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REBELS FLOP AGAINST VANDY IN SEC OPENER
this week T O D AY
FACULTY RECITAL SERIES IAN HOMINICK, PIANO Faculty pianist Ian Hominick will be performing a solo piano recital on Monday, September 20 at 8:00 pm in Nutt Auditorium. On the program will be works by JS Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, Carl Czerny, Ignaz Moscheles, Felix Mendelssohn, Otto Respighi, Franz Liszt and Sigismund Thalberg. 8 p.m. Admission is free. Nutt Auditorium F R I D AY
FREE FRIDAYS: REBEL CHALLENGE COURSE Check out the Rebel Challenge Course every Friday from 2-4pm for FREE FRIDAYS. The RCC is open to students, faculty and staff and consists of high elements. We are located on campus near the intramural fields off Hathorn Road. 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Rebel Challenge Course
AUSTIN MCAFEE | The Daily Mississippian
Ole Miss quarterback Jeremiah Masoli scrambles past a Vanderbilt defender in the Rebels’ 28-14 loss to the Commodores. Masoli passed for and ran for over 100 yards in defeat.
BY AUSTIN MILLER The Daily Mississippian
Quarterback Jeremiah Masoli threw for 190 yards and ran for another 104 yards, but Ole Miss didn’t make enough plays to win on Saturday, falling to Vanderbilt 28-14 at home. Tight end Ferbia Allen and running back Brandon Bolden dropped would-be touchdown passes while Vanderbilt broke two long runs for touchdowns. Turnover continued to be a problem as Masoli threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown, and running back Korvic Neat fumbled deep in Rebels’ territory. “It was a very disappointing loss,” Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt said. “I feel like we wasted away so many opportunities in this game and we just can’t do
that. You can’t play like that in the SEC. You can’t do it.” The game remained scoreless through the first quarter, despite Allen dropping what would have been a likely touchdown about halfway through the quarter. Then, early in the second quarter, Vanderbilt running back Zac Stacy capped a 13 play, 97-yard drive with a 35-yard run up the middle, bursting through the Ole Miss defense untouched. Later in the quarter, Masoli, who became the first quarterback since Archie Manning to record at least 100 yards passing and 100 yards rushing in the same game, made a critical mistake. On the first play after a Vanderbilt punt, cornerback Eddie Foster intercepted an errant Masoli throw and returned it 21 yards for a touchdown, extending the Commodores’ lead to 14-0.
Set up by a long 31-yard pass down the right sideline, running back Korvic Neat took a toss right and dove into the end zone for an Ole Miss touchdown with just over a minute left in the half. On the Rebels’ opening drive of the second half, Masoli made what was arguably the best play of the game, spinning loose to elude Vanderbilt defenders and then diving over the pylon to tie the game at 14. However, on the very next play from scrimmage, Vanderbilt running back Warren Norman ran untouched up the middle for an 80-yard touchdown run to regain a 21-14 for the Commodores. The Ole Miss defense held Vanderbilt quarterback Larry Smith to 73 yards passing while also limiting Vanderbilt to 112 yard rushing
“There were two plays that we wish we could take back,” Ole Miss defensive coordinator Tyrone Nix said. “Other than that, I think we really improved. I know we’re not where we need to be, and we have to continue to get better.” After converting a fourth down, Bolden dropped what would have likely been another touchdown. Plays later, Bryson Rose missed a 32-yard field goal wide right. “It just hurts because (those plays) equal six points,” Nutt said. “You got to have those kinds of plays. You have to take advantage of those opportunities.” On the third straight drive, the Rebel offense started from inside its own 20 yard line. On first down with just over eight minutes to go in the game, Korvic
inside NEWS
HOMECOMING ELECTIONS
LIFESTYLES
OXFORD WELCOMES CITIZEN COPE
See FLOP, PAGE 4
Oxford Tree Board begins new Tree Planting Program BY RACHEL JOHNSON
Some O x ford neighborhoods will soon be much greener thanks to the Tree Board’s Releaf tree-planting program. The idea from the program came from Oxford Eagle reporter and Eagle Point resident Melanie Addington, who wanted to know if the Tree Board could do something to replace trees which had been removed during construction in neighborhoods like hers. The Daily Mississippian
Releaf will focus on two pilot neighborhoods — Community Green and Eagle Point. “Eagle Point was chosen as a pilot project for the program because a resident (Addington) from there first requested help and it would greatly benefit from the trees,” Cowan Hunter, co-chairman of the Oxford Tree Board, said. “Community Green was chosen because it also could use more trees, the city has already done some recent planting on public areas in the neighbor-
hood and a Tree board member who lives there offered to host the meeting.” For future projects, Hunter said the board is considering Windsor Falls, and any interested homeowners associations or neighborhood groups should contact the Tree Board through the city website. According to Hume Bryant, cochairman of the Tree Board, the preservation of trees enhance scenic beauty, sustain long term increases in property values, encourages qual-
ity development, reduces erosion of valuable topsoil, cuts heating and cooling cost, moderates the temperature and cleans the air. The program is funded through an urban forestry grant from the Mississippi Forestry Commission and the US Forest Service, Cowan said. Other board projects are funded through similar grants from the state and federal forestry departments. The Tree Board was established See PLANTING, PAGE 6
SPORTS
OLE MISS DEFEATS THE GOLDEN EAGLES