Breaking: Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze has resigned effective immediately

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I wonder which of Fleck, Kill or Claeys that they will want to go with as his replacement.
 


Ole Miss isnt exactly a squeaky clean program. NCAA probably snooping around and he got out just in time
 



Former co-offensive coordinator Matt Luke has been announced as the school’s interim head coach.

After years of scrutiny from an NCAA investigation into his program, Freeze finally ceded control in Oxford following the latest allegations. And let’s just say that the internet was interested in what happened.


According to a report from USA Today’s Dan Wolken, Freeze made a one-minute phone call to a number associated with a Tampa-based female escort service, and used his Ole Miss-issued phone.

Per the report:

A one-minute call made from the University-issued phone of Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze to a number associated with a female escort service was raised as a potential issue in the back-and-forth between the university’s legal counsel and the attorney for former Rebels football coach Houston Nutt, according to records and correspondence obtained by USA TODAY Sports.

Yahoo! Sports’ Pat Forde expanded, saying that “the school found at least one call from the coach to an escort service on his school-issued cell phone.” Forde added that when the call first came to light last week, Freeze attributed the call to a misdial.


“I was in an 813 area code and that was a 313 number, I think that might have been a misdial,” Freeze told Forde. “I don’t think there was even a conversation. There’s nothing to it.”

Co-offensive coordinator Matt Luke has been named as the interim head coach for the Rebels.

An official announcement from the university is expected to come at 8:30 p.m. ET.
 

you mean you can't use your work phone to call an escort services???

at least it was a Tampa service. more hand to hand combat, if they're anything like what goes on at Mons Venus
 

Oops. Freese was caught making calls (at least one call) to an escort service on a school-owned phone. School is throwing around phrases like "based on a pattern of inappropriate conduct."

I hope she was worth it. (Freese claiming doesn't know about call, suggested he might have butt-dialed the number by accident.........)
 





Oops. Freese was caught making calls (at least one call) to an escort service on a school-owned phone. School is throwing around phrases like "based on a pattern of inappropriate conduct."

I hope she was worth it. (Freese claiming doesn't know about call, suggested he might have butt-dialed the number by accident.........)

Also claimed other calls - not to an escort but "similar in nature". LOL


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Brewster to Ole Miss?

But seriously, if they convince Les Miles that the NCAA isn't gonna drop a bomb on the program he could wind up back in the SEC.

Also, from a Sanctions / Image which job is worse right now, Baylor or Ole Miss?


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"This is a sad day for the University of Mississippi. ... Coach Freeze resigned this afternoon after confirming to Ross and me a pattern of personal misconduct inconsistent with the standards we expect from the leader of our football team," explained Ole Miss chancellor Jeffrey Vitter in a press conference. "... We cannot accept the conduct in his personal life that we have discovered. ... This matter is totally unrelated to the NCAA case."

The Rebels have publicly stood behind Freeze even through the NCAA investigation that has resulted in the finding of major violations and a postseason ban for the 2017 season. According to USA Today, a "one-minute call made from Freeze's University-issued phone to a number associated with a female escort service" was brought to light as a part of the university's ongoing legal battle with former coach Houston Nutt. CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd has confirmed this report.

Freeze claims the call was a "misdial," and sources confirm this is also the explanation he has given to his superiors. "I've got no idea, to be honest," Freeze told Yahoo Sports when asked about the call. "I was in an 813 area code and that was a 313 number, I think that might have been a misdial. I don't think there was even a conversation. There's nothing to it."

When athletic director Ross Bjork received that excuse from Freeze, he decided to follow up.

"We initially attributed this call to a misdialed number. As part of our core values in running the athletics program, we have an obligation to do the right thing, so we proactively looked into the rest of his phone records," he explained. "In our analysis, we discovered a pattern of conduct that is not consistent with our expectations as the leader of our football program. As of yesterday, there appeared to be a concerning pattern."

Freeze admitted to the misconduct, which Ole Miss says is totally unrelated to the NCAA case, after being confronted by Vitter and Bjork. His resignation comes with no buyout and no settlement.

"He has taken the responsibility and is accountable for his actions. We will respect his privacy, and our thoughts and prayers are with his entire family," Bjork said Thursday night in a press conference.

"I can only go on the facts. That's really how we made our decision," he added later. "We tried to take the emotional part out of this. What does the record show? What did we discover? How did he address it? He admitted the conduct to us. No one's perfect. No one in this room is perfect. Moving forward, I think we have to respect how he resigned, and we have to respect his privacy."

Freeze's cell phone records were requested by Houston Nutt's attorney. The now-former Ole Miss coach argued in a statement to Yahoo that, if he was trying to hide potentially damning information, he would have redacted the number when he had the opportunity. "That call shows up nowhere else on my records. There is no story to that one," Freeze told Yahoo.

Earlier this month, Nutt filed a lawsuit against Ole Miss and the university's athletic department alleging that Freeze and Bjork created a "false narrative" of Nutt's alleged involvement in the university's ongoing case with the NCAA. The suit was filed just as Freeze and Ole Miss were set to take the stage at the 2017 SEC Media Days.

Nutt, who coached at Ole Miss from 2008-11, is seeking punitive damages for what he calls a "smear campaign" against him. A back and forth between

Nutt's attorney and the university reportedly led to the revelation of this one-minute call, according to USA Today.

Freeze was already in jeopardy of facing sanctions from the NCAA as a result of the ongoing investigation, but Thursday's resignation brings finality to his time as the Rebels' coach. The cell phone records were reviewed by Nutt's legal team in an effort to prove the allegation that Freeze and Bjork took part in "off the record" conversations with media members to influence the way the NCAA investigation was being reported, hoping to pin some of the public blame for the violations on Nutt and his staff.

Freeze's phone records show he -- and at least two athletic department officials -- contacted several journalists, according to a copy of the suit as obtained by CBS Sports. It states those journalists were given information that stated most of the allegations in the NCAA investigation were on Nutt's watch.
Freeze cryptically referred to Nutt last week at the SEC Media Days. "It's [investigation] the lot we have inherited and that we have caused, in some cases," he told reporters.


https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...reeze-resigns-amid-explosive-new-information/
 



Call an escort service for all the right reasons...
someone had to.


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This Nutt-Freeze "butt-dial" controversy should result in a high churn of memes, gifs, and College Game Day signs.


Freeze claims the call was a "misdial," and sources confirm this is also the explanation he has given to his superiors. "I've got no idea, to be honest," Freeze told Yahoo Sports when asked about the call. "I was in an 813 area code and that was a 313 number, I think that might have been a misdial. I don't think there was even a conversation. There's nothing to it."
 


This Nutt-Freeze "butt-dial" controversy should result in a high churn of memes, gifs, and College Game Day signs.


Freeze claims the call was a "misdial," and sources confirm this is also the explanation he has given to his superiors. "I've got no idea, to be honest," Freeze told Yahoo Sports when asked about the call. "I was in an 813 area code and that was a 313 number, I think that might have been a misdial. I don't think there was even a conversation. There's nothing to it."

Should have cooled him off.
 

Saw this coming a mile away when ESPN was going Hotty Toddy nuts with the 2013 class-Nkemdiche, Tunsil and one Laquon Treadwell-you just knew shenanigans were afoot and the hammer was going to fall eventually.
 




Anyone know the number he called...always looking for a good service when I travel into MS.
 

Saw this coming a mile away when ESPN was going Hotty Toddy nuts with the 2013 class-Nkemdiche, Tunsil and one Laquon Treadwell-you just knew shenanigans were afoot and the hammer was going to fall eventually.

Yeah, that was really, really odd at the time and in a way it's a bit sad that it at least appears it was likely cash payments, offers to fix ACT scores, etc. that brought in the blue chippers.

The incentives vs the penalties for cheating are so out of wack it makes one think what's going on all around the country. Whatever happens to the program (these days maybe not much) Freeze and his associates made their millions. We'd rather not think about the unsavory stuff.
 

The only thing I'm sure of, is Ole Miss had a lot more on Freeze, than the call to an escort line! Arranging for an escort on a school provided phone would have been covered up or dealt with by a reprimand. There is a lot more there, othewise he would be fighting to get paid, walking away from four million dollars without a fight certianly raises questions.
 

Brewster would be a tremendous hire for Ole Miss. A real Kill Shot!
 

The only thing I'm sure of, is Ole Miss had a lot more on Freeze, than the call to an escort line! Arranging for an escort on a school provided phone would have been covered up or dealt with by a reprimand. There is a lot more there, othewise he would be fighting to get paid, walking away from four million dollars without a fight certianly raises questions.

This is where I am at, unless he was calling the escorts for recruiting visits, which I am starting to think is more likely the reason. He should have been fired the day after the draft a couple of years ago when the whole Laremy Tunsil situation went down.

Ah, life in the SEC.
 

Kiffin is going to mail the season in while he postures for this job.
 

Kiffin is going to mail the season in while he postures for this job.

No chance. He has been very public about how he loves Boca Raton and FAU. Further, he bought a house in a nice area there. If those 2 things don't cement that he wants to be there long term then nothing does.


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Anyone have any idea if there commits to Ole Miss that were also interested in the Gophers?

Blaine Scott and Demarcus Gregory have offers from us, but no indication of interest in us.
 





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