Hugh Freeze discussed Patterson's redshirt chances during a Wednesday press conference. He also delivered bad news about Ken Webster's knee and gave a candid explanation of the secondary's second-half woes.
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On a night that saw Ole Miss squander a 22-point lead and an opportunity to begin its season with a defining upset over a top-five team, the lowlight was watching Webster carried off the field in tears after wrenching his knee at a gruesome angle early in the first quarter.