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Ole Miss football ended its Week 1 matchup against the Mercer Bears with a 73-7 victory in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mississippi quarterbacks Jaxson Dart, Spencer Sanders and Walker Howard combined for 524 passing yards and six passing touchdowns. Running back Quinshon Judkins rushed for 60 yards and two touchdowns. Receiver Jordan Watkins returned a punt for […]

Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin sounded off on the NCAA’s new clock rules after the Rebels’ Week 1 victory over Mercer. The veteran head coach was annoyed by the changes to the gameplay, and felt there was no reason to fix a system that had no issue. The rules he is referring to are […]

College football is finally here. Every team ranked inside the AP top 25 poll played this weekend. That includes the Ole Miss football Rebels, who are ranked 22nd. Their matchup against FCS school Mercer wasn’t the most notable game of the Week 1 slate. But it did serve as a nice warm-up game for their […]

With Ole Miss football set to open their 2023 season against Mercer on Saturday, Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin has settled on a starting quarterback for the contest. Junior Jaxson Dart was named the starting QB for the Week 1 game against Mercer, sources told Chris Low of ESPN. Dart, who transferred from USC to […]

Ole Miss begins their 2023 campaign with a visit from Mercer. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with a Mercer-Ole Miss prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Mercer Bears finished last year with a 7-4 record and going 5-3 in the FCS SoCon. Mercer had some dominant performances. They won by 17 […]

Ole Miss football might have found its next star quarterback. Four-star signal-caller Trever Jackson committed to the Rebels on Saturday, giving coach Lane Kiffin a major win on the 2024 recruiting cycle. Jackson, a rising senior at Jones High School in Orlando, Florida, chose Ole Miss over scholarship offers from Texas A&M, UCLA, Penn State, […]

The college sports landscape has changed dramatically since the beginning of the NIL era, and the effects have specifically been seen in the college football world. For the big schools with the most money and the biggest alumni bases, it’s been fantastic. They can make a pretty good recruiting pitch to any prospect. For smaller […]

Auburn football head coach Hugh Freeze offered his own take on the Michael Oher-Tuohy family situation. Earlier this week former NFL offensive tackle Michael Oher, who’s life became the subject of the movie, “The Blind Side,” sued the Tuohy family. According to Oher, the Tuohy family never actually adopted him, but instead fooled him into […]

Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin is getting real about some of the harsh realities that come with the name, image, and likeness (NIL) era in college football. Kiffin, who has worked as an assistant and head coach in both college football and the NFL since 1997, has undoubtedly seen a lot of change across […]

New Ole Miss football defensive coordinator Pete Golding spent five seasons with the Alabama football program under Nick Saban, and he recently cited family reasons as to why he made the join Lane Kiffin’s staff. “I think you get so locked into a career and you get focused on the next step,” Pete Golding said, […]

Former Baltimore Ravens star Michael Oher is petitioning a court order alleging that the Academy Award-winning film, “The Blindside,” of which he was the subject, was built on a lie that he was adopted by the Tuohy family, per ESPN’s Michael A. Fletcher. The retired offensive tackle says that he was “tricked” into signing over […]

The Pac-12 is getting absolutely tethered across the sports world after programs opted to leave for the Big 12 and Big Ten. Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin is the latest to torch the conference, responding to a Pac-12 athlete who explains why she chose the conference and why she is now upset. “I chose […]

Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin said the state of college football is a “disaster” at SEC Media Day amid NIL and transfer portal changes. He was criticized by ESPN’s Paul Finebaum, who said Kiffin “just retired the trophy” of hypocrisy. “He may be right, but talk about hypocritical people,” Finebaum said. “Like, does anyone […]

NFL running backs aren’t nearly valued the way they used to be, and Ole Miss football star Quinshon Judkins is taking note. With Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs and New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley failing to get long-term contracts, Quinshon Judkins is already preparing to make the most money possible when […]

Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin gave a whole lot of bulletin board material at SEC Media Days on Thursday and among his comments were a crucial injury update on Oklahoma State transfer Spencer Sanders. Kiffin said the QB is at full strength and will be ready to roll for preseason. Via the Clarion […]

Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin usually makes headlines when he is speaking to the media, and he did that at SEC media days when he was speaking about Paul Finebaum providing Alabama football coach Nick Saban with motivation ahead of the 2023 season. “It’s why we have Finebaum so he can motivate him every […]

The SEC is already considered the best conference in college football without the addition of Texas and Oklahoma. With those two powerhouses, there’s no telling how difficult the conference will be to navigate in 2024. Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin says the schedule is comparable to the pros. “Our schedule is like playing […]

Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin did not hold back when asked about the current system in place regarding NIL (name, image and likeness) and the transfer portal at SEC Media Days on Thursday. Kiffin said that it’s a “disaster” and that college football has “legalized cheating”, per Travis L. Brown of The Eagle. […]

Newly appointed Auburn football head coach Hugh Freeze made his first major appearance at SEC Media Days for the first time since 2016, after his Ole Miss career ended in disaster. He opened his presser with a quip about his return to the conference, before it was ended in a scandal and resignation before the […]

4-star quarterback recruit Austin Simmons already dropped quite the bombshell on the collegiate world when he announced he was reclassifying for 2023 and flipping his commitment from Florida to Ole Miss football. But it is his remarkable intellect that has fans truly astonished. Simmons, who was home-schooled for his main high school classes before finishing […]

Four-star quarterback Austin Simmons flipped his commitment from the Florida Gators to the Ole Miss Rebels on Saturday morning, On3’s Hayes Fawcett reported. The Pahokee (FL) high signal-caller had been committed to the Gators since April, and will now reclassify from the 2025 class to 2023, per Fawcett. “I will be Flipping My Commitment and […]

We’re still a few months away from the return of college football, but the anticipation is slowly building across the country with spring practices in the books. There’s plenty of optimism surrounding the Ole Miss football team with head coach Lane Kiffin and Heisman candidates Jaxson Dart and Quinshon Judkins leading the Rebels back into […]

Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin trolled Auburn football with a mock of the team’s recruiting pitch on Twitter. Auburn football had a graphic that said it is the only school with “Buc-ees,” which is a gas station and convenience store. The graphic said “Buc-ees” is known for its large size and snacks. pic.twitter.com/vT1vCkELVG — […]

The first round of the 2023 NFL Draft came and went with a ton of action on Thursday night in Kansas City. The blue-blood college football programs, such as Alabama, Georgia, and Ohio State, saw a number of players hear their names called in the first round. However, Mississippi State saw one player get selected, […]

With former New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton leading the way, veteran quarterback Russell Wilson looking to bounce back from the worst season of his career and starting running back Javonte Williams recovering from a major injury, the Denver Broncos could be looking at adding talent to their skill positions early in the 2023 […]

Spring practices are coming to a close across the country. Teams have gotten their first looks at all the winter additions, and know where they will likely need reinforcements before the season starts. The Ole Miss Rebels decided to get a jump on this and forego the final three practices they could’ve taken. In the […]

Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin spoke about working wide receiver Chris Marshall into his system, and took a shot at Jimbo Fisher’s Texas A&M football program in the process, via Connor O’Gara of The Athletic. “Instead of a program where you huddle and wait 35 seconds to snap it, we’ve got to get […]

Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin trolled Florida on Thursday. Florida was tied at seven points apiece late in their spring game which led to Kiffin choosing to mock the low-scoring affair on Twitter. 🔥🔥 ⁦@FloridaGators⁩ pic.twitter.com/F8waijGD6j — Lane Kiffin (@Lane_Kiffin) April 14, 2023 The decision to troll a rival likely came easy for […]

Ole Miss football star Quinshon Judkins received a major compliment when Lane Kiffin compared him to Reggie Bush. The Ole Miss football coach mentioned the former Heisman Trophy winner when talking about Judkins’ impressive freshman season and what might be possible for his sophomore campaign. Lane Kiffin was an offensive assistant coach with USC from […]

Across the Northern Hemisphere, the bitter cold of winter is giving way to the fresh release of spring. Green is returning to landscapes all across the world. In the college football world, the warm sun and breezy weather means spring practices. For players, it’s a perfect time to get yourself ahead of the curve going […]

Ole Miss football quarterback Jaxson Dart wasn’t bothered by the fact that the Rebels went out and added two signal-callers in the transfer portal this offseason. In fact, Dart seemed to know it would happen. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, the Ole Miss football quarterback said he was “fully aware” that the Rebels needed to […]

Spring practice is underway for college programs across the country. It’s a beautiful time of year where every school believes their goals are attainable. Every player can imagine themselves on the field for long periods, and can dream of winning awards. This type of preseason hope exists everywhere, but our focus must be narrowed quite […]

Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin nearly bolted for the Auburn Tigers last year but decided to remain with the Rebels at the last second before their final game of the 2022 season. It was clearly a tough decision for Kiffin, who immediately was tabbed as a potential target for Auburn football after they […]

Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin brands himself as the Portal King. After amassing a second-in-the-country transfer portal class in 2022, Kiffin and his staff faced another round of portal recruiting in the 2023 class. The Rebels inked commitments from 13 players, locking in the 6th best class in the country this go around. […]

The Miami Hurricanes are seeing yet another member of Mario Cristobal’s coaching staff part ways with the program. In a report by Chris Low of ESPN, Miami football running backs coach Kevin Smith is leaving town for the same job with Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss Rebels. “Kevin Smith is finalizing a deal to reunite with […]

The Ole Miss Rebels have a new man to direct their defense. That’s after Ole Miss football decided to hire Pete Golding as the program’s defensive coordinator. Golding previously worked with Nick Saban in running the Alabama Crimson Tide, a career stop that is very much familiar to Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin. Before coming […]

Ole Miss fans, we have a quarterback battle on our hands in Oxford for the second year in a row. Just over 24 hours after former LSU quarterback Walker Howard announced his commitment to transfer and join the Rebels, former Oklahoma State starter Spencer Sanders has done the same. Over the span of one earthly […]

Spencer Sanders confirmed his transfer from Oklahoma State to Ole Miss on Thursday, and says he’s not afraid of competition despite the school’s crowded quarterback situation. “I’m going to come in and work my tail off either way, whether the room is packed or not,” Sanders told 247Sports in a phone interview on Thursday ahead […]

Two days, two massive portal additions for Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss Rebels. After landing The Athletic’s No. 1 available transfer in Walker Howard on Wednesday, Kiffin followed it up by poaching Spencer Sanders from Oklahoma State on Thursday. Sanders told ESPN on Thursday that he will play for the Rebels, after choosing Ole […]