...UM, and I know many others that felt the same way. I believe Stricklin called him to tell him to hang on b/c Mullen might leave, and he just couldn't commit to us under those circumstances, and I can't blame him. I've heard some other "baloney" as well, but the bottom line is I wanted Hud in Oxford, not Starkville. You won't hear differently from me, ever.
Perhaps you think all Ole Miss folks believe LSU is our "real rival". I never have thought that, by the way, nor do any others that I personally know. And I've been around awhile(attending UM ballgames since 1970).