Running off-season CFB thread

[dixiehack]

This is pretty good.

Humbled Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse Makes Good on Bet, Drives Uber Around Iowa

 

[hondo]

Surprised nothing has been posted here about Houston Nutt's defamation lawsuit against Hugh Freeze, claiming that Freeze has conducted a deliberate campaign to deflect charges of recruiting malfeasance onto Nutt's tenure as coach. What I've seen of it shows that Nutt's legal team did a remarkably thorough job of digging up every instance where Freeze allegedly manipulated the media to besmirch Nutt.

Certainly there is a lot of sour grapes and bitterness at play here from Nutt, but it looks to me like he's got Freeze and Ole Miss by the balls and he's squeezing them hard for everything he can get. Just reinforces my opinion of Freeze as a lowlife hypocrite who covers his cheating with a veneer of false piety. Dan Mullen and State may be just as dirty, but I don't see Mullen out there beating his chest about what a wonderful Christian he is.

Understand something about football and Christianity in the South: as long as God doesn't make an 11th commandment that says thou shalt not commit recruiting violations a lot of these folks think it's okay. The vast majority of high school football cheating in the southern state in which I live is done by private Christian schools and it ain't close.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Not a Bleacher Report Fan, (the lede is pretty strong on opinion), but this looks like a decent report on Freeze and the suit. And if so ... Ole Miss is a heap of trouble.

Per phone records obtained by Mars in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, 10 days before national signing day, Freeze allegedly called seven journalists to promote the narrative, and in each instance, the journalists wrote stories or tweeted content they attributed to "sources" close to the program.
The Nutt narrative took hold, and Freeze saved his recruiting class. Three months later, Ole Miss released the NCAA's initial notice of allegations—after sitting on it and refusing Freedom of Information requests—and the reality that Freeze was a central figure was exposed. Only two parties can release a notice of allegations: the NCAA (which never does) and the offending school.

As Hugh Freeze's Good-Guy Persona Crumbles, How Long Will Ole Miss Stand by Him?

 

[Batman]

Whatever bombshell is coming for Ole Miss, it must be a 20-megaton nuke. Hugh Freeze is stepping down as coach.

 

[wicked]

When does practice begin, in a week or two?

 

[Doc Holliday]

When does practice begin, in a week or two?

July 28 for most schools. Some even earlier. One week with a new coach. They're going to shirt.

 

[Batman]

When does practice begin, in a week or two?

Something like that.
It also means a certain sports writer who just spent an hour yesterday writing a long Ole Miss season preview based off of SEC media days quotes for a magazine with an early deadline needs to throw that away and start over.
Couldn't have waited until Week 3, could ya Hugh?

 

[dixiehack]

Hugh Freeze resigns from Ole Miss after 'misdial' call to escort service on school-issued phone

That's so SEC. Cheat your ass off for all the five stars, but don't be cavorting with ladies of questionable reputation, sirah!

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Hugh Freeze resigns from Ole Miss after 'misdial' call to escort service on school-issued phone

Man,an SEC coach had to be on thin ice anyway if he had to pay for it.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Now that's a butt dial!

 

[Batman]

Hugh Freeze resigns from Ole Miss after 'misdial' call to escort service on school-issued phone

That's so SEC. Cheat your ass off for all the five stars, but don't be cavorting with ladies of questionable reputation, sirah!

Freeze told Yahoo last Friday that the call had been brought to Ole Miss administrators' attention by former coach Houston Nutt's attorney, Thomas Mars, and that they had questioned him about it.

Fitting that, in an incident involving an escort service, Freeze got busted by a Nutt.

 

[Donny in his element]