Ole Miss Chopper?

Ole Miss athletic teams have been without Colonel Reb for two years now. But it appears that some semblance of a symbol for the Rebels will make its debut at Saturday's Ole Miss-Wyoming football game.

The Ole Miss Chopper, a fangled looking motorcycle emblazoned with Rebel emblems, a Rebel football helmet and other customizations, was designed by the Orange County Choppers made famous by their show on the Discovery Channel. It will lead the team out of the tunnel before the game Saturday night.

This appears to go with the "macho" attitude that Coach "O" has brought with him to the program. The chopper fits nicely with O's black Hummer H2. All this would seem OK if the Rebels actually played with the toughness and "macho" attitude it is trying to protray. When you give up over 500 yards to Vanderbilt — who cares if Vandy is 3-0 after wins over their ACC equivalent in Wake Forest and the new bottom-feeder in the SEC West, Arkansas — then you have some problems.

Oh well. They say the bike will be raffled off at the end of the year to raise money for Katrina relief, scholarships and for the student-athlete tutoring center.

Katrina's Face

Just a few of the pictures from my trip to the Mississippi Coast over the weekend:

I assume there used to a be a nice house sitting here (Waveland)


Ummm...yeah (Waveland)


"FEMA hung up on me...they said they were too busy to help" (Wavleand)


Ironic how calm and clean the beach is now...but notice the concrete structures of former large houses in the distance (Waveland)


Most of the trees around the destroyed beachfront homes had clothes hanging in them with broken plates and other household items scattering the sand below


An awesome kid named Noah I met at the distribution point outside of Picayune (Gumpond)


Some of my buddies from the same place...these guys just need some tough love (Gumpond)


Paul about gets whacked in the face at the PRCC BSU center...gotta have some fun (Poplarville)


I got to help with the cooking efforts at FBC-Biloxi (Biloxi)


This statue of Jesus was one of the only manmade structures left standing in this location near the beach (Bay St. Louis)


This used to be Highway 90 that connected Bay St. Louis to Gulfport (Bay St. Louis)


Katrina showed no love (Bay St. Louis)


And...if those aren't enough, here are some more pics from the trip!