Talk of Champions

This edition of Hit That Line breaks down the SEC West, as well as dives head-first into Week 0 of the 2023 college football campaign. Ole Miss football has made three straight postseason appearances, and this crop of Rebels seem all but assured of a fourth. Actually, they have the look of a nine-win team on paper. Let's get to it. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhel...

Ole Miss football will kick off the 2023 season against Mercer in just over a week. Football is so back. In this edition of Daytime Fireworks, Zach Berry of the Ole Miss Spirit/On3 is joined by On3 national college football analyst JD PicKell to discuss the outlook for the Rebels, including an overhauled defense under first-year coordinator Pete Golding, formerly of Alabama. Our Sponsors: * Check...

In this edition of Talk of Champions, Ben Garrett of the Ole Miss Spirit/On3 is joined by Denson Hollis of the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation to discuss season ticket sales for Rebel football, the rousing success of the Grove Collective's Day of Giving and much, much more. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check ou...

On3 NIL/sports business reporter Andy Wittry joins this special edition of Talk of Champions to discuss a landmark day for the Grove Collective, the leading NIL arm of Ole Miss athletics. 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...

Zach Berry (Ole Miss Spirit/On3) and David Brandt (Associated Press) celebrate the return of college football with an all-new edition of Daytime Fireworks. Week 0 has arrived, and Mark Schlabach of ESPN has released his Power 5 picks and predictions for the upcoming 2023 season. We have some thoughts. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www...

Kamarion Franklin, the top-ranked 2024 recruit in Mississippi, is an Ole Miss Rebel. Nick Nester, his head coach at Lake Cormorant, joins this edition of the Rebel Yell Hotline to break down what the Rebels are getting in his star player. Harry Harrison of the Ole Miss Radio Network also stops by to provide his perspective on Rebel football's full-team scrimmage on Saturday. Our Sponsors: * Ch...

In this edition of #notcommitted, Zach Berry and Ben Garrett of the Ole Miss Spirit/On3 go into more detail on Rebel football landing Kamarion Franklin over the weekend. Franklin is ranked as a Top 30 recruit in the country by all but one of the four major recruiting services. Franklin chose the Rebels over Auburn and others; more specifically, the Hurricanes of Miami (Fla.) But it was the Tigers...

In this special edition of Talk of Champions, Ben Garrett and Zach Berry of the Ole Miss Spirit/On3 break down, from all angles, the commitment of 2024 four-star defensive lineman Kamarion Franklin. The 6-foot-5, 260-pound Franklin is a defensive lineman ranked as the top prospect in the state of Mississippi for the 2024 recruiting class. He chose Ole Miss over Auburn, Tennessee and Miami (Fla.). ...

In this edition of Talk of Champions, Ben Garrett of the Ole Miss Spirit/On3 is joined by all-time Rebel basketball great Murphy Holloway. Holloway breaks down his decision to leave a lucrative decade-long playing career overseas to return home and being his coaching career as a graduate assistant under first-year Ole Miss head coach Chris Beard. Plus, lessons learned from Andy Kennedy, his early...

In this edition of #notcommitted, Zach Berry and Ben Garrett of the Ole Miss Spirit/On3 preview the upcoming commitment announcement of Kamarion Franklin, a four-star 2024 recruit and the No. 1 ranked prospect in all of Mississippi.  Auburn came into the week as the favorite to land him. However, the Rebels are surging. Let's get to it. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code bett...

Zach Berry (Ole Miss Spirit/On3) and the crew have a full breakdown of the SEC East in this edition of Hit That Line. The back-to-back national-title-winning Georgia Bulldogs reign supreme, but Kentucky and South Carolina could challenge Tennessee for second, while Missouri is fighting complacency. Also, uh, Vanderbilt might be pretty good? Let's get after it. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterH...

Zach Berry (Ole Miss Spirit/On3) and David Brandt (Associated Press) are back together for an all-new Daytime Fireworks, and today they're talking the Independent football model, as well as the brutal honesty of Ole Miss head football coach Lane Kiffin. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BetterHelp and us...

Clarion-Ledger Ole Miss beat reporters have always been friends to the Talk of Champions family of podcasts. David Eckert is here on this Wednesday (August 16, 2023) to continue the tradition.  Eckert has been to every Ole Miss football preseason practice to this point. What are his biggest takeaways as the Rebels inch closer and closer to their season opener against Mercer September 2? Well, for...

In this edition of Daytime Fireworks, Zach Berry of the Ole Miss Spirit/On3 is joined by Ryan Nanni, who is a man of many titles. Along with being the college football editor at Messenger and a 'Buried Treasure' scribe, Nanni is a podcaster and expert for Homefield Apparel, which will make its Ole Miss drop on August 27. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com f...

In the debut edition of Red and Blue Smoke, presented by LB's Meat Market, Zach Berry of the Ole Miss Spirit/On3 and Greg Jones of LB’s Meat Market come together to talk all the latest items in Greg's best-in-Oxford shop, his first-ever meeting with Rebel men's basketball coach Chris Beard and the hype around Lane Kiffin and Rebel football for 2023. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp...

Harry Harrison of the Ole Miss Radio Network joins this edition of the Rebel Yell Hotline to cover all the latest from Ole Miss preseason camp, including the Rebels' full-pad, team-wide scrimmage on Saturday. 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: ht...

In this edition of Talk of Champions, Ben Garrett and Zach Berry of the Ole Miss Spirit/On3 share their thoughts on Rebel football's Saturday scrimmage, including the camp progress so far for an an overhauled defense under first-year coordinator Pete Golding.  Plus, Kam Franklin and Noreel White, two of the top prospects in Mississippi for the 2024 recruiting cycle, have set August commitment...

In this edition of Talk of Champions, Ben Garrett and Chuck Rounsaville of the Ole Miss Spirit/On3 have a full rundown on a busy day in Ole Miss football, from a training camp practice missing Spencer Sanders, to a media tour of the Manning Center and our first and only meeting with Rebel coordinators Pete Golding and Charlie Weis, Jr., in 2023. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code...

College football is rapidly approaching.  No better time, then, for Hit That Line to make its triumphant return.  The offseason is over, friends, and Zach Berry (the Ole Miss Spirit/On3) and Co. are back in the saddle. Today they're talking all things Ole Miss preseason camp, and they've got win/loss predictions for 2023 and so much more. Let's get after it. Our Sponsors: * Check out B...

In this edition of  #notcommitted , Zach Berry of the Ole Miss Spirit/On3 is joined by Zach Hamman of Ole Miss football creative content to discuss a wide-range of topics. Among them, the Rebels' social media title, as well as Lane Kiffin and Hasbulla. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BetterHelp and use...

Zach Berry (Ole Miss Spirit/On3) and David Brandt (the Associated Press) are back at it for another edition of Daytime Fireworks. Today they're talking all things conference realignment and Ole Miss football fall camp, as well as previewing the SEC East and West divisions in 2023. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com *...

Ben Garrett and Zach Berry of the Ole Miss Spirit/On3 are back together for an all-new edition of Talk of Champions, including a full report from preseason practices, as well as the very latest rumors and scoop on the recruiting efforts of Lane Kiffin's Ole Miss football Rebels. Ole Miss landed seven commitments over a seven-day span, capped by the addition of three-star 2024 tight end Dillon...

Harry Harrison of the Ole Miss Radio Network joins a football-filled edition of the Rebel Yell Hotline, which has the very latest from the Manning Center/Ole Miss practice fields. The Rebels on Monday rolled into their second week of training camp and full-pad sessions are fast-approaching. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp...

In this edition of Talk of Champions, Ben Garrett and Chuck Rounsaville of the Ole Miss Spirit/On3 offer up a smorgasbord of early impressions from preseason camp for Rebel football.  Ayden Williams is drawing rave reviews, Ole Miss has sneaky-elite cornerback depth and Oklahoma State transfer Spencer Sanders is spinning it.  Maybe we've been thinking about the quarterback situation all wrong....

This edition of Talk of Champions comes to you from Ole Miss Media Day and the Manning Center, where Ben Garrett of the Ole Miss Spirit/On3 on Wednesday sat down one-on-one with Ole Miss defensive end Jared Ivey, wide receiver Tre Harris, cornerback DeShawn Gaddie and safety Teja Young. Ivey details the portal process and his journey to Ole Miss, while Harris waxes poetic on his love of fishing, G...