re: Let's pretend for a moment that OM is playing by the rules.

truth be told, Ole Miss has been unequivocally better than Tennessee a total of probably 5 years since 2000 (2008, 2009, 2013-2015). I think people tend to forget just how bad Ole Miss has been and tend to over-exaggerate how bad Tennessee has been. Tennessee clearly isn't what they once were but they never reached the level of suck Ole Miss did during the reign of Coach O and last two years of Nutt. And the potential each has as a program isn't even close. Ole Miss just cannot and will not ever be able to compete with Tennessee in terms of resources.