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The University of Mississippi Athletics
GAMEDAY: Cellular South Grove Bowl 2010
4/17/2010 | Football
TIME: April 17, 2010, 1 p.m. CT
SITE (CAPACITY): Vaught-Hemingway Stadium/Hollingsworth Field (60,580); Oxford, Miss.
TICKETS: Tickets are $10 general admission, $40 for the southzone club level and free for Ole Miss students, faculty and staff with an ID. Tickets are available in The Grove and at the ticket office on All-American Drive, next to the Starnes Athletics Center.
PARKING: Free parking is available in the lot on the west side of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The lot adjacent to the Starnes Center is reserved for handicapped parking, and lots adjacent the Indoor Practice Facility are closed. Officials suggest that fans park in the nearby Mississippi Department of Transportation parking lot at the intersection of Highway 6 and Old Taylor Road.
TV: CSS (Richard Cross, play-by-play; Harry Harrison, analyst)
RADIO: WTNM 105.5 FM (Stan Sandroni, play-by-play; Jesse Mitchell, analyst)
WEB: Live Video on ESPN3.com. Live Audio on RebelVision. Live Stats on OleMissSports.com (the Blue team is listed as Ole Miss (Blue), and the Red team is listed as simply Ole Miss).
FORMAT: First string (Blue team) against the second string (Red team), which will receive an extra seven points at the end of each quarter.
SCHOLARSHIP FUND: All proceeds benefit the M-Club's J.W. "Wobble" Davidson Scholarship Fund. Davidson, a three-sport star at Ole Miss and assistant football coach for 22 seasons under John Vaught, died in 1998 at the age 79. As an assistant in 1945-68, he helped coach the Rebels to 16 bowl games and six Southeastern Conference championships. He also spent 11 years as head men's tennis coach and was adviser to the M-Club for 23 years. The fund bearing his name awards scholarships to the children of former Ole Miss letterwinners.
OTHER EVENTS
Tailgating starts at 10 a.m. in The Grove with children's games. A commemorative poster and Cellular South Grove Bowl t-shirts can be purchased as well as catfish, barbecue and chicken tenders. At 10:45 a.m., Rebel football players and coaches tread the traditional Walk of Champions as they head to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
At 11 a.m., Dexter McCluster headlines a group of former players that will be celebrated on the Grove stage with a special program, hosted by CBS Sports' Tim Brando. The panel discussion, called "Path to the Draft: Ole Miss to the NFL," will honor McCluster and examine the career paths of Chris Spencer, Charlie Anderson, Jesse Mitchell and Jason Cook.
In the event of bad weather, the ceremony will be moved inside Fulton Chapel.
The soccer alumni game will kick off Cellular South Grove Bowl Saturday at 10 a.m. from the Ole Miss Soccer Stadium. A large collection of former Rebels are slated to compete against the current team.
After the football game, fans can make their way to the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center to watch the 17th-ranked Rebel men's tennis team face rival Mississippi State. The match begins at 3 p.m., and admission is free.
At 10 a.m., Leigh Anne Tuohy, the mother of former Rebel All-American Michael Oher who inspired the Oscar-winning performance by Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side," will accept the inaugural Legacy Award presented by the Ole Miss Women's Council for Philanthropy. The ceremony will be held in the Overby Center Auditorium and will be followed by a $100-per-plate brunch at 11:30 a.m. at The Inn at Ole Miss.
Admission to the 10 a.m. event is free, but tickets are required. Tickets to both events are available online at www.umfoundation.com/omwc/legacy. Both events are sponsored by Cellular South, and proceeds from the brunch will benefit the Women's Council.
