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MELBOURNE, Australia -- Usain Bolt is set to compete and lead a team in the new Nitro Athletics concept that will kick off with a three-night series next February.Bolt, who won the 100- and 200-meter sprints and the 4x100 relay gold medals at the Beijing, London and Rio de Janeiro Olympics, attended the launch in Melbourne on Friday to explain a format that features a mix of power, endurance and team events in sprints, distance and field disciplines.This will be track and field as its never been seen before and thats why Im involved -- not only as a competitor, but also as a team captain, said Bolt, the world-record holder in the 100 and 200 and the most dominant sprinter of all time. Nitro Athletics is what track and field needs -- a fresh way to present the sport.The first series will be held at Melbournes Lakeside Stadium and feature six teams of 24 athletes: 12 women and 12 men.Bolt, who has never raced in Australia, will reportedly receive $1 million for his involvement in the series, which is backed by Athletics Australia and the Victoria state government.During his visit Down Under, Bolt narrowly avoided being kicked by a racehorse in the mounting yard on Oaks day during the Melbourne Cup carnival and was a regular feature in the news.Athletics Australia director John Steffensen, a former Commonwealth Games 400-meter champion, said Bolts participation would give the event global appeal.The headline act of Nitro Athletics Melbourne is the biggest name in all of sport, Steffensen said. 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OXFORD, Miss. -- Mississippi was home to some of the best college football teams in America just two years ago.These days the Magnolia State is the locale for unrealized expectations, frustrating losses and the bottom of the Southeastern Conference Western Division.Now Ole Miss (3-4, 1/3 SEC) and Mississippi State (2-5, 1-3) are trying to figure out a way to salvage something from whats quickly turning into a forgettable season for both programs.Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze says his program hasnt given up despite two straight losses, including Saturdays 38-21 setback to LSU that knocked the Rebels out of the national rankings for the first time season.Were not the first to experience that and its probably not the last time well experience it in this league, Freeze said. So weve got to fight.Bravado aside, theres a distinct sense of deflation across the state two years after some of the biggest football weekends in the history of Mississippi. In October 2014, Mississippi State was the No. 1 team in the country for the first time in school history while Ole Miss was closely behind them at No. 3.The fall has been swift. Now the Bulldogs and Rebels have plenty of work to do over the next five weeks just to reach six wins and make a bowl game.I hate sitting up here saying we have to keep working hard, but thats the name of the game, Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly said. I want to go out there with a bunch of guys who want to fight to the end. We have to find the guys that want to be out there and give it their all.Ole Miss had the highest expectations of the two Mississippi programs this season -- ranked No. 11 in the preseason -- making its rapid fall more surprising. Kelly returned after throwing for more than 4,000 yards last season and has had good moments this season, even though several of his interceptions and lost fumbles have been crucial in losses.But the Rebels real problem is on defense.Ole Miss ranks close to the bottom in the SEC in several major defensive categories, including 13th out of 144 teams in scoring defense (31.dddddddddddd4 points per game) and last in rushing yards allowed (226.9 per game).The Ole Miss defense was torched by LSU running back Leonard Fournette on Saturday. Fournette needed just 16 carries to run for a school-record 284 yards.The Rebels frustration boiled over during the game as defensive players argued about the problems.There are going to be issues. Families argue, Ole Miss defensive end Victor Evans said. Were all not going to see eye to eye sometimes. We all try to do what weve got to do to get on one page.It wont get any easier for the Rebels: They host No. 15 Auburn (5-2, 3-1) on Saturday.Mississippi State should have an easier weekend ahead, hosting lower-division foe Samford on Saturday. But nothing has been easy for the Bulldogs, who lost 40-38 to Kentucky last weekend after the Wildcats made a 51-yard field goal as time expired.Some of Mississippi States regression was expected since the Bulldogs were transitioning to sophomore quarterback Nick Fitzgerald following the spectacular career of Dak Prescott. But its safe to say a 2-5 record -- which includes losses to South Alabama, BYU and Kentucky -- wasnt expected.Its a little bit of everything, Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen said. You have a bunch of injuries, combined with a bunch of young players, combined with a new staff on the defensive side of the ball. It adds up.Mullen says hes still confident in his young core of players, including Fitzgerald, freshman receiver Keith Mixon, freshman linebacker Leo Lewis and freshman defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons.Its just that when a team is relying on so many young players, large variations in performance are common.You see a lot of good things, Mullen said. And then there are some head scratchers.-----Follow David Brandt on Twitter: www.twitter.com/davidbrandtAP . AP College Football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org . ' ' '