Central Oklahoma AD trolls Ole Miss amid forced kickoff change from FAA crisis

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  Kalan HooksNov 14, 2026, 02:34 PM ET

Friday's chaos that resulted from the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to ground all flights nationwide left a handful of college and professional sports teams scrambling to figure out how their games would be played.

One school, though, saw it as an opportunity to take a jab at another.

On Saturday morning, Stan Wagon, Central Oklahoma's vice president of athletics, released a statement in recognition of the nationwide crisis. In that statement, he also took a shot at Ole Miss.

"Just like every other team in the country other than Ole Miss, our opponents were able to find a solution," Wagon's statement read.

With the FAA's decision, multiple teams changed their kickoff times. Ole Miss, which was scheduled to take on Oklahoma on Saturday, though, will face the Sooners on Sunday. It was the only game to be moved to Sunday, according to ESPN's Paolo Uggetti.

Oklahoma athletic director Roger Denny and former coach Bob Stoops criticized the decision to postpone the game to Sunday, which was made by the SEC.

"This decision by Greg Sanky is absolutely wrong," Stoops wrote on X.

Central Oklahoma has two games slated for today: Its football team will play Missouri Western and men's basketball plays Oklahoma Christian.

Wagon made an offer to grant fans whose plans involved attending Ole Miss-Oklahoma today: free admission for Central Oklahoma's Saturday slate with the show of their SEC game ticket.

However, if SEC fans aren't able to make the trip, Wagon still encouraged support of the Central Oklahoma programs.

"If any SEC fans 'explore every avenue' but are unable to find their way to Edmond, I invite them to tune into the MIAA Network and watch UCO's national ranked volleyball team play in the conference championship match at 6 PM," Wagon wrote.