The Daily Mississippian - October 24, 2014

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Road Rebs looking forward to traveling to Baton Rouge

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WILL CROCKETT

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As the Ole Miss football team travels to Baton Rouge to play in the Magnolia Bowl, many Rebel fans have decided to make the trip to Tigerland to cheer on the first 7-0 Rebel football team since 1962.

This season the game is drawing even more attention due to Ole Miss’s current undefeated status and number three ranking in the AP Poll, as well as ESPN’s College GameDay being hosted in Baton Rouge for the game.

Combine those factors with the fact that Saturday is also LSU’s homecoming, this game is going to be a big one.

For many Rebel fans, the road trip to Baton Rouge is about more than cheering on their team in a rivalry game. It’s personal.

Chris Schell is not only a junior business major at The University of Mississippi, but also a Covington, Louisiana, native going to Death Valley with a chip on his shoulder.

“Being from Louisiana, this game means a whole lot,” Schell said. “Mostly everyone from my senior class goes to LSU. Many chastised me for going to Ole Miss when I was a senior in high school, but when we beat LSU last year, it really gave me an opportunity to get back at the people who told me it was a poor

decision.”

Connor Hennessey, a senior journalism major from Shreveport, Louisiana, has been torn with the rivalry ever since he became an Ole Miss student.

“Going to Baton Rouge is always difficult for me,” Hennessey said. “My parents are season ticket holders down there, and I cheered for the Tigers from those seats for many years. I am a Rebel now, so it’s hard going down there as a visiting fan and being treated like garbage by the LSU fans.”

While Hennessey admits his ties to Louisiana and LSU are strong, his allegiance falls only with the Rebels.

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“My worlds are clashing when these two schools get together due to my ties to Louisiana, but I am all in for the Rebels,” he said.

“Any game is magnified when you’re having the success that Ole Miss is having at this point in the year, and I don’t think this one is any different. I think it’s certainly magnified because of how the game ended last year as well.”

Louisiana natives may be going to Baton Rouge with something to prove or for their love of the Rebels, but others are simply making the trip to experience the atmosphere.

KC Kellum, a senior communicative sciences and disorders major from Itta Bena, is making the

trip to Baton Rouge even though she doesn’t have a ticket to the game.

“I’m going because the Rebels are killing it, and they need just as much support on the road as they do at home,” Kellum said. “And I’ve never been to Baton Rouge, so I’m interested to see what the ‘corn dog culture’ is like.”

Kellum doesn’t plan on letting her lack of a ticket keep her from cheering on the Rebels with fellow Ole Miss fans in Baton Rouge.

“Since I don’t have a ticket, I plan on finding the bar with the most red and blue clothing in it and watching the game there,” she said.

NYC Big Gay Ice Cream Company comes to Oxford MALLORY LEHENBAUER mksimerv@go.olemiss.edu

Doug Quint is seen handing out an ice cream cone.

Courtesy: BIG GAY ICE CREAM

For the first time, Oxford will be hosting the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck today outside of Big Bad Breakfast, located at 219 N. Lamar Blvd, starting at 2 p.m. and closing at 9 p.m.

The stop in Oxford is part of the company’s 2014 Southern tour.

The company works to sell out-of-the-box ice cream.

According to their business profile, “Our menu combines traditional soft-serve ice cream with non-traditional toppings, such as wasabi pea

dust, olive oil and sea salt, dulce de leche and many other rotating offerings. All of this is dispensed the way ice cream should be – with humor and good cheer.”

The origins of Big Gay Ice Cream can be traced back to the summer of 2009, when co-owner Douglas Quint got his hands on an ice cream truck, only looking “to do something fun” at the time with fellow co-owner Bryan Petroff. The seasonal truck became an instant favorite treat in New York, the publicity of which led to the duo opening up the first Big Gay Ice Cream

Shop in 2011, a second shop in 2012 and a third shop in Los Angeles last spring.

The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck will serve the general public today, and this Saturday it will be participating in the Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium in Oxford.

Patty Devery, office manager for the company, is excited for the truck to serve in Oxford.

“We’re expecting people to come get ice cream and have a good time,” Devery said.

“We’re excited to work with John T. Edge and John Cur-

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My experience with microaggressions

JUSTINA GREER

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Microaggressions are described as exchanges where a member or members of a dominant race says or does something that belittles or mocks a member or members of a marginalized race.

I had an encounter at the Grove about three weeks ago and certain events have been turning in my head ever since. My roommate’s parents brought a friend to their tent.

She was an older, white woman, who for the sake of this article, I’ll call Linda.

I told Linda that my girlfriend and I held the tent space even after my roommate came because he’s timid and would’ve let someone take it.

Linda told me she could tell that I wouldn’t have let anyone take our spot, and then she started to imitate me.

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that of “a typical black person’s voice from someone who hadn’t been around black people.” She started using these hand motions, and then she said things like, “Oh, baby you ain’t getting this spot.”

She said more offensive things I can’t put in here because of the obscenity. I decided to give her another chance – maybe she was tipsy, maybe she was just tactless.

Later on into the festivities, Linda asked us how she should accessorize her Grove attire. She couldn’t choose between a scarf and a necklace.

I loved her outfit, and I suggested that she wear both.

It’s the Grove, so why not?

My girlfriend, who studies Arabic and has been to the Middle East, jokingly suggested that she only wear the necklace and wear the scarf like a hijab to keep warm.

This is where things went awry.

She said, “Speaking of Mus-

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lims, I’ve only seen one in my whole life.” She began to tell the tale of her first encounter with a Muslim. She told us that she went to the grocery store in Meridian, and she saw a Muslim man there. She told us how quiet it was in the store in the area around him.

She told us that he was buying bananas. And then she told us how she really felt.

She said she saw him and thought, “I gotta get out of here, because he’s gonna kill me.” And then she laughed.

And I told her the only thing that was on his agenda was buying bananas.

I wish I had said more.

Even though Oxford is small, there is a sizable Muslim population. I’ve met many people who are members of the Oxford masjid, and every one I have ever met has always been kind. I’ve befriended the sweetest women ever.

Hearing her words hurt so much. She may as well have

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been talking about my friends.

She was perpetuating such a negative stereotype.

How can Muslims be turned into such a monolith?

If we look at perpetrators of mass shootings recently, they’ve been white males. It’s not fair to call one group terrorists and not the other. It’s not fair to label every black person as being “ghetto.”

These small encounters, these tiny exchanges. They matter and they’re hurtful.

I only ask that we, at the very least, take the advice that we receive as young children – “If you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say anything at all.”

Or we can choose to alter our way of thinking, alter our perceptions of people.

Justina Greer is a junior international studies major from Terry.

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SFA brings conversation to the welcome table MALLORY LEHENBAUER mksimerv@go.olemiss.edu

Food brings people to the table, it brings people to Mississippi, and this weekend it brings them to Oxford.

This weekend Oxford and the University of Mississippi will host the 17th annual Southern Foodways Symposium, titled “Who is Welcome at the Welcome Table?”

“We stage a symposium that’s really academically grounded, journalistically sound and playful at the same time. Our belief is that you can do all three,” Southern Foodways Alliance director John T. Edge said.

The event sold out within three minutes, creating a hype for a progressive event in a broken place, once damaged by racial segregation and oppression.

Although the title and lists of chefs and restaurants may convince participants the focus is food, Edge said otherwise.

“We employ a humanities approach using food as a way to explore race, class, identity, ethnicity and sexuality,” he said. “All of those issues that the humanities confronts, we do, and we choose food as our pathway in.”

This year the symposium focuses on the 50th anniversary of restaurant desegregation and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In the past, the symposium has focused on specific regions of the South, the South in black and white and last year, women as entrepreneurs in a modern South.

“The symposium is the best expression of what the SFA intends to do and has been doing

for 17 years, which is use food as a portal to get in big stuff; use food to challenge people to think about the region, identity and what role they will play in this region’s future,” Edge said.

The focus is to reflect on restaurant desegregation and then analyze what it means for modern times.

The table seems to have grown since 1964 to a variety of Southerners and even some non-Southerners. This list includes gay cooks, black cooks, white cooks, female cooks and cooks of all social classes.

The main focus of the speakers is to expand on the ideas of a changed South.

The invocation begins with national correspondent for The Atlantic Ta-Nehisi Coates discussing the concept of culinary reparations.

“To me, Coates is a really intellectually engaged American thinker,” Edge said. “I think the most exciting thing for me is to look at his trajectory of his writings and publishings and think ‘why hadn’t he been here already?’”

Coates wrote “The Case for Reparations,” which addresses many of the ideas and struggles faced by the South. He focuses on the past, celebrating some events and learning from others but not having the power to choose to forget any part of our nation’s history. Coates is one of the most in demand speakers right now, especially after being named the most influential modern African-American by The Root.

“I don’t really consider myself an activist, so much as I think

of myself as a writer,” Coates said. “I was very honored by the award from The Root. I like to think I got it by just putting my head down and pursuing my work with all the energy I can muster.”

Edge said he wasn’t sure he would be able to access Coates, let alone get him to agree to speak.

He sent Coates an email explaining, “This is a university struggling with issues of racism, a university struggling with a peculiar and troubling history and at the same time, a university with a really bright future - this is the place you want to be to talk about the issues you care about.”

Edge said Coates emailed back within 15 minutes and said he would love to attend and speak.

“What Coates does so well is help you recognize that the back story, that not many of us take time to ponder, reveals these ugly truths about our past and compels us to take responsibility for a better future – that to me is at the core of what I want for our region,” Edge said.

Coates, along with his work as a national correspondent for The Atlantic, is the author of the memoir “The Beautiful Struggle.” His works focus on culture, politics and social issues, specifically issues dealing with race relations.

“He’s doing a really great job of excavating American history and Southern history and framing it in a way to make it relevant in the present day, helping us understand the burdens of racism and the burdens of slavery and how they continue to resonate today and that’s, to me, a

message that will find great purchase here,” Edge said.

Along with Coates, Clay Risen will speak on The Bill of the Century, followed by Marcie Cohen Ferris, who will speak on The Hungry South. All three will hone in on the Welcome table and who’s in it: food brings people to the table, and questions of race and history keep people there. At the table this weekend, discussions will be centered around food as a biracial Southern idea.

“Food is the way people represent themselves, offers you a way to think about all those big issues,” Edge said. “Food is the enticement. Food is the hook.

But what we really want to do is tell you nuanced and complicated and challenging stories about this region, that compel you to look anew at your place. And understand your role in it and perhaps take a more progressive role in it.”

SFA leads a charge to create a South with a much larger welcome table than its past reflects.

With that, many questions of the past and how it affects us today will be asked, working to guide an open discussion on who’s truly welcome at the welcome table.

“To study this place and by revealing truths about this place, and by revealing interdependencies in this region. we work towards a better region,” Edge said.

And of course, plenty of mouths will be fed.

“Looking forward to a good dinner on Friday,” Coates said.

Daily Mississippian Opinion Editor Sierra Mannie will introduce Coates at the event.

ICE CREAM continued from page 1 rence at the symposium and with John Currence at his restaurant, Big Bad Breakfast.”

Right now the Big Gay Ice Cream company is on their southern tour, with Oxford last on the list after visiting Birmingham, Charleston and Raleigh.

The tour intentionally ends in Oxford, finishing with the tour at the symposium.

Devery explained why the company chose to visit Oxford.

“It was the fifth anniversary of the truck, and we were invited to the Southern Foodways (Alliance) Symposium, so the idea was floated to bring the truck on the tour of the South,” Devery said.

Devery said the opportunity was an exciting way to bring the ice cream to those who have wanted to try and see the brand’s ice cream.

“We intend to serve ice cream and a good time,” Devery said. “And we’re looking forward to seeing who comes out to the truck.”

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“The One Night Stand” art show returns this Saturday

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Jonathan Kent Adams poses in his studio in Meek Hall. He is among the artists whose work will be displayed Saturday.

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Amelia Presents and the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council will host the ninth annual “One Night Stand Art Show at the Ole Miss Motel” this Saturday.

The “One Night Stand” selects 11 artists to show their work at the Ole Miss Motel.

This year the artists include: Amy C. Evans, Kate Roebuck, Britt Bass Turner, Chad Mars, Pati D’Amico and Bill Warren, Adrienne Brown-David, Lamar Sorrento, Jonathan Kent Adams, Lauren Banquer, Harry Underwood and Bradley Gordon.

Each artist will have their own room and will get to be their own curator for their motel room gallery.

“I curate who goes into the show, but they then become their own curator,” said Erin Austen Abbott, owner of Amelia Presents. “I am not telling them what work to have in the show or where to hang it. They really have control over their gallery space, which is unusual for an art show.”

The “One Night Stand” will showcase multiple current

and former Ole Miss students.

Jonathan Kent Adams, a senior BFA painting major from Yazoo City, will be showing his work for the first time on Saturday. Although Abbott knew Adams, she found his work through Instagram.

“His work struck me as something unique and different. I think that people who attend the show will really like his work for that reason,” Abbott said. “I think they will really love the colors that he uses and his subject matter.

His whole palette is fantastic.”

“I am really interested in how text that we read and conversations that we have form our identities,” Adams said.

“So a lot of my work involves creating the human form by layering text and different marks to make a person.”

Adams is very grateful for Abbott extending an invitation for him to participate in this year’s show.

“I feel like she is giving my art a voice,” Adams said.

Abbott started the art show nine years ago in order to give up-and-coming artists an outlet to show their work. However, the show exhibits artists at all levels.

This year, Abbott will also have many nationally known artists. These artists include: Britt Bass Turner, Lamar Sorrento, Amy C. Evans and Kate Roebuck. Abbott believes that the talent and skill of the participating artists increase every year.

“The caliber of artists that are showing is tremendous,” Abbott said. “Like years past, the artists have been wonderful, but the popularity of the artists coming this year is pretty remarkable.”

With each artist’s room, Abbott creates a flowing feeling, causing the viewer to keep moving to each space to see what else unfolds.

“The ‘One Night Stand’ is an intimate setting,” senior painting major Alice Connolly, said. “Walking into each room is like walking into someone’s creative process. It is always interesting to see the different works of art people show.”

Abbott credits the support of the community as to why the show is always a night of fun.

“I think the word-of-mouth has reached that level where everyone knows it will be a great night,” Abbott said.

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Opera Theatre opens first show of the year tonight TORI WILSON

vrwilson@go.olemiss.edu

The University of Mississippi Opera Theatre opens its fall production, “Journeys” tonight. The performance is a collection of scenes from opera and musical theater — sources include Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte” and Puccini’s “La Boheme” alongside such Broadway classics as Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George” and Mel Brooks’s “The Producers.”

Though the opera theater department puts on one full-scale opera each year, the fall is devoted to performances featuring work from all walks of musical life.

Julia Aubrey, director of opera theater at the university, said the fall performances are geared toward a broader audience.

“More students are acquainted with musical theater and might be drawn in to see the program even if they don’t know the opera genre,” Aubrey said.

To make opera newcomers more at ease with the genre, which is often sung in other languages, Aubrey said they provide supertitles with translations.

Each year’s fall opera scenes performance is themed. This year’s theme is “Journeys,” as is evident given the program’s title.

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Students perform in the dress rehearsal of the Opera Theatre’s performance of “L’elisir d’amore” in Meek Auditorium on April 23.

“Some journeys are internal; some take us from one place to another,” Aubrey said of the theme.

“There are journeys we take on our own, and those that we experience in the company of others.

Sometimes it is important that we reach a certain destination, and other times it is more important what we have learned along the way. This is an educational process for the opera students, and we want to take our audience along with us.”

And just as the show is comprised of works from many genres

of music, the performers bring varying levels of experience from different areas.

“The students involved are music majors in the vocal performance and music education tracks, music minors and a theater major,” Audrey said. “This class (Opera Theatre) is open to all students who have an interest and skill in vocal performance.”

The one theater major is Nina Farris, whom readers may know Tracy Turnblad in last year’s production of “Hairspray.” This year, she is featured in scenes from

“Sunday in the Park with George,” “The Book of Mormon,” “Violet” and “The Pirates of Penzance.”

Farris said operas aren’t that different from shows she’s been in with the theater department.

“At the end of the day, it’s performing,” Farris said. “Performing is always rewarding.”

She also revealed that her favorite scene isn’t even one in which she performs — it’s from “La Boheme.”

Chloe Sturges, a senior vocal performance major, performs in the scene from “La Boheme,”

and it’s her favorite as well. She also emphasized that every scene is important to the success of the performance as a whole.

“There’s a huge variety of styles and voices,” Sturges said. “So, there is something for everyone.”

Julia Aubrey said she picks classic opera pieces and more modern musical theater not only to draw a broader audience, but also to introduce her students to music outside the realm of opera.

“I believe it is vital for young performers to be able to cross over,” she explained. “New operas are utilizing popular idioms in the music and settings, and new musicals often demand classically trained singers.”

The “Journeys” program gives opera students the opportunity to explore the applications of classical training to music outside their vocal comfort zones.

Nina Farris’s parting words are ones of encouragement to the Ole Miss community in the post-midterms haze.

“Everyone is stressed out, and the music that we are performing is the best stress reliever,” Farris said.

“Journeys” opens at 7:30 tonight in Meek Auditorium. Tickets are $8 for students.

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The Cinderella Royals had their momentum stopped in game one by a dominant pitching performance from the Giants’ Madison Bumgarner. Bumgarner went seven innings, allowing just three hits and one earned run and struck out five batters. The Royals’ bats responded by pounding out seven runs on 10 hits in game two. Rookie pitcher Yordano Ventura followed up the Royals’ strong offensive performance with a pretty solid outing on the mound, going five and one-

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At left in Aug. 23, 2014 Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jeremy Guthrie throws during a game against the Texas Ranger. At right, in Sept. 19, 2014 San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Tim Hudson throws against the San Diego Padres. Guthrie and Hudson will be the starters for Game 3 of the World Series today in San Francisco.

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Largely overshadowed by the excitement of football season, the World Series is shaping up to be one of the more competitive series in recent history. The Kansas City Royals and the San Francisco Giants are two games into what is looking to be a long and very competitive series.

The Royals entered the series with a stunning 8-0 record in the postseason and have been labeled the “team of destiny” during this playoff run. The San Francisco Giants cruised past Pittsburgh on the road in the wild card game and then handled Washington and St. Louis with ease.

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third innings and allowing only two runs.

Drama struck in game two as the benches cleared after a verbal altercation between Giants pitcher Hunter Strickland and Royals catcher Salvador Perez. Strickland appeared frustrated after giving up a double to Perez and then a two-run home run to Omar Infante, a player not known for power. Strickland began shouting at Perez when he crossed home plate and waited to congratulate Infante when he scored. The benches cleared, but no fights took place. The incident is definitely something to look for later in the series.

The series takes an off day Thursday for travel, and the teams will head to San Francisco tied at one game a piece going into Friday night’s game. Friday’s game three is a crucial one in the series. The Royals send Jeremy Guthrie to the hill to battle against seasoned veteran Tim Hudson. The Giants are looking to take command of the series at home. Three home games in a row for San Francisco is crucial with hopes of ending the series in the Bay Area and avoiding a return visit to Kauffman Stadium. The Royals are looking to steal a game on the road with hopes of returning home to Kansas City to close it out. The Royals definitely need to take advantage of the opportunity to take the series lead, especially with the possibility of having to face Giants ace Madison Bumgarner two more times if the series extends to six or seven games.

The intensity level will increase in the remaining games, and all things are shaping up for a great finish to the fall classic.

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SPORTS | 24 OCTOBER 2014 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 7

Four Downs: LSU

Featuring DM sports editor Dylan Rubino (@drubino11) and football writer Cody Thomason (@thecodythomason)

LSU has struggled all season with getting consistent quarterback play.

With the Ole Miss secondary playing as well as it has, do you see them taking advantage of that?

The rushing attack is one of the best in the SEC. What will be the Rebels gameplan to stop it?

College Gameday will be at Baton Rouge Saturday and the game will be played at night, where LSU thrives under Les Miles. Do you see this having a significant impact on the outcome?

The Ole Miss offense has looked conservative the past three weeks. With LSU working a ball control offense, can you see the offense being more aggressive?

Dylan- Because of the inconsistency at quarterback, LSU will try to win the game with running the ball and take pressure off sophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings.

LSU will have to pass the ball eventually, and when they do, the Ole Miss secondary will be licking their chops at the opportunity to make plays. The Tigers only average 194 passing yards per game, which is 98th in the country.

If the Rebel defense finds a way to slow down the running game, they can use their strong secondary to take control of the game.

Dylan- Trying to contain the LSU ground game is a tall task. The Tigers rushed for over 300 yards in their 41-3 win over Kentucky.

Freshman phenom Leonard Fournette leads the Tigers in rushing with 544 yards. He’s not the only running back on the roster that can cause problems- seniors Kenny Hilliard and Terrance Magee both have rushed for over 300 yards so far this season. The Rebel front seven have to deal with three backs that can all breakout for big games. Look for the unit to stack the line and fill up any running lanes possible to force the LSU offense to beat them passing the ball.

Dylan- Under Les Miles, LSU has only lost twice at home when the game starts in the evening. The first time was against Alabama in 2012, and the other was this season against Mississippi State. Death Valley is a very tough place to play in no matter what time the game starts. With this being a rivalry game and homecoming, LSU will be very motivated to play against Ole Miss, especially since they have a chance to knock off a top three team.

The media attention with College GameDay is nothing new to LSU, and that will motivate them also.

Dylan- I expect an aggressive game plan from Hugh Freeze and the offense this week.

LSU thrives on offense when they hold the ball by running the ball between the tackles and catching defenses off guard by throwing the play-action pass. If the LSU defense can hold the Rebel offense in their own territory, the game plan will completely change to where the offense has to break out of its shell and not let the defense control the tempo. If there is any game where this could happen, it’s against LSU. The defense will dictate the game, but I could definitely see the offense being more aggressive.

Cody- I think LSU’s problems with passing will only be compounded against Ole Miss.

The Tigers have played both sophomore Anthony Jennings and freshman Brandon Harris at quarterback, with Jennings getting the majority of the snaps. Both can make electric plays and present a dual threat for defenses, but they both struggle with passing and are not ready to be SEC starting quarterbacks. Ole Miss should have a great day in the secondary and be able to take advantage of the Tigers’ inexperience at QB.

Cody- Earlier in the year, I would have expected LSU to run all over Ole Miss’s defense. The Rebel defense struggled to contain Boise State, Vanderbilt and ULL, but it appears all of the Rebels’ problems in run defense have been fixed. They successfully shut down Memphis, Texas A&M and held Tennessee to zero yards rushing. Although Alabama was able to gain 168 yards in their game, they only had a 3.8-yard per carry average. If Ole Miss can stop an Alabama rushing attack that features T.J. Yeldon and Derrick Henry from beating them, they should be able to do the same against LSU. With the talent LSU has, it could have one of the best days running the football against Ole Miss all year, but with the improvement of the Rebel defense, that might not be enough.

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Cody- I think the heightened atmosphere certainly adds something to the game, which will help increase the excitement for the matchup, but I think Ole Miss will be able to handle it. Home-field advantage at Death Valley certainly helps LSU, but the Rebels have proven they can handle big environments and loud stadiums. I expect both teams to be fired up and to put forth a great effort, but overall, I think this game will come down to skill and execution.

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Predictions from opposing sports editors: LSU

THE DAILY REVEILLE SPORTS EDITOR TREY LABAT When third ranked Ole Miss rolls into Baton Rouge Saturday, they will be expecting to beat a 25th ranked LSU team that has struggled against top-notch Southeastern Conference opponents this season.

Oh, how the tables have turned.

The Tigers (6-2, 2-2) will have to prove their recent conference-winning streak isn’t merely the beneficiary of playing the weaker SEC East when they face the undefeated Rebels.

But with an offense that has struggled to move the ball, facing a Rebels defense — maybe the best in the best in the country — might prove just too much to handle.

Sophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings has solidified his role as the starter, getting through two straight conference games without a turnover, but he’s only completed 50 percent of his passes.

The bulk of his yards have come on long plays down the sideline to his favorite receiver Travin Dural, but too often Jennings’ eyes lock onto Dural and he fails to work through the rest of his progressions. Rebels’ senior safety Cody Prewitt will be able to read the quarterbacks eyes the whole way, knowing the young quarterback will force it to his top target or tuck it and run.

First down has been crucial for the Tigers all season, with an inconsistent passing game the Tigers have relied on picking up solid yardage via the running game on first down, allowing them to open up their playbook. Freshman running back Leonard Fournette has shown flashes of why he was considered the No. 1 recruit in the country and senior running back Terrence Magee torched Kentucky behind an improving offensive line.

If LSU can win the line of scrimmage — a tall task with Robert Nkemdiche playing like an All-American — it gives itself a chance to score points on the Ole Miss’ defense.

Ole Miss senior quarter-

back Bo Wallace has avoided the turnover bug recently, but with the Tigers secondary reaching top form — boosted by the play of freshman safety Jamal Adams — the Tigers could force some turnovers, especially with the help of what will be a raucous crowd.

But ultimately, the Rebels defense is just too good. The Tigers won’t be able to score points without the help of great special teams play or some turnovers and the Rebels will make just enough big plays on offense to pull out the win.

OLE MISS 24, LSU 13 THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN SPORTS EDITOR DYLAN RUBINO We all remember what happened last year in the Magnolia Bowl. Ole Miss was depleted by injuries on both sides of the ball. People gave them no chance to defeat 6th ranked LSU at home.

What a mistake that was.

Andrew Ritter kicked a 41yard field goal as time expired to pull off the unexpected upset and gave the Rebels their signature win of the season.

LSU almost came back after being down 17 points in third quarter, but it didn’t matter.

That was last year. This year, the roles have reversed.

Ole Miss comes in as the favorite on the road, which was the part LSU played last season. The stakes are higher as the Rebels have SEC title hopes on the line with an undefeated record. If there is any game where Ole Miss can trip up, it’s against LSU. The offense for Ole Miss has played conservative as of lately, riding the coattails of the swarming “landshark” defense to victory. It may catch up to Ole Miss Saturday, as LSU likes to control the ball on offense and methodically beat opponents by sustaining long drives and controlling the clock.

The Rebels are well equipped to handle the passing attack of LSU and stopping their top receiver Travin Dural. Where the defense may struggle would be against the

ground game of LSU. The Rebels have to deal with Leonard Fournette, Kenny Hilliard, and Terrence Magee. The committee of running backs has worked for LSU as they support one of the top rushing attacks in the country.

LSU will try and win the battle at the line of scrimmage, but the Ole Miss front seven has been consistently improving as of lately and looks to make a statement against the strong offensive front of LSU. On offense for Ole Miss, Bo Wallace will need to continue his stretch of not turning the ball over. I expect the offense to have a more aggressive approach against strong front seven that LSU brings to the table.

Ole Miss has come to far to lose a crucial game on the road against a rival. The defense thrives no matter what situation they’re put in and I’m looking for the offense to make an aggressive statement.

OLE MISS 35, LSU 13

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