I had someone Google in looking for the answer to "why did the northern arizona football game not help ole miss with their bowl eligibility"
Looking at the Reb's schedule, it seems that they scheduled two I-AA (or Football Championship Subdivision in NCAA-speak) clubs this year (SE Louisiana was the other), and you can only count one of them towards the six wins for bowl eligibility. Ole Miss is 6-3 but has to win one more game to be eligible for post-season action. However, they get a short-handed Tennessee team in town Saturday; three Vols got busted for armed robbery in the wee hours of this mornings.
Kentucky has the formula down. They seem to have a recipe of Louisville, two mid-majors (Miami-OH and LA-Monroe this year) and a I-AA club (Eastern Kentucky this year) as their Twinkiesque out-conference schedule. Thus, they can limp into a 2-6 conference record and still be playing a bowl game. Cheesy, but effective.
Ole Miss, they need 7-5, since they went back for seconds on I-AAs.
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