The 2024-25 college football season is over. Ohio State won the national championship. Ole Miss missed the College Football Playoff, though the Rebels did win 10 total games for the third time in four years.

Quinshon Judkins scored three touchdowns for the Buckeyes. Of course, the day after the sport’s big finale, the Ole Miss Spirit’s Ben Garrett and Zach Berry are considering for the last time whether Ole Miss should have paid Judkins what he was asking for. 

They also play some ‘High/Low/Buffalo’ on Rebel football in 2025-26. New quarterback Austin Simmons is the wild card/buffalo. He also just told Rebel fans to mark his words that Ole Miss will be in the title game in the future.

How realistic is Simmons’ belief? Has Ole Miss done enough on the recruiting trail? And Rebel basketball continues to roll, even after its first SEC loss. 

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TexAgs contributor David Sandhop and Ole Miss basketball enthusiast Gordon Ford join the Cannon Motors of Mississippi ‘Rebel Yell Hotline’ to preview Wednesday’s showdown between the Rebels and Aggies, a pair of Top 20 teams.

Ole Miss (15-3, 4-1 SEC) last week split back-to-back road trips to No. 4 Alabama and No. 14 Mississippi State. The win in Tuscaloosa was the first over a Top 5 opponent on the road in program history. 

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All-time Ole Miss basketball great Murphy Holloway was behind the bench on Tuesday when the No. 21-ranked Rebels went to No. 4 Alabama and won. 

Ole Miss secured its first-ever Top 5 road win to improve to 15-2 overall and 4-0 in the SEC. The Rebels and top-ranked Auburn are the SEC’s only remaining unbeatens in conference play. 

Up next is in-state rival and No. 14 Mississippi State in Starkville. Holloway joins Ben Garrett (OMSpirit.com) in this edition of ‘Talk of Champions’ to discuss his experience in Tuscaloosa, the outlook for the rest of the season and his one season as a graduate assistant under head coach Chris Beard. 

Holloway also considers who would win in a matchup between this Ole Miss team and his 2012-13 Rebels.

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No. 21 Ole Miss basketball is 15-2 (4-0 SEC) on the season following a 74-64 win at No. 4 Alabama on Tuesday.

The Ole Miss Spirit’s (OMSpirit.com) Ben Garrett is joined by former Ole Miss offensive lineman and eight-year NFL veteran Bradley Sowell to discuss the historic win, a first for Ole Miss over a Top 5 opponent on the road in school history, as well as Rebel football, the College Football Playoff and much, much more.

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Ole Miss football continues to add to a transfer class currently ranked No. 2 in the country by On3. 

The Rebels addressed their need for a back-up quarterback behind Austin Simmons with Louisville dual-threat Pierce Clarkson. They beefed up their secondary with Washington State cornerback Kapena Gushiken on Tuesday. 

But the work is constantly ongoing. 

Ole Miss is a finalist for Washington cornerback Thaddeus Dixon, the portal’s No. 2 available player. He’s already visited North Carolina and Ole Miss and is expected at Michigan on Sunday. The three-day FBS dead period is set to end on Thursday.

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“Brandon Cisse commits to South Carolina (Monday) night,” Berry said. “Sometimes recruiting — even portal recruiting — is not very hard to figure out. Ole Miss really liked Cisse and Thaddeus Dixon. Lane Kiffin went to Sumter, South Carolina, last week to see Brandon Cisse. Ole Miss was in a fight and he opted to stay close to home. Could mean Ole Miss potentially flips some attention to Thaddeus Dixon. I think all signs points to Thaddeus Dixon for Ole Miss.”

Dixon is a former JUCO product. He spent the last two seasons at Washington, including the national championship run in 2023. 

Dixon played in 26 total games with the Huskies and recorded 66 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions, 18 pass break-ups and a forced fumble. His 81.8 PFF coverage rating was fourth in the Big Ten among corners with 100-plus snaps.

Dixon was targeted a team-high 51 times. He allowed just 23 receptions for 237 yards and two touchdowns.

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Ole Miss Spirit (OMSpirit.com) recruiting analyst Zach Berry, Harry Harrison of the Ole Miss Radio Network and Rebel basketball analyst Gordon Ford all join this edition of the Rebel Yell Hotline.

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In this edition of ‘The Flagship’ Zach Berry answers questions submitted from Ole Miss Spirit (OMSpirit.com) subscribers. 

We’ve got the latest on the portal pursuits of Lane Kiffin and Co and Ole Miss football recruiting as a whole. Also, Jaxson Dart on Thursday applied for a waiver for a fifth season of eligibility.

But don’t get your hopes up; he’s all but assured not to return next season. If anything, he’s covering all his bases.

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Ole Miss baseball next week officially opens practices in advance of the 2025 season.

The Rebels will go for about a month, including an instrasquad scrimmage, before getting things started against Arizona in the Shriners Children’s College Showdown on February 14.

Ole Miss is coming off back-to-back losing seasons following the first national title in program history in 2022. Long-time hitting coach Mike Clement believes these Rebels, though, are deeper, especially on the pitching side.

“I think it’s as much pitching depth as we’ve had in my decade here,” Clement said. 

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Clement continued, “Knock on wood, we’re healthy. Obviously that’s a huge part of the last two years. (First-year Ole Miss pitching coach) Joel (Mangrum) deserves a lot of credit. The pitching depth is really, really good. We’re going to have 10-15 guys deep.”

Clement also provides insider updates on the status of two-way Rebel Austin Simmons, construction of the lineup, options for left field and much, much more. 

Simmons is next up for Ole Miss football as QB1 following the departure of three-year starter Jaxson Dart.

“When he walks through the doors over here (at baseball) he is always going to be welcome,” Clement said.

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Ole Miss closed the book on the 2024-25 season with a dominant win over Duke in the Gator Bowl.

The Rebels won’t play another game for months. Ben Garrett (@SpiritBen), then, needs some juice on this Tuesday (December 7, 2024) edition of ‘Talk of Champions,’ which is always powered by our friends at RiverLand Roofing.

Fortunately college football is year-around these days, not to mention Ole Miss basketball is after an NCAA Tournament berth and Rebel baseball is just around the corner.

But most pressing, for now, is the transfer portal and the work Lane Kiffin and Co. continue to put in to build out another College Football Playoff contender next season.

Ole Miss Spirit (OMSpirit.com) recruiting expert Zach Berry joins to talk the latest movement, including visitors to campus, recent roster departures (specifically Ayden Williams and Noreel White) and remaining needs.

Ole Miss has taken a different approach this cycle, as ‘Talk of Champions’ explains. But the Rebels’ play for upside and a roster to grow around first-year quarterback Austin Simmons doesn’t mean a shift in expectations.

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Zach Berry of the Ole Miss Spirit (OMSpirit.com), Gordon Ford and Harry Harrison of the Ole Miss Radio Network join this edition of the Rebel Yell Hotline to discuss the Gator Bowl, football portal recruiting and Ole Miss basketball.

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