Ben Garrett (OMSpirit.com) is joined in this Thursday, February 20 edition of ‘Talk of Champions’ by Ole Miss baseball slugger Judd Utermark.

Utermark is coming off an impressive first week of the 2025 season. The junior clubbed a pair of home runs, including a walk-off, and even stole home against Arkansas State. The Rebels are 3-1 and next host Eastern Kentucky this weekend for a three-game series.

Utermark discusses his hot start, as well as his biggest team takeaways thus far. The Ole Miss pitchers, led by Hunter Elliott, have been dominant, while the Rebels are still figuring things out offensively.

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Ross Dellenger of Yahoo! Sports reported Monday momentum is building to further expand the College Football Playoff to 14 or 16 teams. 

The new format would assign multiple automatic qualifiers per league and finalize a scheduling arrangement between the two power conferences that could fetch millions in additional revenue from TV partners.

But where does it end? The Ole Miss Spirit’s Ben Garrett and On3 national college football analyst JD PicKell are just trying to preserve the spirit of the thing. The suits in power, though, are only ever after the almighty dollar.

Pickell joins this edition of ‘Talk of Champions,’ powered by RiverLand Roofing, to discuss the potential seismic shakeup, as well as PicKell’s way-too-early College Football Playoff projections for 2025. Now-Austin-Simmons-led Ole Miss football wasn’t included. Fine; the Rebels are replacing 18 of 22 starters.

But is the ceiling closer to 7 or 10 wins next season?

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In this edition of the Rebel Yell Hotline, Gordon Ford, our basketball correspondent, weighs in on an ugly loss to rival Mississippi State. Brad Henderson of the Ole Miss Radio Network drops by with a full report from baseball’s winning weekend in Arlington.

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The Ole Miss Spirit’s Billy Embody and Ben Garrett go LIVE on this Monday, February 17 to break down a busy, event-filled Rebel sports weekend. 

Baseball took down two of the three ranked opponents the Rebels faced in Arlington, basketball was alarmingly non-competitive against rival Mississippi State, and football is making recruiting moves for a 5-star offensive lineman and a handful of star quarterbacks.

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Talk of Champions goes LIVE with Ben Garrett and Billy Embody on YouTube at 9 a.m. CT to talk Opening Day for Ole Miss Baseball, Rebels invited to the NFL Combine and a recruiting corner for Lane Kiffin & Co.

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Ole Miss baseball opens the 2025 season this weekend in the Shriner’s Children’s College Showdown in Arlington, Texas. Long-time Ole Miss baseball assistant Carl Lafferty previews the trip and year ahead in this Monday, February 10 edition of the ‘Rebel Yell Hotline.’

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In this post-Super Bowl LIX edition of ‘Talk of Champions,’ powered by RiverLand Roofing, Ben Garrett and Zach Berry share in the celebration of AJ Brown’s well-earned win in Super Bowl LIX. No Rebel, past or present, deserves it more, and he made some history in the process.

Plus, they consider Ole Miss basketball’s strong NCAA Tournament standing, the most important recruiting stories RIGHT NOW and the contender status for baseball in 2025. Opening Day for Mike Bianco and the Rebels is Friday in Arlington.

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Zach Berry of the Ole Miss Spirit (OMSpirit.com) is joined for this Friday (February 7, 2025) edition of ‘The Flagship’ by Greg Jones of LB’s Meat Market. 

No. 25 Ole Miss basketball seems to be peaking at the right time. The Rebels (17-6, 6-4 SEC) earlier this week secured just the 15th all-time win over Kentucky. 

Next is a road trip to LSU (12-10, 1-8) Saturday at 7:30 p.m. CT on SEC Network. Chris Beard’s crew is in search of the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance in nearly six years, as well as just the 10th in school history. 

Plus, Super Bowl LIX is on Sunday, pitting the Kansas City Chiefs against Ole Miss great AJ Brown’s Philadelphia Eagles. The Chiefs are looking to become the NFL’s first three-peat champion. Brown is only the seventh Rebel in history to appear in two Super Bowls, however, he’s seeking his first win. 

Berry and Jones, of course, will be tuned in. But what’s on the smoker? ‘The Flagship,’ powered by College Corner, has some ideas.

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Ole Miss football in 2025 is replacing 18 of its starting 22. Ben Garrett (OMSpirit.com) and Michael Katz (Daily Journal) pick some ‘linchpin Rebels’ from Ole Miss’ new-look roster, which now includes 40 mid-year enrollees. 

Plus, Rebel basketball picked up just its 15th all-time win against Kentucky, and record-setting, now-former Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart continues to build momentum for the NFL Draft.

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Ole Miss baseball opens the 2025 season next. Long-time hitting coach Mike Clement stops by this (February 3, 2025) edition of the Rebel Yell Hotline to discuss the preseason work so far, how the team’s coming together and more.

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