Justin Dial

College football pick ’em with Ace Atkins

Every week during football season, the DM’s sports editors, Justin Dial and Ben Miller, along with a special guest picker, will take a look at a few of the biggest college football games of the week and predict their winners. This week’s guest is Ace Atkins, a New York Times Bestseller, former Auburn football player […]

Former Ole Miss head basketball coach Andy Kennedy hired as SEC Network studio analyst

Former Ole Miss head basketball coach Andy Kennedy has accepted an offer to become a college basketball analyst for ESPN and the SEC Network for the 2018-2019 season. The agreement comes after Kennedy’s multiple appearances on the network last March during the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament. During his short stint as an SEC Network analyst […]

College Football week 7 pick ’em

Ole Miss at Arkansas JD: Ole Miss hasn’t beaten Arkansas since 2013, but the streak ends this year. Ole Miss wins 35-14 in Little Rock. BM: Rebs, no contest. 42-28. No. 2 Georgia at No. 13 LSU JD: After starting the season 5-0 with wins over Miami and Auburn, LSU was on top of the […]

College football week 6 pick ’em with Homecoming Queen Hallie Gillam

Ole Miss vs. ULM Justin: The Ole Miss offense puts up big numbers against inferior competition, and that trend will continue Saturday. On the other side of the ball, the defense will be shaky, once again. Rebs win 63-21. Ben: Rebs, no contest. 42-24. Hallie: Hotty Toddy and Fins Up. Need I say more?   […]

College football week 5 pick ’em with Chancellor Vitter

Ole Miss at No. 5 LSU Justin: With Texas Tech now No. 25 in the polls, the Rebels currently have a win over a top-25 program. They get their second top-25 win on Saturday over the Tigers, 38-28. Ben: Rebs, no contest. 45-38. Vitter: I think we’ll come on strong and beat the Tigers by […]

Injuries force veteran defensive backs to play out of position

Injuries have devastated Ole Miss’ secondary throughout the first four games of this season. Junior Jaylon Jones suffered a season-ending ACL injury in the Rebels’ season opener against Texas Tech — a game in which he also returned a kickoff for a touchdown. Two weeks later, junior Montrell Custis suffered the same injury, which will […]

Rebels prepare to play No. 5 LSU in Magnolia Bowl

With Kent State out of the way, Ole Miss now turns its attention toward LSU and the Magnolia Bowl. The Tigers will face the Rebels in Death Valley on a Saturday night, which could make for an interesting game in Baton Rouge. LSU is currently ranked No. 5 in the AP Poll and has big […]

Ole Miss players, coaches looking forward to Kent State

Following Alabama’s trouncing of Ole Miss over the weekend, the Rebels are trying to put the loss behind them and look toward Saturday’s matchup versus Kent State. Alabama was a heavy favorite leading up to Saturday’s game, which comes as no surprise, considering the Crimson Tide is the No. 1 team in the country. Nonetheless, […]

Column: Ole Miss’ offense has to be much better going forward

It happened, again. Alabama beat Ole Miss, again. The Tide came to Oxford and made an example out of Ole Miss. After a brief moment of glory following Jordan Ta’amu’s touchdown pass to D.K. Metcalf on the first play of the game, the Crimson Tide demonstrated just how dangerous it is. The Rebel defense didn’t […]

Revisiting the storied past of the Ole Miss-Alabama rivalry

Ole Miss and Alabama will meet in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Saturday for the 66th installation of their storied rivalry. The two teams first met back in the 19th century — once in 1894 and again in 1899 — and played their games in Jackson. They traded wins in those ancient matchups, and what would ensue […]

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