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Ole Miss can’t afford a plane?
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:36 am
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:36 am
Embarrassing.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:36 am to Uga Alum
Ole Miss charters via JetBlue operating out of Tupelo Regional Airport, an hour bus trip from Oxford. KTUP is a small airport with little scheduled commercial traffic, it is uncontrolled after 10pm, and is not a hub or base of operations for JetBlue.
Due to the nationwide ground stop, the JetBlue crew operating the Ole Miss charter certainly would have timed out their duty day before the aircraft could depart.
Since it isn't a hub or base of operations, no relief crew would have been available to operate the charter tonight and no commercial flights departed from or arrived at KTUP after the ground stop was lifted so none could be flown in.
That means the earliest Ole Miss can depart would be when the rest period for the assigned crew is up, 10 hours, which only begins after the duty day ends. Depending on when that occurred, it is possible their next duty day couldn't even begin until after 8am. Add in an hour to bus/pre-flight, an hour to board, an hour and a half flight into Oklahoma City, an hour to load onto buses and half an hour to bus to Norman it would have been early afternoon before Ole Miss could get to OU.
Even if kick was delayed until evening, that would be pushing it in terms of player safety and it is also unclear if the SEC even offered a late Saturday kick time as an option.
Due to the nationwide ground stop, the JetBlue crew operating the Ole Miss charter certainly would have timed out their duty day before the aircraft could depart.
Since it isn't a hub or base of operations, no relief crew would have been available to operate the charter tonight and no commercial flights departed from or arrived at KTUP after the ground stop was lifted so none could be flown in.
That means the earliest Ole Miss can depart would be when the rest period for the assigned crew is up, 10 hours, which only begins after the duty day ends. Depending on when that occurred, it is possible their next duty day couldn't even begin until after 8am. Add in an hour to bus/pre-flight, an hour to board, an hour and a half flight into Oklahoma City, an hour to load onto buses and half an hour to bus to Norman it would have been early afternoon before Ole Miss could get to OU.
Even if kick was delayed until evening, that would be pushing it in terms of player safety and it is also unclear if the SEC even offered a late Saturday kick time as an option.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:37 am to Pickle_Weasel
Sounds like a redneck small town problem.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:38 am to Pickle_Weasel
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Ole Miss charters via JetBlue
this seems like something to be proud of
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:38 am to Pickle_Weasel
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Pickle_Weasel
Why not just embed the tweet?
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Finally, all my interests have converged!
While I agree that this is being handled poorly by the SEC, it is largely out of the hands of Ole Miss. The Ole Miss charter situation is a bit different than that of most other programs.
Ole Miss charters via JetBlue operating out of Tupelo Regional Airport, an hour bus trip from Oxford. KTUP is a small airport with little scheduled commercial traffic, it is uncontrolled after 10pm, and is not a hub or base of operations for JetBlue.
Due to the nationwide ground stop, the JetBlue crew operating the Ole Miss charter certainly would have timed out their duty day before the aircraft could depart.
Since it isn't a hub or base of operations, no relief crew would have been available to operate the charter tonight and no commercial flights departed from or arrived at KTUP after the ground stop was lifted so none could be flown in.
That means the earliest Ole Miss can depart would be when the rest period for the assigned crew is up, 10 hours, which only begins after the duty day ends. Depending on when that occurred, it is possible their next duty day couldn't even begin until after 8am. Add in an hour to bus/pre-flight, an hour to board, an hour and a half flight into Oklahoma City, an hour to load onto buses and half an hour to bus to Norman it would have been early afternoon before Ole Miss could get to OU.
Even if kick was delayed until evening, that would be pushing it in terms of player safety and it is also unclear if the SEC even offered a late Saturday kick time as an option.
Could an all-out last ditch effort made it work? Sure. But is an Ole Miss-Oklahoma game in mid-November worth making that all-out last ditch effort at the risk of player safety? I would personally say no. Unfortunately that means Oklahoma fans, through no fault of their own, get screwed. Knowing OU fans as I do, they'll find a way to make it hell on Ole Miss Sunday.
This post was edited on 11/14/26 at 9:41 am
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:39 am to Pickle_Weasel
Shhhhh those pesky facts get in the way of people overly emotional little bitches. 
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:40 am to Uga Alum
I mean, owning several RJs or 2 737s isn't really attainable by most....
Charter service also has limitations that really can't be worked around.
Charter service also has limitations that really can't be worked around.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:40 am to Pickle_Weasel
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Ole Miss charters via JetBlue
Jet blue.
Not surprised.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:41 am to Uga Alum
Ole Miss Team Plane
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:42 am to Uga Alum
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Embarrassing
We sold our large jets to put into NIL fund. Priorities.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:42 am to Uga Alum
8 hour bus trip to Norman. They’re college kids. They could sleep on the bus and game moved to 8:00pm.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:42 am to Pickle_Weasel
That’s on Ole Miss for choosing a charter operator that doesn’t fly in the region. They wouldn’t have that problem if they chose American or Delta and flew out of Memphis. Same thing could have happened without a ground stop; a routine mechanical issue could have left them stranded.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:44 am to Rosco P Coltrane
Add 1000 feet to the runway in Oxford and buy a used 737. It’s fixable.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:46 am to twk
Need armored charter buses to get to the Memphis airport.. It's a one off, quit your whining
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:46 am to Pickle_Weasel
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Ole Miss charters via JetBlue operating out of Tupelo Regional Airport, an hour bus trip from Oxford. KTUP is a small airport with little scheduled commercial traffic, it is uncontrolled after 10pm, and is not a hub or base of operations for JetBlue.
Due to the nationwide ground stop, the JetBlue crew operating the Ole Miss charter certainly would have timed out their duty day before the aircraft could depart.
Since it isn't a hub or base of operations, no relief crew would have been available to operate the charter tonight and no commercial flights departed from or arrived at KTUP after the ground stop was lifted so none could be flown in.
That means the earliest Ole Miss can depart would be when the rest period for the assigned crew is up, 10 hours, which only begins after the duty day ends. Depending on when that occurred, it is possible their next duty day couldn't even begin until after 8am. Add in an hour to bus/pre-flight, an hour to board, an hour and a half flight into Oklahoma City, an hour to load onto buses and half an hour to bus to Norman it would have been early afternoon before Ole Miss could get to OU.
Even if kick was delayed until evening, that would be pushing it in terms of player safety and it is also unclear if the SEC even offered a late Saturday kick time as an option.
You have a lot of posters...strangely, mostly LSU fans...who apparently think getting a charter flight with pilots to fly on short notice is like walking into renal car office and renting a van, or changing a charter bus driver's schedule on short notice.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:46 am to Pickle_Weasel
Ole Miss choosing Jet Blue as their charter company is wild. Everyone has to suffer because they’re cheap af.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:49 am to LakeChuckTiger89
I mean we have had 2 major ground stops in our history, plus one minor... It's a one off... Jet Blue has been fine otherwise.... Grow up.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:52 am to BamaGradinTn
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is like walking into renal car office and renting a van
You give up YOUR kidney to get to the game, not that important to me!
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:52 am to Uga Alum
They cannot afford to drive an hour to the Memphis airport.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 9:53 am to Pickle_Weasel
Moving forward Ole Miss should charter out of Memphis. It’s only 30 more minutes away with a shite ton more options. Limiting yourself to a podunk little airport when better extremely viable options are available is shortsighted and stupid. That’s why this is the only game moved to Sunday.
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