ATLANTA - There's this notion that coaches Matt Luke of Ole Miss and Ed Orgeron of LSU are sort of cut from the same cloth.
The basic thinking is both were interim coaches who were surprise choices when it came time for the Rebels and Tigers to hire head coaches.
But here's the difference.
In a strange way, the NCAA four-year probation that Ole Miss finally received last December, which included extending last season's bowl ban for one more year and more scholarship reductions, has provided Luke with a safety net for the length of his four-year contract that runs through 2021.