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In the past few months, Subway, Toss It Up and other healthier dining options have come to The University of Mississippi, but some still do not think it is enough.

Students looking for a quick meal or snack on campus have plenty of options between the food court in the Student Union, coffee shops and the numerous vending machines in major buildings, but some students think there are not as many healthy eating options compared to unhealthy options.

“There aren’t many healthy food options on campus,” di-etetics and nutrition sophomore Megan Covey said of the food in the Union, including pizza, hamburgers and home-style cook-ing. “Lots of those foods contain high amounts of carbohydrates. However, there is Subway and, of course, salads.”

Covey said healthy eating is def-initely part of a balanced lifestyle.

“What you eat is the fuel that you give to your body in hope that this fuel will give you enough energy to finish all your tasks, to withstand daily stress and to have some fun,” she said.

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In order to keep the student body aware of what is being done by their elected officials, the Associated Student Body at the University of Mississippi is giving a “State of the Union” today in front of the, you guessed it, Student Union.

The address begins at noon and will be given by ASB Pres-ident Taylor McGraw, Vice President Abby Olivier and

Associate Dean of Students Melinda Pullen Carlson.

The three speakers will cov-er topics related to the cabi-net’s administrative decisions that have been made over the course of the semester.

“Our cabinet has been work-ing on a lot of things, so we’re trying to get things done be-fore we actually leave office,” said Kimberly Dandridge, ASB director of communica-tions.

“We want to update students on what we’ve done so far and what we plan to continue to do.”

Dandridge said McGraw will talk to students about how they can become more in-volved with the ASB and how they can let the administration know about other important issues.

“I’m looking forward to speaking,” McGraw said. “I wish we could do more of this throughout the year. I think this will be a good chance for students to ask questions to us, students who make decisions on their behalf. I think this is a really good way to interact, and hopefully we’ll do more of these.”

Each speech will last no more than 10 minutes, at which point students will be able to ask McGraw questions.

Dandridge said there are plans to give more of these addresses in the future, an-other likely to be given next semester by the current cabi-net’s successors. This event is just one of the ASB’s efforts to give students feedback on decisions and programs that affect them.

“Another ASB event we’re working on planning is doing town hall meetings,” Dan-dridge said.

“As opposed to the ‘State of the Unions,’ this would be a questions and answers type of meeting where the constitu-ents will ask the president and vice president questions.”

The town hall meetings are planned to be given as soon as students return from winter break.

Food and refreshments will be provided by Aramark for students to enjoy while they listen to the address.

For more information about ASB and events such as this one, visit www.olemiss.edu/asb.

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Students use auction to raise money for poverty

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Football Notebook: Preparations continue for No. 1 LSU

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Former Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach interested in Ole Miss job

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Holiday Guide

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Students and administrators discuss the eating options, vend-ing machines and exercising on

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In America, two letters are more important than the other 24. These two letters factor into most policy decisions in the country, which in turn influence our daily lives. These two letters represent party affiliation, and a wrong letter beside a candidate’s name can change the outcome of an election.

Because humans naturally align themselves with those who think like them, it is easy to un-derstand why party affiliation is so important. In our representa-

tive democracy, voters want peo-ple with similar beliefs to hold the positions of power for their respective jurisdiction. Thus, political parties were born.

Political parties develop plat-forms that outline the stance of the party as a whole on particu-lar issues. The issues span social, economic, environmental and other such categories in order to form a basic belief structure.

Oftentimes, voters choose to cast their votes based on the platform of a candidate’s party rather than on the platform of the candidate. This can lead to a conservative Democrat gath-ering support in a strong Dem-ocratic district, while a liberal Republican does not receive the support, even if the latter’s ideology is more consistent with the voters.

However, party affiliation does not end with elections. It plays an equal role when it comes to policy decisions in the legislative and executive branches at the national, state and local levels. Each and every policy is, unfor-tunately, viewed through red- or blue-tinted glasses. If certain legislation looks good through the blue tint, then those wear-ing the blue-tinted glasses will almost always block the vote, and vice versa for red-tinted glasses.

Almost always, the outcome of a vote can be predicted based on the party affiliation of legis-lators, which explains why it is a big deal when politicians switch parties, especially if they are in office at the time.

This recently happened with state Sen. Gray Tollison, who

switched his allegiance from Democrat to Republican. Such a switch has happened other times recently in Mississippi, a testament to the closeness of the ideology of the parties in the state.

While some might consider Tollison’s actions to be wrong, the truth is he is choosing to align himself with the party he believes fits his ideology best. If a person believes he or she fits better under the platform of another party, then he or she should switch parties to signal that.

Some might claim it is not fair for the voters who voted for Tol-lison based on the “D” beside his name on the ballot because it is like he tricked them. How-ever, every candidate makes their stances on certain issues

clear before, during and after a race.

Tollison’s views had already aligned better with the Republi-can Party, so any voter who paid attention to his platform would have noticed.

Thus, Tollison is not screwing the voters because they should have known his ideology before voting, and they should not have voted based solely on the letter beside a name on the ballot.

In the long run, Tollison’s switch may hurt him when he faces reelection, but people need to realize this is simply a switch along party lines, not along battle lines.

Trenton Winford is a sophomore public policy leadership major from Madison. Follow him on Twitter @tgwinford.

THURSDAY FACE-OFF Each Thursday, The DM pits one columnist against another. This week we focus on State Sen. Gray Tollison’s move to the GOP.

For Tollison it’s party lines, not battle lines

BY TRENTON [email protected]

Within 48 hours of election day, Oxford and North Missis-sippi voters received a surprise announcement from Sen. Gray Tollison.

The senator announced his switch from the Democratic party to the Republican party — essen-tially admitting he misled every voter in his district. Tollison and his family have been long-time Democratic supporters, and it was a shock to many, including myself, when he announced the

switch. Voters should be more upset

that he switched parties within 48 hours of being elected, betraying each constituent who was voting for a politician who would rep-resent the Democratic Party and its values. Tollison’s constituents re-elected him as an incumbent Democrat, not a Republican.

His switch comes at a very pe-culiar time. While I wouldn’t have been happy with his switch no matter the circumstances, chang-ing parties before the election would have been more fair to the voters, especially the Democrats who voted for him.

Furthermore, Tollison has said that he has been considering a switch for some time now. Why switch now? Why didn’t Tollison make this decision earlier? His

thoughts should have been made known to voters as well.

Tollison’s decision to switch parties was one that could possi-bly help his constituents, but one that is also possibly self-serving. I’m sure the fact that he was a member of a slowly weakening minority in the state legislature played an important role in his decision.

Tollison has said he will work across party lines for the better-ment of Mississippi. However, his decision to switch will in no way help his constituents. Voters thought they were electing a Dem-ocrat; however, they’ve ended up with a Republican. Sure, Tollison will probably find it easier to pass bills because he is now a member of the majority, but why couldn’t he have worked across party lines

as a Democrat? There are so many questions

surrounding this turn of events because Tollison has not given a single concrete reason for switch-ing parties.

Does he now identify more with the Republican Party? Does he feel the Republican Party is the only party worth being a member of in Mississippi? I certainly hope not, but I believe voters deserve to know exactly why he changed party loyalties so abruptly.

This being said, I am just as frustrated with the state Demo-cratic Party. Leaders of the state party have not called on Tollison to explain his decisions. They simply let him switch loyalties without trying to determine what happened. It seems our state Democratic leadership no longer

cares. Democrats now hold one ma-

jor office in this state — Attorney General Jim Hood. We cannot continue to sit idly and hope something good will happen or that Democrats will automatical-ly win elections. We can no longer stand by while we lose the loyalty of important party members.

Tollison has said he will refund any campaign donations to those who make that appeal. I urge each and every Democrat to re-quest their refund from Tollison. Democrats in this state must let him know that we do not appreci-ate this abrupt, unexplained shift.

Adam Blackwell is a sophomore pub-lic policy leadership major from Natchez. Follow him on Twitter @AdamBlack-well1.

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If you’re lying about any-thing in an online profile, it could soon be a criminal of-fense soon.

The White House has re-cently been pushing for the expansion of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which would essentially adopt every website’s terms and conditions as laws and turn the violation of those terms and conditions into a crime.

While this sounds bizarre, it’s grounded in a very real and very tragic case. Lori Drew, a middle-aged woman, created a fake MySpace account to taunt and bully a 13-year-old girl, who as a result committed suicide. Prosecutors couldn’t find charges under current law that would hold, so instead they charged her for violating MySpace’s terms of use. That conviction was eventually over-turned and Drew went free.

There are many new and nefarious ways to use the In-ternet to carry out crimes. Just look at the Craigslist Killer. The rapidly evolving uses of the Internet make it difficult to criminalize these actions that lead to horrific conse-quences. Creating this blanket law is perhaps the easiest and

most all-encompassing way to ensure those guilty of cyber-crimes are punished.

While it is sure to be effec-tive, it is also extremely broad, which is always worrisome. Almost everyone who uses the Internet has probably violated a term and condition at some point in their online life, which leaves a large portion of the population vulnerable to un-necessary prosecution.

While it is unlikely that the government would spend the resources prosecuting you for using a profile picture that’s five years old, this law still cre-ates a lot of undefined loop-holes. It’s a law with too many questions and not enough an-swers.

Let’s be honest, no one actu-ally reads the terms of service. It’s a box you check as quickly as you can find to get to the next page. While legally there is always a duty to read, cur-rently courts have found most of the terms of service are not as binding as we might think. And unless you’ve expressly admitted to having fully read and understood the terms of service, an argument can be made that you were not aware of the content of the terms and conditions and are not bound by them. This law would re-verse legal precedents and cre-ate new untested ones.

Because nobody ever reads the terms and conditions, does anyone actually know what’s contained within them?

The answer is a resounding no. Using the terms and con-ditions as a binding code of behavior is a terrible idea. The individual website creates its own terms of service. There’s nothing to stop them from

putting in a term that prohib-its Democrats or brunettes or people wearing glasses from use of the site. Individual web-sites have no accountability for the content of their terms and conditions and how often they can alter the terms.

And let’s take a moment to be honest with ourselves: who hasn’t perhaps stretched the truth on the Internet? Obvi-ously online dating sites are the main culprit of this trend, for every eHarmony commercial couple, there are thousands of cringe-worthy Internet dating stories stemming from misrep-resentations made online.

It’s not perhaps as prevalent on Facebook and other so-cial networking sites, but who doesn’t have listed as a favorite book something they had to read in high school and listed it because it sounds impres-sive?

Internet-based crimes are horrific, and those who com-mit them should be punished. However, not everyone who lies on the Internet is a crimi-nal or has malevolent inten-tions. While it is difficult for laws to keep up with the evolv-ing uses of technology, this overly-broad law is far more invasive than it needs to be.

This law turns something a vast majority of us use on a daily basis into a potential minefield of constant law vio-lations. While it is unlikely this law would be passed and up-held, I’ll be taking “War and Peace” off my Facebook favor-ite books just in case.

Brittany Sharkey is a second-year law student from Oceanside, Calif. Follow her on Twitter @brittany-sharkey.

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University of Mississippi, but it is not always easy, junior Danielle Guilio said.

“I think any college student can live a healthy lifestyle if they want to; it is all about self-discipline,” Guilio said. “I do think it is dif-ficult to be in college and try to maintain a healthy lifestyle. It is easy to grab the quick fast food option, late-night study sessions lead to late-night snacking, and late nights out on the Square lead to eating unhealthy.”

Joshua Halladay, marketing programs manager for Ole Miss Dining, said student feedback is important.

“At Ole Miss Dining, we con-tinue to strive to provide more nutritional information and healthier dining options,” he said. “We have introduced nutritional

identifiers in the JC highlighting nutritional information, as well as other nutritional communication tools.”

Halladay said Toss it Up was created based on student feed-back.

“We are currently looking for new options to bring to campus as part of our ongoing strategic plan for the next three-to-five years,” he said.

Mary Lindsey Simpkins, As-sociated Student Body cabinet director of health, hopes to see these healthy additions sooner rather than later.

“I try to eat food that’s pretty health-conscious, but when I was studying and wanted a snack from the machines, it seemed like all they had were candy bars and potato chips,” she said. “There’s only so many days in a row that you can eat the same granola bar.”

This is where Simpkins had the idea to bring healthy vending ma-

chines on campus. The proposed plan is still very much in the works with nothing set in stone, but it is something that, if successful, could improve how healthy Ole Miss students can be.

Simpkins said this will start with a few healthy alternatives being added to each vending machine.

If the items are popular, ma-chines with only healthy options will start to be seen around cam-pus, starting at the Turner Center with machines being installed of-fering healthy snacks and protein bars.

“Right now the vending con-tractors are gathering data on the current machines, tracking the sales and seeing what healthy options are already available,” Simpkins said. “Once we have all of that information, we can move forward and maybe see if any changes can be made.”

Exercise science and psychol-ogy senior Kaitlynn Bramer said she loves the idea of healthy

vending machines on campus.“The fast-paced college lifestyle

makes it really difficult to main-tain a healthy and active lifestyle, but it is so important to do so,” she said.

Diet isn’t the only thing to con-sider when it comes to a healthy lifestyle, and the Turner Center is a place where students can work out, but the student body has grown so much that it can sometimes be difficult to work out there.

Covey, who works out every morning, also finds it can be crowded, but she said she it is possible to get around that issue.

“One reason I work out at six in the morning is because it’s the least busy,” she said. “The Turner Center, however, is a great place to work out. Not only do you have the fitness room, but you can also get great exercise by swimming, playing basketball or running on the track. It also offers fitness classes and great opportunities to

get physical activity.” Covey said offering courses on

what people should eat to their specific needs and how to stay healthy for life, rather than just food that is labeled “healthy” or “diet” would help. Covey also said that everyone has a unique diet.

“Some foods can be bad for someone, while they could be good for another,” she said.

“I think Ole Miss could help inform people on how to eat healthier. It would be great if people could be able to learn about their specific diet and how they could eat healthier based on their body’s needs. This would then help people keep a steady, routine diet.”

Bramer said making the cam-pus healthy could lead to a healthier society.

“Seeing as Mississippi is the most obese state in the country, I don’t see how it could hurt,” she said.

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The University of Mississip-pi homeless outreach program will give you a chance to have plates designed by the mayor, chancellor or police chief become a prominent part of your dining room today at 6 p.m. at Emileigh’s Kitchen.

Bowman Hitchens, founder of the 3-year-old student or-ganization, worked alongside his fellow college board mem-bers, Mary Margaret Saulters and Meghan Litten, to create a raffle to raise money and spread awareness about the homeless population in Lafay-ette County.

Today, there is an alarming

number of homeless individu-als. In Lafayette County, 192 people are currently counted as homeless, of which 54 are children and three are preg-nant.

“Oxford is so beautiful and so pristine, and I feel this stuff just kind of gets glossed over,” Saulters said. “It is impor-tant that we raise money with Plates to End Poverty, but it is also very important that we raise awareness in our com-munity.”

The money raised during Plates to End Poverty will go to foundations, including In-terfaith Compassion Minis-tries and More Than a Meal.

“One-hundred percent of the revenue will go directly to

Lafayette County organiza-tions,” Hitchens said. “It will all stay local.”

The centerpiece of the event includes 13 ceramic plates painted by prominent individuals in the commu-nity, including Oxford Mayor “Pat” Patterson, Police Chief Mike Martin, Ole Miss Chan-cellor Dan Jones, a couple of local artists, Dean of Students Sparky Reardon and Jean Shaw, the citizen of the year.

Aside from the plates, the raffle will also include photo-graphs, pottery and paintings by local artists, as well as gift cards from local businesses and gift baskets from various shops like Zoe and Amy Head Cosmetics.

“It’s kind of a funky sys-tem,” Hitchens said. “It’ll be in a way that all students, as well as community members, have an even playing field. It’ll be an art raffle more than an art auction.”

Hitchens, Saulters and Lit-ten decided against the typi-cal rules of a silent auction and focused the event around a raffle.

“Obviously, if you have more money you can buy more tick-ets and increase your chance of winning, but this way stu-dents have an opportunity to win,” Saulters said.

This alternative to an auc-tion has proven to “level the playing field,” as a student won a signed Jimi Hendrix album at Hitchen’s raffle last year.

“He had only put one ticket

in,” Saulters said, “Whereas in a traditional silent auction, once it passes a couple hun-dred bucks students can’t af-ford to give money.”

The crowd at Emileigh’s Kitchen will be mixed with Ole Miss students and Oxford community members.

“We are happy to be hosting Plates to End Poverty,” Lin-da Fleming, an employee at Emileigh’s Kitchen, said. “We want to support this cause and the arts.”

Saulters said Emileigh’s Kitchen was just what the UM

Homeless Outreach was look-ing for when organizing the raffle.

“It has a kind of funky, laid-back atmosphere,” she said. “We didn’t want anything too formal or anything like that — just something that would be welcoming to anybody who wanted to come.”

“We have a lot of commu-nity and university members who are contributing,” Hitch-ens said.

Plates to End Poverty is Nov. 17 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Emileigh’s Kitchen.

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Christmas is just around the corner, and it is about that time to start shopping for the season.

In theory, it is not too difficult to shop for little ones. Turn on the television and there are a thousand different options.

Shopping for parents is just as easy because they will love any gift as long as it is from their child.

But how do you know what to get for your special some-one?

Some couples know each other a long time before they start dating, so thinking of the perfect gift may not be too bad.

“You should know each oth-er pretty well by the time you start dating,” Lila Agner, me-chanical engineering sopho-more, said.

“At least know each other’s favorite sports teams, hobbies and the types of food or mov-ies they like.”

Here are a few options:For girls – simple jewelry,

candy and flowers, a nice meal or perfume.

For guys – a nice shirt, tickets to their favorite sports game or the latest video game. “S im-ple is best, like a nice cardigan or blazer for a girl, or cologne for a guy,” Kimberly Ann Mal-let, a paralegal studies junior, said.

Gifts should be personal. They should reflect the inter-

ests of the recipient, with all the taste and style of the giver.

“A present should be some-thing both partners like, that way you’ll enjoy buying it as much as they will receiving it,” Anneliese Abboud, a political science sophomore, said.

We girls are not masters of acting. When we want some-thing, we make it known that we are interested.

So boys, if your girlfriend makes any indications that she wants a particular item, make a mental note.

If she doesn’t have it by Christmas, you can be the knight in shining armor who makes her dreams come true.Or more so, she will be incred-ibly happy you remembered she wanted it without her hav-ing to keep hinting at it.

“I’d go with a necklace and some Christmas candy treats,” Kai Henson, an exercise sci-ence junior, said.

Ladies, don’t fret, boys can be just as easy.

If your boyfriend is a mega jock, get him something sporty. If he is one of those science fic-tion junkies, buy him an entire season of his favorite show or a series of his favorite books.

Gifts do not have to be ex-pensive. Money is hard to come by, especially when you are in college and paying tons of bills. Just because a gift is inexpensive, doesn’t make it a “cheap” one.

Homemade gifts are one way to ensure your present will be personal and heartfelt. It also doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg like other gifts.

“Whatever it is you get your partner, they should love it no matter what because you mean something to them,” Anneliese Albert, a international studies

freshman, said.Sometimes, the gifts we chose

for others aren’t the best. One of the worsts mistakes

a person can make is using their own personal interests to choose gifts for other people.

Don’t assume that just be-cause you like something, that your partner does too.

“One year I received a foot-ball jersey from my significant other of a team I didn’t like,” Callie Daniels, a journalism sophomore, said.

Worse comes to worse, ask them what they want.

If you truly have no idea what your special someone will like, don’t pretend you do. They will appreciate that you came to them for help, rather than buying them something they completely hate.

And DO NOT give them a gift card or money.

Leave that for the parents and grandparents. Show them they mean something to you with a more personal gift.

Be sure to keep these tips in mind as you are shopping for your partner in the next few weeks.

Secrets unwrapped: Gift-buying doesn’t have to be that hardBY STEFF [email protected]

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top 11 of passing offense every season and top six of total offense in Leach’s last eight seasons. Two seasons out of coaching, each of the nation’s top seven passing of-fense have connections to Leach and his offense, whether it’s head coach, the offensive coordinator or the other offensive coaches and players on the team.

“The most important thing is you want to utilize all the resourc-es,” Leach said. “You want to at-tack the whole field, which is basi-cally sideline-to-sideline and 30-35 yards down the field. You want to

utilize all the skill positions. Each skill position should contribute to the offense. You want to get the ball in their hands. That’s really important.

“You see team after team that only utilizes two guys or only af-fects a small portion of the field. The No. 1 resource you have is space, and it’s built to spread the field for guys to touch the ball. The important thing is to use ev-erybody.”

Before Texas Tech, Leach was the offensive coordinator at Okla-homa, where he took quarterback Josh Heupel and the Sooners from 101st in total offense and scoring offense to 11th in total offense and eighth in scoring offense.

However, it was in the South-eastern Conference where Leach, who did not play college football, got his start in Division I football as the offensive coordinator under head coach Hal Mumme at Ken-tucky.

Despite an unimpressive 12-11 record in two seasons, the Wild-cats finished in the top three of passing offense, total offense and scoring offense both seasons, in-cluding first in all three categories in 1998, when the Wildcats played in the Outback Bowl. Even with two of the nation’s best defenses, Alabama and LSU, Leach be-lieves his offense would be success-ful in the SEC.

“The Green Bay Packers just got done winning a Super Bowl with an offense that’s similar,” he said. “The Green Bay Packers could beat anybody in the South-eastern Conference. I think you

can move the ball in the South-eastern Conference.

“It’s funny. Alabama and LSU are hot right now. Florida won their National Championships by spreading it out, and Auburn won theirs by spreading it out. And when we were at Kentucky, we led the conference in offense. The notion that it wouldn’t work in the Southeastern Conference is ridiculous, especially now that it works in the NFL.”

Not surprisingly with his high-powered offense, Leach has sparked interest throughout the Ole Miss fan base.

While by no means a frontrun-ner, Leach is among a laundry list of potential head coaching candidates at Ole Miss, including Southern Miss Head Coach Lar-ry Fedora, Arkansas State Head Coach Hugh Freeze, Houston Head Coach Kevin Sumlin, Ala-bama defensive coordinator Kir-by Smart, Auburn offensive coor-dinator Gus Malzahn and former Michigan Head Coach Rich Ro-driguez. Described by Feldman as a “man of the people,” there are reasons why fans are so high on Leach.

“I think it’s a couple of things,” Feldman said. “I think, for start-ers, Ole Miss fans know he was at Texas Tech. He wasn’t at Texas or Texas A&M, and (Texas Tech) had some top 10 teams. They never had a losing season. And they consistently put out an excit-ing product.

“I think the other thing is he’s a curiosity. He says what he thinks. He’s not one of these guys that are PC or anything. He will give you an opinion on things. That’s pretty rare, especially with foot-ball coaches. I think people ap-preciate somebody who’s not very cookie-cutter these days. I know

he knows some people who have some influence in Oxford and at Ole Miss that I think will intrigue him. I think that the reputation of what Oxford is like will definitely intrigue him. Being in the SEC would be a challenge, I think, but he would be tempted by it.”

As for other options for Leach, he is believed to be a potential head coach candidate at Tulane and Arizona. Feldman also men-tioned UCLA, Washington State and Arizona State as other pos-sible jobs that may come open, as well as waiting to see what hap-pens at Kansas and NC State.

Leach was also mentioned for the Maryland job this past off-season before Randy Edsall was hired away from Connecticut. Whether its Ole Miss or another possible job, Leach said he misses “everybody working and pulling together” and the university set-ting. Feldman went on talk about the impact Leach would have on a football program.

“Some of these schools, I think, they would like to get the publicity

hit that they would get,” he said. “Because for all un-PC stuff that Leach may sound like and people may say he has baggage, he will sell tickets and he will make the program definitely more nation-ally relevant. I think there’s some-thing that can be said for that.”

In any event, it will be inter-esting to watch as the winds of change swirl throughout college football with more and possibly bigger jobs opening while a five-person search committee contin-ues its effort to find the new Ole Miss head coach.

“It’s just curious as to how quickly Ole Miss would want to move and, also, what else is avail-able to (Leach),” Feldman said.

“I think he will get back into coaching, but I think he wants to go somewhere where he feels like they are definitely committed to winning, but also to do a lot of other things with the program, in that regard. I think there would be a good chance if he and Archie do meet. I think there would be an interesting fit there. We’ll see.”

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1. LSU (10-0, 6-0 SEC, 1st last week):

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2. Alabama (9-1, 6-1 SEC, 2nd last week):

This week: Georgia Southern (9-1), 1 p.m., Pay-Per-View

6. Auburn (6-4, 4-3 SEC, 6th last week):

This week: Samford (6-4), Noon, Pay-Per-View

7. Florida (5-5, 3-5 SEC, 7th last week):

This week: Furman (6-4), Noon, Pay-Per-View

3. Arkansas (9-1, 5-1 SEC, 3rd last week):

This week: Mississippi State (5-5, 1-5 SEC), 2:30 p.m., CBS;

4. Georgia (8-2, 6-1 SEC, 4th last week):

This week: Kentucky (4-6, 1-5 SEC), 11:21 a.m., SEC Network

5. South Carolina (8-2, 6-2 SEC, 5th last week):

This week: Citadel (4-6), 11 a.m., Pay-Per-View

8. Vanderbilt (5-5, 2-5 SEC, 8th last week):

This week: Tennessee (4-6, 0-6 SEC), 6 p.m., ESPNU

10. Kentucky (4-6, 1-5 SEC, 10th last week):

This week: at Georgia (8-2, 6-1 SEC), 11:21 a.m., SEC Network

9. Mississippi State (5-5, 1-5 SEC, 9th last week):

This week: at Arkansas (9-1, 5-1 SEC), 2:30 p.m., CBS

11. Tennessee (4-6, 0-6 SEC, 11th last week):

This week: at Vanderbilt (5-5, 2-5 SEC), 6 p.m., ESPNU

12. Ole Miss (2-8, 0-6 SEC, 12th last week):

This week: LSU (10-0, 6-0 SEC), 6 p.m., ESPN

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Lee, Rebels’ offense pre-pares for LSU

Ole Miss offensive coordinator David Lee had to change course on Tuesday with the announce-ment that junior starting quarter-back Randall Mackey would be suspended for Saturday’s game against No. 1 LSU and possibly next week’s Egg Bowl at Missis-sippi State.

“I’m just really disappointed,” Lee said. “We’ve spent a lot of time trying to improve him the last couple months, so I’m disap-pointed for him and for us. We’ve got to go forward, and we’ve got a big ball game with the No. 1 team in the country coming in here.”

With more of a tradition drop-back passer in junior Zack Stoudt getting the start, Ole Miss will have to concentrate more on pass protection against a very fast LSU defense.

“We’ve limited our protections to basically three, and we’re try-ing to get that ball out as fast as we can because they’ve got a great rush (and) great talent,” Lee said.

CJ Johnson continues to

improveAfter getting his first start at de-

fensive end this past week against Louisiana Tech and recording nine tackles, freshman defensive end CJ Johnson said he’s getting used to being on the field.

“I’m a lot more comfortable,” Johnson said. “Getting used to it, talking to guys like Wayne (Dors-ey) and (Kentrell) Lockett. They kind of show you the ropes on how to play (defensive end).”

After practice on Wednesday, Ole Miss Head Coach Houston Nutt heaped praise on Johnson as well.

“I’ve just been so proud of him in school – the way he’s handled things, the way he’s adjusted,” Nutt said. “We’ve had to play him this year, and he’s accepted that, gotten better and devel-oped. He’s going to be a really good football player.”

Johnson came in as a lineback-er, but was moved to defensive end early in the season. Nutt said he thinks defensive end is where Johnson fits best long-term.

“That’s not saying he can’t play linebacker, he probably could, but the best thing we thought at this point was de-fensive end,” Nutt said. “He’s still going to grow, put on good

weight and get quicker and more knowledgeable.”

Nix talks upsetWhile Ole Miss enters Sat-

urday’s game against LSU as a 30-point underdog, Ole Miss de-fensive coordinator Tyrone Nix wasn’t focused on that.

“If you look at the statistics, we don’t have a chance offensively or defensively,” he said. “But if that was the key to the game, we wouldn’t play. Every year you line up and play this game of football, there are upsets across the country. Every year you see upsets, whether you see it in the Super Bowl, whether you see it in the regular season or whether you see it in the National Cham-pionship.

“Our No. 1 objective is to go play as well as we can for three-and-a-half hours or however long it takes, and let everything else take care of itself.”

Nix and the Ole Miss defense will face an LSU offense that doesn’t get much hype com-pared to the Tigers’ defense, but it is still very good.

“They’re the total package,” Nix said. “They’ve beaten the other team in this conference (Alabama). Some would say that is the No. 1 team.”

Football Notebook: Preparations continue for No. 1 LSU

BY BENNETT [email protected]

As soon as the Ole Miss head coaching position became open this past Monday, former Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach’s name was quickly linked with the job, among other former and cur-rent head coaches and coordina-tors.

Currently an announcer and

analyst for CBS Sports, Leach boasts 23 years of coaching expe-rience, including an 84-43 record in 10 seasons as the Texas Tech head coach. He brought his pat-ented “Air Raid” offense to Lub-bock, and the Red Raiders never had a losing season, reached 10 straight bowl games and shared the Big 12 South Title in 2008.

When asked about the Ole Miss job, he said it would be a job that

“anybody would be interested in.”

“It’s got a tradition, a good re-cruiting base and play in a great conference,” Leach said. “I think it’s a great place. With that being said, it’s about the administrators deciding what they’re looking for and what their goals are. It’s got to be the right fit in the right place.”

CBS Sports’ Bruce Feldman holds a unique position when discussing Leach and his possible candidacy at Ole Miss. Feldman co-wrote “Swing Your Sword,” which centers on Leach’s coach-ing career at Texas Tech. Feldman also wrote “Meat Market: Inside the Smash-Mouth World of Col-lege Football Recruiting,” which centers on recruiting at Ole Miss under head coach Ed Orgeron.

From this perspective, Feldman said he could see Leach fitting in at Ole Miss, but on the field, it would take some time to turnaround the football program.

“Everywhere he’s been, that of-fense has been prolific,” he said. “I think Ole Miss fans remem-ber when Eli Manning was there, (Texas Tech’s) quarterback actu-ally beat Eli and that guy never played in the NFL. I don’t think anyone can look at what his track record is and question how good

of a football coach he is. At Texas Tech, it’s not an easy place to beat Oklahoma, Texas and Nebraska, and he was able to do that.

“I think the challenge for him, if he were to get the Ole Miss job, is you look at what they have of-fensively and you’re not sure if they have a quarterback you want

to see throw the ball more than 15 times a game on that roster. I think that will take a little bit of time.”

As Feldman alluded to, Leach and his offense have been suc-cessful beyond Lubbock, where the Red Raiders ranked in the

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