The Rebel baseball team kicked the '08 season off with a sweep of Minnesota. On this editon of Hotty Toddy Hotline, Jon Rawl and Chad Mills run the Oxford studio, while Dan Woike of RebelSports.net gives us a report from Swayze Field, where the Diamond Rebs easily downed Northwestern State. Also, Daily Sentinel-Star (Grenada, Miss.) Ole Miss beat writer and historian Jerry Short gives us his Dixie diagnosis. Finally, legend Eddie Crawford comments on the passing of his 1950s Ole Miss teammate Eagle Day.

David Cutcliffe calls-in to Hotty Toddy Hotline to talk with his former Rebel WR Bill Flowers. What's the bond Cut has with Eli Manning? Also, the coach is building a program at Duke with a ton of Ole Miss connections. Also, RebelSports.net's Dan Woike dropped by hoops practice today and caught up with big man Dwayne Curtis. We have the interview. And C-L beat writer David Brandt and Woike discuss the upcoming weekend baseball matchup with Minnesota. It's an action-packed Hotty Toddy Hotline, complete with harmonicas and train noise courtesy of an in-person visit from Amtrak regional executive Jerome Trahan, an Ole Miss graduate.

Arkansas continues to be a Razorback pain in the neck for the Road Rebels. RebelSports.net Dan Woike and Clarion-Ledger Rebel beat writer David Brandt journeyed together to Fayetteville to watch the Rebs get spanked -- and now the duo come on live on Hotty Toddy Hotline to share their weekend stories. Also, Bill Flowers chimes in with his thoughts on Houston's Nutt's first signing class for the Rebs.

A tornado in Oxford cuts short this Signing Day Eve broadcast. However, the Hotty Toddy Hotline gang did sneak in a few minutes to chat about the new batch of Rebs. Also, head basketball coach Andy Kennedy calls-in to talk about his team's heartbreaking weekend loss to the Gamecocks.