The confederate flag has been an issue that has taken over the national conversation in recent weeks, sadly in part due to the shooting death of nine innocent African-Americans at a church in Charleston, South Carolina. Recently, the Palmetto State took down the flag from their State Capitol grounds.
The state of Mississippi still has that flag as a part of their state flag, not helping the reputation to some that the Magnolia State lives in the past. The head coaches of the two biggest football programs, Ole Miss’s Hugh Freeze and Mississippi State’s Dan Mullen, where recently asked their thoughts on whether it should be taken down.