Good Monday morning, Rebel Nation. The tune-ups are officially over. Ole Miss dispatched Charlotte 41-9 in the home opener, climbed to No. 8 in the new AP poll, and now the whole sport turns its eyes to Oxford: No. 7 LSU — and a returning Lane Kiffin — arrive Saturday night for a top-10 showdown, with College GameDay in tow. Here’s everything worth your click this morning, from the Charlotte report cards and the early Vegas number to a basketball roster quietly taking shape. Hotty Toddy.
Football
AP Top 25: Ole Miss climbs to No. 8, setting up top-10 showdown with No. 7 LSU
Sun., Sept. 13 · last 24 hours. The 41-9 handling of Charlotte nudged the Rebels up to No. 8 in the new AP poll, and it hands them a marquee assignment: No. 7 LSU rolls into Oxford on Saturday for a top-10 clash. The SEC flexed again, placing nine teams in the Top 25 and six inside the top ten. (The Rebel Walk)
Ole Miss Report Card: Grading Every Position Group vs. Charlotte
Sun., Sept. 13 · last 24 hours. The grades are in on the tune-up, and the offense aced it: Trinidad Chambliss went 23-of-26 for 225 yards and two scores, while Kewan Lacy piled up 87 yards and two touchdowns. The secondary, though, drew a D — the loose end Pete Golding has to tighten before an LSU offense comes to town. (Sports Illustrated)
Lane Kiffin’s Return to Ole Miss Sets Stage for Oxford Madhouse on Saturday Night
Sun., Sept. 13 · last 24 hours. Ten months after leaving for Baton Rouge, Lane Kiffin walks back into Vaught-Hemingway — this time in an LSU headset — for a 6:30 p.m. kickoff under the lights. College GameDay is already booked for Oxford, and the Grove is bracing for the loudest night of the young season. (Sports Illustrated)
‘Everybody doesn’t get a my bad’: Pete Golding challenges Ole Miss secondary ahead of LSU
Sun., Sept. 13 · last 24 hours. Even inside a 32-point win, Golding wasn’t handing out mulligans. His defensive backs repeated coverage busts the staff had drilled all week, and the head coach made clear the grace period is over with a top-10 offense next: learn from each other’s mistakes, or watch from the sideline. (The Rebel Walk)
Rebels host Kiffin’s LSU with four more ranked teams looming
Sun., Sept. 13 · last 24 hours. Saturday is only the opening bell. LSU is the first of five ranked opponents on the schedule — a gauntlet that also includes No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Georgia — turning Golding’s debut SEC stretch into a straight referendum on the Rebels’ playoff ceiling. It’s the first top-10 game in Oxford since 1962. (HottyToddy)
LSU opens as 2.5-point favorite over Ole Miss
Sun., Sept. 13 · last 24 hours. The early Vegas number frames it as a near coin flip with a lean: LSU opened a 2.5-point favorite in Oxford. The Tigers are 2-0 with blowouts of Clemson and Louisiana Tech, while the Rebels — 2-0 straight up — have yet to cover a spread this season. On paper, a tight one. (Yahoo Sports)
ESPN’s SP+ projects the final score of LSU-Ole Miss top-10 showdown
Sun., Sept. 13 · last 24 hours. The computers see a slugfest, not a shootout: ESPN’s SP+ model pegs LSU 29-22, a one-score margin that would land under the 58.5-point Vegas total. The read — the metrics expect Ole Miss’s defense to keep Saturday close, whatever the one-spot gap between No. 8 and No. 7 suggests. (Saturday Down South)
Men’s Basketball
Chris Beard built Ole Miss’ frontcourt with the SEC in mind
Fri., Sept. 11. Hoops season is creeping up, and Chris Beard has gone big — literally. He’s rebuilt the frontcourt around SEC size, including seven-footers Micah Handlogten and Stefan Cicic plus versatile forwards, and calls it one of the better groups of bigs he’s had at Ole Miss. The paint battles in practice are already fierce. (HottyToddy)
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