Why Was Hugh Freeze Fired? Hugh Freeze’s return to Oxford sparks
As a matter of course, there is venom in this creature. The program’s embarrassment was caused by Freeze. As a result, Ole Miss football was a perennial loser for three years in the most competitive division in the sport. Freeze succumbed to his own arrogance. He tweeted Bible verses and challenged people to email compliance if they had proof that Ole Miss was cheating (which it was). That’s about as juicy as it gets when it comes to setting yourself up for public ridicule.
Time is said to be a healer. Those wounds may still be raw for some people. Those who have been following Ole Miss football since Archie Manning broke the Alabama defence half a century ago may have a different perspective on Freeze than those who attended Ole Miss from 2016 to 2020 and never saw their team play in a bowl game.
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“I don’t know if I’m more excited we found a way to win or I didn’t get hit by a golf ball they were throwing at me.”
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— George Balekji (@GeorgeBalekji) October 17, 2021
As a result, the announcement that Ole Miss and Liberty would play each other in 2021 appeared to be an afterthought. At the time, it was just another SEC team beating up on a then-FCS foe for the sake of a paycheck ($1.5 million).
Hugh Freeze had already stepped down as Ole Miss’ head coach when the announcement was made. One of the most high-profile SEC scandals involving a university-issued cell phone and Freeze’s university escort service was about to be wrapped up by the NCAA.
On Saturday, Freeze returned to Ole Miss for the first time since May 2017, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. A victory over the team that Freeze led into its greatest success of this century is the goal of his return to the Liberty team this season.
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Both parties were able to come to their own conclusions in this breakup. Lane Kiffin’s team enters November in the running for a spot in a New Year’s Six bowl after the NCAA cleared the way for the programme. Malik Willis, Freeze’s Auburn transfer quarterback, is now at the top of the NFL draught boards after three seasons at Liberty.
It was only five years ago that we believed we had seen the best of Ole Miss under Freeze. Neither Katy Perry nor Alabama’s second win would have happened without him. The first Playoff poll had Ole Miss in the top four. Think back to 2014-15 and see how things have changed.
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That was the zenith of Ole Miss fandom for the average age fan. There were no playoff spots included, but think about a school like Tennessee. Vols fans would do anything for a two-year stretch that included multiple victories against Nick Saban’s Alabama and a chance at the national championship in November after more than a decade of irrelevance.
It will always feel like Ole Miss sold its soul to the devil for the likes of Laremy Tunsil and Robert Nkemdiche, because of the sanctions that were imposed after that.
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