University of Mississippi eGrove Daily Mississippian Journalism and New Media, School of 11-16-2011 November 8, 2011 The Daily Mississippian Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline Recommended Citation The Daily Mississippian, "November 8, 2011" (2011). Daily Mississippian. 407. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline/407 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Journalism and New Media, School of at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Daily Mississippian by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 DTheailyMississippian Tuesday, November 8, 2011 thedmonline.com Vol. 100 No. 220 Nutt: ‘The bottom line is you have to win’ Athletics Director Pete Boone announced Monday that this will be Houston Nutt’s last season. Boone also announced that he will step down as athletics director by December 2012. BY AUSTIN MILLER to win,” Nutt said. “There BY CAIN MADDEN [email protected] wasn’t a good feeling, I un- [email protected] derstand. I would like to have During his first two seasons been here and seen it through When Athletics Director Pete in Oxford, Ole Miss head because I wanted to go to At- Boone said that Houston Nutt coach Houston Nutt did win. lanta with this group. I under- would be the last University of It started with a 31-30 signa- stand the decisions that have Mississippi football head coach he ture win over No. 4 Florida in to be made and that’s not up hired, he meant it. the Swamp, included back-to- to me.” With the lack of on-the-field suc- back wins over LSU and fin- In 2008, the Rebels returned cess over the past two years, Boone ished with the second of back- to the national scene and fin- recommended to Chancellor Dan to-back Cotton Bowl wins. ished with a top-15 ranking Jones that Nutt be replaced. At the However, after a disappoint- after a 47-34 win over Texas same time, Boone said that it was ing 4-8 season, followed by a Tech in the Cotton Bowl. The time for a fresh approach and that 2-7 start to this season, Ath- next offseason, Ole Miss ap- he would step aside as athletics di- letics Pete Boone announced peared on regional covers of rector. that the 2011 football season Sports Illustrated and started “The Ole Miss family has ac- will be the last for head coach the season ranked in the top complished so much in the past Houston Nutt. 10 of the Associated Press and decade, but we are poised to go “Our goal is to compete for USA Today Coaches’ polls. even further, even higher,” Boone championships, and we are The Rebels rose as high as said. not making process in that re- number four in the AP poll be- Jones said Boone’s tenure has gard,” Boone said in a state- fore it all came crashing down been “remarkable,” considering ment. “It’s time for our team in a 16-10 Thursday night loss that the University has avoided to have new leadership and a at South Carolina. Ole Miss the dark spotlight from the NCAA new direction.” also lost to eventual national that has been shined down on oth- Nutt will finish out the sea- champion Alabama and on er programs in recent years. son as head coach, but when the Plains of Auburn, but also “I’m grateful to Pete for his lead- the clocks hits 0:00 at Davis- won against Arkansas, Tennes- ership of athletics, including his Wade Stadium in Starkville on see and a top-10 LSU team. selfless decision to announce his Nov. 26, the Houston Nutt era Then, at that same Davis- plans for the future and facilitate a will be over. “The bottom line is you have See NUTT, PAGE 8 ALEX EDWARDS | The Daily Mississippian See BOONE, PAGE 8 MEET THE CANDIDATES Next governor controls IHL board JOHNNY DUPREE PHIL BRYANT REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT BY CAIN MADDEN Both candidates, Republi- way to provide level funding [email protected] can Phil Bryant and Demo- for community colleges and crat Johnny DuPree, said they four-year institutions. Whoever is elected to serve would value higher education “Because of the lack of the next term as governor of if elected. funding from the state over Mississippi will have an im- “Obviously, all areas of the past 10 years, we have pact on higher education, as education, including higher seen tuition continue to grow, eight Institutions of Higher education, are extremely im- making it harder and harder Learning Board of Trustees portant to the future of Mis- for our young people to afford members’ terms expire over sissippi because it is inexora- to go to college,” he said. the next four years. bly linked to a common need “We must also work to make Four of these terms will ex- across every region of the sure that we have a unified, pire in 2012, while the other state: jobs,” Bryant said. contiguous curriculum start- four do so in 2015. The IHL DuPree also said higher ed- ing from kindergarten and I have a Ph.D. My wife, who dropped I am the son of a diesel mechanic board consists of 12 mem- ucation is vital to the future stretching all the way through out of high school, went back to get and a homemaker. After working my bers. of Mississippi. our college programs. Ensur- her GED, went on to get an undergrad- way through junior college and earn- “The election of the next “Continued job creation ef- ing better communication uate degree and then a master’s de- ing my bachelor’s degree in criminal governor of the state of Mis- forts depend on us having a and cooperation will pro- gree. My oldest daughter has a Ph.D justice from the University of Southern sissippi is very important to strong higher education sys- vide better education for our and teaches at the University of South Mississippi, I went on to earn a mas- the future of higher educa- tem,” he said. “Whether we young people.” Alabama. And my youngest daughter ter’s degree in political science from tion in our state,” IHL Com- are talking about vocational Bryant said in regard to fill- has a master’s and has just started her Mississippi College. In addition to my missioner Hank M. Bounds training programs through ing the positions, his focus Ph.D program. She is a teacher with duties as lieutenant governor, I am an said in a statement. “We have our community colleges or will be to find highly-quali- the Jackson Public Schools. adjunct professor of government at been very fortunate to have four-year professional degree fied people. I tell people about our educational Mississippi College. excellent appointments to the programs through our senior DuPree said Mississippi background because I want voters to None of this would have been pos- board of trustees to the State colleges, we must maintain a needs a racially, geographi- understand that education is not just an sible without the excellent community Institutions of Higher Learn- strong dedication to these in- cally, age- and gender-diverse issue we talk about on the campaign and junior colleges, four-year colleges ing in the past and feel cer- stitutions.” board, and he is even consid- trail. Education is important to my fam- and private universities Mississippi has tain that the next governor The first thing the state has ily. to offer. will continue this tradition.” to do, DuPree said, is find a See IHL, PAGE 5 2 OPINION OPINION | 11.8.11 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 2 BY JOSH CLARK @dm_toons What’s to come for Ole Miss athletics next year, he will not have a part our next football coach. time, but let’s be honest: college tained for next season, he will in choosing our next head foot- Recently, I’ve seen the Forward football coaches are paid to do be allowed to coach the remain- ball coach. Rebels campaign pose the ques- one thing and one thing alone — ing three games on the schedule. Instead the process will be led tion: what qualified Boone to be win. That’s because losing sucks I’m hoping he has something left by a five-member committee with the athletic director of Ole Miss? and winning is fun. Haven’t you to prove, and the players realize representatives from the Athlet- Well, I can tell you that one of heard that “W-I-N” is the way their next coach will be watch- BY ANDREW DICKSON ics Committee, the M-Club, the Boone’s most valuable assets to you spell “fun?” ing film from the next few games [email protected] faculty and alumni — with the the university during his tenure I know we went to two Cot- when he arrives. help of a national search firm. was his ability to handle money. ton Bowls a couple of years ago, While Nutt will be coaching At an afternoon press confer- Archie Manning and Fed-EX During his two stretches as Ole but we’ve lost 12-straight SEC his last few games for Ole Miss, ence Monday, Athletic Direc- Vice President Mike Glenn will Miss AD, the athletic department games (LSU being our next SEC we’ll be kicking off the process tor Pete Boone announced that be co-chairs of the committee, has expanded and facilities have foe), some of them in pathetic of finding our next head coach.