No. 14 Texas rolls to win over Rebels

Hugh Freeze’s plan of keeping Saturday’s epic game with No. 14 Texas close and allowing the near record crowd of 61,797 at Ole Miss’ Vaught-Hemingway Stadium to help his Rebels late never materialized.

Instead of heading into the fourth quarter down just a field goal or a touchdown, the Rebels trailed the Longhorns by 28 (52-24) with no hope of ever catching them thanks to his defense’s inability to slow quarterback David Ash or a running game that totaled 350 yards overall. (September 17, 2012, Page 1B)

QB Ash has career day in in Texas Longhorns’ rout

Defense was supposed to be the strength of the No. 14 Texas Longhorns, not the throwing of sophomore quarterback David Ash. For a quarterback who had only thrown for 377 yards the first two games combined, Ash turned in a career-best night by throwing for 326 yards and four touchdowns.

He connected on 15 straight passes during the game — which was three off the record held by Colt McCoy — and finished a blistering 19-for-23 overall.

Texas’ offense finished the game with 676 yards of total offense that also included 350 yards on the ground. (September 17, 2012, Page 1B)

Rebels can’t mess with Texas

BLOG: Not only is everything supposedly bigger in Texas, but, as the past week has proven, even the hype associated with playing the Texas Longhorns is bigger.

After starting the year 2-0, Ole Miss will finally get to play arguably its biggest home non-conference game in years tonight.

Kickoff for the ESPN-broadcast game is set for 8:15 p.m. (more…) (September 15, 2012)

Bo knows how to deal with new-found fame

COLUMN: Yes, Bo Wallace was recruited by Texas.

And no, he did not visit Austin, Texas. Nor did he receive an offer from the Longhorns.

That’s about all that needs to be said about his connection to Ole Miss’ opponent this weekend, according to Wallace. (more…) (September 14, 2012, Page 6A)

Freeze, Wallace discuss the Rebels’ win, No. 14 Texas and more

VIDEO BLOG: Ole Miss first-year coach Hugh Freeze met with the media earlier today for his usual Monday press conference to discuss the weekend that was and the week ahead. (more…) (September 10, 2012)

Rebels strike gold against UTEP

Prior to the season, Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze was asked what his thoughts were on the Rebels playing host to perennial power Texas during Week 3.

Without skipping a beat, Freeze replied “Are we 2-0?”

As it turns out, the Rebels are.

Saturday, Ole Miss overcame a third-quarter lull to remain undefeated with a 28-10 victory over UTEP. (September 10, 2012, Page 1B)

Freeze happy Greer finds way onto scoresheet

Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze lit up during his post game press conference when asked about H.R. Greer’s touchdown catch.

The 3-yard pass and catch from quarterback Bo Wallace marked just his second career touchdown and capped Ole Miss’ scoring for the night with 11:18 remaining in the game.

After coming out of the backfield, Greer caught Wallace’s pass and was able to beat UTEP’s defenders and dive over the front right pylon of the end zone for the touchdown. (September 10, 2012, Page 1B)

Rebels strike gold against Miners

BLOG: Ole Miss will look to earn its first winning streak since the 2010 season today when it hosts UTEP at 6 p.m.

The game will be broadcast on FSN and can be heard as always on the Ole Miss Radio Network. (more…) (September 8, 2012)

Freeze: Rebs have hands full with UTEP

When Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze turned on UTEP’s game film from their 24-7 loss to No. 4 Oklahoma, he didn’t necessarily like what he saw from the Rebels’ next opponent. (September 4, 2012, Page 8)

Freeze, Rebels come through in 2012 debut

Charles Sawyer, Ole Miss’ junior rover and leader in the secondary, knew Saturday was a big day for first-year head coach Hugh Freeze before the team got off the bus and started filing through the Walk of Champions in the Grove. Sawyer, who just returned to the practice field last week in an attempt to play against Central Arkansas in the opener, said Freeze really wanted to win because of his affection for Ole Miss. (September 3, 2012, Page 1B)