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The Network clouds things because they have so much control there but sometimes organizational changes at the top (Vitter in this case) lead to organizational changes below the ladder (Bjork).
I'm not looking for that to happen because the network runs things. Ideally for them I'm sure that they would want another Khayat.
They're a football school in the sense that the decisions with the football program dominate decisions for the whole university there- but what they have essentially done is created an almost closed chain because of how they expect things to be done there with regards to recruiting. And what that has led to is only a small pool of coaches that typically have ties to Ole Miss that are the only ones willing to work there (Freeze, Luke, Brewer). That will always limit their upward mobility in the sport.
And while they got off light with the NCAA-I highly doubt that they will ever try to recruit nationally by buying out players from under people like Georgia, Notre Dame, and Alabama ever again. Which is for them basically the only model where they can build a consistent winner that can go to NY6 bowl games.
In the meantime we've built a really good football atmosphere that is better than theirs and we will be going to our ninth bowl in a row and have a great chance to win 8 games....all the while going through a coaching staff transition.
Shep Smith fits old myth to a tee.
Hate to see his gay ass back in Mississipp.