Rebel safeties up to the challenge

If there was a unit on the Ole Miss football team that needed a few days off from the rigors of camp recently it was the secondary. Injuries have hampered things since the start of summer drills and nobody knows that better than defensive coordinator Dave Wommack, who talked about his safeties and the overall depth of the back five after Saturday’s latest scrimmage. (August 22, 2012, Page 6)

Freshmen impress Nutt in first practice

BLOG — Ole Miss’ heralded recruiting class got its first chance to impress coach Houston Nutt and fans in attendance of the first football practice session of the year on Saturday. (more…) (August 6, 2011)

Nutt says team needs to make more plays

Sunday was a day of heavy evaluation for Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt and his staff. Besides getting back to the practice field to correct things physically, Nutt was able to talk about Saturday’s 49-48 loss to Jacksonville State in double overtime a little better after watching the tape.

“I thought we played a very good first half of football. The second half of the third quarter and fourth quarter was not good. We’ve got to be better, we’ve got to be better with our eyes, assignments, tackling, the whole bit,” Nutt said. “We did not play well, we didn’t make plays on the ball and along with that you can’t turn the ball over. We felt the momentum slipping away as the game went into the fourth quarter and we had a real lull offensively as well. We had some turnovers at critical times that really hurt us.” (September 6, 2010, Page 3B)

QB competition beginning to narrow, Mackey odd man out?

The eventual quarterback separation that has been discussed briefly over the last week looks like it is underway. (more…) (August 21, 2010)