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Winning not enough to extend Nutt, Bower tenures

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Monday, November 26, 2007

In the wake of the resignations Monday of Southern Mississippi coach Jeff Bower and Arkansas coach Houston Nutt, a line written by Dan Jenkins comes to mind. The legendary sportswriter wrote a lot about football but this line came from Slick Henderson, a character in Jenkins' novel, "Baja Oklahoma." After a beautiful woman walked out of a bar, Henderson said, "Somewhere, somebody's tired of her." Both men have established winning programs. Both men rank second in victories in the history of t ...

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