2008 Ole Miss Rebels Football In recognition of soaring gas prices and a struggling economy, Ole Miss would like to make Rebel football available and affordable for everyone and is pleased to announce three ticket mini-packages. The Ole Miss football team, under the direction of first-year head coach Houston Nutt, set a spring record for attendance in a 40-14 win for the Blue team in the annual Grove Bowl Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. On a bright, sunny day with the wind whipping around Hollingsworth Field, sophomore quarterback Jeven Snead completed 20-of-26 passes for 269 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Junior Dexter McCluster caught eight passes for 106 yards, while rushing for 35 yards and a touchdown. The Rebels had another rough season last year again under Ed Orgeron. Now they’ve brought in Houston Nutt from Arkansas, and it appears there is some newfound hope for the program. They bring in Texas transfer Jevan Snead at QB, return their top five receivers and most of the OL, and will have back nearly their entire defense. A trip to Wake Forest early on will be tough, but they are getting an ideal spot by hosting Vanderbilt in the SEC opener. The Rebels will not be scared when they travel to Florida, and they likely won’t beat South Carolina, but I think they could really do well coming off the bye week. Then they have some rough road trips to Alabama, Arkansas, and LSU and with them being underdogs they should have some covers and maybe a win or two. Head Coach Nutt knows his SEC West foes well and could be able to give them problems with an experienced bunch. I like the Ole Miss Rebels to surprise the SEC and have a much better team and coach then last year. They should be in the running for a postseason berth by season’s end.