re: When did the fanbase decide they wanted Coach O?

Okay, I'll tell you the same thing I told Mo Jeaux.

With respect to Coach O, Ole Miss fired Coach O in the third year of his four year contract to rebuild the Ole Miss program and then Coach Houston Nutt came in and won immediately with Coach O's players for three years until they graduated and then Coach Houston Nutt couldn't win with his own players after that. Meanwhile, no one could win with Coach Cutcliffe's players, not even Coach Cutcliffe, and Coach Cutcliffe is no slouch as a coach. Yet everybody expects that Coach O could win with those mediocre players. Hmm...

Meanwhile, Coach Hugh Escort Freeze says that had Ole Miss given Coach O that final and fourth year of his contract that for all intents and purposes the program was rebuilt and that in all probability Coach O would still be the head coach at Ole Miss today.

Furthermore, I thought Coach O overall did a pretty damn good job last season. I figured he would have to go 7 and 1 to be qualified to be considered in the running. I never expected that he would have a chance to beat Alabama simply due to the fact that he was still strapped down by Coach Mile's ultra conservative offense, but he did give them a pretty damn good game. However, I didn't ding him for us losing the Florida game because of the way we lost, as that loss wasn't Coach O's fault. Not to mention, that anyone who watched us lose that game could tell that LSU was quite a bit more superior relative to Florida.

So yes, considering Coach O's further experience at two different universities, I would put Coach O ahead of Coach Herman. Not to mention that Coach Jimmy Johnson and Coach Pete Carroll also gave Alleva their highest recommendations in favor of Coach O as well.