Happy Wednesday, Everydayers. We’re three days out from the trip to Nashville, and the bye week did its job. Kewan Lacy is trending back, Pete Golding spent the week hammering the tackling that got exposed in Gainesville, and a 3-1 Ole Miss squad ranked ninth is laying double digits on a Vanderbilt team that’s better than its record. There’s plenty to get to across the programs today, from fall ball on a brand-new Swayze Field to a new look for the entire athletic department. Let’s get into it. Hotty Toddy.
On the Latest Locked On Ole Miss
Monday’s presser gave us three things. One: Kewan Lacy is coming back, but not all the way back. Golding said he’d fully anticipate having him, then said flatly that Lacy won’t carry a 40-to-50-snap load, so Makhi Frazier and the backs behind him have to come in and make their layups. Two: Golding volunteered the defense’s problem completely unasked, 62 missed tackles accounting for roughly 70% of the rushing yards we’ve given up. That’s not scheme, that’s effort, and the honest part is that it’s fixable, which is why he ran a full-contact bye week. Three: he’s game-planning three different Vanderbilt quarterback looks, Curtis, Berlowitz, and both on the field at once, a package that doesn’t exist on tape yet.
Football
Ole Miss Opens as a Double-Digit Favorite at Vanderbilt
Wed., Oct. 7 · last 24 hours.
Vegas has the Rebels laying 10 at FirstBank Stadium with the total sitting at 58.5, a read on just how far No. 9 Ole Miss is favored over a Vanderbilt team still chasing its first SEC win. Treat the number as evidence of the gap between these two, not a reason to back it. (Sports Illustrated)
History Says Nashville Has Burned Ole Miss Before
Tue., Oct. 6 · last 24 hours.
Ole Miss leads the all-time series and has won five straight, but Vanderbilt has a history of pulling the upset in this one, including stunners in 2008, 2016 and the 2018 overtime loss. With the Commodores unbeaten at home this year, the Rebels can’t walk into FirstBank Stadium expecting a formality. (HottyToddy.com)
Kewan Lacy Expected Back vs. Vanderbilt
Mon., Oct. 5 · last 48 hours.
Head coach Pete Golding said he’d fully anticipate having his star running back after Lacy missed the Florida game with a left shoulder injury suffered against LSU. Lacy returned to limited, non-contact practice Sunday, and the expectation is that Makhi Frazier and the other backs spell him on a managed, rotational workload Saturday. (Sports Illustrated)
Golding Owns the Defense’s Tackling Problem
Mon., Oct. 5 · last 48 hours.
Unprompted, Pete Golding put a number on the Florida hangover: 62 missed tackles, roughly 70% of the rushing yards the defense has surrendered all season. He framed it as effort and fundamentals over scheme and answered with a full-contact bye week, telling his group what matters is the product on the field at kickoff. (HottyToddy.com)
First Look: Rebels and Commodores Meet for the 99th Time
Mon., Oct. 5 · last 48 hours.
The official preview locks the details: 2:30 p.m. CT Saturday at FirstBank Stadium on ESPN, the 99th meeting in a series dating to 1894. No. 9 Ole Miss (3-1, 1-1 SEC) carries a five-game series win streak into Nashville against a 3-2 Vanderbilt side still hunting its first league win. (OleMissSports.com)
Four Rebels Land on ESPN’s Top-50 Board for the 2027 NFL Draft
Thu., Oct. 1.
ESPN draft analyst Jordan Reid slotted four Rebels inside his top 50, led by quarterback Trinidad Chambliss and running back Kewan Lacy and joined by defensive tackle Will Echoles and receiver Deuce Alexander. It’s a marker of the NFL-caliber talent stacked across the roster even in a bumpy stretch. (The Rebel Walk)
Men’s Basketball
Beard’s Rebels Take Practice to Columbus Air Force Base
Mon., Oct. 5 · last 48 hours.
With the opener against Alcorn State set for Nov. 2, Chris Beard took his team to Columbus Air Force Base for a practice honoring service members and their families, some of them former Rebels. Beard, whose father served in the Air Force, called the visit personal. (WTVA)
Beard Finalizes His 2026-27 Staff
Thu., Oct. 1.
Beard set his bench for year four, adding five staffers and promoting Brian Burg to general manager while bumping Matt Eisele and Matt Winsberg to assistant coach. Mark Adams and Al Pinkins return, giving the Rebels some continuity as a retooled roster gears up for November. (The Rebel Walk)
Baseball
Fall Ball Opens on a Brand-New Swayze Field
Tue., Oct. 6 · last 24 hours.
Mike Bianco’s program started fall practice on a fully renovated surface at Swayze Field, the first replacement since the late 1980s and, until now, the oldest playing surface in the SEC. New infield, outfield and mound; pitcher Hunter Elliott already says the footing is better. (Oxford Eagle)
Newcomer Brady Dallimore Brings Power to Oxford
Tue., Oct. 6 · last 24 hours.
Among the fall storylines is transfer Brady Dallimore, profiled as a power bat with the versatility to move around the diamond. He’s one of several newcomers Bianco’s staff flagged as early standouts as the Rebels start building toward the 2027 season. (HottyToddy.com)
Women’s Sports
Soccer Drops Road Match at No. 5 Alabama
Fri., Oct. 2.
Ole Miss fell 2-0 at fifth-ranked Alabama, still searching for its first SEC point of the season. Todd Shulenberger’s side is right back out Friday, Oct. 9, at Georgia (6:30 CT, SEC Network+), with the SEC Tournament field, the top 12 of 16, the target over the final stretch. (OleMissSports.com)
Ole Miss News
Ole Miss Leaves Nike for a Seven-Year adidas Partnership
Wed., Oct. 7 · last 24 hours.
Ole Miss made it official: a seven-year deal with adidas running July 2027 through June 2034, ending a Nike relationship that dated to 1999. Athletic director Keith Carter’s department is touting a transformative NIL investment plus footwear, apparel and equipment for all 18 varsity programs. (OleMissSports.com)
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