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OK, so Dr. S was correct when he predicted Southern Miss would burst TCU’s BCS bubble. That’s all behind us now, because it’s time for Dr. S to tell you what’s gonna happen on Saturday …

LSU at Ole Miss (2:30 p.m., ESPN) … The biggest game between these two in at least 33 years. Eli Manning is going to keep his Heisman hopes and the Rubbles’ SEC West hopes alive. UM 28, LSU 25 … Jackson State vs. Alcorn State (1 p.m., MBC, but get your butt down to the stadium) … The Soul Bowl is a ruthless, cutthroat competition where people take no prisoners. And that’s just halftime. JSU coach James Bell must be a defensive genius because the JSU offense hasn’t done a damn thing since Bell arrived. The Braves end their eight-game losing streak to the Tigers … Alcorn 35, JSU 28 … Mississippi State at Arkansas (WJDX-AM 620) … oh, who cares? … Ohio State at Michgan (11 a.m., ABC) … Michigan … South Carolina at Clemson (6 p.m., ESPN2) … S.C. … UCLA vs. Southern Cal (they’re playing somewhere near Hollywood, but not on TV) … USC … Alabama at Auburn (6:45 p.m., ESPN} … Aw-buhn … Harvard at Yale (11:30 a.m., WGN) … Hah-vud.

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.