The chill is coming

About that severe weather threat

Looks like that severe weather threat for Northeast Mississippi has diminished significantly from what was originally expected. The National Weather Service has trimmed the area for a marginal risk to roughly east of Corinth-Tupelo-Columbus.

And the marginal threat for severe storms on Saturday is gone.

However, the below-freezing weather is coming by the end of the weekend.

Flight cutbacks coming

These are the airports where some flights could be cut starting Friday morning (maybe earlier, according to ABC News) because of the federal government shutdown.

And then there’s next year

What’s likely ahead for Ole Miss

Broadcast times and networks have been released for the College Football Playoff.

Election Day 2025

House District 22 Download

Here’s a map showing who in Chickasaw, Clay and Monroe counties will vote Tuesday in the special election for Mississippi House District 22 between Republican Rep. Jon Lancaster and Democratic challenger Justin Crosby.

The special election is the result of a federal court ordering the state to create more Black-majority legislative districts.

The polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.

Looking to the future

Jaxson Dart is going to be a star, maybe a big star, at the only position in the NFL that really counts….Go make Lane Kiffin the next star in the Ole Miss-Giants pipeline (Charlie Conerly, Eli Manning, Dart) and see how young No. 6 fares in 2026.
The Athletic senior columnist Ian O’Connor

How much longer?

How horrific it is for victims of human trafficking

From the article:

Soon every intersection from Gage to Imperial had girls waving and waiting to be rented out, some of them imported by traffickers from Oregon or Texas or Alabama. By the end of 2023, the city attorney had taken to calling Figueroa the Kiddie Stroll because so many of the girls weren’t even 13.

Another SEC coach out

Auburn University has fired head football coach Hugh Freeze after a 10-3 loss to Kentucky at home Saturday.

Below is the formal announcement from the university:

AUBURN, Ala.— Auburn Athletics Director John Cohen announced on Sunday a change in leadership for the Auburn Football program. D.J. Durkin will serve as interim head coach. (NOTE: Durkin served as co-defensive coordinator at Ole Miss under head coach Lane Kiffin for the 2020 and 2021 seasons.)

Statement from Auburn Athletic Director John Cohen

“I have informed Coach Freeze of my decision to make a change in leadership with the Auburn Football program. Coach Freeze is a man of integrity, and we are appreciative of his investment in Auburn and his relentless work over the last three years in bolstering our roster. Our expectations for Auburn Football are to annually compete for championships and the search for the next leader of Auburn Football begins immediately.”

Freeze later released a statement on X:

Freeze returned to the SEC five years after his 2017 resignation from Ole Miss, which was triggered by the revelation of a phone call made on his university phone to a number connected to an escort service.

He left Oxford with a 39-25 record that included a top 10 finish to the 2015 season with a Sugar Bowl victory. NCAA violations led to 27 of those wins being vacated.

Following four successful seasons at Liberty, Freeze arrived at Auburn with expectations he would return the Tigers to their winning ways.

However, his teams never finished above .500 in his three seasons on the Plains. His overall record coaching the Tigers is 15-19.

With Freeze’s firing, the Southeastern Conference now has four open football coaching jobs: Arkansas, Auburn, Florida and LSU.