Talk of Champions

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OMAF's Denson Hollis: Ole Miss football season ticket sales are up year-over-year Aug 24, 2023

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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.

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On3’s Andy Wittry and how Ole Miss’ Grove Collective raised $1.7 million in a day Aug 22, 2023

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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.

Ole Miss as an eight-win football team in 2023? ESPN thinks so. Aug 22, 2023

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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.

Rebel Yell Hotline: Nick Nester, Kam Franklin's head coach, talks star pupil's Ole Miss commitment Aug 22, 2023

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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.

Freeze warning, indeed: Auburn beat just had its Cam Akers moment Aug 21, 2023

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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 that seemingly took the recruiting loss the hardest. That is, if the Auburn online community is any indication.

But the same sources Auburn recruiting reporters are relying on in 2023 are, for the most part, the exact same sources which — while at Ole Miss in 2016 — were just as confident, if not more so, that Cam Akers was committing to the Rebels.

Plus, thoughts on the Grove Collective’s Day of Giving held on Monday, the Rebels’ viability in the recruitment of four-star in-state wide receiver Braylon Burnside, the upcoming commitment announcements of four-star quarterback Trever Jackson and four-star wide receiver Noreel White and much, much more.

It’s looking like another big weekend for Lane Kiffin and the Rebels.

Rapid Reaction: How Ole Miss ultimately landed Kamarion Franklin, Mississippi’s top recruit Aug 19, 2023

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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.).

Franklin is ranked as a Top 30 recruit by all but one of the four major recruiting services. He’s a five-star on 247Sports and Rivals. The On3 Industry Ranking has Franklin as the No. 39 overall prospect in the country, as well as the No. 7 defensive lineman.

Also included are interviews with Franklin and Lake Cormorant head coach Nick Nester. They each share the behind-the-scenes details of how the Rebels’ landed a future program cornerstone.

‘An every-day MFer’: Holloway now passing down Ole Miss basketball lessons as a coach Aug 18, 2023

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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 impressions after having worked on the court with Beard's debut Rebel roster, Jamarion Sharp's fit in position-less basketball, and much, much more.

August could be the defining month for Ole Miss football recruiting in 2024 Aug 18, 2023

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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.

Hit That Line: Georgia runs the SEC East, but the fight for second could be fierce Aug 18, 2023

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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.

Daytime Fireworks: Ole Miss’ Lane Kiffin is nothing if not brutally honest … Aug 17, 2023

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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.

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