Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze had his weekly meeting with the media on Monday.

The third-year head man recapped the Rebels’ 30-0 shutout loss at the hands of Arkansas on Saturday afternoon and previewed the matchup against No. 4 Mississippi State.

  • “Obviously, coming off a very disappointing showing at Arkansas.”
  • Freeze says he told staff and team that only thankfulness can take the sting out of disappointment
  • “I’ve found that I can give thanks in everything regardless of my feelings, I usually can find some joy and peace regardless of my circumstances.”
  • “The first thing we talked about is being able to represent this great university in the Egg Bowl.”
  • Freeze said he expects to have a great week of preparation and that Ole Miss will be ready to play on Saturday
  • Calls Mississippi State “a very good football team”
  • Says Dak Prescott makes them “better than very good”
  • Praises job of Dan Mullen in six years on the job
  • “Any time your quarterback plays that special and you assemble the pieces around him, that’s a very solid football team.”
  • Says Bulldogs do good job of developing the kids they recruit
  • Calls Prescott “a great leader”
  • “You put his performance with those leadership qualities, he’s a pretty special player.”
  • Bo Wallace suffered a sprained ankle against Arkansas
  • “It will take a lot more than that to keep him out of this game.”
  • Says his players didn’t lack understanding of importance of game in 2013
  • Freeze doesn’t credit lack of effort for Arkansas loss
  • Says defense played great and “kept us in it”
  • Reiterates importance of Egg Bowl to recruiting
  • Says relationships built with kids typically win out over final score of the game
  • Freeze says if Rebels could’ve gotten a couple touchdowns on red zone opportunities against Arkansas, could’ve been a different game
  • “You can’t turn the ball over like that and put your backs against the wall.”