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Ole Miss Goes ‘Nutt’s

By Associated Press

Hundreds of Ole Miss fans cheer as Houston Nutt is officially introduced as Mississippi's new head coach. Click to watch the news conference. Ole Miss Goes ‘Nutt’s

Published: Wed, November 28, 2007 - 2:15 pm Last Updated: Wed, November 28, 2007 - 2:26 pm

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - New Mississippi football coach Houston Nutt
says he intends to improve the Rebels and make them the
Southeastern Conference champions.
He was introduced to hundreds of cheering fans on campus today
-- and told them that the way to spell fun is W-I-N.
Nutt replaces Ed Orgeron, who was fired Saturday after the
Rebels finished 3-9. The team went winless in the SEC for the first
time since 1982.
Nutt came to Oxford less than 48 hours after resigning at
Arkansas and a day after Ole Miss Athletic Director Pete Boone
announced he had hired Nutt to resurrect a football program that
has lost its way.
Nutt says he loves the tradition at Ole Miss -- including a
legacy of players like Archie Manning and Frank "Bruiser" Kinard.
While Orgeron increased the talent level, he never fielded a
winner in three tumultuous years and finished 10-25.
Boone believes Nutt is the proven winner he was asked to produce
when he started his three-day search.
Nutt agreed to a four-year, $7.4 million contract with options
for three more years totaling $6.6 million. He appears to have the
credentials required to turn around a program that hasn't been much
of a force in the Southeastern Conference since the 1960s.

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