Ole Miss/ Northern Arizona..November 17th, 2009

[jstate83]

Northern Arizona to get $400,000 for the game.xrulesx


Money, Timing left Rebels with scheduling mess. (http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090319/SPORTS030103/903190330/1109)

Now that the great football scheduling debacle of 2009 is over, Ole Miss athletic director Pete Boone spent Wednesday afternoon explaining why it happened - and also how he plans to make sure it never happens again

UM officials announced late Tuesday night that Northern Arizona, a Big Sky Conference school that plays in the lower Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA), will come to Oxford on Nov. 7 as the Rebels' 12th football opponent this fall. The deal ended months of speculation and deals gone awry. For Ole Miss, it's not an ideal outcome for two reasons.

[Ivytalk]

Poor Ole Miss. xbawlingx Couldn't persuade another FBS school to sign up.

I hope the Jacks go down there and stick it to 'em!xthumbsupx

[jstate83]

They just got caught up.
They tried but no Mid level FBS school wanted to add a tough game to their schedule like that.
If you are a FBS team, with no FCS school's scheduled yet for 2009, why play a team like Ole Miss when you can play a team that should not be too hard to beat.

No mid level FBS OOC school really want to play Ole miss this year if they can avoid it.xsmhx

[Purple Pride]

If Houston Nutt follows his M.O., Ole Miss will be everyone's whipping boy in about 3 more years. xwhistlex

[jwa2000]

With two FBS's on the schedule, it looks like NAU just kissed away any chance of potentially getting an at-large playoff bid. While I respect NAU on one hand for taking the game nobody else wanted to (while dropping D2 Ft. Lewis in the process), I am sure the decision was based largely on the financial crisis occuring here in higher education in AZ. Remember, there were talks a month or so ago about NAU discussing the possibility of dropping football to save the university money. I am sure when they unexpectly got offered 400K, on top of what the University of Arizona is giving them for a short bus ride south, it was a no-brainer.

[danefan]

Who got Furmaned in this deal?

[Green Cookie Monster]

Who got Furmaned in this deal?

Ft. Lewis.

[already123]

This is ridiculous.
Another 6-5 season...here we come!

At least NAU will have enough money to hire a new HC

[elcid83]

Who got Furmaned in this deal?

Hate to show my stupidity, but, I am new to this board. Can someone give us newbies the brief definition/ origin of the term "Furmaned?" Thanks if advance for your assistance.

Go Runnin' Bulldogs!

[danefan]

Hate to show my stupidity, but, I am new to this board. Can someone give us newbies the brief definition/ origin of the term "Furmaned?" Thanks if advance for your assistance.

Go Runnin' Bulldogs!

Furmaned:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Furmaned&defid=3737088

Mizzoued:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mizzoued

[griz8791]

Is that what they're calling it now? Oh, the irony.xrolleyesx

[MplsBison]

Wasn't there some talk of NAU dropping football? Apparently not this season?


I thought Arizona had the 2nd largest state budget deficit and university spending was targeted?

Anyone know more?