I like Neal and actually think he and Tyler Siskey have been very complimentary of us this year, Siskey more than Neal. But when he said that yesterday it told me one thing, there is REAL 17 WORRY that Lane is leaving Ole Miss. Neal is not stupid. He must know of smoke around Lane somewhere that is bubbling up so what is the first thing you do? Divert the smoke and say you heard the rival HC, who all their fans and Neal said would be the hire if Lane left, was looking around for an exit.

The problem that he has with what we are doing this year is that it flies directly in the face of his comments in June. He said when we hired O Connor that we were waving the white flag in football. He said you cannot spend in that sport and be competitive in football. Did not say it was wrong to do it, but said it cannot be done. Well, we are doing it.