Talk of Champions

Ole Miss football has four Rebels in the 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl. The Ole Miss Spirit’s ( OMSpirit.com ) Billy Embody is on-site in Arlington and caught up with all but wide receiver Juice Wells. Stopping by this edition of ‘The Flagship,’ powered by Status Jet, is defensive tackle JJ Pegues, tight end Caden Prieskorn and linebacker Chris ‘Pooh’ Paul.  All 32 NFL teams are in attendance for the...

No. 16 Ole Miss basketball on Wednesday suffered a brutal loss at home to No. 13 Texas A&M. The Ole Miss Spirit’s ( OMSpirit.com ) Ben Garrett and Zach Berry consider the long-term ramifications, as well as set the stage for Saturday at Missouri.  Plus, Rebel football has welcomed its mid-year high-school enrollees. ‘Talk of Champions,’ powered by RiverLand Roofing, is picking potential impact...

The 2024-25 college football season is over. Ohio State won the national championship. Ole Miss missed the College Football Playoff, though the Rebels did win 10 total games for the third time in four years. Quinshon Judkins scored three touchdowns for the Buckeyes. Of course, the day after the sport’s big finale, the Ole Miss Spirit’s Ben Garrett and Zach Berry are considering for the last time w...

TexAgs contributor David Sandhop and Ole Miss basketball enthusiast Gordon Ford join the Cannon Motors of Mississippi ‘Rebel Yell Hotline’ to preview Wednesday’s showdown between the Rebels and Aggies, a pair of Top 20 teams. Ole Miss (15-3, 4-1 SEC) last week split back-to-back road trips to No. 4 Alabama and No. 14 Mississippi State. The win in Tuscaloosa was the first over a Top 5 opponent on t...

All-time Ole Miss basketball great Murphy Holloway was behind the bench on Tuesday when the No. 21-ranked Rebels went to No. 4 Alabama and won.  Ole Miss secured its first-ever Top 5 road win to improve to 15-2 overall and 4-0 in the SEC. The Rebels and top-ranked Auburn are the SEC’s only remaining unbeatens in conference play.  Up next is in-state rival and No. 14 Mississippi State in Starkville...

No. 21 Ole Miss basketball is 15-2 (4-0 SEC) on the season following a 74-64 win at No. 4 Alabama on Tuesday. The Ole Miss Spirit’s ( OMSpirit.com ) Ben Garrett is joined by former Ole Miss offensive lineman and eight-year NFL veteran Bradley Sowell to discuss the historic win, a first for Ole Miss over a Top 5 opponent on the road in school history, as well as Rebel football, the College Football...

Ole Miss football continues to add to a transfer class currently ranked No. 2 in the country by On3.  The Rebels addressed their need for a back-up quarterback behind Austin Simmons with Louisville dual-threat Pierce Clarkson. They beefed up their secondary with Washington State cornerback Kapena Gushiken on Tuesday.  But the work is constantly ongoing.  Ole Miss is a finalist for Washington corne...

Ole Miss Spirit ( OMSpirit.com ) recruiting analyst Zach Berry, Harry Harrison of the Ole Miss Radio Network and Rebel basketball analyst Gordon Ford all join this edition of the Rebel Yell Hotline. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.bett...

In this edition of ‘The Flagship’ Zach Berry answers questions submitted from Ole Miss Spirit ( OMSpirit.com ) subscribers.  We’ve got the latest on the portal pursuits of Lane Kiffin and Co and Ole Miss football recruiting as a whole. Also, Jaxson Dart on Thursday applied for a waiver for a fifth season of eligibility. But don’t get your hopes up; he’s all but assured not to return next season. I...

Ole Miss baseball next week officially opens practices in advance of the 2025 season. The Rebels will go for about a month, including an instrasquad scrimmage, before getting things started against Arizona in the Shriners Children’s College Showdown on February 14. Ole Miss is coming off back-to-back losing seasons following the first national title in program history in 2022. Long-time hitting co...

Ole Miss closed the book on the 2024-25 season with a dominant win over Duke in the Gator Bowl. The Rebels won’t play another game for months. Ben Garrett (@SpiritBen), then, needs some juice on this Tuesday (December 7, 2024) edition of ‘Talk of Champions,’ which is always powered by our friends at RiverLand Roofing. Fortunately college football is year-around these days, not to mention Ole Miss...

Zach Berry of the Ole Miss Spirit ( OMSpirit.com ), Gordon Ford and Harry Harrison of the Ole Miss Radio Network join this edition of the Rebel Yell Hotline to discuss the Gator Bowl, football portal recruiting and Ole Miss basketball. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.c...

The Ole Miss Spirit’s Ben Garrett welcomes you inside an all-new edition of ‘Talk of Champions,’ powered by our friends at RiverLand Roofing.  Text or call RiverLand for all your roofing needs: 662-644-4297. Few, if any, are doing more for Ole Miss in the NIL (name, image and likeness) space. Visit them online at RiverLandRoofing.com. Ole Miss football wrapped the 2024-25 season with a 52-20 drumm...

Rebel baseball’s Judd Utermark welcomes you inside another edition of ‘Judd U,’ an Ole Miss podcast powered by the Ole Miss Spirit and RiverLand Roofing.  Utermark loads up his Rebel teammate, Connor Spencer, for a ride-along to discuss Spencer’s unique career, including putting off MLB for one final run with Ole Miss in 2025.  Plus, Spencer has thoughts on first-year pitching coach Joel Mangrum a...

Guests Zach Berry ( OMSpirit.com ), Gordon Ford and Harry Harrison (Ole Miss Radio Network) join this edition of the ‘Rebel Yell Hotline’ to preview the Gator Bowl, as well as talk portal recruiting, Ole Miss basketball and more. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for...

The Ole Miss Spirit’s Ben Garrett and Zach Berry are refreshed and back tracking Rebel football’s movement in the NCAA Transfer Portal after some time off for the holidays.  The Rebels have committed/signed 17 transfers so far but have plenty of work left to get done. The first of two portal windows closed December 28. However, players on postseason teams are allowed five-day windows following the...

The Ole Miss Spirit’s (OMSpirit.com) Zach Berry joined Brian Hadad on SuperTalk Mississippi this week to update the work so far for Lane Kiffin and Co. in the NCAA Transfer Portal. The Rebels have racked up 17 commitments/signees — in a class ranked No. 2 nationally by On3. Leading the pack is a trio of high-level wide receivers, led by Oklahoma State’s De’Zhaun Stribling. Stribling had a career-h...

Ole Miss has 18 transfer commitments in a class ranked second nationally by On3.  And yet there’s some online discourse the Rebels aren’t having the same portal success as previous cycles. The Ole Miss Spirit’s Ben Garrett and Zach Berry vehemently disagree.  Ole Miss is executing its plan to build out a roster that can grow with and around first-year quarterback Austin Simmons.  The Rebels have p...

The Ole Miss Spirit’s Ben Garrett is joined on this Friday (December 20, 2024) edition of ‘Talk of Champions’ by Walker Jones, who leads Ole Miss’ NIL initiative, the Grove Collective. The first of two portal windows closes on December 28. Jones has been in the heat of the recruiting battles in helping build out the nation’s top-ranked transfer class, according to On3.  Jones goes in-depth on the...

Ben Garrett is joined in this edition of ‘Talk of Champions’ by former Ole Miss offensive lineman and eight-year NFL veteran Bradley Sowell.  Sowell used to be the regular co-host of the podcast. He finally breaks his silence on Ole Miss’ 9-3 season, as well as details his time on staff under Jeff Lebby at Mississippi State. ‘Talk of Champions’ is always powered by RiverLand Roofing. Text or call...

Ole Miss has On3’s top-ranked transfer class following commitments the last two days from Missouri RB Kewan Lacy and Oklahoma State WR De’Zhaun Stribling.  And yet the Rebels have only begun to portal. Billy Embody has the latest intel and scoop on Ole Miss’ recruiting efforts in an all-new-edition of ‘The Flagship,’ powered by Status Jet. Head to  StatusJet.com  and mention OM Spirit for a discou...

This edition of the Cannon Motors of Mississippi ‘Rebel Yell Hotline’ features Ole Miss assistant basketball coach Mark Adams, as well as Ole Miss Spirit recruiting expert Zach Berry. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com * Ch...

The Ole Miss Spirit’s Ben Garrett and Zach Berry welcome you inside an all-new, Monday (December 16, 2024) edition of ‘Talk of Champions,’ powered by RiverLand Roofing. Ole Miss football last week landed six transfers out of the portal, including a pair from a rival SEC school. The Rebels are far from done, too. They have more visitors — and potential signees — coming in for visits this week. Ole...

The Ole Miss Spirit’s Ben Garrett is joined by Ole Miss athletics director Keith Carter in this Thursday (December 12, 2024) edition of ‘Talk of Champions,’ powered by RiverLand Roofing. Carter has behind-the-scenes stories on the College Football Playoff and potential reform as early as next season. Ole Miss finished 9-3 (5-3 SEC) in 2024-25 and as the ‘Third Team Out’ of the expanded, 12-team fi...

The Ole Miss Spirit’s Zach Berry welcomes you inside an all-new edition of ‘The Flagship,’ powered by College Corner.  Lane Kiffin and Rebel football are already busy again in the NCAA Transfer Portal. Ole Miss on Thursday secured a commitment from former 5-star recruit and LSU transfer EDGE Da’Shawn Womack.  But there’s work to do yet and the visitors and targets are emerging fast and furious. Be...