Brad Locke: Fan behavior at high school games is getting worse
There is a fine line between being a passionate fan and just being a jerk. I’ve been seeing more and more people step right over that line in recent years.
In a village courtroom, a fervent prayer was answered for Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss. But it took quite a while
If NCAA lawyers didn’t know they were in for a long Thursday in court, they got a strong hint early on.
Doing your best when recipients are worst guarantees self respect
The author and journalist Robert Ruark treated himself to a safari in 1951 and made subsequent return trips to hunt what was then British East Africa thereafter.
Alabama and Charles Bediako accentuate the messy condition of college sports
The thin-and-getting-thinner line that divides college and professional sports has become microscopic.
Actually, they do make them just like they used to
The Old Man’s patience was an interesting thing.
Outdoors Column: Seasons deliver necessary salt for memory’s meal
The Old Man sat in a deep-bottomed arm chair with his sock feet propped on the hearth. Flames from a stout fire rumbled up the flue. He struck a kitchen match on the bricks to light a pipe, and I watched the flame sputter and grow as he held it in his hand.
Rick Cleveland’s educated guess: Trinidad Chambliss will quarterback Ole Miss in 2026
The educated guess here is that Trinidad Chambliss will be the starting quarterback for Ole Miss when the Rebels open the 2026 season against Louisville at Nashville on either Sept. 5 or 6.
One for the history books
Here’s a phrase no one’s ever been able to factually use before: Indiana Hoosiers, college football national champions.
Understanding reaches destinations at speeds faster than time
We started down the hill and followed the gravel path into the woods for a walk meant to last no more than a couple hours.
Rick Cleveland: Fiesta Bowl scoreboard showed Ole Miss losing, but this was more a case of Miami winning
Trinidad Chambliss’s last-gasp pass into the end zone, intended for De’Zhaun Stribling, had fallen incomplete. Despite several tugs of Stribling’s jersey and significant contact from a Miami defender, pass interference was not called. The State Farm Stadium scoreboard at the Fiesta Bowl showed Miami with 31 points, Ole Miss with 27. The clock showed all zeroes.
Good judgment springs from experience caused by bad judgment
The Old Man stood at the kitchen sink and looked out through the window. A slow rain dripped from the roof. It soaked the bark of the big pecan tree in the yard, making it a darker shade of gray. Low clouds promised more of the same.
Rick Cleveland: Underdogs again – and maybe that’s good news where the Rebels are concerned
The Ole Miss Rebels enter college football’s Final Four as the decided underdog, which quite likely is the way they prefer it. It has served them well to date.
Kevin Tate: Favorite experiences often defined by the company we keep
We had sweated in a popup blind, hiked over miles of cactus-covered territory, clicked across caliche rock cauldrons and watched carefully for snakes along fencerows full of the crawlers’ ideal ground.
Rick Cleveland: It may sound like a fairy tale, but it’s not: Trinidad Chambliss-led Rebs win again
Trinidad Chambliss continues to write one of the most fascinating stories in college football history. If this wasn’t football, you’d call it a fairy tale. All that’s missing are magic beans and silver slippers.
Rick Cleveland: Archie ‘doubtful’ for Sugar Bowl, but 56 years ago he was raring to go
If 76-year-old Archie Manning was listed on the College Football Playoffs injury report for the Sugar Bowl it would say: Ole Miss quarterback Manning (lower back) extremely doubtful.
Ragged hoodies sometimes make best badges of honor
I thought I didn’t like a hoody, the kind of sweatshirt that has a built-in hood, but one I was awarded by a friend has become a staunch, longstanding companion. I found I not only liked it, I loved it. Possibly, because I had earned it.
It’s time to put away all distractions, time for Rebels, Tulane to spot the ball
This afternoon, Ole Miss will become the first Mississippi team – ever – to compete in the NCAA FBS College Football Playoffs.
Life’s quest for reading always a self-guided treasure hunt
Since the first grade, when I had learned to read sufficiently well enough to do so, I’ve been on the loose among the stacks, free to read anything I could understand — and it is amazing how quickly understanding can grow.
Rick Cleveland: USM’s Blake Anderson faces difficult task, but he has been there, done this – twice
Brand new Southern Miss head football coach Blake Anderson, introduced to a ballroom-full of enthused Golden Eagle fans here Monday afternoon, faces extremely difficult tasks, both immediate and long-term.
Brad Locke: Time to turn the page to basketball
Now that football season has wrapped, we can turn more of our attention to hoops. There have been some interesting developments to this point, so here are a few notes from the hardwood.
County to start paying SPD for animal control assistance
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