Spanning the globe on a Friday morning. ...

With the first round of the NFL draft complete, Ole Miss tackle Bobby Massie is still waiting on a phone call.

After Massey, Brandon Bolden and Bradley Sowell are the most likely draft possibles for Ole Miss, but both are projected very late or in free agency.

Massie's stock soared after his combine workout, and the last mock draft by ESPN analyst Mel Kiper had Massie going to the Giants, but the Giants opted for speed not size with their first-round pick.

Here's a complete look at the first round and the winners and losers from Thursday night in NYC.

Here's a quick read on the SEC's first-round feast with nine conference players going in the first 18 picks. The Big 12, on the edge of extinction twice, was the next-most successful conference last night with five players going in the first round.

It was hard for me to get too amped up about watching the draft since the Saints don't have a pick until the third round.

Elsewhere ...

The baseball Rebels are back in SEC action this weekend beginning tonight at Mississippi State.

Some other Western Division notes here ...

LSU is at home against Georgia, while Arkansas, which lost twice at Ole Miss last weekend, visits Florida.

Auburn is shuffling its pitching rotation for the series against Tennessee.