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Rebels look to down Longhorns on the road By Matt Sigler mcsigler@go.olemiss.edu
No. 25 Ole Miss will travel to Austin, Texas, this weekend to take on the Texas Longhorns in a rematch from last season’s blowout in Oxford. The Rebels (2-0, 1-0 SEC) are coming off a 3113 win over Southeast Missouri, while the Longhorns (1-1) come into the game after falling 40-21 to BYU. “We’re excited to be 2-0 and to be going to Austin,” Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze said in his weekly press conference Monday. “It will be a great atmosphere, and (Texas) will have a chip on their shoulder. Texas will be ready to prove that they are better than they performed last week. We understand what we’ll get from them. We’ll have to challenge our kids to see if we can raise our game and match Texas’ level of intensity. “It’ll be a hostile environment, and we have to prepare for several in a row. But it’ll be a good experience for us, and I know our kids and coaches are looking forward to it and we’re ready to go.” The Longhorns got the best
of the Rebels last season in a 6631 blowout in which they gained 676 yards of total offense, but the Rebel defense is anxious to prove it is better than a year ago. However, defensive coordinator Dave Wommack knows the Longhorns are stacked with talent. “They’ve got great, skilled athletes,” Wommack said. “Their receivers can all run pretty well, and I think they are well-coached. They are averaging a lot of yards. They have outstanding running backs, all three of them.” The Longhorns are averaging 580 yards a game so far this season, but could be without their signal caller, quarterback David Ash. Ash suffered a head injury in the loss to BYU, and it is expected to be a game-time decision on whether or not he plays. Despite this, Wommack believes the defense has to be ready for him just in case. “I think you’ve got to,” Wommack said on expecting Ash to play. “I think it is a big game for both teams, and they have some transition going on there, so I think if there is any way possible, See TEXAS, PAGE 8
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Evan Engram runs for a touchdown after a reception during Saturday’s win over Southeast Missouri.
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Corner bar chaos
Ethical citizenship: Michael Sandel addresses honors college
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Damage is seen at The Corner Bar Thursday afternoon. A vehicle crashed into the building early Thursday morning.
The Corner bar hosted an unwelcome visitor around closing time Wednesday night as a yellow Jeep came barreling through its front doors. “According to OPD, the student got into the bar owner’s vehicle parked outside of the establish-
ment with the keys inside without his consent or knowledge and put it into the wrong gear, driving it through the window,” The Oxford Eagle reported. In the midst of differing rumors on campus and social media, an eyewitness account tells a differ-
ent story of the incident from the Eagle’s version. “The consensus from the other people standing outside was that she was a sober driver for someone that night and really ‘messed See BAR, PAGE 4
Michael Sandel, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, spoke at the 2013 Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College Fall Convocation Thursday night. Sandel, an author and philosopher, challenged honors students to consider the convergence of justice, ethics and citizenship. “I am surprised that so many of you are here with there being a big game coming up in Texas; I bet you didn’t know you were in for a philosophy lesson,” Sandel said. Sandel abandoned the podium early in his address, opting to engage with students in an active debate of ethical issues in contemporary American society.
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“I would say that he was definitely one of my favorite speakers,” sophomore marketing major Debra Whitley said. “In a crowd of that magnitude, it is often difficult for a speaker to engage the entire audience; however, Professor Sandel was able to captivate the attention of everyone in the room because he made the audience an active part of his lecture.” Sandel’s provocations did little to scare students from sharing their ideas. Many honors students volunteered their opinions, quickly making for an informal atmosphere of open communication. Sandel encouraged his audience to enjoy the discussion See SANDEL, PAGE 4
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Syrian crisis should be above politics By Sean Higgins smhiggin@go.olemiss.edu
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play politics with a humanitarian crisis. Republicans cannot oppose, with any credibility, a limited missile strike on Syria to deter further use of chemical weapons. In the early 2000s, President Bush and Republicans were salivating over intervention in Iraq — a war of choice based on questionable intelligence and motive. After 10 years, a complete invasion, thousands of casualties and nearly a trillion dollars in Iraq, there is no explanation as to why congressional Republicans are diametrically opposed to a limited missile strike against Syria. The hy-
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pocrisy would be funny if it weren’t so obscene. Republican opposition to limited military intervention in Syria is purely politics. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, chief obstructionist to anything Obama, made this point crystal clear. On Sept. 10, Senator McConnell took his opposition to involvement with Syria to the Senate floor. Shortly after, McConnell’s desperate reelection campaign sent a fundraising pitch to supporters highlighting his opposition to military strikes against Syria. McConnell’s campaign manager went so far as to say,
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“Mitch made it very clear to me from the beginning that he does not politicize issues of national security. He believes that America’s strength in the world should not be subject to the political theatre that so often takes hold of Washington these days.” This is the same man who said his No. 1 priority as Senate minority leader was to make President Obama a one-term president. Good work, Mitch. The Republican response to the tragedy in Syria has been politics at its worst. To See SYRIA, PAGE 3
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Let’s talk about sex By Sierra Mannie ssmannie@go.olemiss.edu
While we were all wasting away at home this summer waiting to tumble back into Oxford for our livers to waste away, too, The New York Times published an article entitled “Sex on Campus: She Can Play That Game, Too,” discussing heterosexual college-aged women hooking up with probably the worst demographic of guys to hook up with ever: heterosexual college-aged men. The article does a decent job of sort of not slut-shaming; it examines the perceptions of collegeaged women who’d rather love you and leave you than love you and lurk on your Facebook when it’s all over so they can stalk their ex’s new girlfriend and weep in his inbox. Even though it’s 2013 and I’m not entirely certain why anyone under the age of around 195 should compare you unfavorably to young men or question your value as an individual based on something as trivial as your sex life, I’ll present the following questions anyway: Why can’t a girl be a “player?” What is so horrendous about it that it makes us recoil and turn our noses up and forbid our boyfriends from talking to young women who experience a certain amount of sexual liberation? Honestly, I am in total agreement with everything your conservative Republican great-aunt will probably find sort of skanky about this column — because after a while, liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, if you’ve lived on Earth for longer than 40 seconds, you’ve probably been fed up with some guy’s crap at some point or another. Even if you aren’t the hook-up type, you can sort of see how physical satisfaction free from emotional responsibility could be the most appealing way for some girls to form relationships with guys. I myself experience the occasional burst of intense exaspera-
tion for/burning attraction to young men aged 18-22, but I still don’t really think the best thing to do with your college career is to bind yourself completely — heart, soul, and song lyric subtweets — to one of them. They generally don’t have jobs and they’re generally ridiculous, as, admittedly, all people mostly are at this age. But as a woman, I really don’t think it’s always worth it to go through this ridiculousness with them when there are grades to be made, coins to be earned, calories to be burned, communities to change and personal developments to be reflected upon. My somewhat cynical side believes that, in short, relationships are really just measured periods of altruism; you’re not responsible for just yourself once you commit to caring about someone’s emotions on a level that supersedes a platonic relationship.(And I totally believe that complete selflessness isn’t worth it with a boyfriend while you’re in college. Family, friends, animals, community service projects, yes – boyfriends, no.) Plus, unless you’re holding out for that coveted Diamond Diploma, they hold you back in literally every aspect of college that’s supposed to be freeing and exciting and inspire some sort of introspection, like meeting other people and studying abroad (unless you’re one of those idiots who takes your significant other abroad with you, or something). So, knowing all this, but still being a heterosexual human female and desiring sexual contact with men roughly the same age as you are, I don’t think that not desiring a relationship is any reason to deny yourself the opportunity to make out or have sex with a hot guy, or to do any other form of sexual exploration you might enjoy if it’s safe and consensual. Nor do I believe that you have the right to judge someone who might, especially for a reason as trivial as his or her gender. I honestly feel that getting to know your-
SYRIA, continued from page 2 self sexually is just as important as any other emotional aspect of getting to know yourself in college, and you have literally thousands of people around to … well, recruit to help hone that knowledge of your body. Obviously the disclaimer here is that no amount of Age of Aquarius, new wave-feminism, hook-upculture liberal philosophy will keep you from crying on your floor hugging your dog at 4 a.m. when that certain guy comes along and bonecrushes your feelings into a fine dust. Trust me on this one. We’re all human, after all. We have emotions. None of the aforementioned things grant young women carte blanche to be sexually irresponsible, either. The point is that although The New York Times thought it necessary to print about what’s seemingly a taboo subject — women enjoying sex the way a young man typically would, oooh — it’s a lot more common than you might think. If you didn’t know already, young women are just as sexually explorative as young men are. Sometimes we fall in love; sometimes we don’t. Sometimes we have meaningful sexual relationships; other times, we get to brag to our friends about landing the hottest guy in some Greek-letter organization’s pledge class over the weekend; other times, we cry at night over how strong we thought we were supposed to be when it came to that one guy. These things are normal. They happen. Those of us who might not choose chastity aren’t some peculiar, exotic whore race here to slay the virginal perceptions of the masses and taint what’s “good and pure” in the world. To reiterate, we’re human beings, deserving of respect and consideration and the freedom to choose how we wish to grow, and these things shouldn’t be tinged by ugly, gender-based double standards and harsh and unnecessary judgement. Sierra Mannie is a junior classics major from Ridgeland.
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me, the party leadership has demonstrated that they have no problem invading Muslim countries and forcing upon them an American democracy, but when it comes to stopping a tragic humanitarian crisis, the GOP is notably absent. The United States has an obligation to act on Syria. As President Obama noted Tuesday evening, the U.S. Senate in 1997 overwhelmingly approved an international agreement prohibiting the use of chemical weapons, now joined by 189 governments that represent 98 percent of humanity. Assad violated that agreement when he gassed thousands of civilians — we’ve seen the videos, pictures and Twitter accounts from that night. The president stated, “In the days leading up to August 21, we know that Assad’s chemical weapons personnel prepared for an attack near an area they where they mix sarin gas. They distributed gas masks to their troops. Then they fired rockets from a regime-controlled area into 11 neighborhoods that the regime has been trying to wipe clear of opposition forces. “Shortly after those rockets landed, the gas spread, and hospitals filled with the dying and the wounded. We know senior figures in Assad’s military machine reviewed the results of the attack. And the regime increased their shelling of the same neighborhoods in the days that followed. We’ve also studied samples of blood and hair from people at the site that tested positive for sarin.” The failure to act against Syria would not only give Assad the green light to continue gassing his opposition, but it would also weaken the international prohibition on chemical weapon use and
our troops may once again have to face chemical weapons on the battlefield. This is not a world the United States can or should accept. If it is within our power to stop the crisis in Syria, we should act. I do not contend that we can bring peace to Syria’s civil war, but we do have the responsibility to stop Assad from using chemical weapons, the responsibility to stop his regime from setting a dangerous international precedent. Republicans need to stop playing politics with this crisis. Unlike Iraq, we have the facts — boots will not be on the ground in Syria. Of course, we should exhaust all diplomatic options before any military strike against Syria. But if the commander in chief decides on a limited military strike, I hope Washington will rise above politics to support the victims of Assad’s oppressive regime. Sean Higgins is a political science and sociology double major from Brookings, S.D.
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BAR, continued from page 1 up the clutch,’ and it was all an accident,” said junior marketing major Grady Nutt, who witnessed the accident. According to a representative from The Corner, two people were hurt but not seriously injured in the accident. “The student was arrested and charged with DUI and the two people injured were treated and released in the emergency room at Baptist Memorial HospitalNorth Mississippi,” Oxford Police Chief Joey East said. More charges could be pending following a complete investigation, he said, according to the article released by the Oxford-Eagle Thursday. OPD is committed to examining all possibilities regarding the situation before releasing further
information. “The incident is still being investigated,” said OPD Major James Owens. Employees at The Corner remain in high spirits, and the bar is open for business. The bar even advertised “Jeep drink specials” to patrons Thursday night, including “beep-beep shots.” “The situation was very unfortunate, and we’re all very thankful that no one was seriously hurt,” said a representative from The Corner.
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Michael Sandel, a professor at Harvard, spoke at this year’s honors college fall convocation. Sandel held a Q and A with students on ethical and moral issues.
SANDEL, continued from page 1 of their peers, and occasionally joined in the laughter. “I thought it was the best
convocation I’ve been to while at the university,” said Adam Blackwell, senior public policy major. “I’m so glad the honors college was able to have Pro-
fessor Sandel speak, and I thought his message of active democratic citizens was very pertinent to our society today.”
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Hugh Freeze and Mack Brown meet after last year’s game.
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Was firing Manny Diaz the right decision? Maybe. Did it have to be done? Without a doubt. The last time Mack Brown and his beloved Texas football program were backed this far
up against the wall, he let about as many coaches go as he kept. Four of them, including longtime friend and offensive coordinator Greg Davis, were gone. Another, Will Muschamp, abandoned his head coach-in-waiting position to take over at Florida. That bought him enough time to implement a rebuilding process that was supposed to end this
year. But, after being throttled by BYU last weekend, Texas is back to the drawing board. This time, Diaz was the scapegoat. It marked the first in-season firing during Brown’s tenure at Texas. “We got whipped,” Brown said. “When you lose at Texas, it’s bad. When you lose like that, it’s really bad.” Texas has been losing like that
a lot lately. The 40-21 loss to BYU marked the 10th time the Longhorns have lost by at least 12 points since the beginning of 2010, a 40-game stretch. In its previous 145 games (12 seasons) under Brown, Texas lost by 12 points 11 times. With a national title, supportive athletic director and contract extension through 2020 in his back pocket, Brown’s job is safe for now. But the overwhelming wave of fan backlash can only be held at bay for so long. “Mack does it so much better than everyone I’ve ever seen,” Texas men’s athletic director DeLoss Dodds told The Daily Texan in February. “He would be who I’d want if I had to start all over again. If there’s another Mack Brown out there, that’s who we’d go after.” The only other college football coach that makes more than Brown, Alabama’s Nick Saban, is someone whom Dodds specifically identified as someone he wouldn’t hire. After claiming that his defensive staff knew it was on a “short leash” coming into this year, it’s getting harder and harder to think that it’s not Brown who shouldn’t be on the hot seat.
Brown tried installing a power run game after the dreadful 5-7 campaign in 2010. After realizing he didn’t have the personnel for it, he’s now having the offense go up-tempo and out of the spread. No two offenses are any different, yet Brown has attempted to implement them within the last three years. The power running attack was obviously unsuccessful, and the jury is still out on the uptempo approach. It may not matter what offense Texas runs this weekend without dynamic playmaker Daje Johnson (ankle). And the Longhorns have no shot if David Ash (head/shoulder), who torched the Rebels for 326 yards and four touchdowns last September, is out as well. Brown’s changed the offensive scheme. Changed it again. Signed a contract extension. Adjusted his recruiting strategies. Fired his defensive coordinator. But at what point does it become inevitably clear that Brown himself is the problem? That point could come when Ole Miss comes to Austin this weekend. Follow Christian Corona on Twitter @ChristianC0rona.
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Four Downs: Texas
1. With the drama surrounding the Texas defense, do you think a new coordinator will make a huge difference Saturday? Matt Sigler (@SigNewton_2): I don’t anticipate huge changes to the Texas defense come game time. I expect the Longhorn defense to stay who they are at their foundation, but occasionally put out some new schemes and looks. To completely change a defense in a short amount of time has too much risk to turn out tragic, and I don’t expect a team like Texas to do so. John Luke McCord (@JLgrindin): I think the defense will show a different scheme at times, but just because you change coordinators after two weeks of the season, that doesn’t mean that the personnel changes. The Longhorn defense is what it is at this point, I believe. Their secondary is weak, and they have trouble defending the run. So, to answer the question simply, no. I do not think
it will make a huge difference. David Collier (@DavidLCollier): I think the biggest impact will be emotional. The Texas defensive players can either react with inspired play, or they can hang their heads and continue to struggle. Their mindset will be key in this one.
2. Ole Miss has its own problems defensively. What is the biggest key for success against the new Texas spread offense? Sigler: The Ole Miss secondary is going to have to come up big in this game. After coming off a week where stopping the option is the main concern, I wouldn’t be surprised seeing some confusion in the back of the defense when the Longhorns attempt to air it out. With athletes spread all over the field for Texas, a big-play threat, especially a deep threat, could pose a problem for the Rebel secondary. McCord: I would tend to think
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it would be stopping the run on early downs, considering the talent the Longhorns have at running back and how they were able to run on the Rebels last season, but the Longhorns have not been so effective this season. Quarterback David Ash is their leading rusher. So I will say the key for the Rebels is not giving up the big play in the passing game. Collier: If Ole Miss can slow down the Texas running attack, that will be huge. Last year, the Rebels were physically outmatched. The secondary will give up yards and probably big plays, but if Ole Miss can slow down the run and get off the field on third downs, they’ve got a shot.
fense, I think Ole Miss can sneak out of Austin with a win scoring as few as 28. McCord: I believe the Rebels will only need to reach 35 points to get the win on Saturday. Collier: I think if Ole Miss scores 40, they’ve got a shot. But if both defenses struggle like they could, things could get crazy, and the first team to 60 could be the one that comes out on top.
4. What factor will make the difference in who wins this game? Sigler: I anticipate the running
game to be the major factor in this game. I expect Ole Miss to try and exploit a Texas defense that gave up yards to BYU on the ground with the read option running game, while Texas will most likely look to try and run over the Rebels like last season. McCord: I think this game will start and end inside the heads of the players on each team. Whichever team wants this game more will likely win. If David Ash starts this game for the Longhorns, then I think both teams are capable of winning, it’s just who wants it more. Collier: The Longhorns have something to prove, but they could be playing tight and make mistakes. Ole Miss is searching for a big road win and could feel the same pressure. The team that has fewer mistakes should end up with the win.
3. How many points will the Rebel offense have to score to get the win over the Longhorns? Sigler: I think for Ole Miss to feel safe 40 is a logical number. However, if the defense is able to put a lock on the Longhorn of-
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SPORTS PAGE 8 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 13 September 2013 | SPORTS
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Jeff Scott dives for extra yards during Saturday’s win over Southeast Missouri.
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he will play in the game.” If Ash is unable to go, the Longhorns will look to back up Case McCoy to carry the load. McCoy saw significant time in the BYU game after Ash went down but was only able to throw for 75 yards. “We’ve seen a little bit of the other quarterback (McCoy),” Wommack said. “He’s got a strong arm too.” Defensively, the Rebels will be led by junior linebacker Serderius Bryant and junior safety Cody Prewitt, who are first and second on the team in tackles with 15 and 14, respectively. Ole Miss will also be looking to get quality play from sophomore defensive back Mike Hilton, who recently made a move to cornerback and will be challenged with the vertical game of Texas.
Defensively for the Longhorns, Jordan Hicks and Cedric Reed have set the pace totaling 25 and 24 tackles, respectively, through the first two games. The next closest player is Mykkele Thompson with 15. However, the most concerning defensive aspect for Ole Miss heading into the game is the change the Longhorns made at defensive coordinator. Manny Diaz was fired after Texas allowed 679 yards of total offense to BYU and Greg Robinson was hired. “The question mark is what are they going to do defensively,” offensive coordinator Dan Werner said. “We’ve got to pretty much (be ready for) their base defense that they’ve been running along with what Greg Robinson has done in the past. We are trying to sprinkle in a little bit of that too and just be ready for anything.” Offensively, the Rebels will be led by junior quarterback Bo Wallace, who is coming off a
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game against Southeast Missouri where he saw limited action. On the season, Wallace is 39-for-62 for 471 yards and two touchdowns, but most importantly no interceptions. Senior running back Jeff Scott will also be counted on to make a major impact in the running game after BYU ran the ball for 550 yards against the Longhorns last Saturday. On the year, Scott has run for 166 yards, with his one touchdown coming on a 75yard game-winning touchdown run against Vanderbilt. Although the Longhorns struggled last week, Werner still expects to see a solid defense. “Their personnel is really good,” Werner said. “Last year, even though they lost a couple of guys to the NFL, they’ve come back with a lot of guys who are big, strong and fast. These guys are SEC-type players. They have very good players out there.” Ole Miss will be without senior corner Charles Sawyer, who will not travel with the team following his arrest for DUI this past weekend. Senior offensive linemen Pierce Burton and Emmanuel McCray both have lingering injuries but will play. Junior wideout Vince Sanders and senior wideout Korvic Neat both practiced this week after missing the first two games with injuries. Both could see action Saturday. Kickoff for Saturday’s contest is set for 7 p.m. from Darrel K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium and will be televised by the Longhorn Network. The game can also be seen on several local affiliates throughout Mississippi and Memphis. For continuing coverage of Ole Miss football, follow @SigNewton_2 and @ thedm_sports on Twitter.