Hugh Freeze resigns from Ole Miss
On Thursday night, USA TODAY broke the news that Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze had placed a call to an escort service from his university-issued phone.
After a string of allegations of wrongdoing, Freeze had managed to hold on to his job, but that all came to an end on Thursday.
According to Ole Miss, Freeze has resigned, effective immediately, and assistant Matt Luke has been named the interim head coach:
ANNOUNCEMENT | Hugh Freeze has resigned effective immediately. Matt Luke interim head coach. Press conference live at 7:30 PM CT on ESPNews.
— Ole Miss Football (@OleMissFB) July 20, 2017
The news comes as a shock, as less than an hour ago, both Yahoo! Sports reporter Pat Forde and Dan Wolken of USA TODAY tweeted that there was explosive information that may cost Freeze his job.
Following Freeze’s resignation, Ole Miss held a press conference and explained that if he hadn’t stepped won, it would have fired him anyway for personal misconduct.
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Oh lawt Buster is gonna have a coronary, meanwhile the whole Rebel Black Bear team is exploring transfer options.
BunkerBuster=fair weather fan.FYI…I worked at UM,I was born in Oxford so I know more about this Team,than u,or ur plebes…ever will
Can you use grammar or are you a true Ole Miss graduate?
Did you know your coach got his rock off by renting flesh? Because we all just found that out last night.
Ok, so how about you just drive your punk ass over to the Whirlpool Trail entrance and meet me directly across the street from the pedestrian crosswalk with that yellow plastic thing in the center of the road. I don’t know how you being from Oxford makes me any less from Oxford, or how it makes you superior to me in some way. I’ll take your little smirk as a juvenile one.
How many people will you threaten on this site before they remove you? It’s only a matter of time. Get some help, Guy.
To be technical, I’ve actually never threatened anyone with violence. I’ve only proposed a face to face meeting. That’s not illegal. Much to your disappointment, I’ve never threatened anyone if you read my posts carefully.
I didn’t think it could get worse. I was wrong. LMFAO
Glad I didn’t renew my season tickets. The same little thing has brought down presidents, kings and now Freeze.
Lol…. too funny preacher man. Not that hypocrite.
See! Buster said it wasn’t recruiting violations…Prophetic. The guy is a lier and a cheat. Another fake Christian exposed.
I never said that and you know it.
Have you finished your investigation there Buster? Have you gatbered all your facts? Here is a fact for ya…your OL coach is running the show and he and all of his assistants are polishing their resumes. Suck it.
I really must have hit home with you somewhere along the way. I laugh because you’re ridiculing someone who wants facts. You’re the type of dumbass that just likes to let his mouth fly before anything is ever proved. You and Bulltitty should go 69 somewhere else.
Awww it would appear I hit a nerve…
6-6…
this is fantastic. if you’re gonna sell your soul and cheat like no other at least do it at a school you could’ve won a N.C. at. I wonder if two decent seasons were worth it. haha haha. hypocritical d-ba*
Not surprised he’s gone. I am surprised that it took this long.
A friend of mine took over a small college (with a football team) as an interim president. The Chairman of the BOR told him, “The two things you should spend 90% of your time on are the jocks and the docs. You can survive almost anything else but a screw up by one or both of those groups”.
This is not good for the SEC. Rivalries aside, Ole Miss is a good university with a lot of good folks associated with it. For them, I for one am not happy this is happening to it.
I know Tex AM hasn’t been in the S.E.C. for long but I’m sure you’ve noticed its already hard enough to win in this conference. So when a team is caught cheating they’re gonna hear about it from rival teams for a long long time. Why do you think no one else outside of Opelika cares for auburn?
Don’t think I said anything about ignoring the effects of cheating, I said this was bad for the SEC. It is. When 1 or more institutions is tarnished, it reflects on the conference as a whole. A&M has felt the effects of this (both as a culprit and an institution tarnished by the actions of others), so not taking a holier than thou position here. Ole Miss hired a flawed guy (we all are, but if you can not control your actions you affect the lives of others), took the erroneous path of believing and supporting him. That effects the lives of people who have no control over this (eg, the many good people at Ole Miss).
This is not good for business and credibility. For how many years will Alabama fans argue that a organization caught cheating should not be given credit for wins over them? Probably forever. Is it a valid argument? Sure it is. That is not good for the SEC as a whole because….. other conferences can point to it as just how the SEC does business.
Does Hugh Freeze going to prostitutes mean the Ole Miss does not deserve credit for those wins? Or wins over A&M? Not a valid argument, but it does add a whole bunch of credence to the suspicions of many people about the veracity of Ole Miss’s denials about other misconduct.
All that about how he was just trying to fix what was broken when he arrived and Nutt throwing him under the bus, and ultimately his downfall was completely his own doing.
But seriously, how difficult would it have been to use a personal cell phone intead of a university phone?
Oh but see, I’m sure he thought he was being clever by not using a phone his wife could see the bill on.
He made millions of dollars every year. Get a third line. Get a dual-SIM phone. Hire a personal assistant to take care of it. Money solves all of these problems.
5-7
Coach got fired. Can’t go to bowls. Cry a bit harder.
Glad this witch hunt is over.UM loves Coach Freeze…and Coach Luke.Hotty Toddy.LMAO at the Bama fan.Even if we vacate every win under Freeze…we still dealt with y’all,at our house,and yours.
That’s right Josh. As you return to your rightful place in the cellar of college football, at least you’ll have those two wins to think of. At the end of every 5-7 season, you can remember that magical two year run that didn’t result in anything of note.
I remember my first band wagon too…it was the 85 Bears
I’m a fan plebe..not someone,who actually places my existence on a team.Just bcause I live in mommy’s cellar…doesn’t mean everyone else does…pathetic.
*you*
The witch hunt is not over. This is just crumbs. We’re still waiting on the meat and potatoes, of which is the NCAA. A coach resigning doesn’t really have anything to do with the ongoing NCAA investigation. In fact, his resignation may even mean that Freeze has insight into the future about what’s going to happen to Ole Miss so he skidaddled. The storm hasn’t even hit yet. This is just a little shower.
Actually Bunker, being rid of the coach that caused the ruckus can only help the NCAA case, even if his firing was unrelated. I’m sure Bjork is next, so the house will be clean. The NCAA would look pretty bad for punishing a completely new regime.
How many people will you threaten on this site before they remove you? It’s only a matter of time. Get some help, Guy.
Awe… bless his heart. Keep hanging on to that Josh. That and the usual referee conspiracies that we hear from your fan base after every game will get you… well… nothing.
No conspiracies needed..We Beat that ass.
And when we didn’t beat y’all..Clemson picked up our slack.You make it the Big Game,but…
At least we made it to the big game…what’s your excuse? Oh and you guys cheated and couldn’t even get there?! Ouch…but hey, Hoddy Toddy am I right?! Welcome back to being the bottom feeder of the SEC West (and SEC in general) once again!
By cheating. You’re still trying to brag about cheating. I’m no Alabama fan but Freezus Christ.
I would say next comes the decommitments but it looks as though most of these high school players knew what was coming as well. They currently have 10, 3 star commits going into 2018. No 4 or 5 star guys. Not that stars mean everything, but still..
The NCAA cloud looming is what kept recruits from going to Ole Miss. No one is going to want to commit to a program that’s about to be hit with sanctions. Those 10 3 star commits are pretty dumb if you ask me.
That is your opinion. I’ll wait for facts.
Wow, sarcasm. Still an idiot I see.
You with the opinions again? I thought you didn’t do that! You disappoint me so.
SMH…ur the worse Ole Miss fan I know.
Have you been living under a rock? Do you know how recruiting works? Apparently not. Educate yourself then we’ll talk.
I’m reading some of your most recent posts. You sound 14.
Jos, he has never set foot on the campus.
How do you know?
Ray Charles could’ve seen this coming
The BootyBuster meltdown thread is everything I expected it to be! lmao!!!!!
Classic!
Florida had better be checking James McElwain’s phone. Rumor is he makes a lot of calls to Sea World!
sstterry – now you got me chuckling out loud! Well played.