‘Not a great fix right now’: Keith Carter, Ole Miss trying to solve student-section puzzle

Ole Miss athletics director Keith Carter was satisfied with the game-day fan experience and environment for week one against Troy.For the most part.Carter and the rest of the Ole Miss administration remain fully aware of the weekly, student-section-sized mind-bender on their hands.“I thought at kickoff it was really good,” Carter said. “I thought the crowd turned out, the student section turned out. Our marketing team has done a fantastic job over the summer coming up with some really creative and cool things to do. The DJ was really awesome. I thought it was good.“Obviously we hope the people will stay. In the second half, it was hot, I get it, but we hope that people will stay through the second half and support the team. I feel like there’s a mental hurdle that our team faces when they come out of the locker room at halftime and a lot of the folks have left. We’re really hoping our students will come and stay. “But I thought it was good for an opener against a non-conference team. It’s interesting the way our schedule works out this year. We have all four of our non-conference games at the beginning of the season. Usually for one of those non-conference games people kind of take it off. We’re hoping everybody shows up (Saturday) and will be there for that one and we’ll keep rolling. “But I thought overall I thought the environment for week one was really good.”Carter also covered SEC and College Football Playoff expansion, a potential M-Club Hall of Fame and other renovation projects in the podcast linked below.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out Outdoorsy and use my code TOC for a great deal: https://www.outdoorsy.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/toc for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/toc for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Underdog Fantasy and use my code CHAMPIONS for a great deal: https://underdogfantasy.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy