMC. Back in 2009, Eli Manning raised more than $2.5 million to open the Eli Manning

Jennifer Froning said she loves what the Manning’s are doing to support children’s healthcare.

“I think it’s great that the Manning’s have donated to the Children’s hospital because they are willing to share their wealth with those in need and this money will make a huge difference,” Froning said.

The first donation for the campaign came from Joe and Kathy Sanderson who pledged $10 million. Joe Sanderson serves as CEO and board chair of Sanderson Farms while his wife Kathy serves as the chair of the capital campaign.

“Philanthropists, such as Joe and Kathy Sanderson and Abby and Eli Manning, give their resources as well as their time to our cause (and it’s) inspiring and heart-warming. Their demonstration of leadership by example will help Mississippi families for decades to come,” Bradburn said.

Ole Miss Chancellor Jeff Vitter said he is proud of the Ole Miss family and of Eli and Abby Manning and their philanthropy efforts.

LouAnn Woodward, UMMC vice chancellor for health affairs, said she believes it is time to update the Batson hospital, especially since it is the only children’s hospital in the state.

“We are thankful to Eli and Abby Manning for joining our team,” Woodward said.

Eli Manning said in a statement that he and his wife joined the team because they want the best for the children in Mississippi and that supporting this campaign is another way to give the sickest children hope.

“Take it from me, there is no better feeling than knowing you played a part in giving a child a chance to grow up,” Eli Manning said.

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“Eli and Abby Manning have shown through their selfless actions the values they hold dear,” Travis Bradburn, UMMC chief development officer, said.

Bradburn said the hospital places great importance on family and wants Mississippi’s children to have the best healthcare available. Bradburn also said the capital campaign, “Growing so they can grow,” will give children across the state the best care available in a state-of-the-art medical care environment.

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continued from page 1 mation to a select group of staffers within the athletics department and commonly not even playing the video for the pre-game run through at the stadium each Friday before a home matchup.

“We never tell,” Thompson said.

“It’s a lot more fun if it is a surprise ... People like to guess. They like to look forward to who it might be.

Even the people in the [athletics] office who don’t know.”

This means The Daily Mississippian is not privy to any insider information regarding who may be popping up on the screen this Saturday when the Rebels take on Alabama.

“It just seems like every year we get the number of people we need. They just kind of fall into place each year,” Thompson said.

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He said the Ole Miss's presence and footprint can be found in Ethiopia and destinations in South America, which have given the school an opportunity to grow.

Close said his passion for diversity started on the academic side after he arrived FILE PHOTO at Eastern Connecticut State Katy Perry cheers during a football game against Alabama in Oxford, Saturday, Oct. University where he saw a lack of African-American pro4, 2014. fessors. Close said he decided a year, that’s 140 of these. There some tie to Ole Miss. are new celebrities each and every “I can’t think about anybody year that we try to get ... a lot of who has just been a straight up them we have great connections cold call with no connection,” with.”

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