{"id":624,"date":"2008-04-23T11:02:22","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T16:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezing.me\/transfer\/?p=624"},"modified":"2014-09-23T09:24:36","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T14:24:36","slug":"red-a-blue-week-scheduled-april-7-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/red-a-blue-week-scheduled-april-7-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Red &#038; Blue Week Scheduled April 7-12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ezing.me\/transfer\/wp-content\/uploads\/stories\/redblue.jpg\" alt=\"redblue.jpg\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left; width: 300px; height: 225px\" title=\"redblue.jpg\" height=\"225\" width=\"300\" \/><span>OXFORD, Miss. &#8211; Annual Red &#038; Blue Week at the University of<br \/>\nMississippi kicks off Monday (April 7) with various events<br \/>\nculminating in Saturday&#8217;s Grove Bowl.<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\n<span>Student entertainment, including a Texas hold &#8217;em poker<br \/>\ntournament, a rock climbing wall and a shooting range, are<br \/>\noffered Monday through Friday at the Student Union. Music<br \/>\nand a Greek showcase are also planned. Red &#038; Blue T-shirts<br \/>\nare to be sold each day 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Student<br \/>\nUnion.<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span>&#8220;We are excited to have such a variety of events scheduled<br \/>\nduring Red &#038; Blue Week,&#8221; said Bradley Baker, program<br \/>\ncoordinator with Campus Programming. &#8220;This tends to be one<br \/>\nof our most popular weeklong events since the majority of<br \/>\nour events take place outdoors. Both the weather and campus<br \/>\nbeauty tend to bring students out in larger numbers than<br \/>\nour other events during the spring.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span>At 10:45 a.m. Saturday (April 12), the football team makes<br \/>\nits celebratory trek through the Grove on the Walk of<br \/>\nChampions that will include head Coach Houston Nutt; Super<br \/>\nBowl XLII champion and MVP Eli Manning; and 2007 NFL<br \/>\nDefensive Rookie of the Year and All-Pro Patrick Willis.<br \/>\nThe pre-game awards ceremony honoring Manning and Willis,<br \/>\namong others, is set for 12:30 p.m. in Vaught-Hemingway<br \/>\nStadium, followed by the Red &#038; Blue spring football game.<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span>Children&#8217;s activities, including a football throw, baseball<br \/>\npitch and moonwalk, start at 10 a.m. in the Grove.<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span>Other Saturday athletic activities include a track and<br \/>\nfield invitational 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and a tennis game against<br \/>\nMississippi State at 11 a.m. A softball series is planned<br \/>\nwith Vanderbilt at 10 a.m. and with Memphis at 5 p.m. The<br \/>\nbaseball game versus Vanderbilt is set for 4 p.m., with<br \/>\nManning and Willis throwing the first pitches at 3:50 p.m.<br \/>\nCall 662-915-7167 for ticket information.<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span>The 19th annual Chucky Mullins Courage Award Banquet is set<br \/>\nfor 6 p.m. Friday at the Indoor Practice Facility. It is<br \/>\nsponsored by Phi Beta Sigma and Phi Kappa Psi fraternities,<br \/>\nand tickets are available at the UM Box Office in the<br \/>\nStudent Union or online at<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.olemisssports.com\/\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.OleMissSports.com.<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span>Events are sponsored by the Division of Student Programming<br \/>\nBoard, Ole Miss Army ROTC and Campus Recreation.<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span>For more information, go to<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.olemiss.edu\/student?life\/campus?programming\/home.htm.<br \/>\nFor assistance related to a disability, call 662-915-7248.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OXFORD, Miss. &#8211; Annual Red &#038; Blue Week at the University of Mississippi kicks off Monday (April 7) with various events culminating in Saturday&#8217;s Grove Bowl.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[222],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Red &amp; 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