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WHAT’S INSIDE... Honest truths in Trump’s administration
Local cowboy talks about his music, poetry and horses
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ore than 200 friends and family dressed in tie-dye and celebrated Raegan Dare Barnhart’s life Monday night at the Oxford Conference Center. Barnhart, a Hernando native, died while she was traveling to Texas for Thanksgiving. She was a senior dietetics and nutrition major and a member of the Delta Gamma sorority, which hosted the memorial. “Raegan is neither gone nor forgotten,” Barnhart’s roommate Emily Fortier said. “We all know we couldn’t forget Raegan if we tried.”
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) —A Somali-born Ohio State University student plowed his car into a group of pedestrians on campus and then got out and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he was shot to death by an officer. Police said they are investigating whether it was a terrorist attack. Eleven people were hurt, one critically. The attacker was identified as Abdul Razak Ali Artan. He was born in Somalia and was a legal permanent U.S. resident, according to a U.S. official who wasn’t authorized to discuss the case and spoke on condition of anonymity. The FBI joined the investigation. The details emerged after a morning of confusion and conflicting reports, created in part by a series of tweets from the university warning that there was an “active shooter” on campus and that students should “run, hide, fight.” The warning was prompted by what turned out to be police gunfire. Numerous police vehicles and ambulances converged on the 60,000-student campus, and authorities blocked off roads. Students barricaded themselves inside offices and classrooms, pil-
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The Lafayette County Chancery Court boardroom filled with more than 50 people Monday night, where residents spoke out about having to drink brown water from the Punkin Water Association. Members of the Lafayette County Planning Commission as well as residents were concerned that with numerous complaints of brown-colored water and low water pressure in select areas, adding more housing units would make the issue worse. Although some residents said
they filtered the water they consumed, one man said he drank it and was fine. More than four residents claimed they have tried to contact the Punkin Water Association but received no reply. The water association was not present at the meeting. One resident said the situation has to be resolved because he is tired of his small children having to bathe in dirty water. The board said the water is brown due to iron, which is present at nontoxic levels. According to the Lafayette County Subdivision Regulations, it is the local government’s responsibility to ensure
safety, health and general welfare of residents. County Supervisor Kevin Frye said he is concerned water pressure will not be reliable enough in case the fire department needs to put out flames in the area. The commission voted to table the two proposed developments of more than 60 housing units close to The Highlands subdivision. One of the proposals would have approved the construction of 31 units at The Cottages at The Highlands. The board also tabled the Pebble Creek development of
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COLUMN
Give honesty a chance in Trump’s administration
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If there is one phrase I’ve heard repeated too many times since election night, it is “Just give Trump a chance.” I want to preface this whole piece with the fact that I hope I am dead-wrong about President-elect Donald J. Trump. I want him to be the most
successful president in our history, and I desire to be pleasantly surprised by the good work he may do. I will give Trump a chance. But I’m asking everyone to give honesty a chance during his administration. In such a divided time in our nation, it will be easy to either love or hate Trump’s actions based on the party with which you identify. That is precisely why this election requires us to work to step out of our factions to see the truth of what is happening in Washington. We should start by recognizing that Trump’s presidency will be anything but ordinary. Because he has never held public office, he will have to learn a great deal about public policy, and we can expect plenty of mistakes along the way.
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President Obama has even committed extra time to help President-elect Trump learn the peculiarities of the job. Another unique aspect of Trump’s administration will be his handling of money and conflicts of interest. He is refusing a salary, and though it will have no real impact on the federal budget, it is an act of goodwill that has been well received by most Americans. Unfortunately, allowing his children to run his company while holding positions in the presidential transition team as well as possibly obtain high-level security clearances poses a conflict of interest. The presidential precedent has been to invest finances into a blind trust where no conflict of interest would be possible. This unique circumstance appears to be somewhat in-
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tentional; Rudy Giuliani, who may be a serious contender to fill the position of secretary of state, claimed that conflict of interest laws “don’t apply to the president.” Speaking of White House appointments, let’s talk about Steve Bannon, who was recently named Trump’s chief strategist. I can confidently say that I believe the ideas of Bannon have no place on this campus, much less in the president’s ears as he is taking decisive action on behalf of the entire country. In my opinion, his perpetually racist, hateful speech goes against the highest values of the Creed and the Constitution. Not surprisingly, this decision was applauded by the former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. To say that Bannon is com-
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pletely unfit for any leadership position, even captain of a little league team, is an understatement. So yes, you should give President-elect Trump a chance. No matter what you think of Trump as a person, we should all desire for him to succeed in his duties in the Oval Office. However, that does not mean we turn a blind eye to his potential conflicts of interest or his repugnant choices for executive positions. There will be another election, and unless we pay attention, we may fail to change the trajectory of this administration and nation. Daniel Payne is a freshman integrated marketing communications major from Collierville, Tennessee.
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continued from page 1 ing chairs and desks in front of doors, before getting the all-clear an hour and a half later. Ohio State Police Chief Craig Stone said that the assailant deliberately drove his small gray Honda over a curb outside an engineering classroom building and then began knifing people. A campus officer who happened to be nearby because of a gas leak arrived on the scene and shot the driver in less than a minute, Stone said. Angshuman Kapil, a graduate student, was outside Watts Hall when the car barreled onto the sidewalk. “It just hit everybody who was in front,” he said. “After that everybody was shouting, ‘Run! Run! Run!’” Student Martin Schneider said he heard the car’s engine revving. “I thought it was an accident initially until I saw the guy come out with a knife,” Schneider said, adding that the man didn’t say anything when he got out. Most of the injured were hurt by the car, and at least two were stabbed, officials said. One had a fractured skull. Asked at a news conference whether authorities were considering the possibility it was a terrorist act, Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs said: “I think we have to consider that it is.” Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said that while the bloodshed is still under investigation, it “bears all of the hallmarks of a terror attack carried out by someone who may have been self-radicalized.” “Here in the United States, our most immediate threat still comes from lone attackers that are not only capable of unleashing great harm, but are also extremely difficult, and in some cases, virtually impossible to identify or interdict,” he said. Ohio State’s student newspa-
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A student reacts as police respond to an attack on the campus of Ohio State University on Monday in Columbus, Ohio. per, The Lantern, ran an interview in August with a student named Abdul Razak Artan, who identified himself as a Muslim and a third-year logistics management student who had just transferred from Columbus State in the fall. He said he was looking for a place to pray openly and worried about how he would be received. “I was kind of scared with everything going on in the media. I’m a Muslim, it’s not what media portrays me to be,” he told the newspaper. “If people look at me, a Muslim praying, I don’t know what they’re going to think, what’s going to happen. But I don’t blame them. It’s the media that put that picture in their heads.” In recent months, federal law enforcement officials have raised concerns about online extremist propaganda that encourages knife and car attacks, which are easier to pull off than bombings. The Islamic State group has
urged sympathizers online to carry out “lone wolf” attacks in their home countries with whatever weapons are available to them. In September, a 20-year-old Somali-American stabbed 10 people at a St. Cloud, Minnesota, shopping mall before being shot to death by an off-duty officer. Authorities said he asked some of his victims if they were Muslim. In the past few years, London and other cities around the globe have also seen knife attacks blamed on extremists.
Surveillance photos showed Artan in the car by himself just before the attack, but investigators are looking into whether anyone else was involved, the campus police chief said. The bloodshed came as students were returning to classes following the Thanksgiving break and Ohio State’s football victory over rival Michigan that brought more than 100,000 fans to campus on Saturday. “There were several moments of chaos,” said Rachel LeMaster, who works in the engineering college. “We barricaded ourselves like we’re supposed to since it was right outside our door and just hunkered down.” LeMaster said she and others were eventually led outside the building, and she saw a body on the ground. Classes were canceled for the rest of the day. The officer who gunned the attacker down was identified as 28-year-old Alan Horujko, a member of the force for just under two years. The initial tweet from Ohio State emergency officials went out around 10 a.m. and said: “Buckeye Alert: Active Shooter on campus. Run Hide Fight. Watts Hall. 19th and College.” University President Michael Drake said the warning was issued after shots were heard on campus. “Run, hide, fight” is standard protocol for active shooter situations. It means: Run away if possible; get out of view; or try to disrupt or incapacitate the shooter if your life is in imminent danger.
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continued from page 1 30 homes near The Lakes. After residents warned the County Planning Commission on Sept. 26 that flooding dangers would increase, Chief Dusty Mires of the Dam Safety Division for the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality investigated the area where Pebble Creek was proposed. After a request from residents was sent to the department, Mires assessed the dam and found it was in poor condition. The levee also still posed a threat to homes if it broke. Mires said out of the 5,600 residential dams in Mississippi, only 307 are in the same highrisk category as The Lakes dam. Mires’ report stated there is water seeping through the dam’s levee and it has notable erosion as well as insufficient spillway passage. The levee is not prepared for excess rain, according to the estimated annual rainfall of Lafayette County. Mires said he thinks the levee is not going to break or overflow in the near future. Currently, The Lakes homeowners association is in the process of repairing the dam. However, the developer, Brantney Cox, told the commission he is uncertain if he wants the project to move forward.
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I knew he was coming toward me without even looking up. The sound of big, heavy boot-steps announced his arrival. A friendly twang called out my name. I look up to see him towering above me at 6-feet-2-inches and dressed in blue jeans and cowboy boots, with a black cowboy hat and old dark gray T-shirt with “CASH” printed neatly in the middle. He also wore a white and grey beard with square black sunglasses over his brown eyes. His arms were wide open, already outstretched for a hug to greet me. “Keith?” I asked. “Hey!” he said, embracing me. “Nice to finally see you!” Keith Moore is quite the character. He’s a singer, a poet, a gentleman and, most recently, a truck driver. I know his poems from his Facebook page, which he usually shares with a personal or inspiring photo. I noticed he brought a stack of CDs, all with music he wrote and performed himself, just for me. It’s obvious just from looking at him: there’s a lot to this guy. After he’s grabbed his coffee, we start talking. We began, of course, at the beginning. Moore was supposed be a Mis-
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born a Yankee. I can’t help it,” he laughed. “But I was never there long. I had some family. I still have a couple of cousins that live up there.” You’d be out of your mind to call Moore anything but a Southerner. “But, like you said, you didn’t stay long,” I said.
Mississippi, a little place called Louieville, Mississippi. It’s spelled ‘Louieville’ but they pronounce it ‘Louisville’ so. And uh, a little town called Noxapader. Those were kind of the areas where all my family is from.” “When my mother was pregnant with me, my father was working in Chicago. And Elgin is
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sissippi native, but due to the circumstances of his birth, he is a Northerner by default. “I was born in Elgin, Illinois, but all my family is from central
a little suburb. And she went up to visit him and I was premature.” “So you were supposed to be born here?” I asked. “Yeah, I was supposed to be born in Mississippi, but I was
“No, but I was raised my whole life pretty much around Louieville, and then Meridian, Mississippi, and then East Texas,” said Moore. “My dad moved out there when my parents divorced, when
I was 12. So I kind of went back and forth from Henderson, Texas, East Texas and Mississippi.” Wherever Moore was, there were always horses nearby. They’ve had a huge impact on his life since before he could even walk, and he credits them for helping him through some creative dry spells. “Everything a horse is just vibrates in me,” he said. “I don’t know how to put it, but it’s like when I’m around them I just have this real sense of peace and this sense of joy in a way. And when I was away from them for so long, and then I got to be back with them again when we were living in Tennessee, and I was writing songs in Nashville, I went to work for King Stables, which was just beautiful. They boarded jumpers and warm bloods and these big, huge horses. In the back they had
their quarter horse farm, and I got my way into training horses with them. And oh, God, that was just a dream. You know, writing songs is what I was doing, but, boy, working with horses, that got me through a long dry spell of songwriting.” Still, Moore won’t say he’s a cowboy if you ask him. Even though he worked breaking in horses, he said, you can’t call yourself a cowboy. According to him, someone else has to do that for you. What Moore can call himself, however, is a poet and a songwriter. “When I was 14 I wrote my first song,” he grinned. “It was called ‘Our Song.’ Very sappy love song. But, uh, my mom and I were real poor. She worked three or four jobs, and I started working when I was 14 or 13, and uh, music for
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his passion for poetry, music and horses me, after my parent’s divorce... you know growing up, my dad and I, we always listed to Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and Johnny Cash, and you know, all the greats, Glenn Campbell, Charley Pride-- that was the music of my childhood. And then I had a cousin who introduced me to a band called Bread. Have you ever heard of Bread?” I tell him I have. “It was just so different. And I hardly ever listened to the Beatles, hardly ever. Not until I got into my late teens, early 20s really. I mean, I listened to Bob Dylan... but he introduced me to a different world. So I think after my parents’ divorce, music became kind of like it. “I started a band, a bunch of guys from Meridian called Blue Haze, and we did a lot of covers-- that’s all we did-- and we’d sing songs like ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ and ‘Ridin the Storm Out’ by REO Speedway, and I never learned any of the verses. I knew the chorus, but I would make up the verses.” “I think that’s what kind of got me, led me to start writing my own songs. And so when I was 14, I wrote that song about a girl named Becky,” he said with a grin. “And somehow, my mother-- crazy mom that she’s always been-- she found a way to get me into a studio.” Moore sits back and takes a sip of his coffee, a smile spreading across his face at the memory of him in the recording studio. “First song I ever wrote I recorded in a little studio in Meridian. I still have the little reel-to-reel of it. And I’ve just been writing ever since. I’ve written thousands of songs, probably. I’ve done so much over the years.” “What was it like when you recorded it when you were 14? Do you remember?” I ask him. “Oh gosh, I just remembered. Yeah!” he said and smiled. I could see the memories rushing back to him. “First of all, I didn’t know what I was doing. I remember there were these two guys; they both had really long hair. You know, this was...let’s see; I was 14...so this would have been 1977. And I remember going in, and I came and sat on the stool, and I played and sang at the same time. And I’ve always done that, ever since. Never put guitar tracks down and then sing. Well, I’ve done it a
couple times, but I don’t like it. I like to play and sing at the same time; it’s a different feeling. I just remember thinking ‘This is so cool. This is what I want to do with my life.’ At 14, I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to write songs and record them. I got the bug early.” The bug has stayed with Moore ever since. After he and his wife, Renee, married in 1986, Moore moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he played in a band called the Wineskins. “We still record,” Moore said. “We put out an album in 2013.” They also recently recorded a new album just last week on Nov. 18, 19 and 20 at Tweed Recording here in Oxford. As a band, the Wineskins have enjoyed a decent amount of success, despite never having been signed to any major record label. “We got offers for record deals, but we never felt right about any of them,” Moore said. “It was very frustrating.” Still, Moore’s music has found its way out into the world. He released a total of seven albums, including the two with the Wineskins. His music is deeply emotional, and his voice is deep and smooth. At times his lyrics take on a kind of spiritual tone; not religious, though Moore is a converted Catholic. Rather, his lyrics and poems speak to the soul in an almost natural way, different than any gospel or psalm ever could. Moore’s music sounds a bit more heavily composed than what you might expect to hear around a campfire after a long day of cattle driving, but it resonates a certain nostalgia for ranch life that is rare to find. It’s more complex, but then again, so is Moore. Moore’s wife, Renee, also calls herself his biggest critic and biggest fan when it comes to his music and other writings. “His songs have always moved me,” she said. “I would rather listen to his CDs than anyone else’s. He speaks volumes in what he writes, and I have always been amazed at how he expresses such deep but relevant thoughts in such a beautiful way.” She calls Moore a “true artist … not just someone who knows how to write.” “Every song or poem flows out with seemingly little effort,” she said. “And his lyrics have made me laugh, cry and ponder. Whether it’s a song or a poem, it
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comes from his heart.” He’s a well spoken and deeply emotional man who finds comfort in connecting to the earth and expression with his words. He’s a writer and a poet at heart, but a true Southern Renaissance man, too. But he’s always found time to
write songs and make music, and he never gives up on his dreams. “I’ve been working since I was 14,” Moore said. “I’ve cleaned carpets, hung Sheetrock, laid hardwood floors, waited tables, broke horses, sold cars, sold smoking pipes, written songs in Muscle
Shoals and Nashville, and now I’m driving 18-wheelers.” And just like Renee said, Moore always writes from his heart. “I’ve been writing since I was 14,” he said. “My writing is not explainable. It just happens.”
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First-year Head Coach Luke Walton is pushing the envelope with a young Laker core, and the future looks bright in Staples Center. The team has emerging stars with guards D’Angelo Russell and Jordan Clarkson, along with the big man, Julius Randle, coming into his own this year. The youth is complemented by promising rookies like Brandon Ingram out of Duke, the high flying-acrobat Larry Nance Jr., seasoned veterans José Calderón and Lou Williams and arguably the early leader for Comeback Player of the Year with Nick Young. “We have an interesting team. We have a deep team. It’s one of those things that could be our advantage because there’s not really a drop off going down our roster. We can keep playing guys and keep them fresh on the floor, and then we can play at the pace we want to play at,” Walton said about why the Lakers play so many players in each game. “We’re playing for one another. Anytime you play unselfish basketball, good things will happen. We’re a hungry group of guys,” Nance Jr. said about the Lakers’ success this year. This hunger for success has been evident in the hustle and energy that the team has put into its season ever since the season opener against the Houston Rockets. The team has even developed a mantra with the help of forward Metta World Peace coined “I love basketball” that they break every huddle with. The players are now playing for the love of the game and putting
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but this does not take away from this new-look group because the excitement and potential are evident in each game played. The team is finally moving on from the legend and powerful aura of one of the greatest to ever play the game in Bryant, and the players are primed to make a statement this season. No, this team is not going to break a record for most wins or win an NBA championship, but what they will do in contrast to recent years is compete.
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Rebel basketball looks to build on early success game, where he contributed an additional 20 points. After being forced to sit out last season by the NCAA, he is hungry to make an impact. To cap off a tremendous tournament from the Miami native, Burnett received all-tournament honors for his 27 pointper-game average. After a solid first half, Ole Miss led Creighton in the tournament championship by a score of 46-40. Despite the Rebels’ best efforts and a closely contested second half, Creighton pulled away in the dying minutes of the game as the Bluejays went on to win 86-77. Both Rasheed Brooks
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Ole Miss hit the road for the first time in its young 2016 season to play in the Paradise Jam Tournament in the Virgin Islands. The eight teams participating in the seventh iteration of the tournament included Creighton, North Carolina State, Washington State, Ole Miss, Saint Joseph’s, Loyola Chicago and Oral Roberts. After placing third in the 2011 Paradise Jam, the Rebels looked to put together another competitive run at the title. Early wins against Oral Roberts and Saint Joseph’s gave the Ole Miss players much needed confidence as their chemistry continued to grow. Led by Miami transfer Deandre Burnett and returning senior leader Sebastian Saiz, the Rebel offense looked as dangerous as ever, putting up 95 points against Oral Roberts and 81 against Saint Joseph’s. Leading the charge against Saint Joseph’s, senior forward Sebastian Saiz scored a career high 26 points while grabbing 12 rebounds. Saiz has been mentioned numerous times by Head Coach Andy Kennedy as a leader on this team both off and on the court. Saiz had 599 rebounds going into his senior year as well as nine career double-doubles and showed no signs of slowing down this season af-
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Ole Miss guard Deandre Burnett dribbles down the court during a game against University of Massachusetts. Rebels ended the night with a win 90-88. ter hitting the game-winning shot against the University of Massachusetts just before the tournament. Burnett, in perhaps the first of many standout performances, put up a career and tournament high 41 points
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and Burnett added 22 points a piece, but their performances weren’t enough to stop their nationally ranked opponent. The 5-1 Rebels now look forward to playing a red hot 6-1 Middle Tennessee State University team. After sweeping UNC Wilmington, Toledo and Evansville, the Blue Raiders captured the Challenge in Music City tournament trophy last week and will look to maintain that momentum at 7 p.m. Wednesday at home. There is free admission to any fan who brings a children’s book or teddy bear to the game.
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as the Rebels pulled away from Oral Roberts in overtime. Even more impressive, Burnett’s 41 points were the most by any college player in the nation so far this year. That momentum would carry on through the Saint Joseph’s
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Difficult 2016 season leads into an offseason of uncertainty BRIAN SCOTT RIPPEE thedmsports@gmail.com
Hugh Freeze looked tired on Saturday night in the moments after his team was blown out by Mississippi State 55-20 in the 113th edition of the Egg Bowl on Saturday night. “It stinks. It is disappointing. I hate it for our fans, university, seniors and for everyone involved in our program, and our supporters,” Freeze said. “It’s not the way you want to end the season.” Perhaps he was tired of sitting in the same seat and answering the same questions about how his team came unraveled, losing five of its last seven games, four of them by double digits. Perhaps tired of discussing the deficiencies on the worst defense he has had in his tenure. Whatever it was or was not specifically, it was clear that the free fall that Ole Miss endured in the last two months of the season took a toll on the fifth-year head coach and his team. “It’s been the most difficult of my professional career,” Freeze said. “Whether it be the disappointments, to the injuries to everything going on around the program, it’s been a very difficult season. I am glad the season is over now. It has been difficult. I can’t wait to hit the road recruiting and make the necessary changes and get to spring ball.” As hard as this season was to digest for Freeze and his staff-- one that began with the Rebels being national contenders and ended in a losing record-- the offseason won’t get any easier. A four year long NCAA investigation is hovering over the program like a black cloud off of the field, and on it there are questions everywhere, ones that will need answers.
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Head Coach Hugh Freeze looks downfield during the Egg Bowl Saturday. The Rebels lost 55-20. What direction does Freeze go in replacing Defensive Coordinator Dave Wommack, who announced that he would retire at the season’s end. “A toughness that he’ll bring to our kids,” Freeze said of what he will look for in a replacement for Wommack. “Energy. Obviously, he has got to fit our core values in who we are. But mostly, toughness and a physicality, that he demands that energy from them and that they work every day.” Even with a new coordinator in place, how do the Rebels improve defensively? The nonexistent linebacking play coupled with injuries and youth on the back end of the defense in the secondary
proved to be a perfect storm. The Rebels simply couldn’t stop anyone. They gave up 34 points per game and 2,971 yards rushing to opponents on the year. Ole Miss returns a lot of young guys in the secondary that took their lumps this year but also gained valuable experience. But there is no immediate answer at linebacker, and recruiting amidst the haze this investigation has created won’t be easy either. It also loses the likes of Issac Gross, Fadol Brown, D.J. Jones and possibly even junior Marquis Haynes on the defensive line. “We will have to look at everyone and everybody. We were not good,” Freeze said. “When you can’t stop their
base stuff, we have got to figure out is it process? Is it people? What exactly is it? We have a lot of young kids over there that have potential to be good. We have some good ones here that we redshirted. But we have got to go recruit better and do an exhaustive study on our whole entire staff and system.” Quarterback Shea Patterson felt the aftershock of Ole Miss’ injury-riddled season by becoming the starting quarterback in the last three games. Freeze got a glimpse into the future by pulling his redshirt, and Patterson played well considering the situation he was thrown into, but he also played like a true freshman with little to no experience at
times. “It’s just knowing situations. Most of it is going to come because he understands the game,” Freeze said. “He moved the ball effectively, and I thought he had a lot of drops last week and some tonight that would make him play even better. So I am satisfied at this point. I think he is a good piece to build the future around offensively.” It will be an offseason of uncertainty. But if there is one thing that is certain: It’s that Ole Miss has to find the answer to a lot of questions, and this will be the most difficult, yet important, offseason in Freeze’s time at Ole Miss.
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