The Oklahoma Sooners and the Ole Miss Rebels will play their Week 11 game on Sunday at Noon. A move decided by the SEC, despite strong opposition from Oklahoma leadership, is taking place because Ole Miss couldn’t find a way to get to Norman in time for kickoff.
So the SEC let Ole Miss off the hook for their poor response to the FAA ground stoppage.
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When teams like Texas, Tennessee, and even Purdue (who took a bus to get to Iowa) were able to find a way, Ole Miss sat on their hands and couldn’t be bothered to work out the details to make it to Norman for a Saturday kickoff. Instead, Sooner Nation is forced to extend hotel stays, rebook flights, change rental car reservations, or miss the game altogether because of previously scheduled events on a Sunday, where there typically isn’t any football.
Oh, and that doesn’t even mention the weather, where the game went from what would be considered good fall football weather to a 40-degree day with a high chance of rain.
It was a move met with strong opposition from Oklahoma athletic director Roger Denny, but Greg Sankey basically put Oklahoma between a rock and a hard place. The message was either play on Sunday or forfeit. And so Oklahoma will be forced to play on Sunday because of Ole Miss’s inability to problem-solve.
Here’s how fans reacted on social media.
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From Roger Denny
The Logistical Incompetence
Ole Miss AD Fumbles the Ball
Awesome
Ole Miss got over on the SEC
Embarrassing
Doesn’t Make Sense
Soft?
Terrible Problem Solving
Teams found a way, Ole Miss couldn’t be bothered
Sankey got played?
SEC Doesn’t Care about the Fans
SEC Owe the Fans?
Terrible Job by the SEC and Ole Miss
Sankey trying to save a playoff team?
This will be fun logistically for OU’s Campus
They Couldn’t Figure it Out
Pretty One-Sided Decision
Ole Miss Won
Ole Miss got off easy
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