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Lafayette County leaders: Change the Mississippi flag “THE CURRENT STATE FLAG DOES NOT REFLECT THE PROGRESS MISSISSIPPI HAS MADE OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS.’ - SEN. GRAY TOLLISON
“I THINK THAT CHOOSING TO ADOPT OUR STATE’S ORIGINAL FLAG— THE MAGNOLIA FLAG— IS THE BEST CHOICE FOR MISSISSIPPI.” REP. BRAD MAYO
SEE STORY PAGE 3 “(THIS) GENERATION NEEDS A SYMBOL AND A FLAG THAT THEY CAN BE PROUD OF, THAT THEY DON’T HAVE TO TRY TO EXPLAIN.” - OXFORD MAYOR PAT PATTERSON “IF SOMETHING THAT IS CREATING ILL WILL IN ANY WAY TOWARDS SOMEONE, IT’S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SUPPORT THAT.” - COACH HUGH FREEZE PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: LOGAN KIRKLAND
Oxford hosts Faulkner &Yoknapatawpha Conference VIRGINIA SUMMER
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The 42nd annual Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference began Sunday and will continue to this Thursday, July 23. The five-day conference, held in honor of William Faulkner, began at the University Museum with an opening reception and presentation, followed by dinner held at Rowan Oak, the site of Faulkner’s home. The conference is designed for anyone who loves Faulkner, including students, teacher and writers. It includes four days of lectures and panels, an afternoon cocktail reception, a picnic served at Rowan Oak, an evening salon at Southside Gallery, guided tours and a closing party. “We are expecting around 100 people to participate this year,” said Barbara Thompson, senior project administrator
at the Outreach Center. “This conference is a great place to come and learn what you didn’t know before and meet new people.” One unique aspect of the event, Thompson said, is the guided tours of north Mississippi and the Delta. Each location emphasizes a unique aspect of Faulkner’s life. “There are four tours to choose from, depending on what you’re interested in,” Thompson said. “One tour focuses on the history of Faulkner in Oxford, another about architecture and historical structures, one even goes to where Faulkner is from in New Albany.” Each day books, manuscripts, photographs and memorabilia will be on display in the J.D. Williams Library. There will also be a display with books for sale by Seth Berner. “I fell in love with Faulkner’s
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The Iran nuclear deal examined In order to effectively discuss the Iran Nuclear Deal, one must understand the purpose of having it at all, what the U.S. and its European allies hope to accomplish with this deal. The sole purpose was to limit Iran’s nuclear program so that it is incapable of making a nuclear weapon - that was it. While we can be idealists and criticize the plan for not forcing Iran to give up the four American hostages and not forcing Iran to stop its support of terrorism in the Middle East, we must understand that any deal involves a compromise. Iran would not agree to do everything that this deal forces them to do without receiving something in return; that is how agreements are met with anyone - let alone Iran. So, now that we understand the goal, does the agreement actually accomplish it? Yes. What does the agreement
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force Iran to do? A lot, actually. If I were to go into every detail I would exceed the word limit entrusted to me, but understand that it is enough to extend the time it would take for Iran to build a nuclear bomb from three months to one year. In return, we lift crippling sanctions on Iran. If this deal is to be rejected, many countries will be aggravated (to say the least) with the U.S. and odds are that the sanctions will be dropped eventually by other countries without any compromise on Iran’s part. At this point, any reasonable person would ask, “How do we ensure Iran keeps their side of the agreement?” Well, despite what many of you may believe, the Obama administration is not incompetent and there is a “snapback” clause that says if Iran violates any of its agreements, the sanctions will be snapped back into place. We will know if Iran violates their agreement because the deal allows the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) unprece-
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dented access to Iran’s facilities if they are deemed suspicious. No, the deal does not allow the 24/7 access that Obama had said, but hope of such a deal is, frankly, a pipe dream. It does, however, force Iran to let us into their facilities within a minimum of 24 days. That may seem like a long time, but experts in the field have said that would not be enough time for Iran to clean up any evidence. Many of you are wondering, if the deal is such an achievement, then why are Saudi Arabia and Netanyahu creating such an uproar? Like the agreement itself, the answer is complicated. Both Israel and Saudi Arabia have been victims of Iran-sponsored terrorism and, for obvious reasons, would like that to end. The West must do what it can to curb Iran’s terrorist habit, but this agreement was not the place to do so. Those involved realize that the biggest threat that Iran poses to the world is the possibility of obtaining nuclear weapons;
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both Netanyahu and Saudi Arabia have ulterior motives to dislike the agreement. Netanyahu would suffer politically and is already receiving criticism from other Israeli parties for not being able to stop the agreement. Saudi Arabia’s displeasure has to do with oil. It stands to suffer in the oil market should Iran rejoin the global marketplace and would prefer to keep its high revenue. One huge reason this deal will prove to be effective is that it gives Iran a stake in the world marketplace. Should Iran go back on its agreement, it will stand to suffer the most. Domestically, Iran has been suffering due to climbing unemployment rates and inflation. Going back on the agreement would enrage an already sanction-battered Iranian populace. While it may not be an ideal solution, it is the best one. Hunter Williams is a sophomore international studies major from Madison, Miss.
news Lafayette County leaders: Change the Mississippi flag CLARA TURNAGE
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Since the shooting in South Carolina and the debate that followed it, many influential voices in Lafayette County have spoken for the removal of the Confederate symbol from the Mississippi flag. The murders of nine men and women in a Charleston church on June 17 resulted in the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina capitol on July 10 and sparked national conversation on the symbol’s nature. Some have spoken to the offensive nature of the flag, saying it represents a South that fought to preserve slavery, while others say that it is a symbol of regional heritage. Oxford Mayor Pat Patterson said he was in favor of the removal of the Confederate symbol. “I think it’s time to change the flag,” Patterson said. “When 40 percent of your population is offended or concerned by it, let’s get a flag that represents everybody.” Patterson said he wanted a flag in which Mississippians could take pride. “(This) generation needs a symbol and a flag that they can be proud of, that they don’t have to try to explain,” Patterson said. Patterson wrote an open letter to the public on June 24 following the South Carolina shooting in which he quoted Thomas Jefferson, saying, “I prefer the dreams of the future to the stories of the past.” Patterson said in the letter changing the flag will not change individuals, “but it will let the rest of the world know that in this day and time we are concerned about how other people feel and how others
view our state and what its current flag symbolizes.” Sen. Gray Tollison, for district 9, said, if given the opportunity, he would choose to change the state flag “so it truly represents who we are as a state today. The current state flag does not reflect the progress Mississippi has made over the last 40 years.” Rep. Brad Mayo for district 12, including Lafayette County, said he supported the return of Mississippi’s first flag. “I think that choosing to adopt our state’s original flag— the Magnolia Flag— is the best choice for Mississippi,” Mayo said. “It is a unique flag that is a part of our state’s history.” In this matter, Mayo, Patterson and Tollison join other Mississippi representatives such as Sen. Roger Wicker in their support of the flag’s redesign. However, there is a long road to an actual change. “Any changes to the flag would have to be undertaken by the Legislature or by a petition to amend the state constitution,” Mayo said. “The
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Legislature, once in session, could choose to change it; put some choice(s) to a non-binding vote; or choose to not address the issue at all.” The legislature is not scheduled to go back in session until next January, after elections this November. After South Carolina removed the Confederate flag on July 10, Mississippi became the only state to remain under the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s postseason ban. This means Mississippi cannot host pre-selected championships because of the Confederate symbol on the state’s capitol ground. Head football coach Hugh Freeze gave his opinion on the matter at the SEC media days last Thursday. “I’m not a political figure, nor do I want to be,” Freeze said. “I’m sure our governor and the legislation will hear from the people. But in the world to which I live in, if something that is creating ill will in any way towards someone, it’s difficult for me to support that.”
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continued from page 1 works in high school,” Berner said. “He puzzled me like I had never been before. I kept wanting to know more and find out what it was about him that intrigued me.” Berner’s appreciation of “his use of language and his compelling view of ordinary people,” led him to become a collector of Faulkner’s works. Berner is a 19-year attendee and 9-year speaker at the conference, and has the largest catalog in the world of Faulkner materials. “I would encourage everyone to attend the conference,” Berner said. “There will be many knowledgeable people, it is
close by and all attendees are friendly.” Berner will give a lunch presentation on “Collecting Faulkner.” Many panel speakers are coming into town from across the nation for the conference to give presentations and sessions on “Teaching Faulkner.” Among the presentation speakers include James B. Carothers, University of Kansas, Terrell L. Tebbetts, Lyon College, Brian McDonald, J. P. McCaskey of Lancaster, Pa., Charles Peek, University of Nebraska at Kearney and Theresa M. Towner, University of Texas at Dallas. More information and the schedule of daily events may be found online on the University Outreach website.
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Book review: ‘Go Set a Watchman’
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By now, if you aren’t living under a rock, you have probably heard that Harper Lee, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” released a “new” novel this week entitled “Go Set A Watchman.” This release comes more than 50 years after her first novel. During the few short days people have been able to get their hands on a copy of the novel, the controversy around it has grown immensely. Before the book’s release, many were concerned about Lee’s intentions in releasing this novel, wondering if she were capable of making this decision and fully understanding its ramifications with her age and possible dementia. As people began to read the story, many were shocked at the ways in which the characters in “Go Set A Watchman” diverged from the beloved, time-tested figures in “To Kill A Mockingbird”—namely, Atticus Finch. In “Watchman,” Jean Louise, known affectionately as Scout in “Mockingbird,” is 26 and living in New York City. The primary conflict in the book occurs between Jean Louise and Atticus, as Jean Louise tries to reckon with the frankly racist beliefs that Atticus holds in the novel: “The one human being she had ever fully and wholeheartedly trusted had failed her; the only man she had ever known to whom she could point and say with expert knowledge, ‘He is a gentleman, in his heart he is a gentleman,’ had betrayed her, publicly, grossly, and shamelessly,” writes Harper Lee. The Atticus in “Go Set A Watchman,” while still Maycomb, Alabama’s most respected lawyer, believes that the “negros” deserve the full measure of protection under the law—just not that the laws should be amended to also afford those people the full extent of equality. Though I was sad to read about my beloved, glorified Atticus in this way, I was more saddened by my realization that this is the kind of horrifically
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insidious racism that lasts in some ways to this day. It remains in many people that believe themselves to be “good” or “righteous” but also somehow, by virtue of only birth, intrinsically better than another. This “Atticus” may be more representative of the tenacious, misleading nature of the Southern anti-segregationist movement, where the very people the town looks up to as its
best and brightest are the same people. Much like it does the reader, this new vision of Atticus leaves Jean Louise morally confused to the point of betrayal. The awareness that racism comes not just in the form of evil but also in the form of one of literature’s most beloved characters is disconcerting, to say the least. Many parts of “Go Set A Watchman” are braver than
“Mockingbird” in dealing with racism and exponentially more willing to grapple with the gray areas— the ways that racism sinks its teeth into our every day lives and conversations. Still other parts seem unwittingly offensive, the author unaware that what she is saying or portraying is hurtful and humiliating to the people she is depicting. In all of its unrefined, possibly unfinished glory, “Go
Set A Watchman” seeks to draw a line, to call out every bit of inequality into the open. It sometimes excels in accomplishing this task, but, disappointingly, also sometimes falls short. Even so, how one views this novel certainly has an impact on how it is read. Though the press has been running rampant with articles about the “sequel” to “To Kill A Mockingbird,” the publisher’s origin story claims that “Watchman” is actually a rejected first draft of “Mockingbird”. By thinking of the book this way, one does not have to let the differences between the two novels shade their view of “Mockingbird”. That being said, it is still, a bit surprisingly, a complete book deserving analysis and examination in its own right. Most of the prose in the book is stunningly well written; however, there are pretty extensive issues with pacing, structure, and character development. The book has no real climax similar to the trial scene in “To Kill A Mockingbird,” and the characters were not well-developed or explained. I have a sneaking suspicion that, if one had not read “Mockingbird” first, the characters in the book would not make very much sense at all. In debatably the strongest and most developed scene, Scout speaks to herself about a sermon she heard the day before: “Mr. Stone set a watchman in church yesterday. He should have provided me with one. I need a watchman to lead me around and declare what he seeith every hour on the hour. I need a watchman to tell me this is what a man says but this is what he means, to draw a line down the middle and say here is this justice and there is that justice and make me understand the difference.” If only we all had a constant watchman, declaring once and for all what is right and what is wrong.
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junior year, and was off to a great start to his senior year, averaging 12 points and 6.3 rebounds before a season ending injury that resulted in him getting a medical redshirt. Ole Miss also returns senior Anthony Perez, who will now likely see a lot of time at power forward, and maybe even some at center. Perez has one of the highest ceilings on the team due to his ball skills and shooting ability at his height, but hasn’t yet seen the production he seems capable of. If he does that this year, it could be a huge senior season for him. Perez fits as more of a small forward with his three point shooting and ball-handling prowess,
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Ole Miss lost a lot in their frontcourt this offseason. The team took a big hit when center Dwight Coleby announced he was transferring, despite being in line to start this season with senior power forward/centers M.J. Rhett and Aaron Jones graduating. Coleby averaged 5.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per game last season, while Rhett improved throughout the season and finished the year with 7.4 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. Without Coleby, the Rebels are now expected to eschew the normal two big men lineup and go smaller and faster. Coleby was likely the starter at center, and will be replaced by junior Sebastian Saiz, who most likely would’ve started at power forward next to him. Saiz stands at 6-foot-9, 233
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pounds and averaged 7.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.0 blocked shot a game and started 32 games last season. Saiz showed great improvement from his freshman to sophomore year, upping his field goal percentage from 46.7 to 57.8 percent. If Saiz can keep improving his overall game in a similar fashion, Saiz could be one of the stars of the team and provide a steady presence in the middle. The vacancy at the power forward spot should be fixed by the arrival of Tomasz Gielo. Gielo is a graduate transfer from Liberty and a member of the Polish National Basketball Team. Gielo is also 6-foot-9, and should immediately help the Rebels with stretching the floor and three point shooting, as he shot 40.4 percent from three his junior year at Liberty. Gielo should fill a stretch-four role for the Rebels and give the Rebels a scoring boost. Gielo averaged 10.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game his
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Part III: Ole Miss football season preview CODY THOMASON
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After a relatively easy first half of the season, the Ole Miss football schedule takes a big step up at Memphis. Ole Miss won last year’s matchup 24-3, but head coach Justin Fuente has done great things at Memphis so far and they should be improved compared to last year’s team. Last year’s defense did a solid job against the Ole Miss offense; the Tigers offense couldn’t get anything going against the Rebels’ top ranked scoring defense. The defense loses eight starters and their defensive coordinator, including star defensive end Martin Ifedi. While this means the defense will not be as good as last year’s, which allowed just 19.5 points per game, the offense should be better. The starting quarterback is the 6-foot-7-inch Paxton Lynch, who will be going into his junior year. Lynch has improved tremendously since his freshman year, connecting on 62.7 percent of his passes last season for 3,031 yards, 22 touchdowns and nine interceptions. Four of his top six wide receivers return, including slot receiver Mose Frazier, so the passing game should progress for the Tigers. At running back, Memphis loses top rusher Brandon Hayes but returns a trio of capable backs in Jarvis Cooper, Sam Craft and Doroland Dorceus, who was off to a great start last year before getting injured and missing the majority of the season. Prediction: This could be a trap game for the Rebels, as the Tigers will be improved and looking for vengeance for last year’s loss. Ole Miss’s defense should still be able to handle Lynch and the trio of running backs and should still ultimately get the victory, but it might be closer than last year. Ole Miss 27- Memphis 10
year by a score of 35-31, and had to watch star wide receiver Laquon Treadwell be carted off the field with a devastating leg injury. Auburn went 8-5 last season, but looks like they’ll be one of the best teams in the nation next year. Auburn loses their starting QB Nick Marshall, star running back Cameron Artis-Payne and excellent wideout Sammie Coates, but has plenty of players just waiting to step up and fill their roles. FILE PHOTO: THOMAS GRANING At quarterback, Mississippi wide receiver Laquon Treadwell runs the ball during the second half of an NCAA college junior Jeremy football game against Texas A&M in College Station, Texas. Johnson will be nior Brandon Williams should taking over for Marshall, and Last year, Ole Miss beat Texas be able to step up and take his while he can’t match Marshall’s A&M in College Station 35-20, spot. Defense looks like it will running ability, Johnson has with one of the Aggie touch- once again be the weakness of the speed to make an impact on downs coming too late in the the Texas A&M team, but forthe ground and is unquestiongame against the Ole Miss re- mer LSU defensive coordinator ably the better passer. serves. Texas A&M projects to John Chavis’ joining Texas A&M The offense should be much be improved over last year’s should improve their defense team, with a stable quarterback immediately. Sophomore edge that Ole Miss didn’t face last rusher Myles Garrett returns year in Kyle Allen. Allen looked after setting the SEC single seasharp as a freshman last year, son freshman sack record with throwing for 1,332 yards, 16 11.5 last season, so the Aggie’s touchdowns and 7 interceptions pass rush should be dangerous. with a 61.5 percent completion Prediction: The Rebels is that percentage. Allen should take matchup very well against Texadvantage of being the full-time as A&M. A loaded Ole Miss secstarter, provided that highly ondary should be able to once touted freshman quarterback again slow the high powered Kyler Murray doesn’t steal the Aggies passing attack, and job, and have a great season. while the Rebels offense doesn’t Allen will have possibly the best project to be outstanding, they receiving core in the country, should still have plenty of sucwith juniors Josh Reynolds, cess against a weak Aggies deRicky Seals-Jones and Edward fense thats only in it’s first year Pope and sophomore Speedy of being rebuilt by Chavis. Noil all returning. Reynolds, Ole Miss 34- Texas A&M 23. Seals-Jones and Pope are all over 6 feet 3 inches, and the 5 The Auburn game could be feet 11 inches. Noil is a dynam- one of the best games of the seaic athlete in open space. At son, and possibly the most emorunning back, the Aggies have tional one since Ole Miss lost to replace Tra Carson, but se- a heartbreaker in Oxford last
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better with Johnson under center, who will provide more balance and can get the ball out more to some of the team’s top playmakers in D’haquille Williams and Ricardo Louis. At running back, the team returns stellar freshman Roc Thomas and adds the top junior college back Jovon Robinson, so the Tigers’s ground attack should still be excellent. On defense, Auburn hired former Florida head coach as their defensive coordinator, added five star defensive end Byron Cowart, will have potential star defensive end Carl Lawson return from an ACL injury, return second team All-SEC corner Jonathan Jones, and will have Georgia transfer Tray Matthews eligible to play safety. The defense should be miles ahead of last year’s 63rd ranked defense. Prediction: Auburn could quite possibly be the better overall team, but after last year’s loss the prediction is that Ole Miss will have a big showing defensively and come up with a big upset. Ole Miss 30- Auburn 27.
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Hoover, Ala.- “Our theme this spring was chasing greatness,” Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze said at the 2015 SEC Media Days. Ole Miss was predicted to finish fifth in the SEC West behind Alabama, Auburn, LSU and Arkansas by the media attending, but Freeze has higher expectations for the season. Freeze told his team that he believes they can win a national championship when the season kicks off on September 5 at Vaught Hemingway Stadium against UT Martin. “This is the first time since Coach Freeze has been here that he addressed the team as a whole that we could win a national championship,” senior linebacker C.J. Johnson said. “Coach told us in a team meeting that if we stay together and healthy, and we continue to make the right decisions and protect the team, then we could win a national championship.” The Rebels have improved in each season since Freeze’s arrival with 7 wins in 2012, 8 wins in 2013, and 9 wins in 2014. “In the past, we were just trying to get this thing back on track trying to get to a bowl game, and we’ve done that,” senior defensive back Mike Hilton said. “We know what we are able to do. I feel like with the talented guys we have, something special could happen.” The media’s preseason AllSEC teams featured several several stars from the 2013 recruiting class such as offensive lineman Laremy Tunsil, wide receiver Laquon Treadwell, defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche and tight end Evan Engram being named to the first team, and defensive back Tony Conner being named to the second team. Those players can potentially forego their senior season to go to the NFL Draft, so this season is do or die for the Rebels. Speaking of Tunsil, the 6’5, 305 pound offensive tackle was a hot subject of chatter at SEC
Media Days with his recent controversy regarding a domestic violence arrest involving his stepfather, Lindsey Miller. Questions about Tunsil’s 2013 recruitment have surfaced the Internet, and as a result, the NCAA is looking into alleged violations against Tunsil. “The process has begun. I know very little about it, to be honest,” Freeze said. “We obviously will fully cooperate with the NCAA and law enforcement process. I’m very confident in the way we do things and what we can control.” Ole Miss will not only need Tunsil on the field this season, but also their starting wide receiver Laquon Treadwell, who suffered a broken leg in the 3531 loss to Auburn last season. “Laquan looks very good,” junior tight end Evan Engram said. “He’s back at full tilt working on his craft at receiver and all the little things. Honestly he looks bigger, stronger, and faster than he did before he got hurt last year. I’m looking forward to him having a big year.” “All signs point to him being fully recovered,” Freeze said. “I’m anxious to get pads on him and see how responds when the ball’s a little high and in traffic. That kid is extremely determined to make a full recovery, and I think he has.” Treadwell will need a new quarterback to throw him the pigskin after Bo Wallace graduated. The quarterback battle in fall camp is expected to come down to East Mississippi Community College transfer Chad Kelly and sophomores DeVante Kincade, and Ryan Buchanan. When asked about who the new starting quarterback may be, Freeze did not have a clear answer yet. “I think all three have earned the right to compete for it,” Freeze said. “I said after the spring I thought Ryan was a little ahead of the other two, but the margin was so small that it certainly could be overcome. I really want to evaluate, give them a fair chance to see who’s the most efficient in leading our offense.”
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Coach Hugh Freeze speaks to the media at the Southeastern Conference NCAA college football media days, Thursday, July 16 in Hoover, Ala. With seven starters returning from 2014, the defense should should once again be an impressive unit. However, the offense must step up as the Rebels finished last in the SEC in red zone offense last season. “We’ve got to score points,” Freeze said. “We’ve got to study that and then go study the teams that are really efficient at doing that.” Freeze also alluded to the running game needing to be improved, as Ole Miss lost transferred running backs Mark Dodson and I’Tavius Mathers. Ole Miss will count on senior Jaylen Walton, junior Akeem Judd, and sophomores
Jordan Wilkins and Eugene Brazley to carry the load in the backfield. “Eliminating negative runs was one of our focuses in spring practice,” Freeze said. “I think we’ve got four quality guys at the running back position that can share the reps. I thought they all had a really nice spring.” Despite all of the praise about the Rebels, the media picked Ole Miss to finish fifth in the SEC West in their yearly season projections. “I don’t really care where they pick us,” Johnson said. “When you put the ball down and it’s time to play, we’ll be ready.”
“We obviously play in a conference that is not going backwards, that is very difficult, and every team can beat you and can win the west,” Freeze said. “We want to focus moment by moment, day by day, preparing for the opportunities that come our way, and we believe that, if we can stay healthy and get a break here or there, we will be a factor in who decided the SEC West, and we’re excited about getting it kicked off. With less than two months away from the start of the season, the Rebels know their identity and their expectations for this season.
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