Hugh Freeze Out At Ole Miss
USA Today reported that Nutt’s attorney, Thomas Mars, brought the phone records to the attention of the university.
His brother, Tom, quarterbacked the team from 1989-1991 and their father, Tommy, was a Rebel defensive back in the 1960s.
He has good pieces to work with: Speaking of the roster, there’s a lot to like about Ole Miss on paper this season, especially on offense. That call was revealed as a result of the lawsuit filed by Nutt, which accused Freeze, athletic director Ross Bjork and others at Ole Miss of spreading a “false narrative” that tried to shift the blame of possible NCAA sanctions to Nutt’s regime before the charges were publicly revealed. The school has already self-imposed several penalties, including a one-year postseason ban for the upcoming season.
I know this because I’d spent the day working a still-in-progress piece for SB Nation about the case. As far as being a leader, he’s a man. “We talked about 40-something days ’til opening game, and I think they handled it very well”, Bjork said.
Ultimately, it looks like it’s a scandal that did him in.
Tommy Tuberville was hired as the Ole Miss head coach prior to the 1995 campaign and he had to find ways to sign talented players despite dealing with scholarship reductions. Where Ole Miss goes from here is the big question now. Ole Miss officials also ask the NCAA to delay the school’s hearing with the Committee on Infractions so it can have more time to investigate whether former left tackle Laremy Tunsil received additional improper benefits while playing for the Rebels.
The former coach, who went 39-25 in six seasons at MS, frequently discusses his faith in public and uses his Twitter account to promote Christianity.
“He was a great overachiever”, Hall said. “I think he’ll rally the players”. Those are guys that had to maximize everything they had.
Prior to his arrival in Oxford in 2012, Ole Miss went 27-35, gone to two bowl games and had a win-loss record of 5-15 vs. the AP Top 25.
This is no time for a coaching change, but offensive line coach Matt Luke is being thrown into an interim position.
Vitter and Bjork both said Freeze’s resignation is strictly because of his personal conduct and not because of the ongoing NCAA investigation.
Some fans said they’re disappointed, while others said Freeze deserved it.
So the simple explanation is that Freeze f***ed himself by calling an escort service right around the time he was planting stories about Nutt.
“The meteoric rise, never ever experienced a coach this popular in the state of Mississippi”, ESPN 105.9 host Bo Bounds said. “I was looking forward to playing under his coaching”.
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