| 12 January 2012
Ole Miss needs a running back next year and it may have one in commitment L'Tavius Mathers. The two-time Tennessee Player of the Year can carry the rock. After Houston Nutt was let go, there were reports that Mathers' commitment got a little shaky and Vanderbilt's James Franklin made a hard push, but Hugh Freeze & Co., were able to keep Mathers focused on Ole Miss. There's an interesting read on the Mathers recruitment by Franklin and Vandy and the heated rivalry with Tennessee in Clay Travis' Outkick the Coverage.
If there's a game on the Ole Miss schedule that needs to be circled as biggest game on the schedule, in my opinion, second to MSU, it's Vanderbilt. The Commodores and Mississippi State are must wins on the schedule every season because those games should be winnable and it will take wins in those two games most years for the Rebels to be bowl eligible, assuming the Rebels can take care of their non-conference opponents (a BIG assumption in 2012).
Vanderbilt has beaten Ole Miss three of the last four seasons. If Freeze wants to make his mark, that must end in 2012. You can bet the Commodores have the same mindset when it comes to Ole Miss, proving once again that NOTHING comes easy in the SEC. With all that said, it's good to see Ole Miss keeping Mathers.
And now, the Mathers footage:
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