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College previews Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012

Ready to rumbleMullen targets third-straight bowl win; Freeze tackles king-size rebuilding job at Ole Miss

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Alabama-LSU rivalry . . . . . . . . . . 23Alcorn State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Belhaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Brad Locke column . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Delta State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Donte Moncrief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Itawamba CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Johnthan Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Memphis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Millsaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Mississippi College . . . . . . . . . . . 19Miss. Valley State . . . . . . . . . . . . 17MSU positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Northeast Miss. CC . . . . . . . . . . . 21Northwest Miss. CC . . . . . . . . . . . 22Ole Miss positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Parrish Alford column . . . . . . . . . . 5Schedule analysis . . . . . . . . . . . .10SEC East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13SEC preseason picks . . . . . . . . . . . 3SEC schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SECWest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Southern Miss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14West Alabama’s Will Hall . . . . . . . 18

FOOTBALL JOURNAL 2012Sports editor: John L. PittsCover photos: MSU’s Dan Mullenby Rogelio Solis, Associated Press;Hugh Freeze of Ole Miss by C. ToddSherman, Daily Journal.Page design: John L. PittsWriting: Journal staff, AssociatedPress, Rivals.com

Folks have been askingmeabout the state’smajor-college teams for weeksnow – around the office, on

the phone, at the grocery, when Igo to getmy oil changed. Hereare a few ofmy better answers:MISSISSIPPI STATE:The sched-ule – described by Rivals.com asthe easiest in the SEC – sure doesseem to shape up for an 8- or 9-win season if quarterbackTylerRussell can deliver.But the first three DanMullenteams have each let at least onewinnable game get away. Thatincludes a 17-14 homefield lossto Auburn in 2010.And that’s why the secondgame of the season, a visit fromAuburn, is so important.Win thatone, and the Bulldogs have a

path to 7-0heading to Al-abama.Somehow, Idon’t think itplays out thatway.OLE MISS:The finalrecord in 2012doesn’t reallymatter.Whatmatters is thatthe Rebelsmust avoidthe kind of

52-something losses thatmarkedthe unraveling of HoustonNutt’stenure in Oxford. Four wins, withthe team showing some fight,would be a fine start for HughFreeze and his staff.

My gut says the Rebels lose onethey shouldn’t andwin one theyshouldn’t.Still, looks like 4-8.SOUTHERN MISS: I don’tget thehiring of a longtime assistant,Ellis Johnson, as the Golden Ea-gles’ coach. It seems like an over-correction for a program thatdoesn’t want to view itself as astepping stone – after Larry Fe-dora used it for that very purposeto get to North Carolina.That schedule is worrisome,too – six tough games to start,three of those on the road, for ateamwith a new quarterback.The path to another winningseason is going to be demanding.

John L. Pitts (john.pitts@journalinc)is sports editor of the Journal

BY MIKE HUGUENINRIVALS.COM (MCT)

Hey, have you heard: SECteams havewon six consecutivenational titles!And a seventh consecutivetitle is a distinct possibility.Alabama and LSU played forthe national championship lastseason, with Alabama dominat-ing in a 21-0 victory. Those twoteams again look to be headand shoulders above everybodyelse in the league, andwhile it’sunlikely bothwill be inMiamifor the national title game Jan.7, it seems a good bet that oneof themwill. Both are in the top

three of nearly every preseasonpoll, and their Nov. 3 showdownin Baton Rouge – already se-lected as a prime-time game byCBS – likely will be the nationalgame of the year.After 20 seasons as a 12-teamleague, the SECwill be a 14-team conglomeration this fallwith the addition ofMissouriandTexas A&M from the Big 12.Despite the ill-fitting geogra-phy,Mizzou is in the SEC East.A&M is in theWest.While theWest race looks tobe a two-team affair, the Easttitle hunt hasmoremystery.Georgia and South Carolinalook to be the top two teams,

but Florida,Missouri and evenTennessee couldmake thingsinteresting.There are three new coaches,each in theWest. Hugh Freezetakes over at OleMiss after onesuperb season at ArkansasState. Kevin Sumlin is the newguy atTexas A&Mafter a suc-cessful four-season run atHouston. And John L. Smithnow is in charge at Arkansasafter the sudden flameout ofBobby Petrino.Smith is on a 10-month con-tract, but if he somehow canguide theHogs to theWest title,chances are hewould be backin Fayetteville next season.

SEC: New look, same lofty goals

APKevin Sumlin of Texas A&M is anew coach whose team is in anew league. Wish him luck.

THERE’S MORE ONLINE!At our website, djournal.com, you

can find blogs from Parrish Alford,Brad Locke – both updated daily –and Sports Buzz from John L. Pitts.You can also follow us on Twitter:@parrishalford, @bradlocke,

@johnlpitts and @djournalnow.

JOHN L.PITTS

Mixed forecast for the state’s teams this fall

APEllis Johnson, 60, is the newcoach at Southern Miss.

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ALABAMArolltide.com

S1 Michigan (at Arlington), 7 p.m.S8 W. Kentucky, 2:39 p.m.S15 at Arkansas, 2:30 p.m.S22 Florida AtlanticS29 Ole MissO13 at MissouriO20 at TennesseeO27 Mississippi StateN3 at LSU, 7 p.m.N10 Texas A&MN17 W. CarolinaN24 Auburn

ARKANSASwww.arkansasrazorbacks.comS1 Jacksonville State, 6 p.m.S8 Louisiana-Monroe, 6 p.m.S15 Alabama, 2:30 p.m.S22 RutgersS29 at Texas A&MO6 at AuburnO13 KentuckyO27 Ole MissN3 TulsaN10 at South CarolinaN17 at Mississippi StateN23 LSU, 1:30 p.m.

AUBURNauburntigers.com

S1 Clemson (at Atlanta), 6 p.m.S8 at Miss. State, 11 a.m.S15 La.-Monroe, 12:21 p.m.S22 LSUO6 ArkansasO13 at Ole MissO20 at VanderbiltO27 Texas A&MN3 New Mexico StateN10 GeorgiaN17 Alabama A&MN24 at Alabama

FLORIDAgatorzone.com

S1 Bowling Green, 2:30 p.m.S8 at Texas A&M, 2:30 p.m.S15 at Tennessee, 5 p.m.S22 KentuckyO6 LSUO13 at VanderbiltO20 South CarolinaO27 at Georgia, 2:30 p.m.N3 MissouriN10 Louisiana-LafayetteN17 Jacksonville StateN24 at Florida State

GEORGIAgeorgiadogs.com

S1 Buffalo, 11:21 a.m.S8 at Missouri, 6:45 p.m.S15 FAU, 6:30 p.m.S22 VanderbiltS29 Tennessee,O6 at South CarolinaO20 at KentuckyO27 Florida, 2:30 p.m.N3 Ole Miss

N10 at AuburnN17 Georgia SouthernN24 Georgia Tech

KENTUCKYukathletics.com

S2 at Louisville, 2:30 p.m.S8 Kent State, 6:30 p.m.S15 Western Kentucky, 6 p.m.S22 at FloridaS29 South CarolinaO6 Mississippi StateO13 at ArkansasO20 GeorgiaO27 at MissouriN3 VanderbiltN17 SamfordN24 at Tennessee

LSULSUsports.net

S1 North Texas, 6 p.m.S8 Washington, 6 p.m.S15 Idaho, 7 p.m.S22 at AuburnS29 TowsonO6 at FloridaO13 South CarolinaO20 at Texas A&MN3 Alabama, 7 p.m.N10 Mississippi StateN17 Ole MissN23 at Arkansas, 1:30 p.m.

MISSISSIPPI STATEwww.hailstate.com

S1 Jackson State, 6 p.m.S8 Auburn, 11 a.m.S15 at Troy, 6 p.m.S22 South Alabama, 6 p.m.O6 at KentuckyO13 TennesseeO20 Middle TennesseeO27 at AlabamaN3 Texas A&MN10 at LSUN17 ArkansasN24 at Ole Miss

MISSOURIwww.mutigers.com

S1 SE Louisiana, 6 p.m.S8 Georgia, 6:45 p.m.S15 Arizona State, 6 p.m.S22 at South CarolinaS29 at UCFO6 VanderbiltO13 AlabamaO27 KentuckyN3 at FloridaN10 at TennesseeN17 SyracuseN24 at Texas A&M

OLE MISSolemisssports.com

S1 Central Arkansas, 6 p.m.S8 UTEP, 6 p.m.S15 Texas, 8:15 p.m.S22 at Tulane, 11 a.m.S29 at Alabama

O6 Texas A&MO13 AuburnO27 at ArkansasN3 at GeorgiaN10 VanderbiltN17 at LSUN24 Mississippi State

SOUTH CAROLINAwww.gamecocksonline.com

A30 at Vanderbilt, 6 p.m.S8 East Carolina, 11:21 a.m.S15 UAB, 6 p.m.S22 MissouriS29 at KentuckyO6 GeorgiaO13 at LSUO20 at FloridaO27 TennesseeN10 ArkansasN17 WoffordN24 at Clemson

TENNESSEEwww.utsports.com

A31 NC State (Atlanta), 6:30 p.m.S8 Georgia State, 3 p.m.S15 Florida, 5 p.m.S22 AkronS29 at GeorgiaO13 at Mississippi StateO20 AlabamaO27 at South CarolinaN3 TroyN10 MissouriN17 at VanderbiltN24 Kentucky

TEXAS A&Mwww.aggieathletics.com

A30 at La. Tech, 6:30 p.m.S8 Florida, 2:30 p.m.S15 at SMU, 2:30 p.m.S22 S.C. StateS29 ArkansasO6 at Ole MissO20 LSUO27 at AuburnN3 at Mississippi StateN10 at AlabamaN17 Sam Houston StateN24 Missouri

VANDERBILTwww.vucommodores.com

A30 South Carolina, 6 p.m.S8 at Northwestern, 7 p.m.S15 Presbyterian, 11:30 a.m.S22 at GeorgiaO6 at MissouriO13 FloridaO20 AuburnO27 UMassN3 at KentuckyN10 at Ole MissN17 TennesseeN24 at Wake Forest

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GAME OF THE YEARAlabama at LSU, Nov. 3: Presumably, these

teams will meet just once this year after twoheavyweight battles last season.The SECWest title should be on the line when

Alabama invades Tiger Stadium for a nightgame. The game also likely will determine whichSEC team has the best shot at the national titlegame.

More on the LSU-Alabama rivalry, 23B

TOUGHEST SCHEDULESOle Miss: The Rebels have road games

against Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia and LSU.There also are home games against Auburn,Texas and Texas A&M.Good luck, Hugh Freeze.

Parrish Alford’s take on the schedule, 10B

Alabama: The Crimson Tide’s schedule alsodeserves notice. The Tide open against Michiganin Arlington, Texas, in the nation’s best noncon-ference matchup of the season.The Tide also must play SECWest foes

Arkansas and LSU on the road. And both ofAlabama’s SEC divisional crossover games –Missouri and Tennessee in back-to-back weeks– are on the road; no other team in the leaguefaces that task.

EASIEST SCHEDULEMississippi State: The Bulldogs’ non-SEC

schedule is laughable: FCS member JacksonState, Troy, South Alabama (in its first season asa FBS member) and Middle Tennessee. That’sone FCS team and three Sun Belt opponents.The Bulldogs miss the four best teams in the

SEC East – Florida, Georgia, Missouri and SouthCarolina. They also get Auburn, Arkansas andTexas A&M at home.Yes, there are road games against Alabama

and LSU, but the Bulldogs weren’t going to winthose even if they were played in Dan Mullen’sbackyard with Mullen and his family as officials.It’s better to have Auburn, Arkansas and A&Mvisiting than the Tide and the Tigers.

Brad Locke’s take on the schedule, 10B

THE 10 BEST SEC GAMES10, Florida at Tennessee, Sept. 159, Auburn at Alabama, Nov. 248, Arkansas at Auburn, Oct. 67, South Carolina at Florida, Oct. 206, South Carolina at LSU, Oct. 65, Florida vs. Georgia in Jacksonville, Oct. 274, Georgia at South Carolina, Oct. 63, LSU at Arkansas, Nov. 242, Alabama at Arkansas, Sept. 151, Alabama at LSU, Nov. 3

THE 10 BEST NONLEAGUE GAMES10, Texas at Ole Miss, Sept. 159, Texas A&M at SMU, Sept. 158. Arizona State at Missouri, Sept. 157,Washington at LSU, Sept. 86, N.C. State vs. Tennessee in Atlanta, Aug. 315, Auburn vs. Clemson in Atlanta, Sept. 14, Georgia Tech at Georgia, Nov. 243, Florida at Florida State, Nov. 242, South Carolina at Clemson, Nov. 241, Alabama vs. Michigan in Arlington, Texas,Sept. 1

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SEC MEDIAWestern Eastern1, LSU 1, Georgia2, Alabama 2, So. Carolina3, Arkansas 3, Florida4, Auburn 4, Missouri5, Texas A&M 5, Tennessee6, MSU 6, Vanderbilt7, Ole Miss 7, Kentucky

PHIL STEELEWestern Eastern1, LSU 1, Florida2, Alabama 2, Georgia3, Arkansas 3, So. Carolina4, MSU 4, Tennessee5, Auburn 5, Missouri6, Texas A&M 6, Vanderbilt7, Ole Miss 7, Kentucky

RIVALS.COMWestern Eastern1, LSU 1, So. Carolina2, Alabama 2, Georgia3, Arkansas 3, Florida4, Texas A&M 4, Missouri5, Auburn 5, Tennessee6, MSU 6, Vanderbilt7, Ole Miss 7, Kentucky

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The fourth quarter tends to sepa-rate the good from the great, andit’s that chasmMississippi Stateis trying to cross this season.

A team’s greatest weaknesses surfacein the fourth quarter. ForMSU, thoseweaknesses have been depth and an

inability tomaketimely plays, and theformer is often a cul-prit in the latter.The numbers from2011 bear it out.MSUwas 1-4 in SEC gamesdecided by 14 pointsor less. In those fourlosses, it entered the

fourth quarter with the opponent stillwithin striking distance.In a 41-34 loss at Auburn, State en-tered the fourth down by seven points.In a 19-6 loss to LSU, the Bulldogstrailed by three by that point. In a 14-12 loss to South Carolina, the teamswere tied entering the final frame. In a24-7 loss to Alabama,MSUwas down10 after three periods.MSUwas outscored 31-19 in thefourth quarter in those four losses.That’s themost important stat, but

there are othernumbers, and thisone’s interesting: Inthe final quarter ofthose games,MSU’sthird-down conver-sion rate was 46.7percent (7 of 15),while its oppo-nents’ was 40 per-cent (6 of 15).I suppose thattells us that thingswere fairly evensave for a big playor two here and

there. Like in the South Carolina game,when Alshon Jeffery leaped over ashorter Corey Broomfield for thegame-winning touchdown. Or theAuburn game, when Chris Relf wasstopped inches shy of the goal line onthe game’s final play.Why couldn’t the Bulldogsmakethose plays? Does it go back to depthand the simple fact that they were dog-tired by the fourth quarter? Some play-ers believe so.“If we did havemore depth, it mightbe a little better,” senior defensivetackle Josh Boyd said. “I think it’s going

to change this year.”The defense had good reason to beworn down last year. In the eight SECgames,MSUwon the fourth-quartertime of possession battle three times,andwent 1-2 in those games. That onewinwas the 31-3 trouncing of OleMiss; the fourth wasmeaningless. Oneof those two losses was to Arkansas– by 27 points.Meaningless.

SIGNIFICANT STATSIn the Auburn game, State held pos-session for 10:45 in the fourth, yetmanaged only seven points.MSU’s av-erage time of possession in the fourthquarter in SEC play was 6:30,meaningopponents averaged 8:30. That’s a sig-nificantmargin.The overwhelming consensusamongMSUplayers and coaches isthat the depth ismuch improved thisseason, and thus the fourth quarterwon’t be as problematic as in the past.If so, the Bulldogs could take a steptoward great.

Brad Locke ([email protected])covers Mississippi State for the Daily Journaland blogs daily at DJournal.com.

Better depth may rewrite MSU’s fourth-quarter story

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LAST 10 SEASONSSEC All

2011 2-6 7-62010 4-4 9-42009 2-5 5-72008 2-6 4-82007 4-4 8-52006 1-7 3-92005 1-7 3-82004 2-6 3-82003 1-7 2-102002 0-8 3-9All-time: 506-544-39

2011: 7-6 (2-6 SEC)S1 at Memphis W, 59-14S10 at Auburn L, 41-34S15 LSU L, 19-6S24 Louisiana Tech, OT W, 26-20O1 at Georgia L, 24-10O8 at UAB W, 21-3O15 South Carolina L, 14-12O29 at Kentucky W, 28-16N5 UT Martin W, 55-17N12 Alabama L, 24-7N19 at Arkansas L, 44-17N26 Ole Miss W, 31-3D30 Wake Forest W, 23-17

RETURNING LEADERSPassing:Tyler Russell 1212 yards, 8 TDsRushing:LaDarius Perkins 87-422-2Nick Griffin 16-108-1Receiving:Chris Smith 35-330-2Arceto Clark 30-442-4Chad Bumphis 25-339-3Tackles:Cam Lawrence 123 (50 solo)Johnthan Banks 71 (46 solo)

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OXFORD

This is the time of year for thequestion. Are you excited aboutfootball season?If you’re anOleMiss fan the an-

swer is “yes,” but it might be the 2013 or2014 season that generates themost ex-citement.As the Rebels close CampWilderness,they will soon place all of their attention

on Central Arkansas,the first opponent oftheHugh Freeze Era.This seasonmay ulti-mately produce excite-ment. Right now, itproduces concernmore than it produceshope.Most of what weknow about Freeze’s

debut team isn’t good. Lack of talent,lack of depth. Unproven quarterbacks,little experience at running back.Considering all of the above, Freezetalks about competing for 60minutesrather thanwinning and losing footballgames.That’s not a bad plan for a team thatwas outscored 110-13 in its final threegames, the ones after the firing of for-

mer coachHoustonNutt was an-nounced.When consideringlast year’s team toget a read on thisyear’s, the last threegames should besubtracted. Toomany distractions,too little attention todaily preparation bymany different par-ties during that time.Before the tragictripleheader the

Rebels had plenty of other problems,but they were competitive with chancesto win against BYU, Arkansas, Kentuckyandwere tied in themiddle of the thirdquarter at Auburn.Barry Brunetti says when last year’steamwas “hit in themouth” it didn’t re-spond.If Freeze, themotivational speaker,can help the Rebels answer the compe-tition question, winning a few games isnot a stretch to believe.Competing for 60minutes is impor-tant. It will eliminate embarrassinglosses like 52-7 against Alabama, 52-3

against LSU and 30-7 againstVanderbilt.While Freeze focuses on competing,fans will share that focus to a degree.Theywon’t completely discount winsand losses, however.

THE WAY FORWARDThis teamneeds to find away to winthe non-conference games that onpaper seemmanageable – CentralArkansas, UTEP andTulane. Losing oneof those would be an emotional setbackthat wouldmake belief harder.After that, the Rebels need to find away to break the SEC losing streakwhich stands at 14 games.That combinationwould send ames-sage that the program is on the righttrack, andwhen Football Journal is pro-duced a year fromnow the excitementquestionwill receive an enthusiastic“yes” in response.Win the ones they’re supposed to, andbreak the streak. They seem like simplegoals, but nothing is simple about OleMiss football right now. It’s a long roadback from oblivion.

Parrish Alford ([email protected])covers Ole Miss for the Daily Journal. He blogsdaily at Djournal.com.

Rebels will first focus on being 60-minute men

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C. TODD SHERMAN | DAILY JOURNALHugh Freeze is at the helm of an Ole Missprogram that lost 14 consecutive SECgames under its previous coaching staff.

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2011: 2-10 (0-8 SEC)S3 BYU L, 14-13S10 Southern Illinois W, 42-24S17 at Vanderbilt L, 30-7S24 Georgia L, 27-13O1 at Fresno State W, 38-28O15 Alabama L, 52-7O22 Arkansas L, 29-24O29 at Auburn L, 41-23N5 at Kentucky L, 30-13N12 Louisiana Tech L, 27-7N19 LSU L, 52-3N26 at Mississippi State L, 31-3

RETURNING LEADERSPassing:Randall Mackey 1112, 7 TDsBarry Brunetti 144, 0 TDsRushing:Jeff Scott 116-529-6Randall Mackey 83-180-1Barry Brunetti 33-110-0Receiving:Donte Moncrief 31-454-4Ja-Mes Logan 20-274-0Tackles:Mike Marry 81 (46 solo)Charles Sawyer 70 (45 solo)

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BY BRAD LOCKEDAILY JOURNAL

STARKVILLE – For Johnthan Banks,the right time and the right place con-verged on the night of Oct. 24, 2009.TimTebow andNo. 1 Florida were intown. Banks was a freshman safety, ascrawny kid fromnearby EastWebsterHigh School whowasn’t fully sure he be-longed on this field on this night. Then afortuitous bounce changed everything.With Florida threatening to score inthe second quarter, Tebow droppedback and released a pass under pres-sure. Cornerback Corey Broomfieldtipped it, and there was Banks waitingon it at the goal line. He raced 100 yardsfor the touchdown.Then he did it again in the fourthquarter, picking off Tebow and taking it20 yards to paydirt. MSU lost the game,29-19, but Banks gained something in-valuable.“I kind of doubtedmyself,” Bankssaid. “I’m coming from (Class) 1A toDi-vision I, where in 1A you really don’t(face)much talent. I really never knewhow good I really was until I picked offTimTebow twice.”Confidence can be a delicate thing,but Banks had plenty of it after thatgame. It hasn’t abated, and the seniornow stands as one of the country’s topcornerbacks. His 12 career interceptionsare four shy ofWalt Harris’ schoolrecord.Cornerbacks coachMelvin Smith saidhe didn’t notice any change in Banksafter the Florida game. He knew theability was there and that it wouldman-ifest itself at some point.Smith saw the potential in Banks earlyon.“The first day I threw him a ball, andthe first day I saw him run down thereon kickoffs. And I told our receivercoach, whowasMarkHudspeth at thetime, I said,man, if I was the receivercoach, I’d try and get Banks. Coach(Tony) Hughes toldme, ‘Melvin, youknow he’s the best corner you’ve got inyour group.’“And that was before he did any-thing.”

MR. EVERYTHINGBanks did a lot of things at EastWeb-ster. Everything, in fact.On the football team, hewas a dual-threat quarterback, receiver, defensive

back, and punt and kick returner. Healso led the school’s baseball and bas-ketball teams to state championships.It was Banks’ versatility that drewcoachDanMullen’s eye when puttingtogether his firstMSU signing class.“He did it all,”Mullen said. “That’ssomething, tome, that I like becausehe’s a ball player, and ball players aregoing to find away to get on the field foryou at some place.”Being from tinyMaben, Banks was offthe beaten recruiting path. His onlymajor offer came fromMSU, not thatother offers would’vemattered. Banksnever considered going anywhere else.Maben is about 20miles west ofStarkville, and Banks didn’t want to straytoo far fromhome.He likes being able to drive toMabenat the end of the day to see his familyand girlfriend, and then returning to

campus the nextmorning.“When I was a freshman, I haven’tbeen through no stuff like what Ilearned atMississippi State,” he said. “IfI went to a school farther off, I’d proba-bly have been back at home.”

COLLECTIVE CONFIDENCEBanks has become the face of theBulldogs this year. Coming off back-to-back winning seasons, including a 7-6mark last year,MSUharbors hopes ofnot just competing in the SEC’s unfor-givableWesternDivision, but winning.State has played teams like Alabamaand LSU tough, but hasn’t gotten overthe hump. But there is a collective confi-dence that they can hangwith the SECelite, and the seed of that confidencewas planted in that Florida game.“I think a lot of people that come toMississippi Statemight think, canwe re-

ally play with Alabama and Florida?”quarterbackTyler Russell said. “Youwatch them as a kid, and they’re alwaysonTV, and it’s in the back of yourmind.But now the times are changing, andanybody in the SEC canwin at anygiven time.”MSUhas come a longway since that2009 season.When Banks considershow far he’s come as a player, he goesback to that Florida game.“When I picked those two balls off,sometimes I think it was luck, becauseboth of them came off tipped balls,” hesaid. “I realized I was out there withgrownmen, and Florida probably hadabout, what, 10 or 11 that’s in theNFLright now.We had three or four that’s intheNFL.“I realized I’m out here with grownmen, and I can really do this if I reallyput the time and hardwork into it.”

Johnthan BanksEast Webster product is the face of the 2012 Bulldogs

DESTE LEE | DAILY JOURNALMSU’s Johnthan Banks, who played high school football at East Webster, made his first big splash in college football whenhe returned a pair of Tim Tebow passes for touchdowns in 2009.

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Donte MoncriefBY PARRISH ALFORD

DAILY JOURNAL

OXFORD – In this election year, thecandidate who swings through theOleMiss campus calling for hope andchangewill certainly get people listen-ing.Change is a top priority after a 2-10and 0-8 SEC finish.It’s hard to imagine worse times forDonteMoncrief and his teammatesthan those last three games in 2011, lop-

sided affairs after thefiring of former coachHoustonNutt was an-nounced. Nutt and hisstaff remained to coachthose games, and theRebels were outscored110-13 in losses toLouisianaTech, LSUand rivalMississippiState.

“In your head you’re saying, ‘I’ve gotto do something to change this,’ but itwas hard, weweren’t together asmuchas a team.We’re trying to change it now.Wewant the outcome to be different,”saidMoncrief, a 6-foot-2, 214-poundwide receiver.While Nutt pledged the full attentionand effort of he and his staff until theend, the visible results supportMon-crief’s theory of disarray. He sums it upwith a sort of “what doesn’t kill youmakes you stronger” remembrance.“Going through that situation, was agreat experience, but it was hard at thesame time.Tome, I don’t think anythingcould be harder than that,”Moncriefsaid.At the dawn of theHugh Freeze Era,OleMiss fans long for change, andMon-crief is viewed as an avenue to get there.In a recruiting class heavywithwidereceivers, therewas always a buzz aboutMoncrief, and this time a year ago hedidn’t disappoint, quickly gaining re-spect fromhis peers, trust from thecoaching staff.Success in camp led to a full-time role,andMoncrief started all 12 games as arookie.Hewent on the lead theRebels in everymajor receiving category, posting 31catches for 454 yards, four touchdownsandanaverageof 14.6 yards a catch.His best gamewas against Arkansaswith five catches for 73 yards and twotouchdowns.The numbers came on an offense that

had three different starting quarterbacksand ranked 11th in the SEC,No. 107 inthe nation in passing the football.“It was kind of hard at the time. As afreshman you’re trying to get used to onequarterback, butwewere switching andswitching,” he said.

CHANCE FOR GREATNESS?Freezewould like to seeMoncrief im-prove his route running, but there’s notmuch left to criticize in the total pack-age. He can’t guarantee thatMoncriefwill see only one quarterback, but thecompetition under center has beenwhittled to two: Barry Brunetti and BoWallace.Moncrief – who hasworked through athigh injury in camp – has been an ex-ample off the field also andwas amongthe three players accompanying Freeze

at SECMediaDays inHoover, Ala.Freeze coachedwide receivers his finalseason as anOleMiss assistant under EdOrgeron and has high praise for the typeof player he believesMoncrief can be-come.“The last stint I was at OleMiss, Icounted up, we had 18 players go to theNFL out of those three recruiting classes.I do believe that Donte has a chance tobe of that same caliber,” Freeze said. “Isay that, because I coachedMikeWal-lace, ShayHodge andDexterMcCluster.”In 12months,Moncrief has embracedthe transition from freshman to teamleader and the expectations that goalongwith change.“It’s a little pressure, but it’s somethingI’ve alwayswanted since Iwas a child.I’ve got to take the pressure andbe amanabout the situation andhelpmy team.”

Rebels’ leading receiver embraces challenge to be a leader

Moncrief

DESTE LEE | DAILY JOURNAL FILEDonte Moncrief had his most productive game last season against Arkansas, scoring on catches of 31 and 4 yards.

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Opponent CatchesBYU 3-16-0Southern Illinois 2-19-0Vanderbilt 1-47-1Georgia 3-68-1Fresno State 1-57-0Alabama 0-0-0Arkansas 5-73-2Auburn 3-34-0Kentucky 4-68-0Louisiana Tech 4-57-0LSU 1-(-5)-0Mississippi State 4-20-0

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OFFENSEQUARTERBACKSThis offense now belongs to Tyler Russell,

who’s expected to make the passing game morecompetent than it’s been in a while.The fourth-year junior from Meridian has been

a part-timer the past two years, completing 55.7percent of his passes for 1,669 yards, 13 touch-downs and 10 interceptions.With an experienced receiving corps at his

disposal and greater command of the playbook,Russell is expected by coach Dan Mullen tohave a “huge year.” Mullen has said the Bulldogswill be a more “vertical” passing team this fall.The main concern with Russell is whether he canstay healthy – he missed time last year with apair of knee injuries.Backing him up is redshirt freshman Dak

Prescott, the only other scholarship QB on theroster. He’s a dual-threat QB who coaches wantto get on the field early in the season when thesituations are right.

RUNNING BACKSGone is 1,100-yard rusher Vick Ballard, but the

backfield is home to an intriguing mix of talent.Junior LaDarius Perkins is the veteran of thegroup, having rushed for 988 yards and fivetouchdowns his first two seasons. The speedsteris also a threat out of the backfield, with 22catches for 306 yards and five TDs.He’s being challenged for the starting job by

sophomore Nick Griffin, who’s bigger and a moretypical power back. Coming off a knee injury hisredshirt year, Griffin saw limited time in 2011,gaining 108 yards on 16 carries with a touch-down. His build and first-cut ability could get Grif-fin a lot of carries this season, and he and Perkinsare certainly expected to get most of the touches.A pair of redshirt freshmen have made an im-

pression since the spring. Josh Robinson (5-foot-9, 215) and Derrick Milton (6-0, 205) haveboth proved tough to tackle, and the compactlybuilt Robinson brings a good dose of speed to thetable.

OFFENSIVE LINEThis area is the biggest question mark on

MSU’s team – offense, defense or otherwise. In-juries beset the line last season, and severalstarting candidates have yet to prove their mettleon game day.Blaine Clausell is one of those. Last year, as a

redshirt freshman, he split time at left tackle withJames Carmon, who’s graduated. Clausell madefour starts, and he’s now battling classmateArchie Muniz for the starting job. One thing thatcould help Clausell is the additional weight he’sput on. He’s listed at 305, but early in camp wasreportedly heavier than that.At right tackle, sophomore Damien Robinson

and juco transfer Charles Siddoway are bothgoing at it. Line coach John Hevesy has said hedoesn’t think in terms of left and right, but thathe has four tackles and is trying to figure outwho the best two are.MSU is pretty solid on the interior, especially if

oft-injured right guard Tobias Smith stayshealthy. Gabe Jackson is an All-SEC left guard,

and sophomore Dillon Day has taken commandat center after sliding into that role last year.

RECEIVERSFour seniors lead this deep group: Chad

Bumphis, Arceto Clark, Brandon Heavens andChris Smith. But the man drawing the bulk ofattention is redshirt freshman Joe Morrow.At 6-4, 205 pounds, Morrow gives MSU some-

thing it’s not had in the passing game in a longtime. He’s an athletic, big target who should beable to help MSU stretch the field.The four seniors have combined for 260

catches, 3,245 yards and 25 touchdowns in theircareers. Bumphis is looking to regain the formthat made him the team’s leading receiver hisfirst two years; last season he was third incatches (25) and second in yards (339).Coaches are hopeful that sophomore Jameon

Lewis, a speedy slot receiver, can find some

consistency and be a game-breaker this fall. Heand Bumphis are both expected to take somesnaps in the wildcat formation.At tight end, big-play sophomoreMalcolm

Johnson is out with an unspecified injury. ButMarcus Green was granted a sixth year of eligi-bility and is healthy again.

DEFENSEDEFENSIVE LINEFletcher Cox left early for the NFL, but this

might be the deepest group MSU has had underMullen. Senior Josh Boyd is the anchor attackle, and he’s got plenty of help. Curtis Virges,P.J. Jones, Devin Jones, Dewayne Cherringtonand Quay Evans will all find a place in the rota-tion.Boyd has 15.5 tackles-for-loss and 8.0 sacks

for his career as a nose tackle. But he’s now

playing Cox’s three-technique position.Virges is taking over Boyd’s old job, with the

Jones boys (not related) backing up Boyd. This isa multiple defense, so all sorts of combinationsare possible.Kaleb Eulls, the starting left defensive end,

might even see some time at tackle. The sopho-more is expected to help State beef up its passrush, but the biggest factor there is juco transferDenico Autry. An NJCAA All-American at EastMississippi CC last year, Autry is a speed rusherwho’s working to develop an all-around game.He’s battling senior Shane McCardell, who hasmade noticeable improvements this offseason.

LINEBACKERSThis time a year ago, linebacker was a major

concern. But new position coach Geoff Collinswhipped them into shape, and entering his sec-ond year at MSU has turned them into a realstrength.Weakside linebacker Cam Lawrence, a sen-

ior, is the SEC’s top returning tackler, but strong-side Deontae Skinnermight be the best of thegroup. Over the final three games of 2011, herecorded 22 tackles, 3.5 tackles-for-loss and twoforced fumbles.Between Lawrence and Skinner, a battle is

raging at middle linebacker between sophomoreFerlando Bohanna and 6-5 redshirt freshmanBenardrick McKinney. Coaches seem to behappy with whichever player is on the field.Depth has become a strength here. Chris

Hughes, Christian Holmes andMatt Wells areall making good progress, according to Collins.

SECONDARYMSU has one of the league’s best cornerback

units, with preseason All-American JohnthanBanks joined by fellow seniors Corey Broom-field and Darius Slay.Banks, who had five interceptions last season,

might be the best corner in the SEC.Slay looks to have pushed Broomfield out of a

starting job, but the latter will still get plenty ofsnaps – if not at corner then at nickelback andsafety.Speaking of safeties, hard-hitting junior

Nickoe Whitley looks healthy after suffering aruptured Achilles’ tendon late last season. DeeArrington is expected to start at strong safetyand is backed up by senior Louis Watson, aconverted cornerback. Jay Hughes, who playedin all 13 games last year, is a key reserve.

SPECIAL TEAMSMSU has a little intrigue at the kicker position.

Derek DePasquale is gone, and now there is abattle between freshman Devon Bell and severalwalk-ons. Brian Egan, who handled the bulk ofkickoff duties last season, is no longer with theteam.Punter Baker Swedenburg returns, and he

had a very consistent leg last year while averag-ing 41.8 yards per punt.Banks and Bumphis will again split handle

punt return duties, while Lewis and Perkins willbe deep on kickoffs.

Compiled byBradLocke

The Bulldogs: Position by position breakdown

THOMAS WELLS | DAILY JOURNAL FILETyler Russell has been handed the keys as the unquestioned starter at quarterbackfor Mississippi State this fall.

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OFFENSEQUARTERBACKSNeither Barry Brunetti nor junior college

transfer Bo Wallace has emerged to take a firmgrip on the job.Perhaps Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze saw that

coming. He spoke in the off-season about hiswillingness to play two quarterbacks, saying itcould be several games into the season beforethe picture becomes more clear.He has maintained that position.Wallace is considered the better passer and at

6-foot-4 sees the field better. Brunetti is the bet-ter runner, and throughout his career has been aleader off the field. However, listed at 6-feet tall,he’s had trouble with passes batted at the line ofscrimmage.Former Itawamba AHS starMaikhail Miller

has done some good things in camp and has es-tablished himself as a third on the depth chart.In an emergency situation, Freeze would also

have the option to move Randall Mackey, whostarted six games last year, from running back toquarterback.

RUNNING BACKSA position that opened camp with little experi-

ence behind starter Jeff Scott has grown its owndepth. So much so that the role of the juniorScott – who missed a great deal of camp with in-jury – is a bit unclear.Mackey has had such a good month at the po-

sition, it’s clear he’ll play a large part in plans. Hehas the quickness and elusiveness to makeplays, and he has shown himself to be a morephysical runner than a year ago when scram-bling from the pocket.Fifth-year senior Devin Thomas and Nick

Parker a third-year sophomore, are program vet-erans who haven’t gotten on the field much.Parker has dropped weight to get below 230

pounds and could be a candidate as a “banger”at the middle.Freshmen I’Tavius Mathers and Jaylen Wal-

ton have done good things in camp and will havethe opportunity to earn early playing time. Onemay redshirt, but that will be a tough call basedon what they’ve shown so far.

OFFENSIVE LINEA group already thin at tackle became thinner

in the spring with the departure of Matt Hall, a12-game starter last year, for personal reasons.Matt Luke, co-offensive coordinator, is a for-

mer Ole Miss lineman. He did most of the heavylifting with this group in the spring. Camp, exceptfor minor tweaks, has been about building depth.The starting interior includes junior Evan

Swindall at center; former center A.J. Hawkins,a senior, at right guard; and sophomore redshirtfreshman Justin Bell at left guard.Coaches like the talent of sophomore Aaron

Morris but have been trying to get him to playharder. Morris, who started six games last year,missed a few camp workouts with an injury, andBell moved into the lineup. There’s been compe-tition at the position as Morris has had productiveworkouts recently.At left tackle, Emmanuel McCray is in his

fourth year in the program, but has little gameexperience.There are high expectations for junior college

transfer Pierce Burton at right tackle. Burtonsuccessfully fended off a camp challenge fromjunior Patrick Junen.Junen, however, may be more valuable to the

team as a jack-of-all-trades. He’s played bothtackles and both guard positions.

RECEIVERSWhile the 2011 signing class had plenty of star

power at receiver, Donte Moncrief was the onlyone who showed himself mentally ready to makethe jump to college football.His work ethic allowed him to earn a starting

role early. He led the Rebels in every receivingcategory and is poised for a big sophomore year.The absence of academic casualty Nick Bras-

sell subtracts a playmaker, but the group as awhole has dependable hands. Junior Ja-MesLogan brings two years of experience. VincentSanders, a third-year sophomore, had a goodspring and is having a good camp.Freeze has been vocal about building depth at

the position, and that became more difficult thesecond day of practice when sophomore CollinsMoore sustained a dislocated shoulder, and MRIresults showed a torn labrum. He has made aquick return and will play with a brace.The leading candidates to take over Moore’s

inside receiver position are juniors Korvic Neatand Philander Moore.Freshman Cody Core has had an impressive

camp and will find a spot in a rotation that couldinclude as many as eight players.

DEFENSEDEFENSIVE LINEAs with most positions on the rebuilding team,

there aren’t a lot of experienced SEC players, buton the defensive line there are a lot of possibili-ties – particularly at the interior spots.Bryon Bennett and junior college transfer

Uriah Grant combined for 15 starts and 4.5tackles for loss last year.Bennett has progressed, though Grant missed

much of the spring and early camp with a shoul-der injury. Grant is expected to quickly work hisway into the rotation.One of the brightest spots in practice has been

true freshman Issac Gross. Coaches believe hisquickness will off-set his 270-pound frame.Grant’s absence in the spring allowed lots of

playing time for redshirt freshmanWoodrowHamilton and third-year sophomore CarltonMartin. Both have progressed.Coaches also expect more from senior Gilbert

Pena, who struggled with conditioning and ahand injury last year as a first-year junior collegetransfer. He has shed weight, gained quicknessand still checks in at 326 pounds.In short, there are parts and pieces to work

with on the interior, enough that the coaches candevelop a true rotation and keep players’ fresh.That’s not necessarily true at the end spots.A lot of hopes are riding on sophomore C.J.

Johnson, the converted linebacker. Senior E.J.Epperson – who spent his first four years at tightend – has been running first team.Junior Cameron Whigham offers some expe-

rience, and sophomore Ralph Williams hasbeen moved to end from linebacker.

The table is set for big contributions early fromfreshman Channing Ward, from Aberdeen, if hequickly grasps the system after being cleared tojoin the team only a week ago.

LINEBACKERSThere are only two in the 4-2-5 scheme pre-

ferred by defensive coordinator DaveWommack. It’s necessary, he says, to get morespeed on the field in the form of safeties playingnear the line of scrimmage.Wommack says he has the ability to go big

and to a traditional 4-3 with a third linebackerwhen necessary.Otherwise, look for juniorMike Marry in the

middle and senior Aaron Garbutt at one side.Denzel Nkemdiche, brother of the nation’s

top recruit – defensive lineman RobertNkemdiche – will back up Garbutt. Senior JoelKight is playing behind Marry. Kight has 114 ca-reer tackles in 15 starts over the last two years.

SECONDARYIn spite of missing spring drills while playing

baseball, Senquez Golson stepped into a start-ing cornerback spot the first day of camp. SeniorWesley Pendleton is expected to hold down theother cornerback spot.The emergence of Golson has allowed junior

college transfer Dehendret Collins – a fast studyafter enrolling in December to go through springdrills – to move inside to what the staff calls its“husky” position.The secondary took a hit on the second day of

practice when junior Charles Sawyer, one of theteam’s best players, sustained a torn quad. He’sexpected to be back in time for the first game.With Sawyer out, there have been extra reps

for freshmen Trae Elston and Quintavius Bur-dette. That’s been helpful, because both of thosehave been expected to contribute this season.Cody Prewitt and Chief Brown are the

starters at safety.

SPECIAL TEAMSThis is the only position on the team where the

Rebels return both ability and experience.Senior punter Tyler Campbell was the NCAA

champion two years ago. Last year his averagedipped to 43.6, still among the leaders in theSEC, but he showed his versatility on the rugbypunt, rolling out of the pocket and punting on therun to get more of a roll. It was a move that in-creased the Rebels’ net punting.Senior place kicker Bryson Rose was 9 for-

11 on field goals last year, his first miss ending astreak of 17 made kicks over two years. Onemore would have tied a 27-year-old SEC record.Rose has gotten stronger, and freshman

Nathan Noble has has a good camp. Eithercould handle kickoffs, and Freeze is pondering aredshirt season for senior Andrew Ritter. Thatwould give the Rebels an experienced placementkicker for 2013.Scott and Moore are candidates to handle

punt returns. Scott, Elston and Mackey could fig-ure into the kick return game.

Compiled byParrishAlford

The Rebels: Position by position breakdown

APRandall Mackey, a quarterback last season who was moved to receiver in thespring, will get a chance to make plays as a running back this fall.

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The Journal’s Brad Locke takes a lookat theMississippi State schedule andprojects the likely winners:

SEPT. 1, JACKSON STATE: For the secondtime in four years, MSU opens the season againstdownstate foe JSU. This begins a cupcake non-SEC schedule for the Bulldogs, although it’s no-table that the Tigers had the most prolific offensein I-AA last year. Likely winner: MSUSEPT. 8, AUBURN:MSU has lost four in a row

and 10 of its last 11 against Auburn. This is DanMullen’s shot to beat a Western Division teambesides Ole Miss, and it might be the biggestswing game of the season.MSUSEPT. 15, AT TROY: State makes its first trip to

this Sun Belt Conference member. Troy is nor-mally a strong program but slipped last year,going 3-9.MSUSEPT. 22, SOUTH ALABAMA: The Jaguars are

a transitional I-A program and will join the SunBelt next season. They’ve had some successtheir first three years of existence.MSUOCT. 6, AT KENTUCKY: Because of the reshuf-

fled SEC schedule, MSU is going to Lexington forthe second consecutive year. Kentucky isn’t verygood, but this is still an important road test forState. Mullen is 5-7 in SEC road games.MSUOCT. 13, TENNESSEE: The Volunteers are ex-

pected to have a strong offense this year with ahealthy QB Tyler Bray, but coach Derek Dooley’sjob might be on the line. This game could be too

close for comfort.MSUOCT. 20, MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE: This

game falls between what could be a tough Ten-nessee game and a road trip to Alabama. Trapgame? Perhaps, but Middle Tennessee went 2-10 last season.MSUOCT. 27, AT ALABAMA: The reigning national

champs look tough again, although some thinkthe Tide is a bit vulnerable on defense. MaybeMSU can get Alabama looking ahead to the nextweek’s matchup at LSU. Maybe not. ALABAMANOV. 3, TEXAS A&M: One of the new guys

come to Starkville, but MSU is familiar with theAggies’ new coach, Kevin Sumlin. He previouslycoached at Houston and beat the Bulldogs in2009 – in Starkville.MSUNOV. 10, AT LSU: MSU hasn’t won in Baton

Rouge since 1991, a losing streak of 10 games.The Tigers are again contenders for a nationaltitle, and this time they look to have a real throw-ing quarterback, Zach Mettenberger. LSUNOV. 17, ARKANSAS: The Bobby Petrino saga

diverted a lot of attention from the fact that a tonof talent returns to this team, especially on of-fense. If rent-a-coach John L. Smith can hold ittogether, Arkansas could be in a great position bythis point. ARKANSASNOV. 24, AT OLE MISS:Mullen has owned Ole

Miss, winning his first three Egg Bowls. HughFreeze is trying to revive the Rebels, and winningthis game at home would be a great start forhim.MSU

The Journal’s Parrish Alford takes alook at the OleMiss schedule and proj-ects the likely winners:

SEPT. 1, CENTRAL ARKANSAS: How manytimes will the 2010 Jacksonville State game, astunning 49-48 Ole Miss loss in overtime, bereferenced by the new coaching staff? Still, theRebels come out and play with energy – andplay for 60 minutes – in Hugh Freeze’s firstgame as head coach. Likely winner: OLEMISSSEPT. 8, UTEP: The Rebels have had a good

preseason defensively. This will be a big testagainst an offense that can put up some points.OLE MISSSEPT. 15, TEXAS: The Longhorns are loaded

on defense with a unit led by a coordinator,Manny Diaz, who had success against theRebels while coaching for Mississippi State.The Rebels won’t win this game, but if they doindeed enter 2-0 it will be an electric atmos-phere and a great chance to gauge improve-ment. TEXASSEPT. 22, AT TULANE: The first road trip of

the year comes against a team that is alsotransitioning with a new head coach. TheRebels rebound to improve to 3-1. OLE MISSSEPT. 29, AT ALABAMA: The Rebels strug-

gle to get anything going offensively against aCrimson Tide team that will be strong in spiteof seven lost starters on defense. The challenge

for the Rebels is to be more competitive than a52-7 loss in Oxford last year. ALABAMAOCT. 6, TEXAS A&M: The Aggies’ first SEC

road trip. The Rebels benefit from having seenspread offenses against UTEP and Tulane. In aclose one, TEXAS A&MOCT. 13, AUBURN: The SEC losing streak

ends here. It’s mid-season, and the Rebels“find” themselves with their new offense morethan Auburn does with its. Bo Wallace shinesagainst a rebuilding Auburn defense. OLE MISSOCT. 27, AT ARKANSAS: Razorbacks QB

Tyler Wilson is accurate, and the Hogs get theirrunning game going too. Arkansas gets a winas Houston Nutt flips the coin in Little Rock, hishometown. ARKANSASNOV. 3, AT GEORGIA: The Bulldogs’ defense,

with nine returning starters, keeps the Rebelsin check. GEORGIANOV. 10, VANDERBILT: Zac Stacy has a big

game, and the Commodores run their winningstreak against the Rebels to three games. VAN-DERBILTNOV. 17, AT LSU: Before 2011, this tradi-

tional rivalry game was usually close regard-less of circumstances. It’s close again, but theTigers’ depth at running back wears down theRebels. LSUNOV. 24, MISSISSIPPI STATE: Just like

2009, the favored team is the visiting team andloses because the home team wants it more.OLE MISS

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NOTABLE: Eastern Division teams, led by Florida (7-3), still hold a 12-8 edge in league championshipgames against their Western rivals, although they have lost 4 of the last 5.

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COACH ON THE HOTTEST SEATTENNESSEE’S DEREK DOOLEY: He sits on the

hottest seat in the country. The Volunteers are10-14 in his two seasons, but the poor recordisn’t all his fault.He has had to live with the poor recruiting ef-

forts made by predecessors Phil Fulmer andLane Kiffin. The Vols have had just three playersselected in the past two NFL drafts combined;from 2006-10, Tennessee had a combined sevenfirst-rounders.Still, three seasons to show your stuff now

seems the going rate for a coach in the SEC, sonow is the time for the Vols to show some im-provement. The athletic director who hired him(Mike Hamilton) is gone, which doesn’t help Doo-ley’s job security.

BEST COACHING STAFFALABAMA: Nick Saban is the best head coach

in college football, so it should not be a surprisethat he has a great staff surrounding him.Defensive coordinator Kirby Smart doesn’t get

enough credit for his work. Burton Burns does anexcellent job as running backs coach. Secondarycoach Jeremy Pruitt should be a coordinatorsoon. Strength coach Scott Cochran (an LSUalum) also does a great job.Worth watching is how new offensive coordi-

nator Doug Nussmeier works out this fall. He washired off Washington’s staff, but he didn’t callplays with the Huskies.

BEST OFFENSIVE COORDINATORMISSOURI’S DAVID YOST: The laid-back Yost

has a distinctive haircut (or non-haircut, morecorrectly), but he can coach – and he will get a

chance to show it againstSEC defenses this fall.He was Mizzou’s quarter-

back coach before adding OCduties in 2009, so he de-serves credit for helping de-velop QBs Brad Smith, ChaseDaniel, Blaine Gabbert andJames Franklin. Yost also isMizzou’s recruiting coordina-tor and kicking coach. His

predecessor as coordinator was Dave Chris-tensen, who has led Wyoming to two bowls infour seasons.

BEST DEFENSIVE COORDINATORLSU’S JOHN CHAVIS: “The Chief” has been

around the SEC since around, oh, 1953 or ’54, itseems. Actually, he worked at Tennessee from1989-2008 and was coordinator from 1995-2008 before leaving for LSU.He likes an aggressive, attacking unit – he

loves the zone blitz – and with the Tigers, he hasa bunch of high-caliber athletes to do his bid-ding. At times, he takes too many chances, but aChavis-led defense also is going to make a fewbig plays each game.

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Defense 4, Special Teams 2KEY PLAYERS: QB A.J. McCarron, LT

Barrett Jones, LB Nico JohnsonBIGGEST QUESTION: Can the defense

replace some big losses on defense inorder to make another BCS champi-onship run?BEST CASE: 12-0WORST CASE: 9-3QUOTABLE: “We have new people

who have new opportunities. This is theiropportunity to make this their team.” –Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban

ARKANSASLAST SEASON: 11-2, 6-2 SECRETURNING STARTERS: Offense 8,

Defense 6, Special Teams 2KEY PLAYERS: QB Tyler Wilson, RB

Knile Davis, LB Alonzo HighsmithBIGGEST QUESTION:Will Arkansas

be able to fulfill its potential in the wakeof the Bobby Petrino scandal and his un-expected departure?BEST CASE: 11-1WORST CASE: 8-4QUOTABLE: “We expect to be good

offensively. We have to contribute on theother side of the ball, as well.” – Razor-backs coach John L. Smith

AUBURNLAST SEASON: 8-5, 4-4 SECRETURNING STARTERS: Offense 7,

Defense 9, Special Teams 2KEY PLAYERS: LB Daren Bates, DE

Corey Lemonier, RB Onterio McCalebbBIGGEST QUESTION: Can Auburn’s

offense remain prolific without offensivecoordinator Gus Malzahn?BEST CASE: 8-4WORST CASE: 6-6QUOTABLE: “We need to get off to a

strong start this season. Our schedule isdefinitely tough in the month of Septem-ber.” – Tigers coach Gene Chizik

LSULAST SEASON: 13-1, 8-0 SECRETURNING STARTERS: Offense 7,

Defense 4, Special Teams 2KEY PLAYERS: QB Zach Metten-

berger, RB Spencer Ware, S Eric ReidBIGGEST QUESTION: How dangerous

will this offense be with a strong passer,Mettenberger, finally under center?BEST CASE: 12-0WORST CASE: 10-

2QUOTABLE: “I think there’s an enjoy-

ment with the idea that Zach can makethat deep ball throw very comfortably.”– Tigers coach Les Miles

TEXAS A&MLAST SEASON: 7-6, 4-5 Big 12RETURNING STARTERS: Offense 8,

Defense 6, Special Teams 1KEY PLAYERS: RB Christine Michael,

WR Ryan Swope, LB Sean PorterBIGGEST QUESTION: How well can

the new guys handle the rigors of thestacked SECWestern Division with anew head coach?BEST CASE: 7-5WORST CASE: 5-7QUOTABLE: “I think the combination

of size and speed, particularly in theWest, but in the SEC, is the difference-maker, and the depth in the front.” –Aggies coach Kevin Sumlin

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MISSISSIPPI STATEBEST CASE: 10-2, with road losses

to Alabama and LSU.WORST CASE: 6-6, if the Bulldogs’

franchise QB Tyler Russell gets an earlyseason-ending injury.

OLE MISSBEST CASE: 6-6, in which case Hugh

Freeze should get a Nobel Prize for foot-ball coaching.WORST CASE: 2-10 again.

JohnL. Pitts

SEC West: Again, the cradle of champions

MCT | FILEAlabama coach Nick Saban has hoisted the BCS NationalChampionship Trophy twice in the past three years.

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Defense 10, Special Teams 2KEY PLAYERS: LB Jon Bostic, DL

Sharrif Floyd, RB Mike GillisleeBIGGEST QUESTION: Can new offen-

sive coordinator Wayne Pease get pro-duction from young QBs and revive asagging offense?BEST CASE: 9-3 WORST CASE: 6-6QUOTABLE: “People ask what will be

different.We better score some points.We will be a more downhill runninggame because of the backs we have.”– Gators coach Will Muschamp

GEORGIALAST SEASON: 10-4, 7-1 SECRETURNING STARTERS: Offense 6,

Defense 9, Special Teams 1KEY PLAYERS: QB Aaron Murray, LB

Jarivs Jones, DL John JenkinsBIGGEST QUESTION: Can the run-

ning game deliver on high hopes afterthe departure of freshman star IsaiahCrowell?BEST CASE: 11-2WORST CASE: 9-3QUOTABLE: “I think Georgia has as

good a chance as anybody to win it. I

hope the media’s right this time.” –Bulldogs coach Mark Richt

KENTUCKYLAST SEASON: 5-7, 2-6 SECRETURNING STARTERS: Offense 6,

Defense 5, Special Teams 1KEY PLAYERS:WR La’Rod King, OL

Larry Warford, DB Martavius NelomsBIGGEST QUESTION: Can sopho-

more Maxwell Smith develop into a pro-ductive SEC quarterback?BEST CASE: 7-5 WORST CASE: 4-8QUOTABLE: “There were a lot of

young players making plays for us es-pecially in the last four games. I thinkthat was huge for our players gainingconfidence.” – Wildcats coach JokerPhillips

MISSOURILAST SEASON: 8-5, 5-4 Big 12RETURNING STARTERS: Offense 6,

Defense 7, Special Teams 2KEY PLAYERS: QB James Franklin,

WR T.J. Moe, DB E.J. GainesBIGGEST QUESTION: Can the spread

offense so successful for Missouri in re-cent seasons be physical enough weekin and week out in the SEC?BEST CASE: 9-3 WORST CASE: 6-6

QUOTABLE: “When you go into aleague like this, you’re new. You have toprove yourself, earn respect, and that’swhat we’re going to work hard to do.” –Tigers coach Gary Pinkel

SOUTH CAROLINALAST SEASON: 11-2, 6-2 SECRETURNING STARTERS: Offense 7,

Defense 6, Special Teams 0KEY PLAYERS: RB Marcus Latti-

more, DB D.J. Swearinger, DL JadeveonClowneyBIGGEST QUESTION: Is Lattimore

fully healed after ACL surgery to regainthe form he showed last season beforethe injury?BEST CASE: 11-2WORST CASE: 8-5QUOTABLE: “We’ve still not won the

SEC. That’s our ultimate goal.We’relooking forward to seeing what we canachieve in 2012.” – Gamecocks coachSteve Spurrier

TENNESSEELAST SEASON: 5-7, 1-7 SECRETURNING STARTERS: Offense 10,

Defense 7, Special Teams 2KEY PLAYERS: QB Tyler Bray,WR

Da’Rick Rogers,WR Justin Hunter

BIGGEST QUESTION: Can the Volsget enough from their run game to helpa potent passing game?BEST CASE: 8-4 WORST CASE: 5-7QUOTABLE: “The SEC has enjoyed

taking advantage of our tough times,but there’s a nice mood on our teamright now, and you’re not going to haveTennessee to kick around any more.” –Vols coach Derek Dooley

VANDERBILTLAST SEASON: 6-7, 2-6 SECRETURNING STARTERS: Offense 9,

Defense 7, Special Teams 2KEY PLAYERS: QB Jordan Rodgers,

RB Zac Stacy, DL Rob LohrBIG QUESTION: Can Vandy turn off-

field enthusiasm into on-field wins bymaking the pivotal plays in close SECgames?BEST CASE: 7-5 WORST CASE: 4-8QUOTABLE: “There’s a buzz about

Vanderbilt football right now that therehasn’t been for a long time.We alsoknow that we have a long way to go asa program, and we continue to take itone step at a time.” – Commodorescoach James Franklin

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SEC East: Can anybody here best the West?

APSteve Spurrier is aiming tomuscle his Gamecocks intothe SEC title game.

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HATTIESBURG –There’s adifferent coach and a differentquarterback at SouthernMiss.Still, Golden Eagles runningbackTracy Lampley said theprogram’s winningways will

stay the same.“We’re goingto be rightwhere wewantto be,” Lamp-ley said. “Everyday I see usgetting better.We’ve got some

new faces and some newcoaches, but this is the sameSouthernMiss football, soeverybody’s extremely confi-dent.”SouthernMiss is coming offarguably the best season inschool history, a 12-win cam-paign that endedwith aHawaiiBowl victory over Nevada and aNo. 20 national ranking.But big changes came quicklyfor the Golden Eagles followingthat success – coach Larry Fe-dora left for North Carolina andthe school hired veteran EllisJohnson.He couldn’t bemuchmoredifferent than his predecessor.The 49-year-old Fedora wasbrash and known for his wide-open spread offense that tookplenty of chances and scoredtouchdowns in bunches.Johnson is 60 years old, un-derstated and defensive-minded, known for hispunishing defenses at SouthCarolina,Mississippi State, Al-abama and Clemson.But Johnson isn’t worried

about style. He’s focused onleading the program to a sec-ond-straight ConferenceUSAchampionship.“We need to win ConferenceUSA andwe need to go to bowlgames,” Johnson said. “If wecan do that on a consistentbasis thenwe’re successful.”SouthernMiss should haveplenty of talent tomake a run atthe title again, led by a deepbackfield that includes Lamp-

ley, Kendrick Hardy, DesmondJohnson and JeremyHester.The 5-foot-9, 168-pound Lam-pley has been a do-it-all playerthroughout his career, and lastseason gained 463 rushingyards, 574 receiving yards and356 punt return yards, scoringeight total touchdowns.Lampley said he expects therunning game to be the team’sstrength early in the season.SouthernMiss is trying to re-

place a four-year starter atquarterback, Austin Davis. Thecandidates are junior ChrisCampbell, incoming freshmanAnthony Alford and redshirtfreshman Ricky Lloyd.

TOUGH STRETCHWhoever wins the jobwill betested quickly. The Golden Ea-gles have a difficult non-confer-ence schedule that includes anopener at Nebraska and homegames against Boise State andLouisville.“I think there’s progress (withthe quarterbacks), but I alsothink there’s a longway to go,”Johnson said. Alford “is far andaway the best guywith the ballin his hands as far as running.In the throwing game, each onehas had his day and hismo-ments where it’s one step for-ward and two steps back.”Lampley said hewasn’t tooworried about the quarterbackcompetition. ReplacingDavis –who finishedwith nearly everySouthernMiss passing record –won’t be possible, he admits.“Nomatter who is at quarter-back, we’re going to beOK,”Lampley said. “They can all dothe job. And it’smy job as a vet-eran to be there for the quarter-back and provide a steadyinfluence.”Johnson’smost recent stopbefore coming to SouthernMiss was at South Carolina,where hewas the defensive co-ordinator under Steve Spurrier.While the Southeastern Con-ferencewas full of teamswith apower running game, Johnsonsaid he’s tweaking his defensefor a different sort of pace inConferenceUSA, which is bet-

ter known for wide-open pass-ing offenses.“That’s going tomake yourdefense a certain style – it’sgoing to look for the big play,”Johnson said. “You’re going togive up some yards. But you’vegot tomake people pay for itwith turnovers.”Linebacker Jamie Collins isthe Golden Eagles’ leading re-turner. The 6-3, 239-pound sen-ior ranked second on the teamwith 98 tackles, 191⁄2 tackles for aloss and 61⁄2 sacks last season.“We’re a defense that can doall types of things,” Collins said.“You never knowwhat we’regoing to do.”

SCHEDULES1 at Nebraska, noonS15 East Carolina, 2:30 p.m.S22 at Western Kentucky, 6 p.m.S29 Louisville, 7 p.m.O6 Boise State, TBAO13 at UCF, 7 p.m.O20 Marshall, 6 p.m.O27 at Rice, noonN3 UAB, 6:30 p.m.N10 at SMU, TBAN17 UTEP, 7 p.m.N24 at Memphis, 3:30 p.m.

2011 RESULTSS3 Louisiana Tech W, 19-17S10 at Marshall L, 26-20S17 SE Louisiana W, 52-6S24 at Virginia W, 30-24O1 Rice W, 48-24O8 at Navy W, 63-35O22 SMU W, 27-3O29 at UTEP W, 3-13N5 at East Carolina W, 48-28N12 UCF W, 30-29N17 at UAB L, 34-31N26 Memphis W, 44-7D3 at Houston W, 49-28D24 Nevada W, 24-17

New-look SouthernMiss aims to continuewinning

APTracy Lampley expects that the Golden Eagles’ running game willbe up to the task as the team breaks in a new quarterback.

OPENERat NebraskaSept. 1, noon

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C-USA PRESEASON POLL(With first-place votes)

Eastern DivisionCentral Florida (20) . . . . . . . . .139Southern Miss (4) . . . . . . . . . .122East Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65UAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Memphis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Western DivisionHouston (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127Tulsa (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117SMU (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Tulane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42UTEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

2011 STANDINGSEast Division C-USA AllSouthern Miss 6-2 12-2Marshall 5-3 7-6East Carolina 4-4 5-7Central Florida 3-5 5-7UAB 3-5 3-9Memphis 1-7 2-10West Division C-USA AllHouston 8-0 13-1Tulsa 7-1 8-5SMU 5-3 8-5Rice 3-5 4-8UTEP 2-6 5-7Tulane 1-7 2-11

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Big changes are beingmade atMemphis, and they’re aimed atreversing the program’s spiralingdescent.The Liberty Bowl is being ren-ovated, with a new big videoboard, new lights, new turf and anew sound system. The Tigers’current practice facility recentlyreceived upgrades, and theschool is raising funds for a newindoor practice facility.All of this coincideswithMem-phis making a transition fromConference USA to the Big East,which will happen next year.Leading the way is new coachJustinFuente, a formerTCUaidewho’s bringing his own changesto a team that’s gone 5-31 overthepast three seasons, including2-22 in C-USA play.Fuente, who took over for thefired Larry Porter, is stressing ac-countability and perseverance.The latter will need to be inample supply as theTigers take averyyoung teaminto this season.

“Themark of this teamwill behow dowe handle it when timesare tough,” Fuente said. “I’m notsure that thisprogramin thepasthas always fought through ad-

versity. That’s something thatwe’ve got to accomplish.”Fuente sees all themoney andeffort being poured into the pro-gramas a commitment to build-ing awinner.“There’s been a definite refor-mation that they’re ready to godo this thing the right way,” hesaid.Only 35 lettermen return thisyear, and Fuente said he is con-cernedabout theTigers’maturitylevel. But he does have a coregroup of leaders, which includesquarterback Jacob Karam. TheTexas Tech transfer is eligible toplay immediately after gettinghis degree in 21⁄2 years, and he’llhave two years of eligibility atMemphis.Six starters are back on an of-fense that ranked last in C-USAin every major category last sea-son.Fuente saidhe’ll haveamul-tiple offense as he tries to figureoutwhatbest fits thecurrentper-sonnel.Defensively, first-round NFLDraft pick Dontari Poe is gonefrom the line. Fuente said he’s

been impressed with defensivelineman Terry Redden and cor-nerback BobbyMcCain.

SCHEDULES1 UT-Martin, 6 p.m.S8 at Arkansas St., 6 p.m.S15 Middle Tennessee, 6 p.m.S22 at Duke, TBAO6 Rice, 6 p.m.O13 at East Carolina, 3:30 p.m.O20 UCF, 7 p.m.O27 at SMU, 2:30 p.m.N3 at Marshall, 1 p.m.N10 Tulane, 6 p.m.N17 at UAB, TBAN24 Southern Miss, 3:30 p.m.

2011 RESULTSS1 Mississippi State L, 59-14S10 at Arkansas State L, 47-3S17 Austin Peay W, 27-6S24 SMU L, 42-0O1 at Middle Tennessee L, 38-31O8 at Rice L, 28-6O15 East Carolina L, 35-17O22 at Tulane W, 33-17O29 at UCF L, 41-0N12 UAB L, 41-35N19 Marshall L, 23-22N26 at Southern Miss L, 44-7

Can coaching change reverse Tigers’ slide?

APMemphis coach Justin Fuenteinherits a program that went 3-21 in the past two seasons.

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Jackson State justmissed out on a divi-sion title each of the last two seasons, andthat was with the prolific RyanTherriault atquarterback.He’s gone, but coach Rick Comegy likeswhat he has as theTigers try to get over thehump and reach the SWAC title game forthe first time in four years. Last season andthe season before, JSU tied for first in theEasternDivision but was on thewrong endof the tie-breakers.“I think it’s amotivational piece,” Com-egy said. “You can keep looking in yourrearviewmirror, and youwind up goingbackwards.”Stepping in forTherriault is senior DedricMcDonald, a 6-foot-5, 220-pounder. Be-hind him is a gaggle of QBs, including for-mer OleMiss quarterbacks ClaytonMooreand Evan Ingram.“Wemay not have what you call thatTherriault-type guy, but I think we’ve gotguys that can get it in the end zone andwin,” Comegy said.Another big change on offense is at coor-dinator. After EarnestWilson left for a job atHampton, Comegy promoted receiverscoachDerrickMcCall, who also was with

Comegy atTuskegee several years ago.JSUwas first in the SWAC in both scoringand total offense last year. As it tries to keepup that torrid pace,McCall won’tmakemany scheme changes.“He’s putting a couple of wrinkles in thathe and I had spoke of,” Comegy said. “He’sbeen tellingme about throughout the years

some things he’d like that he thinks canwork, and he finally got an opportunity toput them in along incorporatedwith thesame package that we ran a year ago.”Leading receiver Rico Richardson (896yards) is back, as are leading rushersTommyGooden (597 yards) and B.J. Lee(348 yards).With nine starters back, the defenseshould again be one of the best in theSWAC. Senior end Joseph LeBeauwill try tobreak the school’s single-season sackrecord of 16, which he tied last season.Other key players on defense aremiddlelinebackerMilton Patterson and corner-back Qua Cox.

FAST FACTSAffiliation: NCAA FCS (FootballChampionship Subdivision)

Conference: Southwestern Athletic,Eastern Division

Coach: Jay Hopson (1st year)2011 record: 2-8, 1-8 SWAC

SCOUTING REPORTTailback Joe Price followed Hop-

son from Memphis, where he rushedfor 16 yards on 15 carries in sixgames last season.… Hopson feelshis defense’s strength will be upfront and at cornerback.… Sopho-more Jacques Caldwell has movedfrom receiver to cornerback.…Al-corn State ranked last in the SWAC intotal defense last year, allowing381.0 ypg.

ALCORN STATEBRAVES



Coach: Rick Comegy (7th year)2011 record: 9-2, 7-2 SWAC

SCOUTING REPORTDedric McDonald, who’s ex-

pected to start at quarterback, threwnine passes last season.… Comegysaid DT Michael Dukes, who’s bat-tled injuries the last couple of years,has been looking good in preseasoncamp.… Comegy is high on fresh-man LB Teddrick Terrell.… Com-egy received a two-year contractextension this offseason. ... TheTigers had six first-team preseasonAll-SWAC selections – three onoffense and three on defense.

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Jay Hopson is realistic about Alcorn Statefootball’s present, but he’s determined tomove forward a step at a time.The former OleMiss assistant has takenover a program that’s seen no stability thelast few seasons. Hopson is the third coachin asmany years, and the Braves haven’thad awinning campaign since 2006.Hopson, the first white head footballcoach in SWAChistory, doesn’t expect animmediate turnaround, especially not withsomuch youth.“I’ve kind of been like this: I don’t sooth-say,” he said. “My biggest thing is I just wantto see a football team that is competingharder every day, and every game.”Why take on such a challenge?Well, forone, Lorman is just 40miles south of Hop-son’s hometown ofVicksburg. Plus, he rel-ishes challenges.He’s been at bigger schools, with stops atSouthernMiss,Michigan, andmost re-centlyMemphis, where hewas defensivecoordinator.“There are certainly things that you’llface in a (Division) I-AA program that youwon’t face in an SEC program,” Hopsonsaid. “There are things you have to adapt to,

but on thewhole, coaching is still justcoaching.”A lot of coaching is going to be requiredof this group. Hopson is expecting to play alot of freshmen, and one of hismajor tenetsis doing the small things correctly.“I want us as a team that really takes

pride in the little things and is disciplinedand plays hard,” he said. “If we can do thatandworry about competing, not worryabout the results, I think we can get better.”There is some experience on offense. Ju-nior Darius Smith, the leading candidate atquarterback, passed for 1,044 yards andnine touchdowns last season. SeniorArnoldWalker returns at tailback afterrushing for 713 yards.On defense, Alcornwill run amultiple 40scheme.There’s good experience at line-backer, where Robert Gainwell returns. Hehad 44 tackles, 8.0 tackles-for-loss and apair of sacks last fall.

SCHEDULES1 Grambling (Shreveport, La.) 6 p.m.S8 at James Madison 7 p.m.S15 Ark.-Pine Bluff* 2 p.m.S22 at Arkansas State 6 p.m.S29 Alabama State* (HC) 2 p.m.O6 Southern* 2 p.m.O13 at Alabama A&M* 1 p.m.O20 at Prairie View A&M* 1 p.m.O27 OpenN3 at MVSU* 1 p.m.N10 Texas Southern* 2 p.m.N17 Jackson State* 1 p.m.

*-SWAC game

SCHEDULES1 at Mississippi State 6 p.m.S8 Tennessee State (at Memphis) 6 p.m.S15 at Texas Southern* 7:30 p.m.S22 Southern* 4 p.m.S29 Prairie View A&M* 4 p.m.O6 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff* 6 p.m.O13 at Alabama State* 1 p.m.O20 MVSU* (HC) 3 p.m.O27 OpenN3 at Grambling State* 4 p.m.N10 Alabama A&M* TBAN17 at Alcorn State* 1 p.m.

*-SWAC game

Another season, another change at the top

ALCORN STATEJay Hopson is the first white head footballcoach at a SWAC school.

Comegy eager to reloadhis offense this fall

APRick Comegy is 17-5 in his last two seasonsat Jackson State, 13-5 in SWAC games.

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SWAC PRESEASON POLL(With first-place votes)

Eastern Division1. Alabama State (11) . . . . . . 1082. Jackson State (7) . . . . . . . . 953. Alabama A&M (7) . . . . . . . . 944. Alcorn State (1) . . . . . . . . . . 425. Mississippi Valley . . . . . . . . . 36Western Division1. Grambling State (20) . . . . 1192. Prairie View A&M (1) . . . . . . 823. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2) . . . . 694. Southern (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . 545. Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . 51Championship game: Dec. 8at Legion Field, Birmingham.

2011 STANDINGSEastern Division SWAC AllAlabama A&M 7-2 8-4Alabama State 7-2 8-3Jackson State 7-2 9-2Alcorn State 1-8 2-8Mississippi Valley 1-8 1-10Western Division SWAC AllGrambling State 6-3 8-4Ark.-Pine Bluff 5-4 6-5Prairie View A&M 5-4 5-6Southern 4-5 4-7Texas Southern 2-7 4-7

Championship game: Grambling State 16,Alabama A&M 15.



Coach: Karl Morgan (3rd year)2011 record: 1-10, 1-8 SWAC

SCOUTING REPORTMorgan wants to see a better pass

rush from his defense. MVSU hadjust 14 sacks last year.… There’sdepth at tailback with BrandonStansell (396 yards last year) andjuco transfer Cortez Frizell.…WRRichard Drake transferred in fromMiddle Tennessee State.… Morganlikes sophomore WR JulianStafford’s potential.

MISSISSIPPI VALLEYDELTA DEVILS


For a team that won only onegame last year, there are somegood reasons forMississippiVal-ley State to be positive about2012.Third-year coach KarlMorgancan point to some close losseslast season. TheDelta Devils lost17-16 to Jackson State, whichtied for first in the SWAC’s East-ernDivision. Then there was a30-24 overtime loss to Gram-bling, whichwent on to win theleague title.Valley’s lonewinwas a 12-9decision against Texas Southern,the 2010 SWAC champ.“The players have a sense ofwe’re close, and nowwhenweget into a close contest, we’vegot to find away to win thatclose contest,”Morgan said.“You get a couple of those, andthenwhen you get confidence,you believe you can do it.”MVSUhas 15 starters back, in-cluding nine on offense. One ofthose is quarterback Garrick

Jones, whopassed for 811yards and seventouchdowns,and rushed for100.Also returningis tailbackTreyBateaste, whohad 543 yards

and threeTDs last fall. Morgan isexpectingmore out of Bateaste,whowas named All-SWAC pre-season second team.The defense is led by anotherAll-SWAC player, end LeployerFranklin. The 6-foot-3, 240-pound senior had a team-high65 tackles, 14.0 tackles-for-lossand 3.0 sacks last season.MarcusThompson (57 tack-les, 6.0TFL) returns to lead thelinebackers.

NUMBERS GAMEMVSUwas outscored by 17points per game and outgainedby 110 yards per game last year.AsMorgan continues to try andclose the gap between his teamand the rest of the SWAC, he’s

doing so at a distinct disadvan-tage.Valley has about 40 players onscholarship, and that low num-ber is a reason it had to cancelnext year’s game againstMissis-sippi State, per anNCAA rule.Depth, obviously, is a concern.ButMorgan likes what he has.“Our talent level is better thanit was when I first got inmy firstyear. I think we’vemade somestrides and improved the tal-ent.”

Valley hopes close ones go their way

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Will Hall can tell you exactly how longit takes to reach Livingston, Ala., fromTupelo, setting the trip distance at 2hours, 5minutes. He can tell you thetime involved to reach Livingston fromanywhere else, for thatmatter.Location is what Hall sells to recruits,evenwhen that location is in rural Al-abama.It’s a pitch recruits are buying rightnow, and recruiting is one of the biggestreasons for his successful debut seasonas head coach atWest Alabama. A yearago he guided theTigers to their first Di-vision II home playoff game and a top25 ranking at the end of the season.West Alabama – four points frombeing 10-2 – finished 8-4 after losing inthe first round toNorth Alabama, a GulfSouth Conference rival andHall’s almamater. Hall was namedGSC co-Coachof theYear.“We are in a great location. That’s ourbiggest sell,” he said. “There are a lot ofgood players around us. I tell them, ‘Iknow youwanted to play in the SEC. Sodid I. For whatever reason, it didn’t workout. So why not stay close to home and

get a great degree at a place you have achance to win a championship?”The glut of information on recruitingat themajor-college levelmakes theprocess very different from the small-college level. The coaches whowork thehardest often find success.

“As things have progressed, we justdon’t get beatmuch,” saidHall, 32, whowas offensive coordinator at UWA forBobbyWallace, stepping upwhenWal-lace retired.Hall and theTigers are getting no-ticed. UWA is rankedNo. 8 inUSATodaypreseasonD-II poll, No. 14 by Lindy’s.West Alabama placed a school-record13 players on the All-GSC team at theend of last season and have followedthat up this summerwith 10 players onthe All-GSC preseason team.West Alabama is picked to finish sec-ond behindValdosta State.

NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TIESHis staff has a NortheastMississippifeel with Corinth native and former OleMiss defensive coordinator RobertHenry running his defense and formerAmory standout SamGregg serving asoffensive coordinator.Hall played for his father, BobbyHall,at Amory before going on to success atNorthwest Community College andeventually at UNA, where hewon theHarlonHill Trophy, the Division IIequivalent of theHeisman.Hewasted no time beginning acoaching career and had stops at Pres-

byterian, Henderson State, SouthwestBaptist and Arkansas-Monticello beforearriving at UWA.Hall credits his father for influencinghis career and subscribes to his dad’sbeliefs that defense, a running gameand fewmistakes are key elements inwinning football games.But he doesn’t see Bobby, still coach-ing at Class 6AMadison Central, andhimself ever coaching together.“We have a great relationship, but weare both chiefs. He likes running hisprogram, and I like runningmine,” saidWill Hall, who is under contract atWestAlabama through 2014.As he sells location to players, hedoesn’t believe location is a disadvan-tage for himself as he ponders his fu-ture. AndHall says he doesn’t feelbranded as a small-college coach.“You always want to compete at thehighest level. Right now, I am fortunateto be at a great place with great playersand an administration that wants to winand is forward-thinking,” he said. “Weare trying to do something everybodysaid couldn’t be done.We have a chanceto win a conference championship anda national championship atWest Al-abama. I am living in themoment.”

Amory’sWill Hall has D-II West Alabama on the rise

JOE CHANCEWill Hall, a standout QB at Amory, went8-4 in his first season at West Alabama.

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FAST FACTSAffiliation: NAIAConference: Mid-SouthHead Coach: Joe Thrasher2011 Record: 5-6, 3-3 in MSCTop 3 Returning Players: RB Justin Gaines,

WR Kylan Pollard, DB Craig McDonald

INSIDE SCOOPIn an era when the spread offense is trendy,

Joe Thrasher is bucking the trend. In his fourthseason, he’ll seek to make the Blazers morebalanced and stronger in the run game.This not a new preference, but it’s taken a

while get the players comfortable in the system.Belhaven took steps in that direction last

year, amassing 1,516 yards on the ground.The Blazers were just a few plays from being

a seven- or possibly eight-win team in 2011.Thrasher hopes a more physical team will makethose plays.

OFFENSEFormer Ole Miss quarterback Raymond Cot-

ton is back at a Mississippi four-year school, thefourth school in his post-high school career.He will battle an established senior for the

job; Alex Williams had 5,052 career passingyards, third-most in school history.Cotton passed for 806 yards and six TDs and

ran for 437 yards and six more scores at Mis-sissippi Gulf Coast Community College last year.All-conference running back Justin Gaines

returns rushing for 977 yards last season in-cluding 250 yards against Faulkner.The backfield will have added depth with

Louisiana-Lafayette transfer Aaron Spikes. Heshowed some explosiveness in the Blazers’spring game with 89 yards on three carries.The top returning receiver is Kylan Pollard,

who had 52 catches for 742 yards and four TDsin 2011.A position change to watch: the move of sen-

ior Reese Unger from defense to tight end.

DEFENSEThrasher likes the defensive speed allowed

with a 4-2-5, and defensive back Craig McDon-ald is the Blazers’ top returning player. He wasAll-MSC last year with 108 tackles and eighttackles for loss.Senior Jared McCarthy is back along the de-

fensive line after a stellar junior season in whichhe recorded eight tackles for loss, a sack and aforced fumble.At linebacker, the Blazers will benefit from

two transfers Donnell Williams (Oklahoma State)and Montrell Connor (Troy).

BELHAVENBLAZERS

DELTA STATESTATESMENFAST FACTS

Affiliation: NCAA Division IIConference: Gulf South ConferenceHead Coach: Jamey Chadwell2011 Record: 11-3, 3-1 GSCTop 3 Returning Players:WR Lavon Downs,

RB Richard Freelon, LB Ixavier Triplett

INSIDE SCOOPDelta State won the GSC championship in

four of the last five years. That run of successcost the Statesmen their coach as Ron Robertsleft to take the Southeastern Louisiana job. SLUcompetes in the FCS Southland Conference.New coach Jamey Chadwell will have big

holes to fill on offense with the loss of GSCplayer of the year Micah Davis at quarterbackand on defense without cornerback DominiqueDavenport, a Baldwyn native and All-GSC per-former in the Statesmen’s run to the Division IIsemifinals last year.Chadwell, though, no stranger to rebuilding.

He won 22 games in three seasons at NorthGreenville, 20 of those in his last two years.

OFFENSEChadwell has installed a spread offense

based more on the option than the pass.That should bode well for Bruce native

Richard Freelon, who brings experience to therunning back position. He was second-team All-GSC last year, his first at DSU after transferringfrom Jacksonville State.Chadwell got a close look at Freelon in the

playoffs when he rushed for 130 yards and threetouchdowns as Delta eliminated NorthGreenville. Freelon finished with a team-high700 rushing yards and eight touchdowns.A quarterback competition between two

transfers went to the wire.Spencer Van Brunt, from Concord, Calif., en-

rolled in December and went through springdrills. Trevor Wooden, considered the betterpasser, made up any ground he might lost to VanBrunt’s early start.Wooden played last season atMissouri State and arrived just this month buthas had a good camp.

DEFENSEThe new 3-4 alignment will be a good fit for

speedy linebacker, Ixavier Triplett, a junior whohas totaled eight forced fumbles in his first twoseasons. Triplett was an honorable mention All-American by Football Gazette last year.A secondary without much experience will get

some know-how from senior C.J. Lester. He ap-peared in 12 games last year, starting four, andfinished with 19 tackles and an interception.

MILLSAPSMAJORSFAST FACTS

Affiliation: NCAA Division IIIConference: Southern Athletic AssociationHead Coach: Aaron Pelch2011 Record: 4-6, 3-3 in SCACTop 3 Returning Players: OL Kyle Skene, DB

Greg Blasiar, DE Jeff Milner

INSIDE SCOOPThe Majors were in the hunt before dropping

their last three games, two in the league, to fin-ish 3-3 in SCAC play. It was a tailspin that leftthem with a losing record, 4-6, in the secondseason under head coach Aaron Pelch.It’s a more experienced group that returns,

and Pelch hopes, will have the Majors more suc-cessful at the finish.“We’ve got a pretty good senior group coming

back as we are senior-heavy on both sides ofthe ball,” he said.Last season was a different take from 2010,

Pelch’s first season as coach, when the Majorswere 2-3 after five games but finished 7-3.

OFFENSEWhile experience abounds, the real strength is

up front, where all five starters return includingAll-SCAC selection Kyle Skene and veteransCharlie Sagan and Kyle MacDonald.“Our offensive line is probably our most expe-

rienced group,” said Pelch. “We got seven offen-sive linemen with extensive time in games andour expectation is to be able to build off that.”Millsaps returns two experienced quarter-

backs in Garrett Pinciotti and Konner Joplin.The two combined for 2,109 passing yards

with 16 touchdowns and 12 interceptions lastyear but were also sacked 14 times.Joplin’s brother, Kegan, is a wide receiver.The Majors will be looking to replace their

leading rusher. Sophomore Mike Barthelemy,with 137 yards and a touchdown in 2011, is themost experienced returner.

DEFENSESix starters return including all-conference

players Joiner Stewart, Alex Stewart andJonathan Moore and Greg Blasiar as well as theleague’s newcomer of the year in Jeff Milner.The Stewarts combined for 69 tackles, 10.5

tackles for loss and three fumble recoveries. Asa freshman DE, Milner had four sacks, five tack-les for loss and forced two fumbles.The Majors figure to be strong in the second-

ary where Blasiar had 22 tackles, 2.5 tackles forloss and two interceptions.Also returning is senior linebacker JebWhite,

whose 91 tackles led the SCAC.

MISSISSIPPI COLLEGECHOCTAWSFAST FACTS

Affiliation: NCAA Division IIIConference: American SouthwestHead Coach: Norman Joseph2011 Record: 3-7, 2-6 in ASCTop 3 Returning Players:WR Randall Pharr,

OL Brennan Herrmann, S DocWard

INSIDE SCOOPYou can scan the Mississippi College roster

and find a half dozen quarterbacks – even onenamed Favre from the Coast – but you can’t finda QB with noteworthy game experience.That’s rare for Norman Joseph, who’s

beginning his seventh season as coach of theChoctaws. For the last six seasons Joseph hadonly two QBs, Adam Shaffer and Tommy Reyer.M.C. will try to rebound from a three-win

season in 2011, its least-productive year sinceJoseph’s first team went 2-8.

OFFENSEReyer led Joseph’s spread offense, passing

for 1,935 yards with 21 touchdowns and 12 in-terceptions last year. He was also the team’ssecond-leading rusher with 296 yards.He is the only quarterback in school history to

pass for more than 5,000 yards and rush formore than 1,000 in a career and is still with theprogram as a student assistant.The only returner to take game snaps last

year is sophomore Jonathon Redd, who was 2for 6 passing and rushed five times for 24 yardsagainst Texas Lutheran.Beaux Gipson, also a sophomore, could

emerge as the mobile option, a contrast to Redd,who Joseph credits with a “live” arm.The Choctaws will look for a new starter at

running back, too.Sophomore Jacob Becker was most consis-

tent in spring drills, while junior Josh Johnson isthe most experienced with 88 rushing yards andspecial teams success a year ago when he wassecond in the league in kick returns.WR Randall Pharr is back after notching 21

catches for 266 yards in 2011, one of threestarting receivers back.Four starters return up front.

DEFENSESeven starters are gone. The Chocs will miss

safety Blake Rowell (19.5 TFLs, 8 forced fum-bles) and linebacker Jarryn Bingham (13.5 TFLs,8 sacks).Four starters are back, the most experienced

being defensive back DocWard, who had fivetackles for loss and an interception last year.

Capsules compiled byParrishAlford

BELHAVENblazers.belhaven.edu

Date Opponent Kickoff 2011 resultS1 Cumberlands (Ky.) 1:30 p.m. L, 58-0S8 Louisiana College 7 p.m. L, 33-24 (3OT)S15 Cumberland (Tenn.)* 1:30 p.m. W, 34-21S22 Campbellsville* 1:30 p.m.S29 Virginia-Wise 6 p.m.O6 Kentucky Christian 1:30 p.m.O13 Bluefield* (HC) 1:30 p.m.O20 Lindsey Wilson* 1:30 p.m. L, 34-28O27 Faulkner* 1:30 p.m. W, 45-27N3 Pikeville 1:30 p.m.N10 Bethel* 5 p.m. L, 28-17

*-MSC game

DELTA STATEgostatesmen.com

Date Opponent Kickoff 2011 resultS1 Fort Valley State Noon W, 27-7S8 at Elizabeth City State 6 p.m. W, 28-21 (OT)S22 North Alabama* 6 p.m. W, 30-24 (OT)S27 Abilene Christian 6 p.m.O6 at Tarleton State 7 p.m.O13 West Georgia* 6 p.m. L, 39-35O20 at Valdosta State* 2 p.m. W, 36-33O27 West Alabama* (HC) 4 p.m. W, 36-34N3 at Univ. of Indianapolis 5 p.m.N10 at Shorter* 12:30 p.m.

*-GSC games

MILLSAPSgomajors.com

Date Opponent Kickoff 2011 resultA30 Mississippi College 7 p.m. L, 33-27 (OT)S8 at LaGrange noon W, 24-7S15 at Point noonS29 at Centre* 12:30 p.m. L, 24-22O6 Huntingdon 1 p.m.O13 Sewanee* 1 p.m. W, 21-20O20 at Rhodes* 1 p.m. W, 44-36O27 at Trinity (Texas) 1:30 p.m. L, 10-3N3 Austin 1 p.m. W, 33-27N10 Birmingham Southern 1 p.m. L, 35-21

*-SAA games

MISSISSIPPI COLLEGEwww.gochoctaws.com

Date Opponent Kickoff 2011 resultA30 at Millsaps 7 p.m. W, 33-27 (OT)S8 Webber International 6 p.m.S15 at West Alabama 6 p.m.S29 at Hardin-Simmons* 6 p.m. W, 45-28O6 Sul Ross State* 1 p.m. L, 49-42 (OT)O13 at Howard Payne* 2 p.m. W, 34-21O20 at Texas Lutheran* 1 p.m. L, 36-16O27 East Texas Baptist* 3 p.m. L, 34-21N3 Louisiana College* 1 p.m. L, 52-17N10 at Mary Hardin-Baylor* 1 p.m. L, 35-12

*-ASC games

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Change is almost a fact of lifein junior college sports.Itawamba Community Col-lege head coach JonWilliams isdealing with the change of his

roster from lastseason as heprepares forthe 2012 cam-paign.“Every year,

you probably lose half yourteam, andwe probably lostmore than that,”Williams said.“We have already seen somegreat things out of guys both oldand new, but wewon’t know athing until they are battletested.”The past couple of seasons,the Indians have been testingwell on the back end of theirschedule, posting back-to-back4-2 NorthDivisionmarks. Butneither of those efforts pushedthe Indians into the playoffs – afactWilliamswants to remedy.“I think a lot this seasonwill

depend onearly success,”Williams said. “Ithink the guyson this teamtrust eachother, and thatcan lead togreat things forus.”

Trust will be ultimately keyfor one of themarquis positionson the field asWilliamswill starta freshman at quarterback forICC. But which freshman?A spirited competition be-tween three first-year players isprovided quite the show inItawamba practices.AndrewGoodman, fromNorth Carolina, will get the startwhile Griff Loftis ofMoorevillewill be the backup.Goodman threw for 36 touch-downs last year in high school.“It was an intense battle be-tween our three freshmen forthe starting job,”Williams said.“At the end of the day, we feltlike Andrew does a great job ofrallying the team around him.”

ChaseWatson, from Saltillo,will be redshirted.“I can’t say enough about howGriff and Chase battled for thestarting job,”Williams said.Balancing that youthful com-petition on offense will be theveteran presence of tackle Bren-nanTutor fromPontotoc, widereceivers Demarius HowardfromCalhoun City and RashadPargo fromAberdeen, and run-ning back Chris Ingram fromSouthaven.Specifically in the backfield,the race for playing time is noless dramatic with four playersin line. Besides Ingram, there isCourtney Gladney fromOliveBranch, LaDarryl Hunt, andTo-bias Lawson.“Other freshmen that couldimpact us on offense could beTabarrius Coffey, Shante Rogers,Archie Dennard, andHunt,”Williams said.

YOUNG ON DEFENSEOndefense, the players in thekey leadership roles wereknown from the start of camp.

On the line, itwill be end FredWard fromAb-erdeen. In thebackfield, it willbe PatMalonefromByhalia.“We’re obvi-ously young ondefense, and

we’ll have to have some youngguys step up,”Williams said.“They’ll have to play biggerthan freshmen.”Some of those young guys forItawamba include linebacker C.J. Jackson, linemanD. Q.Reynolds, and cornerback Stan-ley Childs.

SCHEDULEAug. 30 at East Central 6:30 p.m.Sept. 6 Southwest 7 p.m.Sept. 13 at Miss. Delta* 6:30 p.m.Sept. 20 Holmes* 7 p.m.Sept. 27 at Northwest* 6:30 p.m.Oct. 4 Copiah-Lincoln 7 p.m.Oct. 11 Coahoma* 7 p.m.Oct. 20 at Northeast* 3 p.m.Oct. 27 East Miss.* (HC) 4 p.m.

*-North Division game

Indians targeting quick start, playoff runFAST FACTS

2011 record: 4-5, 4-2 divisionCoach: JonWilliamsReturning starters: 3 offense, 5

defense

PLAYERS TO WATCHWR Ronald Carswell, Fr., 6-1, 185Has the potential to be an explosiveplaymaker.

LB Deryck Gildon, So., 6-3, 220Throughout camp, has proven to be adefensive leader.

DE Theo Rich, So., 6-4, 265Brings maturity to defensive line.

SCOUTING REPORTICC has finished with a 4-2 record

each of the last two seasons in NorthDivision play, good enough to tie forsecond place with two other schools,but the Indians fell short of the play-offs each time on tiebreakers. ... Akey for head coach Jon Williamsearly in the season will be the teamchemistry of the Indians. “It’s theglue that holds everything together,and will be very important early inthe season.” ... ICC signed 42 playerson National Signing Day.

ITAWAMBA CCINDIANS

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RB Jay Jones, So., 5-10, 225Transfer is a real difference-maker.LB Nick Thomason, So., 6-1, 230Hard-nosed kid, runs sideline tosideline well.

SCOUTING REPORTIn 2010, running back Jay Jones

from Horn Lake rushed for 920 yardsand eight touchdowns for Northwest.... Coach Ricky Smither calls thisseason’s edition of the Tigers “Young,fast, and energetic. The summerworkouts did not phase them.”...Northeast finished in a three-way tiein the North Division for second placewith a 4-2 record last season, andqualified for the playoffs.

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TIGERS BY DAVID WHEELERSPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL

TheNortheast CommunityCollegeTigers rode the tails ofearly success to a 4-2 NorthDi-vision record and a playoff ap-pearance.Not good enough for headcoach Ricky Smither.“Sure we had experienced

players and agreat start, andthat was impor-tant last year,”Smither said.“But the older

players on this team rememberthe waywe ended the season.“A lot of that startedwith theEastMississippi game (a 63-35loss).“We ended the season on asour note, and that sticks intheir craw. I think the end of lastseason really formed our direc-tion for this year.”While the sophomores aremotivated, first-year players willhave to do some of the heavylifting as well for theTigers.

The offense will be led by anexperienced offensive line,headed by center Collin Stub-blefield fromNewAlbany, guardBrandon Avant fromMaben,tackle CarltonHoward fromSouth Panola, and bolstered byAnthony Kibble and third-yearplayer Jonathan Braddock.A pair of first-yearTigers arevying for playing time at quar-terback, Nolan Greene fromCorinth andMatt Lephen fromLouisiana. Greene is a transfer

fromHolmes CC.Fitting into Smither’s ball-control philosophy will befreshman running back XavierAmerson fromFlorida, alongwith sophomores Jay Jones, atransfer fromNorthwest Com-munity College, andGarrettSmith from Starkville.JaMariousTalle fromWestPoint at wide receiver, andDon-nell Chapman from SouthPanola and LSU commit LoganStokes at tight end round outsome of the significant offen-sive personnel.“We don’t want to get behindthe chains,” Smither said.“We’re about ball control on of-fense, that’smy philosophy.“We’ll take what the defensegives us.”

DEFENSIVE DEPTHNortheast generally had apretty stingy defense last sea-son, and Smither looks to plugin the pieces tomake that hap-pen again.Ends LavonHooks fromAt-lanta andMaurice Booker will

anchor the unit, with help fromfreshmenDaniel Ross andErnestoWynn. Hooks alsostarred for theTigers basketballteam last season.A deep backfield boasts Ka-reemBrown fromNewAlbany,BrianWalker, Quinten Sprag-gins, and AntioneWilson. Line-backers NickThomason, J. R.White, andDennis Drapper willhave to log a lot ofminutes.“It’s always fun in thisleague,” Smither said. “It willcome down to staying healthy,andmaintaining quickness.“Wewant to be in a positionto get to the playoffs.”

SCHEDULEAug. 30 Copiah-Lincoln 7 p.m.Sept. 8 at Jones 7 p.m.Sept. 13 at Holmes* 7 p.m.Sept. 20 Northwest* 7 p.m.Sept. 27 at Gulf Coast 7 p.m.Oct. 4 at Coahoma* 6:30 p.m.Oct. 11 East Miss.* (HC) 7 p.m.Oct. 20 Itawamba* 3 p.m.Oct. 25 at Miss. Delta* 7 p.m.


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PLAYERS TO WATCHQB Dominique Harris, So., 6-4, 235Division I prospect with a good arm.DT Jerome McClain, So., 6-2, 285A big physical player who can run.DE Randolph Williams, So., 6-0, 245Uses his physical skills well on theoutside, good footwork and speed.

SCOUTING REPORTHead coach Ricky Woods said his

Rangers have good team speed, anddefense is very fast, but not real big.... Northwest was ranked No. 11 inthe preseason NJCAA poll. ... On of-fense, the three returning starters onthe line and a veteran quarterbackwill be keys to eventual success. ...Woods said he also likes the of-fense’s depth at running back withfour potential players seeing time, aswell as at wide receiver, with eightplayers in the mix.

BY DAVID WHEELERSPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL

Sophomores on offense.Sophomores on defense.And sophomores on specialteams.TheNorthwest CommunityCollege Rangers certainly will

havemore thanits share ofupper classmenin the “wildwest” ofMissis-sippi junior col-

lege football for 2012.“I really like this team,”Northwest head coach RickyWoods said. “On defense, wehave good team speed.“On offense, we’ll go as far asDomoniqueHarris takes us.”Harris, who used to power anexplosive Southaven offense inhigh school, saw limited timelast season, and appears readyto pace the Rangers’ up-tempooffense this season.No shortage of experiencewill be aidingHarris, beginningwith running backTeshadiTal-

ton from Louisiana. As a fresh-man,Talton rushed for 872yards, and added 18 receptionsas part of the passing game.In all, the Rangers could ro-tate in four backs whowill beinvolved in the passing game aswell –Matthew Baker fromColumbus, LaMont Dean fromOxford, and Percy O’BannonfromCharleston.Sophomores also populatethe offensive line, with AustinDouglas,MartezWallace, andDeshondrick Hines from SouthPanola, and Chris ChalmersfromOlive Branch.Perhaps the biggest questionmark on thewhole team is inthe receiving corps, where theRangers will rotate in eightplayers – all freshmen.

SPEEDY DEFENSEVeteran coach AndyGreening–NortheastMississippi footballwatchers will remember himfromhis time at Amory, AlcornCentral, andNortheast Com-munity College – returns for histhird season as defensive coor-

dinator of theRangers.Plenty ofsophomores onthat side of theball for Green-ing, too.“We’ve gotmore speedthanmy last

two years,” Greening said. “Andin this league, speed is very im-portant because of all thespread offenses teams run.”The Rangers appear to be es-pecially strong on the line,blostered by the return of de-fensive ends JeremyMcClainfrom Florida and RandolphWilliams fromGeorgia, who ledthe Rangers last seasonwith sixsacks.And the end positionwillhave a deep rotationwith fresh-men Byron Scott fromTunicaand Courtney Sanders fromStarkville.Tackle Jason Safford helps toanchor themiddle, with KendallCarr from South Panola addingimpact. Linebackers Demarcus

Pegues fromOxford andDesmondLavelle fromAl-abama leadthat unit.AaronThompsonfromCalhounCity heads the

backfield, while freshmenTyNorthern fromTunica, andTer-rellWhite from Florida addsdepth.“Overall, we’re a good, solidfootball team,”Woods said.“How goodwe are will be ac-cording to how good the enemyis.”

Rangers boast veterans onboth sides of ball

WoodsGreening

SCHEDULEAug. 30 at Southwest 7 p.m.Sept. 6 at Copiah-Lincoln 7 p.m.Sept. 13 Coahoma* 6:30 p.m.Sept. 20 at Northeast* 7 p.m.Sept. 27 Itawamba* 6:30 p.m.Oct. 4 at Miss. Delta* 6:30 p.m.Oct. 11 Holmes* 6:30 p.m.Oct. 18 at East Miss.* 7 p.m.Oct. 27 Jones (HC) 2 p.m.


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College football is a game of tradition,where Ohio State-Michigan, Army-Navy,USC-UCLA and any number of othercelebrated rivalries are born fromneighborly disdain and nourished by acentury or so of simmering feuds.Then there is LSU vs. Alabama.These days, nothing tops theTigersand CrimsonTide, two headline-hog-ging juggernauts who have shared ahead coach and a claim to top dog inthe Southeastern Conference – and thatmeans nationally, too.Rivalry of the decade? It’s off to an aw-fully good start.LSU and Alabama both have such anembarrassment of riches in the form ofAll-Americans, blue-chip recruits anddevout followers that it’s hard to imag-ine theNov. 3 prime-timemeeting inBaton Rouge not having national titleramifications.The SEC has produced six straightBCS national champions and a new ri-valry that’s practicallymust-seeTV forcollege football fans.The players appreciate thematchup’ssignificance. LSU defensive end SamMontgomery calls it “one of themostpowerful things ever. ...When they playeach other, it’s like one of those big his-torical battles.”Just without all thatmuch compellinghistory.The teams first played in 1895 andhavemet 76 times since then (Alabamaleads 46-25-5), but the games didn’t rou-tinely captivate college football fansoutside the Southeast like they do now.The rivalry heated up as soon as ex-LSU coachNick Saban landed back inthe SECWest 51⁄2years ago after a less-than-spectacular jaunt with theNFL’sMiami Dolphins.“It’s definitely grown, it’s evolved alot,” said Alabama defensive coordina-

tor Kirby Smart, who held the same jobunder Saban at LSU in 2004. “I think thekey part of that rivalry was coach Sabanbeing here and having been there.“We didn’t see it as that big of a rivalrywhile wewere there ... but it’s grown be-cause of coach Saban being here.”

SABAN’S LEGACYSaban rebuilt theTigers into a powerafter eight losing seasons in 11 years,taking them to the 2003 national cham-pionship. He has led Alabama to 48winsover the past four seasons and two ofthe past three national titles even as LesMiles kept the good times flowing inBaton Rouge.Miles led LSU to the 2007 national

title and has stacked up a league-high75wins over the past seven seasons, in-cluding an 11-week run at No. 1 in 2011.That’s where Alabama finished, though.TheTigers won 9-6 last November in agame that showcased a big reason theseteams are so hard to beat: Defense. Al-abamawon the all-SECWest grudgematch 21-0 inNewOrleans in Januaryfor the BCS title.Less than sixmonths later, collegefootball’s off-the-field powers decided afour-teamplayoff seemed like a goodidea, after all.“Our football team and school enjoythat rivalry,”Miles said. “The fact we’reboth in the same division, the fact we’regoing tomeet every year, the fact there’s

somuch riding on the game, I under-stand how the country and our confer-ence and certainly the SEC area can bedrawn into certainly two very, very finehistoric teams playing.”Saban said the strength of both pro-gramsmakes the rivalry so big.“Rivalries sort of sustain because oftradition,” he said, citing the team’sgameswithTennessee and Auburn. “Ialso think that new rivalries get born be-cause of the competitive synergy thatsurrounds the games that you have inthis era or in this time.“The reason that our LSU-Alabamagame has been such a big game is be-cause they’re two very, very good pro-grams, two really good teams.”It has at least created the impressionthat LSU and Alabama have left otherSEC programs behind, even potentialTop 10 teams such as Arkansas, Georgiaand South Carolina.There’s no questioning they’ve bothgot a bounty of talent, squaring off fre-quently for top recruits. Alabama leadsthe nationwith 11 first-round draftpicks since 2007while LSU’s nine ranksthird, one behind Southern California.

RIVALRY AT A GLANCECOACHES:Les Miles, LSU: 103-39, 12th year overall;

75-18, 33-15 at LSU, eighth yearNick Saban, Alabama: 156-71-1, 19th year

overall; 50-12, 32-8 at Alabama, sixth year (fiveof the wins were vacated in 2007)

FIRST-ROUND NFL DRAFT PICKS:LSU: Nine, with six Top 10 selections.ALABAMA: 11, with six Top 10 selections.

FIRST-TEAM AP ALL-AMERICANS:LSU: seven, three in 2011ALABAMA: 13, four in 2011

FINAL AP RANKINGS, STARTING FROM 2007:LSU: 1, unranked, 17, 8, 2ALABAMA: Unranked, 6, 1, 10, 1

Alabama-LSU: Fueled by Saban, stakes, strength

APLSU coach Les Miles, left, talks Alabama head coach Nick Saban after the BCSNational Championship game in New Orleans. Their teams play again on Nov. 3.

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