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After year of adjustments, Ole Miss' Oscar Bird ready for American football debut

It's been a year of adjustments for Oscar Bird. He's adjusting to a new country, a new game, a new ball, a new culture and more. Bird, Ole Miss' new punter, has apparently made all of those adjustments swimmingly and is eagerly looking forward to his American football debut Saturday versus Georgia State.

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OXFORD — It's been a year of adjustments for Oscar Bird.

He's adjusting to a new country, a new game, a new ball, a new culture and more.

Bird, Ole Miss' new punter, has apparently made all of those adjustments swimmingly.

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Ole Miss held a mock game scrimmage inside Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Saturday, an annual occurrence prior to week one to simulate what will be real next week.

The Rebels host Georgia State at 6:45 p.m. on August 30 to start the season. The scrimmage on Saturday also started at 6:45 p.m.

Here are some notes from the evening after talking with multiple sources with knowledge of the practice.

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