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Ole Miss AD Pete Boone told reporters Thursday that the school probably won't hire a new football coach until next week. The gossip is that Rick Neuheisel, one of the NCAA's prime whipping boys, remains a strong candidate for the job. The Rebel brass is just trying to figure out how to spin the most notorious hire since State put Jackie Sherrill on its payroll back in 1990.

Biloxi Sun Herald columnist Jim Mashek asks the burning question: "What the hell is Ole Miss doing?"