Seph Anderson, Sports Writer to the South, focuses his sports writing skills on covering timely Ole Miss & SEC news.
Having always possessed a great passion for athletics across the south, Seph has gained experience working with Ole Miss Athletics Media Relations, Ole Miss Athletics Fundraising, SEC Football Championships, SEC Basketball Tournaments, SEC Media Days, the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, and the FedEx St. Jude Classic PGA tournament.
Seph resides with his wife and their two young girls in the sleepy, cozy little town of Oxford, MS, home of the Ole Miss Rebels.
New owner excited for future. On Sunday, May 19, Meghan Anderson will host her ninth and final dance recital as owner of Dixie Dance Company. For the past nine years, she’s put her blood, sweat and tears into essentially building the business from the ground up. Having seen countless students and families pass through the [...]
Challenger’s platform includes planning for growth, improving town-and-gown relations Todd Wade, former Ole Miss, SEC, and NFL star, hopes to become Mayor of Oxford on June 4. While he anchored the Rebels’ offensive line in the late 1990s, the 1999 All-SEC, All-American selection now looks to return to a leadership role in..
Ole Miss Football: All-Time Best Recruits at Each Position Ole Miss football began on November 11, 1893 with a 56-0 win against Southwest Baptist University. Under coach Dr. A.L. Bondurant’s watchful eye, the Rebels went on to post a 4-1 record and set the precedent for gridiron greatness. With Hugh Freeze having just signed the..
Hotty Toddy: Understanding the Ole Miss Cheer, Its History & Significance Ole Miss and “Hotty Toddy,” there just can’t be one without the other. It’s one of many strong, proud traditions in the SEC. While Rebel fans shout it anytime they get the chance, fans from other schools often wonder what the saying and..
Ole Miss Football: NFL Draft Makes Freeze’s 2012 Season Even More Impressive The Ole Miss football team had a grand total of zero players taken in the 2013 NFL draft. However, there were 63 SEC players drafted this past weekend in New York City. With the exception of the Rebels, every SEC club had at [...]
Ole Miss Football: Game-by-Game Predictions for 2013 The Ole Miss Rebels are eager to begin year two of the Hugh Freeze era. After a remarkable turnaround campaign last year that included both Egg Bowl and BBVA Compass Bowl victories, Rebel Nation hopes to continue the momentum this season. If starting QB Bo Wallace can stay [...]
Ole Miss Football 2013: Setting Realistic Expectations in Year 2 Under Freeze With Hugh Freeze’s Ole Miss Rebels having finished spring drills, buzz around the program seems to be steadily rising with each passing day. It’s certainly a positive sign, but also something that can be counterproductive to the Rebels’..
Ole Miss Football: 5 Rebels to Watch for Between NFL Draft, Free Agency The NFL draft begins Thursday, April 25, and several Ole Miss Rebels have NFL hopes. While Ole Miss produced four draft picks in the 2010 NFL draft (Dexter McCluster, John Jerry, Kendrick Lewis and Greg Hardy), a Rebels name hasn’t been called in [...]
Ole Miss basketball star Murphy Holloway hopes for a shot at an NFL career. Former Ole Miss basketball star Murphy Holloway has his sights on this week’s NFL draft. While he may not be one of the 254 players selected in the 2013 NFL draft (beginning Thursday), Holloway does stand a fighter’s chance to be signed to [...]
Ole Miss Football: Hugh Freeze’s 5 Biggest Concerns Post-Spring Practice Seph Anderson, Sportswriter to The South, covers timely Ole Miss, SEC, & national news from the sports world. Email: seph.anderson@hottytoddy.com Twitter: @SephAnderson Times at Ole Miss haven’t been this good since a guy named Eli was tossing..
Julius Caesar’s Favorite Roman Wine: Still Around?
Ancient Romans liked their wine. In Pompeii, their resort near Naples, there were more than 100 wine bars and 20 wine shops in a city of 20,000. We know this because a volcanic eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius suddenly buried the city under nine feet of ash in A.D. 79. Many Pompeians were buried alive at their tables, and thousands of large wine jugs, or amphorae, were preserved in place. Read More
Last week I wrote about the arrival of the Chickasaw Indians into this area of north Mississippi. If you will recall, there were two groups of Indians who made their way from the Northern Plains of the American Continent to the “Father of Great Waters” (later known as the Mississippi River) and then into the area that would become the states of Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. Read More