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The Daily Journal’s weekly college football preview section | Saturday, September 22, 2012

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GAMEDAY: WEEK 4

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

THIS WEEK MISSISSIPPI STATE

OLE MISS

Record: 2-1 Today: At Tulane (0-2) TV: 11 a.m., Fox Sports Net Next: Sept. 29 at Alabama The buzz: Forget Texas. The Rebels have to look ahead – to a schedule that looks like it still has some winnable games, starting with this one.

Coverage begins: On Page 4

SOUTHERN MISS

Record: 0-2 Today: At Western Kentucky (2-1) TV: None (Online at ESPN3) Next: Sept. 29, Louisville (H) The buzz: The Golden Eagles need to move quickly to avoid letting the season slip away.

Read more: On Page 9

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Razorbacks can still play SEC spoiler

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Record: 3-0 Today: South Alabama (1-2) TV: 6 p.m., pay-per-view Next: Oct. 6 at Kentucky The buzz: After admittedly losing focus at Troy, the Bulldogs – now ranked No. 23 – need to come out and take care of business quickly tonight.

Coverage begins: On Page 3

Sports editor: John L. Pitts Page design: Daily Journal staff Sports staff: Parrish Alford (Ole Miss beat writer), Brett Brown, Brad Locke (Mississippi State beat writer), Gene Phelps, Robbie Robertson, Brandon Speck.

On the cover: MSU marching band members – including Jordan Young of Madison and Myles Harris of Gulfport – play during halftime of the Jackson State game. (Deste Lee | Daily Journal)

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t’s hard to say which fall from grace was more sudden – football coach Bobby Petrino off that motorcycle in April, or his former team, Arkansas, in the past two weeks.

Before Petrino’s fall – literal and figurative – the Razorbacks looked like a top-5 team, with the talent to challenge both Alabama and LSU in the SEC West after finishing 11-2 a year ago.

After Petrino’s “inappropriate relationship” with a recently hired aide was found out, of course, he had to go. The question was, did the Razorbacks’ national championship dreams have to leave town, too?

Former Louisville and Michigan State coach John L. Smith was brought in as an interim coach-for-hire. Like swapping an Iron Chef for the night cook at Denny’s, but there weren’t a lot of good options at that point.

Arkansas started out at No. 10 in the preseason, but an overtime loss to Louisiana-Monroe dropped the Hogs completely |

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Then came Saturday’s 52-0 loss at home to Alabama.

Now it’s possible that if Petrino had stayed JOHN L. on the sidePITTS lines, Arkansas could have survived the loss to injury of quarterback Tyler Wilson in the ULM game.

Maybe he doesn’t get hurt at all.

But if the Razorbacks quit on Smith – Wilson said some of his teammates did so against the Tide – who’s to say they wouldn’t have quit on Petrino at some point when the going got tough?

Now, every remaining team on the Arkansas schedule, having watched the Bama debacle, has to be hungry for a pig roast of their own. A schedule that

looked like it held 10 sure wins suddenly has a lot of potholes – trips to Texas A&M and South Carolina and Starkville, then a regular-season finale with LSU. Could this turn into a meltdown season like the one another former Arkansas coach, Houston Nutt, presided over last season in Oxford?

Sixth game of last season: Alabama 52, Ole Miss 7.

Next stop, 2-and-10.

Yet if Wilson can return to play effectively, and he’s supposed to be ready today, Arkansas can still find its way out of this valley.

That Nov. 23 home game against LSU can loom large – a chance for Wilson and Co. to derail the Tigers’ dreams of another trip to the title game.

With two SEC losses, there’s no path for LSU to get a BCS rematch with Alabama. And being the spoiler may be all Arkansas has to play for at this point.

John L. Pitts (john.pitts@journalinc.com) is sports editor of the Journal.

FIVE GAMES TO WATCH

Oregon State at UCLA: No one thought there would be a must-see Pac-12 game on Sept. 22 between teams that combined to go 9-17 last year. The Beavers and Bruins, though, are undefeated and have already logged huge wins against Big Ten powers Wisconsin and Nebraska.

Clemson at Florida State: This showdown between the ACC’s top two teams has loomed since the preseason.

These schools, like Alabama and LSU in the SEC West, have separated themselves as the class of the conference as

a result of Coastal Division favorite Virginia Tech’s stunning loss at Pittsburgh.

Michigan at Notre Dame: Notre Dame welcomes Michigan to South Bend a week after the Fighting Irish defeated Michigan State in East Lansing.

It was Notre Dame’s biggest moment of the Brian Kelly era and the Irish’s first night road win over a top-10 team since defeating South Carolina in 1983.

Kansas State at Oklahoma: This used to be one of the biggest North versus South games in the Big 12’s divisional format. Who can forget Kansas

State’s shocking title-game win in 2003? The Big 12 has been pared to 10 teams and has eliminated the conference title game. It almost makes the regular-season stakes even higher.

Arizona at Oregon: It’s the Pac-12 game of the week, featuring two of the nation’s most innovative spread-offense masterminds. First-year man Rich Rodriguez has the Wildcats at 3-0 with a win over Oklahoma State. Oregon (3-0) has yet to be tested – but this figures to be the night.

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Kentucky at Florida, SEC Network Noon Yale at Cornell, NBC Sports Net 2 p.m.

Miami at Georgia Tech, FSN 2:30 p.m.

Missouri at South Carolina, CBS Oregon State at UCLA, ABC Temple at Penn State, ESPN2 E.Carolina at No. Carolina, ESPNU Marshall at Rice, CSS 3 p.m.

Colorado at Washington State, FX 4:30 p.m.

Harvard at Brown, NBC Sports Net 6 p.m.

LSU at Auburn, ESPN Rutgers at Arkansas, ESPNU South Alabama at Miss State, PPV S.C. State at Texas A&M, FSN 6:30 p.m.

Kansas State at Oklahoma, Fox Michigan at Notre Dame, NBC Akron at Tennessee, CSS 6:45 p.m.

Vanderbilt at Georgia, ESPN2 7 p.m.

Clemson at Florida State, ABC 9:30 p.m.

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Bulldogs’ D back to basics after long night DEPTH CHARTS, 6 KEYS TO THE GAME, 8

BY BRAD LOCKE DAILY JOURNAL

While statistics don’t tell the whole story, it is a bit surprising, perhaps, to see that No. 23 Mississippi State has only four sacks entering today’s game against South Alabama.

That total is SOUTH ALABAMA tied for last in the AT MSU SEC – with Tennessee and LSU. The fact that LSU, which has one of the country’s most stout defenses, is down there should indicate how little a single stat can tell you. But MSU has only 13 tackles-for-loss, which is tied for 95th in the country.

Sacks and TFLs are two big measuring sticks for defenses, in particular defensive lines. But they’re not the only metrics coaches use when grading their players.

“It’s are they doing their job,” head coach Dan Mullen said. “It’s very simple. You’re in a gap-control defense, and are you controlling your gap. If a

run hits, usually someone’s out of their gap, and it’s either a linebacker or a defensive lineman are not in their gap or not controlling their gap or got blocked out of their gap.”

One man expected to make a big difference on MSU’s defensive line is junior college transfer Denico Autry. The defensive end has just one sack and a pair of TFLs on the year and is still trying to settle into his role. Run defense LOSSES NEEDED has been an area where he needs work, MSU (3-0) is coming off a tough win and he’s expected to provide a strong over Troy in which it gave up 572 yards pass rush. and did a poor job in filling those gaps, “I think I’ve made pretty good plays, giving up big chunks of yards in both but I’m missing plays, too, so I need to the run game and short passing game. focus on making plays and doing my The Bulldogs had no sacks and only job,” Autry said. one tackle-for-loss that night.

MSU’s depth up front has allowed it They know they need more of those. to rotate in several players, which of “A tackle’s one thing, but a tackle-for- course helps keep them fresh in the loss is a whole other category,” linefourth quarter and gives offensive linebacker Cam Lawrence said. “If you can men different looks. That should allow rack up on some tackles-for-loss, that’s State to better impose its will on an ofpretty intimidating and a pretty good fense, but that didn’t happen against stat to have under your belt.” an up-tempo Troy team.

MSU went back to basics in practices The Jaguars have a very similar ofthis week, focusing on defending the fensive approach. The Bulldogs have run and making tackles. vowed not to allow similar production.

“Basically we’re going back to learn“I think they’re looking at the tape ing our fundamentals, getting into our and are going to try and do some of the fits better, playing the run better,” desame things those guys did,” Boyd said. fensive tackle Josh Boyd said. “It’s been “We’ll be prepared for it this time.” a regular practice, but we kind of emphasized more on stopping the run.” brad.locke@journalinc.com

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Denico Autry, a heralded juco transfer, has yet to make much of an impact this fall on MSU’s defensive line.

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Television: Pay-per-view (contact your provider) Radio: MSU Network; XM 191; Sirius 94.

Records: South Alabama 1-2, MSU 3-0.

Rankings: MSU No. 23 AP, No. 23 USA Today.

Series: First meeting.

Coaches – South Alabama: Joey Jones, 27-13 overall (5th season), 24-6 at USA (4th seasonr). Mississippi State: Dan Mullen, 24-17 (4th season), all at MSU. Statistical leaders – South Alabama: QB C.J. Bennett 36-592, 367 yards, 2 TDs; RB Demetre Baker 39-183, TD; LB Jake Johnson 30 tackles, 4.0 TFL, 1.0 sack; DE Alex Page 10 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 3.0 sacks. Mississippi State: QB Tyler Russell 46-79-0, 661 yards, 8 TDs; RB LaDarius Perkins 46-320, 4 TDs; WR Chad Bumphis 10-236, 5 TDs; CB Darius Slay 9 tackles, 4 INTs, fumble recovery, blocked punt.

Trends: MSU freshman RB Josh Robinson has had at least five carries each of the first three games. … MSU’s opponents are 4 of 4 on fourth-down conversions this season. … South Alabama was 0 of 11 on third downs against N.C. State. Its season conversion rate is 28 percent (12 of 43). … MSU has won 13 consecutive non-SEC games.

Notes: This is South Alabama’s first game against an SEC team or a ranked opponent. … Mississippi State leads the nation with seven interceptions, and CB Darius Slay leads with four. … USA is averaging just 95.7 rushing yards per game, while MSU is allowing 141.0 per game. … MSU has outscored its foes 114-43.

Summing it up: “I know they’re going to be a young, eager team really excited to play us. We’ve got to bring our ‘A’ game for sure.” – MSU linebacker Cam Lawrence.

Prediction: Mississippi State, 52-7.

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MISSISSIPPI STATE S1 S8 S15 S22 S29 O6 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10 N17 N24

www.hailstate.com Jackson State W, 56-9 Auburn W, 28-10 at Troy W, 30-24 South Alabama, 6 p.m.

Open date at Kentucky Tennessee Middle Tennessee at Alabama Texas A&M at LSU Arkansas at Ole Miss

SOUTH ALABAMA A30 S8 S15 S22 S29 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10 N17 N24 D1

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Florida Atlantic at La.-Monroe, 6 p.m.

Florida International at North Texas, 4 p.m.

Middle Tennessee at La.-Lafayette, 4 p.m. at Hawaii, 10 p.m.

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Rebels hope to get a grip in Superdome DEPTH CHARTS, 7 KEYS TO THE GAME, 8

BY PARRISH ALFORD DAILY JOURNAL

NEW ORLEANS – The Ole Miss offense, dynamic in its first two games, held its own against Texas.

The Rebels can OLE MISS take another step AT TULANE forward if they hold on to the ball.

Fumbles were a problem against UTEP, but two of those came on special teams. A week later Ole Miss put 31 in the scoring column but left points on the table with three turnovers, all of them interceptions by quarterback Bo Wallace in his third college start.

The first one came early, a little more than 5 minutes into the game when Texas linebacker Steve Edmond stepped in front of a Wallace pass and took it 22 yards to the end zone.

That’s the start Wallace wants to avoid this morning at Tulane.

Edmond’s pick was an example of the Longhorns’ superior speed.

“Pre-snap, I thought I had it, then he just flew out there. As soon as I let it go, I knew it was going to be trouble,” Wallace said.

Tulane allowed just 309 yards in a 24-12 loss to Rutgers, but that figure more than doubled when Tulsa put up 651 yards in a 45-10 Tulane loss.

The Green Wave ranks No. 92 in pass defense efficiency a 140.88 rating.

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Decision-making was a problem for Wallace and led to two of the picks.

Another was the result of the Texas pass rush closing in, a poor throw in which he also had poor mechanics, Wallace said.

There was good and bad for Wallace against Texas. He completed 13 of 24 attempts, far lower than the 76 percent completion rate he had against Central Arkansas and UTEP, but he passed for 178 yards – one of them a 75-yard touchdown to Donte Moncrief.

Backup quarterback Barry Brunetti got some things done in limited playing time against Texas. He was the

Rebels’ second-leading rusher with only 25 yards but was also 4 for 6 passing for 51 yards.

“I think both their quarterbacks are pretty good,” said Tulane coach Curtis Johnson, who coached wide receivers with the New Orleans Saints last year. “(Wallace) is a read-option guy, and he can throw the ball pretty good. The other kid can run. He’s an athletic guy.

We’ll have to prepare for both.”

Wallace said his focus on mechanics had begun to slip during practice and that led to problems during the game.

He planned to pay much closer attention to mechanics this week in practice.

Wallace wasn’t pleased with his performance in a 35-point loss to Texas but viewed the game as a learning opportunity.

“I’m still a young quarterback. I’ve been in three starts, so getting to play a defense as fast as they were … I learned a lot from it,” he said. “Our next big-time game is Tulane, and hopefully we’ll put up some numbers.” parrish.alford@journalinc.com

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Quandre Diggs of Texas pulls down an interception in front of Ole Miss receiver Vince Saunders in the third quarter.

TODAY’S GAME AT A GLANCE

OLE MISS

www.olemisssports.com S1 Central Arkansas W, 49-27 S8 UTEP W, 28-10 S15 Texas L, 66-31 S22 at Tulane, 11 a.m.

S29 at Alabama. 8:15 p.m.

O6 Texas A&M O13 Auburn O20 Open date O27 at Arkansas N3 at Georgia N10 Vanderbilt N17 at LSU N24 Mississippi State

TULANE

S1 S8 S15 S22 S29 O6 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10 N17 N24

tulanegreenwave.com Rutgers L, 24-12 at Tulsa L, 45-10 Open date Ole Miss, 11 a.m.

La.-Monroe, 2:30 p.m. at La.-Lafayette, 4 p.m.

SMU, noon at UTEP UAB Rice at Memphis, 6 p.m.

East Carolina, 2:30 p.m. at Houston

Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome (72,000), New Orleans Kickoff: 11 a.m. Television: Fox Sports Network Radio: Ole Miss Network; Sirius 138, XM 200 Records: Ole Miss 2-1, Tulane 0-2 Series: Ole Miss leads 42-28 Last meeting: Ole Miss 27-13 in 2010.

Coaches – Tulane: Curtis Johnson 0-2 overall in his first season. Ole Miss: Hugh Freeze, 32-8 overall (4th season); 2-1 in his first season at Ole Miss.

Statistical Leaders –Tulane: RB Rob Kelley 17-48-0; QB Ryan Griffin 41 for 61 passing, 314 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; WR Ryan Grant 11-219-1; DB Zach Davis 15 tackles. Ole Miss: RB Jeff Scott 20-206-1; QB Bo Wallace 48 for 70 passing, 616 yards, 6 TD, 4 INT; WR Donte Moncrief 18-320-3 TD; LB Mike Marry 19 tackles.

Trends: In a series not played every year, the Rebels have won 10 straight dating back to 1989. … Ole Miss leads the series in games played in New Orleans 26-25 Notes: Ole Miss has scored its most points through three games (108) since 2003 when it scored 117. … The Ole Miss roster includes three players from Louisiana, one – redshirt freshman offensive lineman Ethan Hutson – from the greater New Orleans area. … Hutson’s father, Mark Hutson, coached OL under former Tulane coach Bob Toledo and was interim coach at the end of 2011. … Ole Miss was 16-8 against Tulane when Tulane was a member of the SEC from 1933 to 1966. … Twenty-seven Ole Miss players have debuted this year, eight have drawn their first starts. … Ole Miss averages the fewest penalties (3.7) and second-fewest penalty yards (34.4) of SEC teams.

Summing it up: “We have to forget last Saturday. The real positive that everyone saw was that our kids did fight, did battle, for 60 minutes.” – Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze.

Prediction: Ole Miss, 39-20.

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EASTERN Florida Georgia South Carolina Kentucky Missouri Tennessee Vanderbilt WESTERN Alabama Mississippi State LSU Ole Miss Arkansas Auburn Texas A&M

SEC 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 SEC 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1

SEC STANDINGS

PF 57 41 17 0 20 20 13 PF 52 28 0 0 0 10 17

PA 37 20 13 0 41 37 17 PA 0 10 0 0 52 28 20

All 3-0 3-0 3-0 1-2 2-1 2-1 1-2 All 3-0 3-0 3-0 2-1 1-2 1-2 1-1

PF 84 142 114 92 106 106 84 PF 128 114 145 108 80 60 65

PA 51 63 29 78 71 71 40 PA 14 43 31 103 110 82 23

2011 Home 3-0 1-0 1-2 2-0 3-0 2-0 2-1 1-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-1 3-0 1-1 2011 Home 3-0 1-0 1-2 2-0 3-0 3-0 1-2 2-1 3-0 1-2 2-1 1-0 2-0 0-1

Div. 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 Div. 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0

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Str. W4 W3 W7 L1 W1 L1 W1 Str. W7 W5 W3 L1 L2 W1 W1

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TODAY’S GAMES

Series OM, 42-28 Fla., 45-17 Missouri, 2-0 First meeting LSU, 25-20-1 First meeting First meeting First meeting Tenn., 1-0 Ga., 52-18-2

Sagarin says Ole Miss by 16 Florida by 21 S.C. by 13 Alabama by 59 LSU by 17 Arkansas by 1 MSU by 31 A&M by 44 UT by 24 Georgia by 4

Note: The Sagarin ratings appear online at USAToday.com

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The crowd of Razorbacks fans thinned out on Saturday as Alabama delivered an epic whipping.

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(All game times converted to Central) Matchup Kickoff TV Sirius/XM Ole Miss at Tulane (0-2) 11 a.m. FSN 138 / 200 Kentucky at Florida 11:21 a.m. SEC Network 136 / 199 Missouri at South Carolina 2:30 p.m. CBS 91 / 91 Florida Atlantic (1-2) at Alabama 4 p.m. Pay per view 136 / 199 LSU at Auburn 6 p.m. ESPN 138 / 200 Rutgers (3-0) at Arkansas 6 p.m. ESPNU 137 / 192 South Alabama (1-2) at Mississippi State 6 p.m. Pay per view 94 / 191 S.C. State (1-2) at Texas A&M 6 p.m. FSN 106 / 201 Akron (1-2) at Tennessee 6:30 p.m. CSS 112 / 198 Vanderbilt at Georgia 6:45 p.m. ESPN2 113 / 197

Saturday, Sept. 15 Alabama 52, Arkansas 0 Florida 37, Tennessee 20 Georgia 56, Florida Atlantic 20 Western Kentucky 32, Kentucky 31 (OT) LSU 63, Idaho 14 Texas 66, Ole Miss 31 Mississippi State 30, Troy 24 Missouri 24, Arizona State 20 South Carolina 49, UAB 6 Texas A&M 48, SMU 3 Vanderbilt 58, Presbyterian 0 Auburn 31, Louisiana-Monroe 28 (OT)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

NEXT WEEK

Saturday, Sept. 29 Missouri at Central Florida, 11 a.m.

Arkansas at Texas A&M, 11:21 a.m.

Tennessee at Georgia, 2:30 p.m.

South Carolina at Kentucky, 6 p.m.

Towson at LSU, 6 p.m.

Ole Miss at Alabama, 8:15 p.m.

Off: Auburn, Florida, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt

FLORIDA ATLANTIC AT NO. 1 ALABAMA

THE BUZZ: The Crimson Tide should not really be tested today, so it’ll be interesting to see how strongly they commit to the possibility of throwing a third consecutive shutout.

Alabama has scored 94 unanswered points over a span of 145 minutes. The Owls lost 56-20 to Georgia last week.

KEY STAT: Alabama’s first-team offensive line outweighs Florida Atlantic’s No. 1 defensive front by an average of 314-248.

NO. 2 LSU AT AUBURN

THE BUZZ: LSU can stay on track for a third straight No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup against Alabama with a win in its SEC opener. Coach Gene Chizik and Auburn could silence many of their critics by pulling off a big upset after a disappointing start, but QB Kiehl Frazier still doesn’t look comfortable.

KEY STAT: LSU has won 24 consecutive games in September and has a nation’s best 16-game regular-season winning streak.

VANDERBILT AT NO. 5 GEORGIA

THE BUZZ: Georgia begins a stretch of seven straight SEC games and simply cannot afford a loss with tougher opponents such as South Carolina and Florida lurking on the schedule.

And Bulldogs will look to go 4-0 for the first time since 2008.

Vandy coach James Franklin has received plenty of praise for changing his team’s losing attitude, but he still needs a signature league win.

KEY STAT: The Commodores haven’t beaten a ranked SEC team since 2008 and they’ve lost 16 of 17 meetings against the Bulldogs.

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Parrish Alford, Brad Locke and John Pitts rank the SEC after Week 2: Ranking (1sts) Last week 1-Alabama (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2-LSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3-South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4-Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5-Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6-MSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7-Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8-Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9-Texas A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10-Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 11-Auburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12-Ole Miss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 13-Vanderbilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 14-Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 dates to 1986. And it’s been even longer since the Wildcats won in Gainesville (1979).

KEY STAT: The last four meetings were over early, with Florida outscoring Kentucky by a combined 94-3 in the first quarter.

S.C. STATE AT TEXAS A&M

THE BUZZ: Aggies quarterback Johnny Manziel accounted for 418 total yards and six touchdowns in last week’s romp over SMU. He should come up big, as should defensive end Demontre Moore, who leads the nation with 2.5 sacks per game.

KEY STAT: A&M has won nine straight non-conference home games.

RUTGERS AT ARKANSAS

THE BUZZ: All eyes will be on Razorbacks QB Tyler Wilson, who got hurt in the first half against Louisiana-Monroe (Arkansas lost 34-3 in OT) and didn’t MISSOURI play at all last week against Alabama AT NO. 7 SOUTH CAROLINA (lost 52-0). If he can rally his teamTHE BUZZ: South Carolina is hoping mates, there’s still a chance for the to stay undefeated and beat another Hogs to have a good season.

SEC Eastern Conference opponent, KEY STAT: Rutgers is 3-7 in road while Missouri is seeking its first league games since 1998 against non-league victory in its inaugural SEC season.

BCS opponents.

The last time these teams met, the Gamecocks took a three-touchdown AKRON AT TENNESSEE lead only to fall to the Tigers in the THE BUZZ: Here’s a chance for the 2005 Independence Bowl.

Vols to build back a little confidence KEY STAT: South Carolina QB Dylan after a tough loss at home to Florida.

Thompson has thrown for more than After today, the Vols face four consecu500 yards and five touchdowns the tive ranked conference foes: No. 5 past two weeks in relief of an injured Georgia (road), No. 23 Mississippi State Connor Shaw. (road), No. 1 Alabama and No. 7 South Carolina (road).

KENTUCKY Former Auburn coach Terry Bowden AT NO. 14 FLORIDA is in his first season at Akron.

THE BUZZ: Florida has the nation’s KEY STAT: Akron is 0-5 all-time in longest active winning streak in a curgames against the SEC, with three of rent series between Football Bowl Sub- those being shutouts. division teams. The Gators have won 25 Wire reports in a row against Kentucky, a streak that

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Depth Chart: Bulldogs

SOUTH ALABAMA OFFENSE QB 15 C.J. Bennett So. or 2 Ross Metheny Jr. RB 33 Demetre Baker So. 29 Kendall Houston So. TE 10 Greg Hollinger Jr. or 17 Wes Saxton So. LT 76 Ucambre Williams So. 55 Chris May R-Fr. LG 72 Drew Dearman So. 54 James Elliott R-Fr. C 70 Trey Clark Sr. 56 Matt Calcagnini Jr. RG 73 Shaun Artz So. 54 James Elliott R-Fr. RT 77 Melvin Meggs So. or 57 Tremain Smith Sr. WR 24 T.J. Glover So. 1 Cameron Broadnax Fr. WR 11 Jeremé Jones So. OR 81 Corey Waldon Jr. WR 8 Bryant Lavender Jr. 9 Corey Besteda Jr.

Based on the best pregame information available; subject to change.

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QB 17 15 RB 27 28 FB 23 35 LT 75 59 LG 61 66 C 63 55 RG 67 70 RT 77 78 TE 32 82 WR 19 16 WR 1 4 WR 8 3

Tyler Russell Dak Prescott LaDarius Perkins Derrick Milton Sylvester Hemphill Adrian Marcus Blaine Clausell Archie Muniz Gabe Jackson Ben Beckwith Dillon Day Dylan Holley Tobias Smith Justin Malone Charles Siddoway Damien Robinson Marcus Green Rufus Warren Arceto Clark Joe Morrow Chad Bumphis Jameon Lewis Chris Smith Brandon Heavens

(6-4, 220, Jr.) (6-2, 230, R-Fr.) (5-10, 190, Jr.) (6-0, 205, R-Fr.) (5-11, 235, Sr.) (5-10, 225, Jr.) (6-7, 305, So.) (6-5, 290, So.) (6-4, 320, Jr.) (6-3, 300, So.) (6-4, 285, So.) (6-3, 295, Jr.) (6-3, 305, Sr.) (6-7, 315, R-Fr.) (6-7, 300, Jr.) (6-7, 315, So.) (6-1, 240, Sr.) (6-6, 250, R-Fr.) (5-10, 180, Sr.) (6-4, 205, R-Fr.) (5-11, 200, Sr.) (5-9, 185, So.) (6-2, 205, Sr.) (5-10, 175, Sr.)

DEFENSE

DE 92 91 DT 97 60 DT 98 74 DE 90 96 LB 51 12 LB 50 52 LB 10 22 CB 13 24 SS 25 30 FS 5 38 CB 9 37

Kaleb Eulls Preston Smith Josh Boyd Devin Jones Curtis Virges

(6-4, 280, So.) (6-6, 245, So.) (6-3, 300, Sr.) (6-1, 260, Sr.) (6-3, 305, So.) Dewayne Cherrington (6-3, 325, Sr.) Denico Autry (6-5, 255, Jr.) Shane McCardell (6-5, 260, Jr.) Deontae Skinner (6-2, 245, Jr.) Chris Hughes (6-1, 225, Jr.) Benardrick McKinney (6-5, 235, R-Fr.) Ferlando Bohanna (6-0, 225, So.) Cam Lawrence (6-3, 230, Sr.) Matthew Wells (6-2, 215, So.) Johnthan Banks (6-2, 185, Sr.) Jamerson Love (5-10, 175, So.) Corey Broomfield (5-10, 180, Sr.) Jay Hughes (5-11, 190, So.) Nickoe Whitley (6-1, 205, Jr.) Dee Arrington (6-1, 215, So.) Darius Slay (6-1, 190, Sr.) Taveze Calhoun (6-1, 180, R-Fr.)

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK or P KR

40 53 39 27 4 PR 13 1

Devon Bell (6-2, 185, Fr.) Brian Egan (5-11, 210, Jr.) Baker Swedenburg (6-0, 185, Jr.) LaDarius Perkins (5-10, 190, Jr.) Jameon Lewis (5-9, 185, So.) Johnthan Banks (6-2, 285, Sr.) Chad Bumphis (5-11, 200, Sr.) |

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Scoring offense (38.0 ppg)

BRAD LOCKE’S COMMENTS Sixth in SEC in pass efficiency with 160.9 rating.

Second in the SEC in rushing with 320 yards.

Has started at least one game in 3 of his 4 seasons.

Today’s start his 4th of season, equaling 2011 total.

Today will mark his 30th consecutive start.

Has started 11 of 16 games in career.

Didn’t play last week as coaches protected his knee.

Six catches through first two games, none last week.

Expected to play today after being knocked out of Troy game early.

Tied for third in SEC in scoring at 10 ppg.

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Second on team with 132 receiving yards.

Recorded first tackle of season last week.

Made first career start last week.

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Has 15 tackles, two QB hurries.

Third on team with 16 tackles.

Leads MSU with 26 tackles, with 13 against Troy.

Has 13 tackles, 2.0 TFL Second on team with 17 tackles.

Leads nation with four INTs, two in last game.

Made first FG of season last week, but missed a PAT. Averaging 40.7 yards per punt.

Averaging 21.2 yards on four returns.

Averaging 7.8 yards on five returns.

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Total defense (350.1 ypg)

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The South Alabama roster has 10 players from Mississippi high schools and several others who played community college football in the MACJC. Tight end Wes Saxton (Hueytown, Ala.) – a cousin of former Alabama running back Tony Nathan – played at ICC. Saxton has 6 catches for 85 yards.

DE Pat Moore (Southaven) played at Northeast.

He’s made 6 tackles – including 2.5 sacks.

Has one of his team’s four sacks.

SEC RANKINGS

Total offense (413.3 ypg)

SPECIAL TEAMS K 39 Michel Chapuseaux P 40 Scott Garber KR 24 T.J. Glover 11 Jeremé Jones PR 24 T.J. Glover 11 Jeremé Jones

Has firm grasp on spot after long offseason battle.

Has seven tackles, none for a loss.

DEFENSE DE 43 Anthony Taylor Sr. 8 Pat Moore Jr. NT 98 Andy Dalgleish Sr. 67 Jesse Kelley So. DT 92 Montavious Williams Jr. 93 Randon Carnathan Jr. DE 82 Alex Page Jr. 86 Will Thompson So. LB 25 Clifton Crews Jr. 20 Maleki Harris So. LB 42 Jake Johnson Sr. 50 Ben Giles Jr. LB 28 Enrique Williams Jr. 38 Bryson James Jr. CB 4 Darrius Morrow Jr. 2 Jonathan Cameron Sr. FS 1 B.J. Scott Sr. 3 Charles Watson Jr. SS 18 Terrell Brigham So. 17 Alonzo Long So. CB 9 Tyrell Pearson Jr. 27 Eddy Cabrera Jr.

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DEFENSE DE 41 Aaron Bryant R-Fr. 48 Royce LaFrance Fr. DT 92 Julius Warmsley Jr. 54 Devin Williams Jr. NT 96 Corey Redwine Rfr. 93 Kenny Welcom So. DE 50 Austen Jacks Sr. 53 Andre Robinson So. SLB 34 Darryl Farley Sr. 47 Cameron DeJean So. MLB 57 Zach Davis Jr. 63 Logan Hamilton Jr. WLB 45 Matthew Bailey So. 52 Dominique Robertson Jr. CB 2 Darion Monroe Fr. 6 Lorenzo Doss Fr. CB 10 Ryan Travis Sr. 14 Jordan Batiste Fr. FS 35 Sam Scofield So. 21 Kyle Davis Jr. SS 1 Shakiel Smith Sr. 5 Brandon LeBeau So. SPECIAL TEAMS K 19 Cairo Santos P 31 Peter Picerelli LS 87 Billy Johnson KOR 28 Rob Kelley 5 Josh Rounds PR 13 Derrick Strozier x

OFFENSE

WR 12 8 LT 70 61 LG 72 68 C 56 61 RG 76 74 RT 71 77 TE 83 17 WR 85 10 WR 28 16 QB 14 11 RB 1 3

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He leads the SEC with 320 yards in three games and has three TDs.

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Tulane will be playing its first game since senior safety Devon Walker suffered a cervical spine fracture on the final play of the first half at Tulsa.

Walker was moved to an undisclosed rehabilitation center earlier this week. His long-term prognosis remains unclear.

Ole Miss players will honor Walker with “DW” decals on their helmets today.

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TULANE

OFFENSE WR 80 Justyn Shackleford So. 82 Xavier Rush So. WR 3 Ryan Grant Jr. 9 Wilson Van Hooser Jr. LT 70 Sean Donnelly So. 78 Todd Jacquet Fr. LG 74 Adam Skidmore So. 73 Alex Paul Fr. C 64 Mike Henry Jr. 66 Nathan Shienle Fr. RG 72 Rio Mares Jr. 61 Colton Hanson Fr. RT 79 Eric Jones Sr. 75 Arturo Uzdavinis Fr. TE 83 Evan Tatford So. 88 Matt Marfisi So. QB 1 Devin Powell Fr. 11 Ryan Griffin Sr. FB 24 Stephen Barnett Sr. 33 Lazedrick Thompson Fr. RB 28 Rob Kelley So. 32 Dante Butler So.

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Donte Moncrief (6-2, 217, So.) Terrell Grant (6-2, 210, Jr.) Emmanuel McCray (6-5, 319, Jr.) Derrick Wilson (6-3, 305, Jr.) Aaron Morris (6-5, 325, So.) Justin Bell (6-3, 337, R-Fr.) Evan Swindall (6-2, 300, Jr.) Ben Still (6-4, 295, Fr.) A.J. Hawkins (6-3, 315, Sr.) Jared Duke (6-7, 335, Jr.) Pierce Burton (6-7, 290, Jr.) Patrick Junen (6-6, 320, Jr.) Ferbia Allen (6-4, 250, Sr.) Jamal Mosley (6-4, 260, Sr.) Ja-Mes Logan (6-2, 190, Jr.) Vince Sanders (6-1, 190, So.) Korvic Neat (5-8, 160, Jr.) Collins Moore (6-1, 187, So.) Bo Wallace (6-5, 210, So.) Barry Brunetti (6-0, 215, So.) Randall Mackey (5-11, 195, Sr.) Jeff Scott (5-7, 175 Jr.)

DEFENSE E

DT NT E LB LB LB CB S FS CB

10 44 93 95 94 99 55 38 52 15 4 20 1 13 6 23 7 8 25 8 3 12

C.J. Johnson (6-1, 231, So.) Ralph Williams (6-1, 240, So.) Uriah Grant (6-1, 298, Sr.) Bryon Bennett (6-2, 294, So.) Issac Gross (6-3, 270, Fr.) Gilbert Pena (6-2, 326, Sr.) Cameron Whigham (6-2, 255, Jr.) Jason Jones (6-3, 255, Sr.) Mike Marry (6-2, 248, Jr.) Joel Kight (5-9, 222, Sr.) Denzel Nkemdiche (5-10, 197, R-Fr.) Aaron Garbutt (6-2, 200, Sr.) Dehendret Collins (5-11, 175, Jr.) Brishen Mathews (5-11, 202, Jr.) Wesley Pendleton (5-11, 180, Sr.) Anthony Standifer (6-0, 182, Fr.) Trae Elston (6-0, 190, Fr.) Chief Brown (6-0, 195, R-Fr.) Cody Prewitt (6-3, 210, So.) Chief Brown (6-0, 195, R-Fr.) Charles Sawyer (5-11, 175, Jr.) Cliff Coleman (5-10, 181, So.)

SPECIAL TEAMS PK 81 P 82 KO 81 HO 94 LS 59 KOR 3 21 PR 3 28

Bryson Rose Jim Broadway Bryson Rose Chris Conley Will Denny Jeff Scott Senquez Golson Jeff Scott Korvic Neat

(5-11, 202, Sr.) (6-0, 183, Sr.) (5-11, 202, Sr.) (5-8, 190, Jr.) (5-10, 240, So.) (5-7, 175, Jr.) (5-8, 182, So.) (5-7, 175, Jr.) (5-8, 160, Jr.) |

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PARRISH ALFORD’S COMMENTS Playing at All-SEC level; 144 yards vs. Texas.

First road game as starter this week.

Most athletic of offensive lineman.

Won starting job in middle of last season.

SEC co-offensive lineman of week vs. UTEP. Juco transfer started since beginning of camp.

Leads all Rebels in career games (40), starts (25).

No catches against Texas.

Role is increasing as slot receiver.

Turnovers a problem against Texas: 3 INTs. 95 yards vs. Texas, averaging 103 in two games.

8 tackles against Texas.

4 tackles against Texas.

Not a factor against Texas OL. Has worked his way into the starting lineup.

7 tackles against Texas.

7 tackles, including half a TFL, against Texas.

2 tackles vs. Texas after averaging 6.5 in 2 games.

Struggled against Texas speed.

Suspended by SEC last week, gets first start today.

7 tackles, including half a TFL, against Texas.

Moved from safety early this week.

Hit his only attempt vs. Texas, a 39-yarder.

Senior punter Tyler Campbell being redshirted.

Senior kicker Andrew Ritter also being redshirted.

Backup punter recently awarded scholarship.

Consistent.

Look for him to get more involved in special teams.

Rebels last in league in punt returns (2.7 ypr)

SEC RANKINGS

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Scoring defense (34.3 ppg)

Total defense (444.7 ypg)

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Scouting report: Ole Miss at Tulane KEYS FOR VICTORY

1. PROTECT THE FOOTBALL Interceptions had not been a problem with Bo Wallace until the Texas game. Part of that was due to the Longhorns’ speed; Wallace won’t face such talent today, but he needs to show the smarts and form that led to five touchdown passes and just one interception – that one off a batted ball as the result of a protection breakdown – in the first two weeks.

2. ACCLIMATE Yes, it’s Tulane. It’s easy to look at this week’s foe as underwhelming, but this is still the first road game for a number of key Ole Miss players including Wallace.

The Rebels will have the different experience of indoor football, which could be off-set by the feeling of a home game. Tulane doesn’t draw well, and large numbers of Ole Miss fans usually make this trip.

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Rob Kelley is Tulane’s leading rusher, with just 48 net yards on 17 carries.

3. GET IN THE BACKFIELD The Rebels had good success over the first two weeks but couldn’t penetrate the Texas offensive line.

After totaling nine sacks and 20 tackles for loss against Central Arkansas and UTEP, the

Rebels had no sacks and just one tackle for loss against Texas.

Disrupting the passing game at the point of origin will go a long way in helping a revamped secondary improve its pass defense numbers.

WHAT TO WATCH

WHEN TULANE HAS THE BALL Tulane is definitely a pass-first team. It’s almost a pass-only team, averaging just rushing 7.5 yards a game. That’s not a typo. Less than 10 yards a game on the ground for the Green Wave. That ranks last in the nation, as you might expect.

Tulane is better in passing offense, ranking No. 83 and averaging 212 yards a game.

Quarterback Ryan Griffin is nursing a sore shoulder and did not practice early in the week.

He completed 21 of 30 attempts against the Rebels two years ago, mostly short stuff adding up to 203 passing yards.

Grant is averaging 109.5 receiving yards a game. That leads Conference USA and ranks ninth nationally.

WHEN OLE MISS HAS THE BALL Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace and his favorite target, Donte Moncrief, have connected

on a touchdown play of at least 50 yards in each of the first three games. The Rebels will try to exploit a secondary that has a true freshman starting at one corner.

Ole Miss tailback Jeff Scott is averaging 103 rushing yards in his two games played. While Randall Mackey has not had the break-out game at running back that many expected, the Rebels have still been effective on the ground, including 170 yards against Texas.

Tulane is near the bottom in run defense, giving up 257.5 yards a game, No. 116 nationally.

CRUCIAL MATCHUP

TULANE QUARTERBACKS VS. OLE MISS SECONDARY Tulane has been one-dimensional on offense, and even that dimension hasn’t been very good.

While Tulane is last in the NCAA in rushing, it is No. 83 in passing. That doesn’t sound imposing, but the Rebels haven’t clamped down on a quarterback yet. Opponents are passing with a 74 percent completion rate.

Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze responded to the Texas game with open competition for jobs at cornerback and to give freshman Trae Elston his first start today at safety.

Parrish Alford

Scouting report: South Alabama at Mississippi State KEYS FOR VICTORY

1. DON’T GET BURNED AGAIN. South Alabama runs a spread offense very similar to that of Troy’s, and the Trojans burned MSU last week for 572 yards. Troy has more experience and athletes than USA, but the scheme itself clearly gave the Bulldogs some trouble.

Players and coaches blamed a lack of focus and missed tackles, and they felt those problems would be easily fixed during practices the past week. Quarterback Tyler Russell called the Troy game a “wake-up call,” while linebacker Cam Lawrence called it a “kick to the butt.” Defensive tackle Josh Boyd said MSU was “playing down” to Troy’s level, something MSU has shown a tendency to do in the past.

season, and except for last week his receivers have been reliable.

There was nothing wrong with the run game last week, and the offensive line did a great job opening gaping holes for LaDarius Perkins (179 yards) and the other running backs. Expect State to get several people involved today, as is usually the case.

CRUCIAL MATCHUP

MSU INTERIOR OL VS. USA INTERIOR DL The Jaguars are a bit undersized here, with starters Andy Dalgleish and Montavious Williams both listed at 6-foot-2, 285 pounds. That’s how much MSU center Dillon Day weighs, but he’s 64 and is flanked by 320-pound Gabe Jackson 2. WIN THE TURNOVER BATTLE. and 305-pound Tobias Smith, who will share MSU has done this every week, and its plussnaps with 315-pound Justin Malone.

11 turnover margin is tied for first in the country.

MSU created running lanes up the middle State won this battle 4-0 against Troy, which was against Troy, and South Alabama will have trouAP ble clogging those lanes against the strongest a huge reason for winning the game.

A young program like South Alabama could be South Alabama quarterback Ross Methany is coming off a good game at N.C. State. part of MSU’s offensive line. However, USA does prone to mistakes, especially considering this is have 28 tackles-for-loss, tied for fourth in the its first trip to an SEC stadium and its first game MSU’s offensive line has three inches and 43 USA averages 204.7 passing yards per game country.

Brad Locke against a ranked opponent. The Jaguars have pounds per man on USA’s defensive front, and versus 95.7 rushing yards. been better passing than running the ball, and there’s a size advantage going the other direcDemetre Baker leads the rushing attack, averthat plays into one of MSU’s greatest strengths – tion, too. aging 61.0 yards per game. Baker has the team’s CHECK BACK ON MONDAY it has seven interceptions on the year. only rushing play of 20 yards or longer. Overall, Parrish Alford and Brad Locke will update their WHAT TO WATCH USA has nine plays of 20-plus yards. keys to today’s games in Monday’s Daily Journal.

3. WEAR ’EM DOWN. WHEN SOUTH ALABAMA HAS THE BALL You can follow along with both of them on MSU will be the deeper, stronger team, and The Jaguars run a spread attack and use two WHEN MSU HAS THE BALL Twitter during today’s games. pounding away at the Jaguars on both sides of quarterbacks, C.J. Bennett and Ross Metheny.

MSU is trying to avoid a repeat of last week, Follow them at: the ball will likely wear them down. The Bulldogs Bennett has been the starter, but Metheny had a when receivers dropped seven passes, three of twitter.com/bradlocke ran the ball very well against Troy (213 yards) strong game last week, completing 14 of 20 which were wide open for probable touchdowns. twitter.com/parrishalford and go four-deep at tailback. passes for 189 yards in a 31-7 loss to N.C. State. Quarterback Tyler Russell has been on target this

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Golden Eagles’ defense faces another tough test and passed for 160 yards. The player to watch for is junior running back Antonio Andrews, who leads the team in rushing, is second in receiving and is their main kickoff and punt returner.

Senior quarterback Kawaun Jakes will look for fellow senior Jack Doyle, who leads the team in receiving as the starting tight end.

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Southern Miss defensive coordinator Tommy West looked to simplify things on the defensive end last weekend against East Carolina.

He hoped to allow his players to think less and play more, and it worked. After allowing 632 yards and 49 points to Nebraska, the SOUTHERN MISS AT Golden Eagles WESTERN KENTUCKY allowed 228 yards and 24 points to East Carolina, seven of which were on a fumble recovery.

“I’m going to move at their pace, not my pace,” West said. “The opponent was different, but I thought we were more aggressive. I think that had something to do with me letting them play and not trying to out-coach the other team.”

Today’s game provides a different test for the Southern Miss defense.

The first week tested the Golden Eagles with a spread option attack while East Carolina, like most of Conference USA, attacked with an “air raid” style.

Western Kentucky runs a West Coast style offense, which means running backs and tight ends are more involved

UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

Two big questions remain to be answered for the Southern Miss offense.

Who will be the quarterback? How will injuries to left guard Joe Duhan and wide receiver Tracey Lampley hinder their contributions today?

Duhon injured his hamstring during the East Carolina game but still was able to contribute. Sophomore Tyler Wilson will step in if Duhon is not able to play and has been practicing with the first BRYANT HAWKINS | HATTIESBURG AMERICAN team this week.

The Southern Miss defense played betCoaches are confident in Wilson’s ter last week, but the team is still winless. ability and hope not to face the possibility of replacing him. Replacing him in the passing game as opposed to would mean moving players around, going with four wide receivers. which could interfere with the cohesion The Hilltoppers run a balanced ofof the offensive line. A lack of effectivefense. In their overtime win against SEC ness by the offensive line could be the foe Kentucky, WKU rushed for 163 yards Eagles’ doom, as the Hilltoppers have

nine sacks through three games.

Lampley has a banged-up knee and will be limited in practice this week.

Head coach Ellis Johnson expects Lampley to be ready – the biggest issue with Lampley will be getting him the ball; Lampley recorded only five touches against East Carolina.

Freshman quarterback Anthony Alford was named starter against East Carolina after junior Chris Campbell was dubbed the starter out of camp.

This week’s starting quarterback could be announced right before the game.

Johnson described their play in East Carolina as “hot and cold.” The difference between the two was the potential for explosive plays from Alford and the steadiness of Campbell, according to Johnson. Campbell and Alford split snaps this week in practice, and the staff will decide who gets the start.

The Golden Eagles will face a team with a lot of confidence coming off maybe the biggest win in school history against Kentucky. It could be a long season at The Rock if Southern Miss stumbles on the road this week.

“Right now they’re playing as well or better than we are,” Johnson said of WKU. “They’re a very good team.”

TONIGHT’S GAME AT A GLANCE

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Where: L.T. Smith Stadium (22,113), Bowling Green, Ky. Kickoff: 6 p.m. TV: None (Live streaming on ESPN3).

Records: Southern Miss 0-2, Western Kentucky 2-1 Series: First meeting Coaches – Southern Miss: Ellis Johnson, 17-30 overall (5th season), 0-2 at Southern Miss; Western Kentucky: Willie Taggert, 11-16 (3rd season).

Statistical leaders – Southern Miss: RB Desmond Johnson 21-126-0; QB Chris Campbell 17 of 32, 214, 2 TDs, 0 INTs; WR Tracy Lampley 4-79-0, TE Markese Triplett 4-66-1; LB Jamie Collins 20 tackles (11 solo), 4.5 TFLs. Western Kentucky: RB Antonio Andrews 47-191-3, Leon Allen 30-139-1; QB Kawaun Jakes 54 of 76, 643, 5 TDs, 3 INTs; TE Jack Doyle 16-140-0; LB Xavius Boyd, 23 tackles (15 solo), LB Andrew Jackson 21 tackles (17 solo, 5.0 TFLs. Trends: Southern Miss is 0-2 for the first time since 1998 – a season in which the team rallied to go 7-5 and reached the Humanitarian Bowl. .. The Golden Eagles are 6-8-1 in games played in Kentucky.

Notes: WKU officials are expecting “a capacity crowd” today. ...

The teams are scheduled to meet again in 2016 in Hattiesburg. ... Last week’s loss to East Carolina snapped a 13game winning streak in home openers for the Golden Eagles. ... Western Kentucky went 7-5 last season but did not get a bowl bid. ... The last time Southern Miss played a Sun Belt team was a 42-32 loss to Middle Tennessee in the 2009 New Orleans Bowl.

Summing it up: “They played the No. 1 team in the country and were not embarrassed. They were soundly defeated but not embarrassed. They came off of that and showed a lot of character in hitting the road and going to another SEC location and pulling off an overtime win. I think that’s very impressive.” – Ellis Johnson, Southern Miss head coach, on Western Kentucky’s loss at Alabama and win at Kentucky.

Prediction: Western Kentucky, 27-23.

John L. Pitts

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southernmiss.com at Nebraska L, 49-20 Open date East Carolina L, 24-14 at Western Ky., 6 p.m.

Louisville, 7 p.m.

Boise State at Central Florida, 7 p.m.

Marshall, 6 p.m. at Rice, noon UAB, 6:30 p.m. at SMU UTEP, 7 p.m. at Memphis, 3:30 p.m.

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www.wkusports.com Austin Peay W, 49-10 at Alabama L, 35-0 at Kentucky, OT W, 32-31 Southern Miss, 6 p.m. at Arkansas State, 6 p.m.

Open date at Troy, 6:30 p.m.

Louisiana-Monroe, 3 p.m. at FIU Middle Tenn., 8:15 p.m.

FAU, noon at La.-Lafayette, 6 p.m.

North Texas, noon

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State colleges: At a glance ALCORN STATE

League: Southwestern Athletic Conference (NCAA FCS) Record: 1-2 (1-1 SWAC) Last week: Lost 24-6 to ArkansasPine Bluff Today: at Arkansas State (1-2) The buzz: “I didn’t come in expecting to be 11-0,” said first-year head coach Jay Hopson. “I know it’s a process and I know where we are, you learn from it and you move on. We have a long road ahead of us.” ... The Braves are last in the SWAC in scoring offense (10.3 ppg).

Last game: Beat Elizabeth City 26-7 Today: Home vs. North Alabama (2-1) The buzz: After being idle last week, the Statesmen dropped out of the AFCA D-II Top 25. ... Today is the Gulf South opener for both teams.

JACKSON STATE

League: Southwestern Athletic Conference (NCAA FCS) Record: 1-2 (1-0 SWAC) Last week: Beat Tex. Southern 45-35 Today: Home vs. Southern The buzz: A huge offensive outburst led to SWAC honors for two Tigers – WR BELHAVEN Rico Richardson (8-335-3) was named League: Mid-South (NAIA) Offensive Player of the Week and QB Record: 0-3 (0-1 MSC) Clayton Moore (464 total yards, three Last week: Lost 36-30 at Cumberland passing TDs, three rushing TDs) was in overtime named Newcomer of the Week.

Today: Home vs. Campbellsville (0-3, 0-1) MILLSAPS The buzz: Senior kicker James Bryan League: Southern Athletic Association was named the MSC and NAIA Special (NCAA D-III) Teams Player of the Week after kicking Record: 3-0 three field goals – 37, 41 and a careerLast week: Beat Point Univ. 54-28 best 51 yards – against Cumberland. He Today: Off also leads the league in punting (46.8).

The buzz: Freshman Zach Cart was named SAA Special Teams Player of the DELTA STATE Week after returning the opening kickoff League: Gulf South (NCAA Division II) 91 yards for a TD against Point. ... MillRecord: 1-1 saps rolled up 582 yards total offense in

the victory. QB Garrett Pinciotti passed for 273 yards and three TDs and Mike Barthelemy rushed for 153 yards and two TDs.

MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE

League: American Southwest Conference (NCAA D-III) Record: 1-2 Last week: Lost 41-3 at W. Alabama Today: Off The buzz: The Choctaws are last in the league in total offense (249.7 ypg) and rushing offense (66.0).

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE

League: Southwestern Athletic Conference (NCAA FCS) Record: 1-2 (1-1 SWAC) Last week: Beat Southern 6-0 Today: at Northwestern State (1-2) The buzz: Last week’s victory marked Valley’s first shutout since Sept. 2, 2006, a 10-0 win against Arkansas-Pine Bluff in Chicago. LB Keven Woods (14 tackles, 6 solo, 1 fumble recovery) was named SWAC Defensive Player of the Week. ...

Northwestern State QB Brad Henderson, from Starkville, passed for 357 yards and two TDs and rushed for 102 yards last week in a 45-34 loss at Nevada.

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SCHEDULES, RESULTS S1 S8 S15 S22 S29 O6 O13 O20 N3 N10 N17

ALCORN STATE (1-2) Grambling (Shreveport, La.) W, 22-21 at James Madison L, 42-3 Ark.-Pine Bluff* L, 24-6 at Arkansas State 6 p.m.

Alabama State* (HC) 2 p.m.

Southern* 2 p.m. at Alabama A&M* 1 p.m. at Prairie View A&M* 1 p.m. at MVSU* 1 p.m.

Texas Southern* 2 p.m.

Jackson State* 1 p.m. *–SWAC game

S1 S8 S15 S22 S29 O6 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10

BELHAVEN (0-3) at Cumberlands (Ky.) L, 21-10 Louisiana College L, 24-13 at Cumberland (Tenn.)* L, 36-30 Campbellsville* 1:30 p.m. at Virginia-Wise 6 p.m.

Kentucky Christian 1:30 p.m.

Bluefield* (HC) 1:30 p.m. at Lindsey Wilson* 1:30 p.m. at Faulkner* 1:30 p.m.

Pikeville 1:30 p.m.

Bethel* 5 p.m. *-Mid-South Conference game

S1 S8 S22 S27 O6 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10

DELTA STATE (1-1) Fort Valley State L, 31-23 at Elizabeth City State W, 26-7 North Alabama* 6 p.m.

Abilene Christian 6 p.m. at Tarleton State 7 p.m.

West Georgia* 6 p.m. at Valdosta State* 2 p.m.

West Alabama* (HC) 4 p.m. at Univ. of Indianapolis 5 p.m. at Shorter* 12:30 p.m. *-Gulf South Conference game

S1 S8 S15 S22 S29

JACKSON STATE (1-2) at Mississippi State L, 56-9 Tenn. State (at Memphis) L, 38-12 at Texas Southern* W, 45-35 Southern* 4 p.m.

Prairie View A&M* 4 p.m.

O6 O13 O20 N3 N10 N17

at Arkansas-Pine Bluff* at Alabama State* MVSU* (HC) at Grambling State* Alabama A&M* at Alcorn State*

6 p.m.

1 p.m.

3 p.m.

4 p.m.

TBA 1 p.m. *–SWAC game

A30 S8 S15 S29 O6 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10

MILLSAPS (3-0) Mississippi College W, 23-17 at LaGrange W, 54-7 at Point W, 54-28 at Centre* 12:30 p.m.

Huntingdon 1 p.m.

Sewanee* 1 p.m. at Rhodes* 1 p.m. at Trinity (Texas) 1:30 p.m.

Austin 1 p.m.

Birmingham Southern* 1 p.m. *-Southern Athletic Association game

A30 S8 S15 S29 O6 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10

MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (1-2) at Millsaps L, 23-17 Webber International W, 31-24 at West Alabama L, 41-3 at Hardin-Simmons* 6 p.m.

Sul Ross State* 1 p.m. at Howard Payne* 2 p.m. at Texas Lutheran* 1 p.m.

East Texas Baptist* 3 p.m.

Louisiana College* 1 p.m. at Mary Hardin-Baylor* 1 p.m. *-American Southwest Conference game

S1 S8 S15 S22 O6 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10 N17

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE (1-2) Concordia College L, 20-19 at Alabama State* L, 29-7 at Southern* W, 6-0 at Northwestern State 6 p.m.

Alabama A&M* (HC) 2 p.m.

Grambling State* 2 p.m. at Jackson State* 3 p.m. at Ark.-Pine Bluff* TBA Alcorn State* 1 p.m.

Prairie View A&M* 1 p.m. at Texas Southern* TBA *–SWAC game

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10F

Big conference clashes for Sooners, Seminoles

EAST

Lafayette (2-0) at Bucknell (1-1), 11 a.m.

Davidson (0-2) at Marist (1-2), 11 a.m.

Maryland (2-1) at West Virginia (2-0), 11 a.m.

Fordham (2-1) at Columbia (1-0), 11:30 a.m.

Duquesne (2-1) at Bryant (0-3), noon Yale (1-0) at Cornell (0-1), noon Dartmouth (1-0) at Holy Cross (0-2), noon Sacred Heart (0-2) at Monmouth, N.J. (2-1), noon James Madison (2-1) at Rhode Island (0-2), noon VMI (1-2) at Navy (0-2), 2:30 p.m.

Villanova (2-1) at Penn (0-1), 2:30 p.m.

Temple (1-1) at Penn St. (1-2), 2:30 p.m.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Temple hasn’t defeated Penn State since a 14-0 victory on Oct. 18, 1941, going 0-36-1 in meetings since then.

AP

No. 6 Oklahoma, led by QB Landry Jones, will be looking for revenge tonight against Kansas State.

In the Pac-12, the marquee game is in Eugene, Ore., and it’s for fans of fast-break football.

Rich Rodriguez, one of the godfathers of the fast-pace spread offense craze, against Chip Kelly, who has revved up the spread to warp speed with the Ducks.

No. 3 Oregon has been unchallenged this fall, with D’Anthony Thomas racking up big plays. No. 22 Arizona is off to an encouraging start with Rodriguez, but the Wildcats will get a better idea of where they stand tonight.

RUSSO’S PICKS

No. 1 Alabama 45, Florida Atlantic 7 No. 2 LSU 38, Auburn 14 No. 3 Oregon 50, No. 22 Arizona 24 No. 4 Fla. State 38, No. 10 Clemson 17 No. 5 Georgia 28, Vanderbilt 10 No. 6 Oklahoma 45, No. 15 K-State 21 No. 7 South Carolina 17, Missouri 10 No. 8 West Virginia 48, Maryland 17 No. 18 Mich. 24, No. 11 Notre Dame 20 No. 13 Southern Cal 35, Cal 17 No. 14 Florida 40, Kentucky 13 No. 16 Ohio State 48, UAB 10 No. 17 TCU 38, Virginia 17 No. 19 UCLA 31, Oregon State 24 No. 20 Louisville 42, FIU 21.

No. 21 Mich. State 45, E. Michigan 10 No. 23 Miss. State 48, So. Alabama 7 No. 25 Nebraska 58, Idaho State 10 Last week: 15-6 Season record: 56-11

Gardner-Webb (0-3) at Pittsburgh (1-2), 2:30 p.m.

Harvard (1-0) at Brown (1-0), 3:30 p.m.

Albany. N.Y. (2-1) at Maine (1-1), 5 p.m.

Colgate (1-2) at Stony Brook (2-1), 5 p.m.

Wagner (0-3) at CCSU (0-3), 6 p.m.

St. Francis, Pa. (2-1) at Towson (1-1), 6 p.m.

SOUTH

New Hampshire (2-1) at Old Dominion (3-0), 11 a.m.

Ole Miss (2-1) at Tulane (0-2), 11 a.m.

Bowling Green (1-2) at Virginia Tech (2-1), 11 a.m.

Kentucky (1-2) at Florida (3-0), 11:21 a.m.

Army (0-2) at Wake Forest (2-1), 11:30 a.m.

Charleston Southern (0-3) at Shorter (2-1), 12:30 p.m.

Furman (0-3) at Presbyterian (1-2), 1 p.m.

Miami (2-1) at Georgia Tech (2-1), 2 p.m.

Richmond (2-1) at Georgia St. (0-3), 2:30 p.m.

East Carolina (2-1) at North Carolina (1-2), 2:30 p.m.

Missouri (2-1) at South Carolina (3-0), 2:30 p.m.

Samford (2-0) at Western Carolina (1-2), 2:30 p.m.

Tennessee St. (3-0) at Bethune-Cookman (2-1), 3 p.m.

FAU (1-2) at Alabama (3-0), 4 p.m.

Southern U. (0-2) at Jackson St. (1-2), 4 p.m.

Appalachian St. (1-2) at Chattanooga (1-2), 5 p.m.

Florida A&M (1-2) at Delaware St. (1-2), 5 p.m.

Memphis (0-3) at Duke (2-1), 5 p.m.

Duke, led by former Ole Miss coach David Cutcliffe, is looking to open 3-1 for only the second time since 1994.That was also the last time the Devils went bowling.

Jacksonville St. (1-1) at Eastern Kentucky (2-1), 5 p.m.

Elon (2-1) at Georgia Southern (1-1), 5 p.m.

The Citadel (3-0) at N.C. State (2-1), 5 p.m.

LSU (3-0) at Auburn (1-2), 6 p.m.

UT-Martin (2-1) at Austin Peay (0-3), 6 p.m.

Louisville (3-0) at FIU (1-2), 6 p.m.

Lehigh (3-0) at Liberty (0-3), 6 p.m.

South Alabama (1-2) at Mississippi St. (3-0), 6 p.m.

Evangel (2-1) at Nicholls St. (0-2), 6 p.m.

MVSU (1-2) at Northwestern St. (1-2), 6 p.m.

N.C. Central (1-2) at Savannah St. (0-2), 6 p.m.

Southern Miss (0-2) at Western Kentucky (2-1), 6 p.m.

Delaware (3-0) at William & Mary (0-3), 6 p.m.

Akron (1-2) at Tennessee (2-1), 6:30 p.m.

Vanderbilt (1-2) at Georgia (3-0), 6:45 p.m.

Clemson (3-0) at Florida St. (3-0), 7 p.m.

McNeese St. (3-0) at SE Louisiana (0-3), 7 p.m.

MIDWEST

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11F

TODAY’S NATIONAL SCHEDULE

BY RALPH D. RUSSO

Raised stakes and contempt bred by familiarity – conference play is different, and at this point it becomes the focus of the college football season.

The Big 12 starts today with a showdown in Oklahoma, as the sixth-ranked Sooners face No. 15 Kansas State.

TOP 25 In the Atlantic PREVIEW Coast Conference, No. 4 Florida State and No. 10 Clemson will go a long way toward deciding a division title in Tallahassee, Fla. The Sooners and Wildcats have contrasting offensive styles. Oklahoma plays up-tempo and tends to air it out with quarterback Landry Jones. K-State’s QB Collin Klein is battering ram who leads a deliberate, run-first attack.

Last year, the Wildcats were 7-0 when Oklahoma came to Manhattan, Kan., and the Sooners turned what was billed as a big game into a laugher. Jones passed for a school-record 505 yards in a 58-17 victory, in which the Sooners outscored the Wildcats 35-0 in the second half.

Kansas State’s pass defense is shaky again, ranking at the bottom of the Big 12. The Wildcats’ best defense might be Klein and tailback John Hubert churning out yards on the ground and keeping Jones on the bench.

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops is 7-1 against his former boss, Kansas State’s Bill Snyder.

In Tallahassee, the Seminoles will be looking for a little payback against the Tigers.

Clemson beat the Seminoles 35-30 last season and went on to win the ACC title.

Clemson’s ability to keep Florida State’s talented defensive ends Bjoern Werner and Cornellius Carradine away from quarterback Tajh Boyd will be key.

It would be a big surprise if tonight’s winner wasn’t playing in the ACC title game.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Campbell (1-2) at Butler (1-2), 11 a.m.

Central Michigan (1-1) at Iowa (2-1), 11 a.m.

UMass (0-3) at Miami (Ohio) (1-2), 11 a.m.

UAB (0-2) at Ohio St. (3-0), 11 a.m.

UTEP (1-2) at Wisconsin (2-1), 11 a.m.

Jacksonville (2-1) at Dayton (1-2), noon Morehead St. (1-2) at Drake (1-2), 1 p.m.

Southern Illinois (1-2) at Missouri St. (0-3), 1 p.m.

Norfolk St. (2-1) at Ohio (3-0), 1 p.m.

UConn (2-1) at Western Michigan (1-2), 1 p.m.

South Dakota St. (2-1) at Indiana St. (2-1), 1:05 p.m.

Eastern Michigan (0-3) at Michigan St. (2-1), 2:30 p.m.

Kansas (1-2) at N. Illinois (2-1), 2:30 p.m.

Idaho St. (1-1) at Nebraska (2-1), 2:30 p.m.

South Dakota (1-1) at Northwestern (3-0), 2:30 p.m.

Illinois St. (3-0) at Western Illinois (2-1), 3 p.m.

Prairie View (0-3) at North Dakota St. (2-0), 3:07 p.m.

South Florida (2-1) at Ball St. (2-1), 3:30 p.m.

Tennessee Tech (2-1) at SE Missouri (1-2), 6 p.m.

Coastal Carolina (2-1) at Toledo (2-1), 6 p.m.

Northern Iowa (1-2) at Youngstown St. (3-0), 6 p.m.

Murray St. (1-2) at Eastern Illinois (1-2), 6:30 p.m.

Michigan (2-1) at Notre Dame (3-0), 6:30 p.m.

Syracuse (1-2) at Minnesota (3-0), 7 p.m.

Louisiana Tech (2-0) at Illinois (2-1), 7 p.m.

La.Tech’s only road victory in 18 tries against a BCS conference team was last year, 27-7 at Ole Miss.The Bulldogs will visit Virginia next week.

SOUTHWEST

Virginia (2-1) at TCU (2-0), 11 a.m.

Alabama A&M (3-0) at Texas Southern (1-2), 11 a.m.

NW Oklahoma (0-3) at UTSA (3-0), 1 p.m.

Marshall (1-2) at Rice (1-2), 2:30 p.m.

Sam Houston St. (1-1) at Central Arkansas (2-1), 3 p.m.

Rutgers (3-0) at Arkansas (1-2), 6 p.m.

Alcorn St. (1-2) at Arkansas St. (1-2), 6 p.m.

Troy (1-2) at North Texas (1-2), 6 p.m.

S.C. State (1-2) at Texas A&M (1-1), 6 p.m.

Stephen F. Austin (1-2) at Texas St. (1-1), 6 p.m.

Kansas St. (3-0) at Oklahoma (2-0), 6:50 p.m.

Langston (1-1) at Lamar (1-2), 7 p.m.

Fresno St. (2-1) at Tulsa (2-1), 7 p.m.

FAR WEST

Northern Arizona (2-1) at Montana (2-1), 2:30 p.m.

Oregon St. (1-0) at UCLA (3-0), 2:30 p.m.

Valparaiso (0-3) at San Diego (1-2), 3 p.m.

Colorado (0-3) at Washington St. (2-1), 3 p.m.

How bad are the Buffaloes? The Sagarin rankings say Kentucky would beat them by two touchdowns on a neutral field – which would be a relief compared to last week’s 69-14 thrashing at Fresno State.

Northern Colorado (1-2) at Montana St. (3-0), 3:05 p.m.

Wyoming (0-3) at Idaho (0-3), 4 p.m.

California (1-2) at Southern Cal (2-1), 5 p.m.

Utah St. (2-1) at Colorado St. (1-2), 6 p.m.

New Mexico (1-2) at New Mexico St. (1-2), 7 p.m.

San Jose St. (2-1) at San Diego St. (2-1), 7 p.m.

Eastern Washington (1-1) at Weber St. (0-3), 7 p.m.

Southern Utah (1-2) at Portland St. (1-2), 7:05 p.m.

UC Davis (1-2) at Cal Poly (2-0), 8:05 p.m.

North Dakota (2-1) at Sacramento St. (2-1), 8:05 p.m.

Utah (2-1) at Arizona St. (2-1), 9 p.m.

Air Force (1-1) at UNLV (0-3), 9 p.m.

Nevada (2-1) at Hawaii (1-1), 9:30 p.m.

Arizona (3-0) at Oregon (3-0), 9:30 p.m.

All times converted to Central

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