COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) – Shea Patterson threw for 338 yards and two touchdowns in his debut and Gary Wunderlich made a 39-yard field goal with 37 seconds left to lift Mississippi past No. 10 Texas A&M, 29-28 on Saturday night. The Rebels pulled the redshirt off Patterson, the highly regarded recruit, to start in place of Chad Kelly, who…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – The NCAA has penalized Mississippi for violations in its women’s basketball and track programs and placed the athletic department on probation through 2019. The ruling by the committee on infractions Friday also includes show-cause penalties for several coaches involved with the two sports, including a two-year penalty for former women’s basketball coach Adrian Wiggins. The NCAA…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi linebacker DeMarquis Gates will not play against Memphis on Saturday night. The school didn’t give a reason why Gates, who leads the team with 30 tackles this season, isn’t playing. A school spokesman said coach Hugh Freeze would address the situation after the game. The 6-foot-2, 211-pound junior has been a mainstay on defense since…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (rolltide.com) – The University of Alabama football team put in a 90-minute session in shells on Monday afternoon outdoors on the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields in preparation for this weekend’s Southeastern Conference opener against No. 19/17 Ole Miss. The Crimson Tide’s first practice of the new week focused on planning and preparation for an Ole Miss passing game that…
OXFORD, Miss. (troytrojans.com)– The Troy soccer team was locked into a defensive stalemate until the 87th minute when Ole Miss’ Gretchen Harknett scored to lift the Rebels to a 1-0 win on Sunday at the Rebels Soccer Stadium. Ole Miss (4-2) attempted 20 shots in the match, but just a handful were legitimate scoring opportunities as just seven shots were…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi running back Jordan Wilkins has been ruled ineligible for the upcoming regular season because he has not met NCAA standards for progress toward a degree. The school released a statement on Thursday, saying it appealed the NCAA’s decision based on a school “administrative error,” but the request was denied this week. Wilkins, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – These should be grand times for Mississippi’s football program. And in many ways during Monday’s first preseason practice, that’s exactly how it felt. After all, the Rebels are coming off a 10-win season, including a Sugar Bowl victory over Oklahoma State, and are now a program that’s viewed among the upper tier of the loaded Southeastern…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi says it will investigate former offensive lineman Laremy Tunsil’s comments that he accepted money from a member of the football staff while playing at the school. The university said in a statement Friday it is “aware of the reports from the NFL Draft regarding Laremy Tunsil and potential NCAA violations during his time at Ole…
OXFORD, MS (AP) — Mississippi has put its response to alleged NCAA rules violations on hold after a third-party was granted a 30-day extension in the case. Ole Miss said in a statement on Thursday that one of the “other parties” involved in the case, which involves the football, women’s basketball and track and field programs, requested the extension. Ole Miss…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Auburn men’s tennis came from behind with a tremendous singles effort to defeat No. 22 Ole Miss 4-3 Friday afternoon at the Yarbrough Tennis Center, giving the Tigers their first SEC victory of the spring. “We showed real heart today after losing the doubles point,” said Auburn head coach Eric Shore. “It was tough to lose…
