Things are moving quickly in Oxford, according to the Clarion Ledger, with Ole Miss reportedly having received its 24 hour notice of an NCAA committee on infractions ruling, just three days after Matt Luke was introduced as the next head…
The man with two first names, Matt Luke, is currently the talk of two towns. The new Ole Miss Rebels head football coach is the number one topic in Oxford as well as Gulfport where Luke learned the fundamentals of…
From day one, Matt Luke made it clear that being the head football coach at Ole Miss was his destination job. A die hard Rebel through and through, the Gulfport native had four months to prove he was the man…
The 114th installment of the Egg Bowl was a great opportunity for Gulfport native Matt Luke to audition for the permanent head coaching job at Ole Miss one last time. He took full advantage of it on Thursday night. Back…
Now Starkville was the site of the last Egg Bowl to be played on Thanksgiving Day in 2013. The annual showdown between Ole Miss and Mississippi State is returning to the prime time Thursday slate this season, upping the ante…
It’s been a season of highs and lows for Gulfport native Matt Luke as the Ole Miss interim head football coach, but amidst all the adversity his team has consistently responded with a great deal of resolve. That’s thanks in…
In a game that could have turned the Ole Miss fortunes around on Saturday, the 24th ranked LSU Tigers used it as validation now having won all three conference games in October. The two schools are trending in totally opposite…
In a homecoming game of sorts, LSU Head Football Coach Ed Orgeron will make his return to Ole Miss tomorrow. Coach O’s departure from Oxford was rather unceremonious, but he still has one fan left in town. Orgeron went 10-25…
The Rebels are coming off a big time bounce back victory over Vanderbilt. Quite the happy homecoming after spending more than a month away from the Vaught which was highlighted by a 49 point second quarter. Ole Miss emerged as…
Apologies can go a long way in life, especially when that apology can save the Ole Miss football program a lot of grief going forward. Today school officials finally met in the middle with former Head Coach Houston Nutt. In…
The Ole Miss football program could use a distraction from its current three game losing streak, but not the kind of distraction that comes from Houston Nutt and his lawsuit against his former employer. Yesterday, the former head coach of…
The road hasn’t been kind to the Ole Miss football team with the Rebels having lost all three games away from the Vaught so far this season. The losses haven’t been pretty, either. On Saturday, Ole Miss fell behind early…
Voting has been extended as students at the University of Mississippi choose between a bear and a Landshark as a sideline mascot. Student Government President Dion Kevin III says online voting continues until Friday. The nickname for athletic teams remains…
Also coming off a bye is Ole Miss. Interim Head Coach Matt Luke says this week’s opponent, Alabama, is ranked number one for a reason, but that’s never stopped the Rebels from caring in the past. Two years ago, they…
As far as coaching debuts go, Matt Luke’s went about as well as possible for about two and a half games. The Gulfport native led Ole Miss to a pair of wins to start 2017, but eventually ran into some…
Years after it traded Colonel Reb for a bear, the University of Mississippi could again change its sidelines mascot. Student government president Dion Kevin III announced Monday that students will vote next week on changing from a black bear to…
Sophomore Quarterback Shea Patterson is the proud owner of a new single game school record. On Saturday, Ole Miss took down UT Martin 45-23. Patterson threw for 489 yards and five touchdowns in the process. That breaks the old yardage…
Amidst the unceremonious departure of former Ole Miss Head Football Coach Hugh Freeze and the seemingly ever ongoing NCAA investigation, there was only so much talking the Rebels could do about how they’d respond. At the end of the day,…
Ole Miss Interim Football Coach Matt Luke is no stranger to game day at the Vaught, having spent 15 years in Oxford, including his time as a player, but Saturday’s home opener will be different than all the rest. Now,…
Last season, the Ole Miss collapse against Florida State looked a lot like the one versus Alabama two weeks later. If you thought you were watching the same game all over again, the confusion would certainly be understandable. In both…
Today, the civil lawsuit versus Ole Miss was dismissed by a U.S. District Court judge in Mississippi. The former head football coach of the Rebels was claiming Freeze, as well as Athletic Director Ross Bjork, had violated Nutt’s separation agreement…
Two weeks into the college football season, Ole Miss will be preparing for its biggest game of the year. It’s not the week three game at Cal-Berkeley, rather Covington, Kentucky. That’s the site of the university’s meeting with the NCAA…
Being at the mercy of the NCAA committee on infractions has the Ole Miss football program at a pivotal juncture, especially in the days following the Hugh Freeze resignation where transparency is the best plan of action going forward. Today,…
According to an article published by the website Saturdaydownsouth.com, the average tenure of a head football coach at Ole Miss is 3.4 years. So by that standard, Hugh Freeze had a good five year run in Oxford, but now it’s…