HottyToddy.com Sports RoundUp

Hottytoddy.com is giving readers a roundup of all the commentary and information about the Ole Miss Rebels from various publications around the Web.

Readers will be able to check out the latest information in a single post every week throughout the season. Here at HottyToddy.com, we are doing all the leg work to find the information that people want to hear about Ole Miss sports.

This week, the roundup will consist of articles on the Landshark defense, cross country team and Chad Kelly.

Ole Miss Sports 

Cross Country

Rebels Wrap Up Cross Country Season at NCAA Championship

For the second season in a row, the Ole Miss men’s cross country team wrapped up its season at the NCAA Championships.

The Rebels finished 30th in the 10K race on Saturday.

Sophomore Sean Tobin, who came in at 68th with a time of 30:42.6. Tobin’s finish was the fourth-best in program history at the NCAA Championships.

The Rebels joined Arkansas and Georgia as the only SEC men’s teams in the past five years to earn back-to-back NCAA Championship berths.

Syracuse captured the team championship while Oregon’s Edward Cheserek won the individual title. Ole Miss finished third at the SEC Championships this season, to earn consecutive top-three finishes for the first time since 1968-69.

To earn the berth to this year’s NCAA Championship, the Rebels finished runner-up at the NCAA South Regional. The five All-Region selections matched the most in program history.

While the cross country season is over, the Rebels will quickly turn their focus to the indoor track season which begins in two weeks on December 4.

For more information on Ole Miss Track & Field and Cross Country, follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissTrack, as well as Facebook and Instagram.

Men’s 10K
68. Sean Tobin – 30:42.6
156. Robert Domanic – 31:30.1
160. Craig Engels – 31:31.7
182. Ryan Manahan – 31:46.7
187. MJ Erb – 31:50.9
210. Mark Robertson – 32:14.8
236. Trevor Gilley – 32:59.7

Courtesy of Ole Miss Sports Information

Rebel Walk

Ole Miss Landshark defense in top form against LSU’s Fournette

In its quest to shut down LSU’s star running back Leonard Fournette, Ole Miss (8-3, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) looked to a mixture of veterans and new faces, all of whom were hyped for prime-time action Saturday afternoon.

The Landshark defense stuffed Fournette time and time again, limiting him to a total of 108 yards on 25 carries, an average of 4.3 yards per carry. Perhaps the Rebels’ coaching staff took a look at how both Alabama and Arkansas were able to limit Fournette to under 100 yards in their games against the Tigers this season.

When facing Fournette, both Alabama and Arkansas sent a line of troops towards the 6-foot-1, 230-pound running back, and his offensive line could do little to stop the attack. In Saturday afternoon’s SEC battle in Oxford, Ole Miss did much the same thing, and it worked to perfection as the entire Tigers’ offense folded right in front of head coach Les Miles and the 60,705 fans inside Vaught-Hemingway.

And the Landshark defense loved every minute of the Rebels’ 38-17 Magnolia Bowl victory.

“Defensively, I thought for the first 29 minutes we were absolutely excellent. We stopped a really good run team,” Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze said. “We gave them a little bit of momentum before the half. They had the explosive run that gave them a field goal, then the kickoff was fumbled.”

Courtesy of Courtney Smith to read more click here.

Rebel Walk

Chad Kelly excited about Egg Bowl matchup, not worried about cowbells

This Saturday when Ole Miss (8-3, 5-2 SEC) takes on Mississippi State in the annual Egg Bowl, Rebels’ quarterback Chad Kelly will be visiting Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field for the first time in his career.

Though he has heard a lot about the rivalry, he has yet to experience it for himself.

Kelly is familiar with Bulldogs’ quarterback Dak Prescott; both quarterbacks were together during the Manning Passing Academy camp over the summer. The Rebels’ quarterback is currently the top leader in passing yards (3,504) in the Southeastern Conference, while Prescott is right behind him at 3,159.

Kelly has seen what the Bulldogs (8-3, 4-3) are capable of doing on both sides of the football and is pumped for the opportunity to be part of such a game. But the Buffalo, New York native is not particularly familiar with some of the traditions of the Egg Bowl.

Courtesy of Courtney Smith to read more click here.

HottyToddy.com sports staff