2012 SEC Schedule Released, Ole Miss Already Given Six Conference Losses
by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Dec 28, 2011 10:35 AM EST
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PrintTwenty-Twelve ain't gonna be an easy one for our Rebels, as we travel to what are arguably the four best teams in thie conference next season and play host to Texas A&M, Auburn, Vanderbilt, and State. Truly, it's a brutal slate, so brutal in fact that SEC officials basically told Boone that "you know what, you don't even have to 'play' those games if you'd like. You can just sorta hang out for an hour. We'll have the bands on the field and a dog catching frisbees in its mouth and stuff. It'll be fun. Don't worry. That Hugh Freeze is a nice guy. We'll go ahead and just spot you six losses or so. It's easier for everybody that way. Here's your check."
Wanna see for yourself how brutal it is? Here's our SEC schedule:
Sept. 29: at Alabama
Oct. 6: TEXAS A&M
Oct. 13: AUBURN
Oct. 27: at Arkansas
Nov. 3: at Georgia
Nov. 10: VANDERBILT
Nov. 17: at LSU
Nov. 24: MISSISSIPPI STATE
Assuming everything stays put, we'll open with Central Arkansas, UTEP, Tulane, and Texas (TEXAS!), but that's TBA at this point. I do not yet know what this does to our out of conference games, including the scheduled matchups against Texas and Tulane. I would hope that both are still on, but do not be surprised if the Texas date is cancelled. I doubt Hugh Freeze wants to start his Rebel career with anything more than eight losses.
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Which of those 8 games
are being looked at as wins?
by bball1984 on Dec 28, 2011 10:40 AM EST via mobile reply actions
None of them.
Five or six are damn near guaranteed losses.
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Dec 28, 2011 10:46 AM EST up reply actions
Oh I see now
I thought you were saying that you expected us to win 2 and lose 6 of those games. We’ll be doing good to win any of those games next season. Let’s hope Freeze brings his A game next season on the sidelines- he’s gonna need it.
just re-read feldman's "meat market"
and two things really stood out. 1) hugh freeze has his shit together. 2) pete boone is a complete idiot. given the events in oxford of late, that prompts me to be optimistic about y’all next season. that schedule notwithstanding.
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As long as we beat State we'll be champions.
...I'm probably in Hume Hall
by Nerd the Rebel on Dec 28, 2011 10:54 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions 2 recs
Straining for positives, I've found this
At least with HDN gone, we will not have to listen to the completely overplayed “Houston Nutt always pulls off some big upsets” & “Houston Nutt as the underdog — upset alert” storylines.
That was one of the most tiresome/annoying subplots of the last couple season for me.
there's still an opportunity to revisit it one final time
Remember the Rose Bowl: The Story of the Alabama Crimson Tide & the Grandaddy of Them All
Ironic
Losing to Nutt and Ole Miss probably got Pat Hill fired from Fresno State.
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by SkylarkThibedeau on Dec 28, 2011 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
I hate you Mike Slive
Not enforcing illegal artificial noisemakers ban, backing terrible officials, this schedule…
I hate you so much
Most Noise makers are on a stick
Sticks are banned from the VHS
Graduated University of Mississippi Leonard McCoy School of Medicine, 2481
by SkylarkThibedeau on Dec 28, 2011 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
I was in the band for 4 years
I had to go to Starkghanistan twice. Five minutes was enough for Slive’s non-enforcement to piss me off
Noise makers are banned at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
Including cowbells, specifically mentioned in at least a couple of places I’ve seen.
Hoping for Freeze Warnings in Oxford.
Give the Busch Stadium squirrel a World Series ring.
Are rape whistles considered artificial noisemakers?
Because I’m pretty sure every member of the team needs one for the hell of it.
Football is easy if you're crazy as hell. -Bo Jackson
by OverconservativeEgotisticalFootballCoach on Dec 29, 2011 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
Like anyone would want to R them
I listen for the voice inside my head... nothin... I'll do this one myself
by buster_bluth on Dec 29, 2011 3:50 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I was present for the extremely uncomfortable raping we recieved from LSU.
Now THAT was a rape. Pure, unadulterated, unlubed, uninterupted, payperview worthy, multi-orificed rape. No other way to describe it.
I'm disturbed by two things here
a) charlym’s lack of pop culture knowledge
b) OxpatchReb’s deeming of any rape as “payperview worthy”
I listen for the voice inside my head... nothin... I'll do this one myself
by buster_bluth on Dec 29, 2011 5:10 PM EST up reply actions
Come on!
Charlym is the same person who used the phrase “mentally retarded” in a vain attempt to prove a point. The fact that he/she/it is missing Arrested Development references shouldn’t be surprising.
I've made a huge mistake
I listen for the voice inside my head... nothin... I'll do this one myself
by buster_bluth on Jan 2, 2012 10:30 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
No...
It was more like D/s. They dominated us and we submitted early in the 1st quarter. They had pity on the poor bear they collared and took a knee on the 5 to show their complete Dominance.
Graduated University of Mississippi Leonard McCoy School of Medicine, 2481
by SkylarkThibedeau on Dec 30, 2011 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
make it green
If the Broncos get Tebow to the playoffs, it can be referred to as a virgin berth. - Christmas Ape
Good news is
with Nutt gone and our home schedule, we may get 3 wins this year
Didn't Central Arkansas Make the FCS playoffs?
We may only beat Tulane and UTEP.
Graduated University of Mississippi Leonard McCoy School of Medicine, 2481
by SkylarkThibedeau on Dec 28, 2011 12:25 PM EST reply actions
when we officially went 2-10 this year,
my State friend told me this was rock bottom. i said, “no.. rock bottom will be when we go winless.” so, in conclusion, we will be hitting rock bottom prolly this year.
Ole Miss: Shooting Ourselves in the Foot Since Always
by Sideline Snead on Dec 29, 2011 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
I think
there is a very good chance we have one more loss on our schedule next year than we had this year. It saddens me greatly to have to admit that UT and A&M are going to kick our asses as bad as both those team suck right now.
All I want for Christmas is a win over UT (just one freaking win so I can talk smack about it for the rest of my life).
It would make my season if we beat UT
My brother and dad are both grads of UT. The shit talking would never stop if we managed to pull out that win.
TXRebel31
I’m in the same boat as you. exact same situation
p.s. nice name haha
Rebels from Texas?
Color me amazed.
I never get Chicken on a Stick at Chicken on a Stick, but I love Chicken on a Stick.
by David. on Dec 29, 2011 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
There are a lot more than you would think.
I was surprised myself at the amount of kids from Texas that call Oxford their second home
Full Schedule
Source=Rivals
2012 Ole Miss football schedule
Sept. 1 Central Arkansas Oxford
Sept. 8 UTEP Oxford
Sept. 15 Texas Oxford
Sept. 22 Tulane New Orleans
Sept. 29 Alabama Tuscaloosa
Oct. 6 Texas A&M Oxford
Oct. 13 Auburn Oxford
Oct. 27 Arkansas Fayetteville
Nov. 3 Georgia Athens
Nov. 10 Vanderbilt Oxford
Nov. 17 LSU Baton Rouge
Nov. 24 Mississippi State Oxford
If we win more than 4 games
with that schedule, I’ll consider Freeze to be a miracle-worker and the second coming of Vince Lombardi.
Please....................
In an “OFF” year (which we are defintitly in WAAAAAAAAAAY more than an “off” year) we should at least be beating:
Cent Arkie
UTEP
Tulane
A&M
Vandy
State
and one other for a crappy bowl game
We’re just dug into a hole so deep the ants are pissing on our heads. I think the only win we get next year will be Tulane. The rest will be a pleasant surprise.
Your post is a little confusing
I’m not sure if you’re saying you expect us to win 5-6 games next year, or you’re just saying that our program should be decent enough to beat those 5-6 teams in any given year? I agree that we SHOULD be able to beat C Ark, UTEP, Tulane, and Vandy, even when the program is down. I agree that A&M is not all that scary, and I also think they were very overrated this season. But, do you really think we can win more than 4 next year? With what we have coming back? I’d think Freeze was the greatest coach in OM history if he gets us to a bowl game next year. I honestly do not expect us to beat Vandy, State, or A&M next year. I think UTEP is a toss-up right now, especially considering the fact that we may lose several of our “most talented” players to attrition and grades.
Im sayin
I expect us to win 1, but we SHOULD (under normal circumstances) win at least 6 on that schedule. But we are not under normal circumstances at this time are we.
Interesting
Because I would say I expect A&M to beat Mississippi 9 out of 10 years, at least. To me, y’all are a program on the level of Texas Tech, which means we should beat you consistently, and if we drop one to you, it is an upset.
I can understand State is a rival, so I know why you included them there, but I’m not sure why you included us with Vanderbilt. I’m not sure what metric you’re using, but if you look at resources, history, tradition, location, we’re simply a stronger and better program than Mississippi. We’re won more games, more conference championships, more division titles (since division play began) than Mississippi, and we’ve had a much more successful last decade, last two decades, last three decades (generation) than Mississippi.
What are you basing this opinion on?
we could go bowling
but its a long shot that we get to 6-6. Freeze would have to out do all of our expectations by doing something Ole Miss hasn’t done in so long, and that is win the games we should win. We should be able to beat central ark, utep, tulane, vandy and state. thats 5 wins, we have 7 other games to pick one off.
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by JohnnyRebellion on Dec 28, 2011 4:03 PM EST up reply actions
Seriously?
Do you not remember the complete ass raping TSBU gave us just over one month ago? 4 wins this season would essentially be a mind blower right now. I am all for being positive but there is also that realistic thing to look at.
If ur gonna be a bear be a grizzly...
The whole "realistic" thing is lost on most fans
I think some people are just dismissing what we saw from the football team this season as if it were an aberration. Maybe we looked a whole lot worse than we were due to coaches and players quitting, etc but I don’t buy that. There is some talent on the roster, but I keep hearing we may be losing some of it due to grades, etc. I agree with you- I think if most of our fans will put aside the red and blue glasses for a second and look at the schedule and roster objectively, they’ll realize we’re looking at a probable 3-4 win season next year. I hope I’m wrong and Freeze comes in and does a whole lot better than that. In my opinion, he’ll be worthy of an immediate raise if he can coax five wins out of the team next year.
drink this kool-aid.
look guys, it is possible that we do better than a 3-4 win season. I am fully aware that our team last year was a joke and I am being extremely optimistic when I say that we have a chance to make a bowl next year, but there is a chance that freeze can get these guys to play. We can assume that 5 teams on our schedule next year have equal or less talented players than we have. Even after last season I believe those are games we should win, and I believe that Freeze has the same mentality. He is 2 for 2 on taking over programs that were not good and getting the guys that were there to believe that they could be different and then made it happen in a single season. This is a much bigger stage and a team that has hit rock bottom, but If freeze can make these kids believe that they can win then we will see a totally different product on the field from the last 2 years, and I like to think that is going to happen. I think that 5 wins is realistically optimistic. 6-6 is extreme, but totally possible.
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by JohnnyRebellion on Dec 28, 2011 5:49 PM EST up reply actions
Rock bottom?
First year coach at this level. Harder schedule than the past two years. Depth issues all over the place because of attrition and graduation. I hope we’re at rock bottom now, but I think rock bottom is after thanksgiving next year.
If the Broncos get Tebow to the playoffs, it can be referred to as a virgin berth. - Christmas Ape
Unless Mullen is hiding a lot of talent in shipping crates somewhere in Starkville, they probably won't be very good next year either.
They won so big this year not only because Ole Miss sucked but because they basically didn’t show up at all in November. Granted, just off what I know now I surely wouldn’t call that game a probable win for Ole Miss. But I wouldn’t go off last month’s result completely either.
Hoping for Freeze Warnings in Oxford.
Give the Busch Stadium squirrel a World Series ring.
We lost to LA Tech, of course they were going to beat us.
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Dec 29, 2011 7:00 AM EST up reply actions
State has a cake schedule
Jax state, troy, middle tn, south alabama and ky.
by hotstove97 on Dec 29, 2011 10:46 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
That's another trip
To the Music City Bowl right there.
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by SkylarkThibedeau on Dec 30, 2011 10:37 AM EST up reply actions
I’m holding judgement until I see who is still on the team in the fall (attrition + recruiting). As of now, I would say the floor for this team is two wins and the ceiling for this team is six team, so I would say four wins (Central Arkansas, UTEP, Tulane and State/Vanderbilt). LSU, Alabama, Arkansas and Georgia were going to be losses wherever we played them, so it’s not the end of the world (contrary to what most of our fan base thinks) we get them on the road. Texas and Auburn were both 7-5, while Texas A&M was 6-6 this year. They’re not the world beaters everyone thinks they are. Auburn lost both coordinators and A&M is in the same boat as Ole Miss with a brand new coaching staff. I’m not saying Ole Miss is going to win any of those games, but they’re not sure losses either.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.
Wasn't our schedule basically the same before the SEC added TAMU and Mizzou
I understand that this is an extremely tough schedule for us, but everyone seems to be taken aback by this schedule announcement like it was a surprise. Weren’t we already set to play this same schedule, but now we just traded Florida for Texas A&M?
Exactly. The Florida-Texas A&M trade and Vanderbilt game moved to November. Alabama and Auburn may be a little earlier, but other than that no changes. The Vanderbilt move, without a doubt, helps Ole Miss.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.
it's pretty sad
that i’m pumped about the vandy move, because now i think we have a shot at beating them in the second half of the season.
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by Sideline Snead on Dec 29, 2011 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
The big surprise is that the @Georgia date still stands.
We dropped our game with Florida, as well.
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Dec 29, 2011 7:01 AM EST up reply actions
It is what it is......
We need to win three of the four out of conference games. Beat A&M, Vandy and MSU at home and finish 6-6. If we are better than most think we will be we could sneak up on Auburn and finish 7-5.
Let’s be honest, this is our plight every year and it will take the next 3 or 4 years of good football to get us to a 6 sec win season. What we must work to be is the 3rd or 4th team in the west on a consistent basis. Every couple of years make a run at runner up and 3rd.
Let’s hope that Freeze has the corporate mentality to bring people together for a common goal and is the answer to our football ills. We aren’t Bama or LSU, we are Ole Miss and we need to build our program from the bottom up and hope we can at least be competitive year after year and not have a 2-10 season again for a long time. Show up and stand up and cheer like hell for the Rebels.
i would be fine for some legit rebuilding years
if that means freeze can stick around for more than 4 years and actually get us out of the rebuilding years.
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by Sideline Snead on Dec 29, 2011 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
I got my Ole Miss Budget Report in the mail
I hope people will focus on all the great things to come.
On a positive note, Arky is losing its mid season jerry’s world money, back to home and home with Texas A&M.
I guess somebody forgot to tell Freeze be careful what you wish for, hopefully this will give him an extra couple of years. Freeze really needs 5-6 years due to the mess he inherited.
5-6 wins next year would be incredible. I’m thinking 3-4 wins more likely.
by hotstove97 on Dec 29, 2011 10:36 AM EST via mobile reply actions
3-4 wins
is a vast improvement on what we have been through this year.
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by Sideline Snead on Dec 29, 2011 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
Any news on AD?
I saw a Facebook site, have not heard list of canidates, other than lackluster rumormill.
by hotstove97 on Dec 29, 2011 10:53 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Dear Coach Freeze
Welcome to the SEC.
(BTW, this shit aint never gonna be easy…..)
by I piss excellence....sometimes on Dec 29, 2011 11:59 AM EST reply actions
Key for the offense is the Qb. If Freeze brings in a guy or can coach up one that we have(barry) is the only shot on that one I feel, we will be ok.
Defensively I think we will be alot better. We lose very little from last years team. Hoping we move towards the 3-4 base to utitlize the strength at LB.
B. Bennett DE/DT
Pena NG
U. Grant DE/DT
Cj Johnson OSLB
M. Marry MLB
S. Bryant MLB
DT Shackleford OSLB
S. Golson CB
N. Brassel CB
C. Sawyer FS
C. Prewitt SS
That doesnt look so bad. We got pushed around last year. This group would give us a stronger front seven. We trade out a smaller DE for a outside Lb. We have a good core of LBs and its always feast or famine on the DL for us.
by Areyouready?nonotreally on Dec 29, 2011 12:48 PM EST reply actions
On the D-line
I really think losing Tracy Rocker was much more detrimental to Nutt’s staff than people realize.
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by Mexter Dccluster on Dec 29, 2011 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
I am just saying we normally have more competitive Lbs than DL.
by Areyouready?nonotreally on Dec 29, 2011 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
Not having DT Shackelford
out there, and a leader/ beast like Peria Jerry is what’s wrong with the D.
by hotstove97 on Dec 29, 2011 1:00 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I cried a little on the inside every time I saw DT crutching around campus.
Can’t wait to see him on the field again.
I completely agree with this
Rocker made Tyrone Nix worth 1/2 a mil.
Considering changing my name to RebelBlackBearsConception
by ColRebsLastBreath on Dec 29, 2011 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
This makes sense.....
when Rocker was coaching we had men in the backfield disrupting plays. Now our d-line attempts to hold their position and allow the lb’s to make tackles. We need guys in the backfield disrupting offenses, not chicken fighting against bigger lineman and getting pushed back into the linebackers, so they can’t make plays either.
3 or 4 down lineman don’t matter if they aren’t getting penetration and disrupting the offense. We went smaller and decided to go head up with bigger o-linemen, how foolish our d-coordinator looked?
I believe Freeze can turn the team around, he has some talent and he has made a living at utilizing the talent he has on the field. He won’t attempt to make the players fit his system, he will attempt to make his system fit his player’s strengths. He has done so at every level he has coached, I don’t expect less now.
by ramblinrebel1 on Dec 30, 2011 8:51 PM EST up reply actions
Very few schools can
successfully run the 3-4, because you have have a beast at NG that has to be double teamed, that’s why the Patriots are struggling on defense this year. It doesn’t matter what system we run, we have to get better players and depth at DT and DE. The players we had when we went to the Cotton Bowl allowed us to stuff the run and get pressure with the front 4, this protected the secondary. That defense we had then kept us in every game.
by hotstove97 on Dec 29, 2011 1:12 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Patriots switched to the 4-3 this season
It is easier to recruit one terrific DT-type for the 3-4 than to recruit two for an even-front 4-3 or 4-2-5.
If A&M sticks with the 3-4 (remains to be seen based on who our new DC is), we’ll be one of three SEC teams running it, along with Alabama and Georgia. Nationally, you have fewer than 20 teams running an odd-front base defense every year, including the 3-3-5, and that is out of 120 I-A teams. I consistently argue that going to the 3-4 is an advantage on defense, because it allows you to recruit differently from everyone else.
I will admit that isn't a bad first 11 for a 3-4 on paper,
problem is who makes up the next 11. of course that is the problem in the 4-3 as well, and any formation we line up with on Offense.
No depth.
Just another "good for nothing law school grad".
by RebelBarrister on Dec 29, 2011 2:51 PM EST up reply actions
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