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It is picture perfect in Oxford.
Ah, the beautiful sights here around campus in Oxford,
Mississippi, one of the nicest campuses
in all of our great nation.
Oxford Square, the heart of the lovely, lovely college town.
Beautiful Oxford, Mississippi,
one of the most iconic settings in all of college football.
Welcome to the Grove.
Ten sacred acres of the collegiate landscape,
oak trees a century above the sea of red and blue,
all the things that make the Grove
so special out in full bloom, and, as usual, their game day
stroll down the Walk of Champions.
This is the place to be in College football right now.
It just couldn't be more perfect.
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Hi. My name is Jennifer Saxon,
and welcome to the FedEx Student Athlete Success Center.
Here at the FedEx Center,
we're comprised of three specific arms;
Academic Counseling, Academic Enrichment,
and Student Athlete Enhancement. Our academic counselors are here
and ready to assist you in all thing academic needs.
They're going to make sure that your courses are prepared,
you have a to-do list for all of your classes
to put you on the right path for graduation.
Our academic enrichment area
is made up of several different learning specialists
that are here to give you that one-on-one attention
that you need to make sure that you're progressing
in your course work. In addition to that,
they monitor our entire tutorial program.
We have over a hundred-plus tutors that are here
and ready to help you with any subject matter
that you encounter.
And, finally, Student Athlete Enhancement,
where our student athletes are prepared for life after sports.
You will graduate from the University of Mississippi,
and we also want to ensure that you're placed
in the career of your choice,
whether that's being a CEO in a board room
or playing on Sunday.
We want to make sure that everyone knows who you are
before you leave here.
And then, of course, to whom much is given much is required.
Our student athletes here at the University of Mississippi
are always ready and willing to give to those
that give to us on a regular basis.
I hope that you enjoy your tour and hope to see you soon.
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Welcome to the Manning Center and the Williams-Reed Foyer.
This is a room that represents
all the rich traditions of Ole Miss Football.
We show you what we've done in the past,
our six SEC Championships,
our three National Championships.
On the far side of the wall here,
we have our rich Bowl tradition,
top 20 in Bowl appearances, top 15 in Bowl wins,
and number two in the country in Bowl winning percentage,
something that we're very proud about.
Before we leave this Reed-Williams Foyer,
I got to show you a sneak peek of the Manning room.
It's a lot of cool stuff in here.
We have the Maxwell, the Johnny Unitas,
all the great trophies that have to do with quarterback play
and our Manning family and everything they've done
for Ole Miss football.
Devin Bush here at Ole Miss football.
Here we have our NFL Hallway
where we celebrate all of our players
who have made NFL teams.
It's every kid's dream at Ole Miss
to end up with their name on one of these glasses on an NFL team.
Wilson deep down field, getting free and open,
and making the grab is Metcalf in for the touchdown.
Bounces away from the pocket then finds ground.
Slips out of a tackle,
and he's racing down the sideline for a touchdown.
Patrick Willis, from 11th pick in the draft
to a five-time first team all pro,
seven pro bowls in eight years.
Houston signed Tunsil to a three-year,
$66 million contract,
making him the highest paid offensive lineman
in NFL history.
What's up guys? This is Blake Gideon.
I'm showing you our team meeting room today, obviously,
where team meetings happen, special teams' meetings happen,
and then we host special guests and speakers like Inky Johnson.
I don't regret it one bit, because I looked at my teammate
in the tournament and I told him,
"I'm going to give you everything I got."
Hi. My name is Alexa Appelman,
and I'm the team sports dietitian.
My name is Deke Adams. I'm the defensive line coach,
and, hey, we're right here at the Grill.
This is where we refuel after practice.
We just finished a scrimmage,
and we're getting ready to refuel the guys
and getting ready so we get better over the next day.
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Hey, come on in.
Welcome to the weight room, best spot on campus.
You'll spend time in here than any other place
on the whole entire campus.
This is where all the magic happens right here.
This is where we create that monster within.
Come on with me. We have 18 racks.
We're big on Olympic lifting.
We have our plates with all that.
Technique is more important than anything in here.
A little bit more about me, the number-one thing
is the players and the players only.
Second is training them. Something about me right here,
the first day I got here, I got rid of this door,
because the big thing about me is we're open-door policy.
I want to know each and every player.
I want to talk about your life and see what's going on.
Because if I know what drives you,
what's going on in your life, we can get to the next level.
We can get to step A, to step B,
and be a pro on and off the field.
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My name is Pat Jernigan.
I'm the head athletic trainer here.
We're going to talk about the training room a little bit.
And this is basically where you come if you need help.
We're help here to help people.
We have a staff of four people that work with football.
All of us have NFL experience. We have a lot of connections.
We have a lot of different ways we do things.
But our job is to keep you healthy
and keep you on the field.
We just renovated the training room last year,
expanded it, made it a lot bigger, more equipment.
We got all the bells and whistle you need.
We're here for the student athletes,
so that's what we've done to improve this place.
Hey, I'm Coach Partridge.
I'm here with my man, Coach Smith,
and we're about to take you into the locker room
where the boys hang out.
I even heard we can go get a haircut inside.
Y'all, come on, let's check it out.
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What's up, guys.
Coach Durkin here out at our outdoor practice field.
We are a short walk from our indoor facility.
The stadium is right behind us,
and you can see we got grass and turf out here.
This is where we get our work done.
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Hey, guys, I'm Coach Lebby. Coach Clements.
Welcome here to the indoor practice facility
where we can beat the rain, we can beat the heat,
get in here and get all the work done that we need to make sure
that we're getting ready to play ball.
Also, a great opportunity for our guys
to come in here during Pro Day
and prepare themselves for the NFL.
Ole Miss Football hosted Pro Day this morning,
as 17 former Rebels showcased their skills
in front of representatives from all 32 NFL teams.
A ton of talent here in Oxford, Mississippi.
Three potential NFL first-round picks.
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Everything went great here in Oxford.
They put on a show, folks. Hi, guys.
This is Coach Buckley here. Hope all is well.
As you can see, this is the cornerback's meeting room.
This is where everything happens.
And one of the great things about this meeting room
I have never experienced before
is you have the meeting room right here,
and right on the other side of that door is my office.
So, the players, when you come in,
you can see through there, you can see that the in door.
So you're talking about a one-stop shop place
where you come from a workout or you come in here
and you want to meet before you go to work out,
you come in the office, we go over some stuff,
personal stuff, whatever you want to talk about,
and then I open that door and we walk in,
and now we're handling business.
We're on the board. We're going to watch the tapes.
We're going to do everything and you're taking eight steps.
Can't get that everywhere. This is where it goes down.
This is a great place,
great facility that everything can happen quickly.
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Hotty toddy, that's how we say hello here at Ole Miss.
Welcome. I'm Micheal Spurlock. I played here from' 01 to' 05.
I liked it so much, I came back. Now I'm coaching.
This is where you are right now. This is the hallway.
This is where you suit it and boot it,
getting ready to go to work.
When sharks walk down this tunnel,
they're getting ready to go eat.
This is the quiet before the storm. Come on.
And Vaught-Hemingway Stadium has been sold out.
66, clear skies all day long. You feel what I feel?
It's goosebump time in Oxford, Mississippi.
Are you ready?
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Oh, boom. Ingram is wide open.
See you, baby. Yeah. He breaks the tackle,
he takes it in the end zone, touchdown Ole Miss.
There's a receiver open, D.K. Metcalf.
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