THE TIME HOUSTON NUTT RECRUITED A HIGH SCHOOL BAND MEMBER

2008 was a year of transition for Houston Nutt. FOIA'd out of Fayetteville, he inherited an Ole Miss team that had gone 3-9 and failed to win a conference game. He had to consider whether it was worth finding an alterations shop that could replace all the Arkansas bands on his Panama hats with Ole Miss logos or just buy new ones. Most importantly, he had to adjust to a new recruiting environment, and that meant taking unorthodox approaches.