Freeze Caught With His…Er…Well, He Was Caught With
Something Somewhere IT Shouldn’t Have Been!
From ESPN:
So, if you’re not living under a rock, you know by now that
Hugh Freeze, the honorable, religious, Bible Thumping Head Coach of Ole Miss
has resigned. The reason: He violated the Moral Turpitude clause in
his contract.
Looked up the Definition so we can all be clear:
Moral Turpitude. A phrase used in Criminal Law to describe
conduct that is considered contrary to community standards of justice, honesty,
or good morals. Crimes involving moral turpitude have
an inherent quality of baseness, vileness, or depravity with respect to a
person's duty to another or to society in general.
So, uh, what exactly has Freeze been guilty of that would
violate that clause? Apparently, after
the Houston
Nutt FOIA request for all phone records on the cell phone (the same one
that Freeze was using!) that Nutt used at Ole Miss when he was coaching, the
Mississippi administration did some digging on its own, figuring they better
know exactly what they were handing Nutt and what could come back and bite
them.
And
they discovered that Freeze had a young female escort habit.
So, the man that all the Super Religious Boosters loved to
have as their head coach has now been uncovered, so to speak. Not that I think you should kick a man when
part of his private life has been discovered.
That’s really not fair. You
should be able to have a private life when the rest of your life is as public
as a head coach’s.
However, you better be aware of the risk you’re
taking. Hugh was apparently not a very
good risk manager in that regard.
And if anyone is EVER in a dire situation and need strong
negotiating leverage, Walter Morrison, Nutt’s Attorney, may be a name you WANT TO FILE IN
YOUR HEAD SOMEWERE!!!
So what happens to the shit-show that is Ole Miss football
now? NCAA Sanctions are a short period
away. Practice starts in two weeks. And there’s not a coach in his right mind
that would walk away from any job he may have currently to roll the dice on
Mississippi right now.
Unless you’re named Les Miles and you’re looking for a
gig. Les would be the perfect fit for
Ole Miss and he could straighten that mess out.
It’ll be fun to see what happens.
The
Spectacular Follow-Up
So while I’m convinced that Michigan could be really, REALLY
good this season, Bill Connelly, who writes for SBNation, puts together
previews on each team. Bill’s SP+
forecast has Michigan losing (by probability) three games this season, one of
which I predicted, and two where I know Michigan will be in for a tough game,
but I think they’re winnable.
Here’s the Link to Bill’s take on Michigan
See Bill’s S&P+ Chart below:
While I agree with Wisconsin (Madison is just a hard place
to win) Michigan historically has owned PSU in Happy Valley. And again, as I stated in the PSS, I just
don’t see Michigan losing 3-straight to the suckeyes with Harbaugh at the
helm. Barring injuries and the fact that
game is home, well, let’s just say I’m going to remain quietly optimistic on
those two games.
And again, I can’t disagree with the fact that both the
suckeyes and PSU bring back great teams, but things happen in college football
that are always unpredictable.
With respect to other B1G Teams, if you need links, Bill
has previewed Sparty, the Gophers, and PSU.
I have not seen the suckeyes report come out yet.
More links if you can’t find the articles on SBNation:
An interesting factoid from the Iowa article? There’s only two coaches left coaching in CFB
D1 that were hired before 2000. Can you
name the other one?
Bill also sees the Gophers as having a lot of range as far
as success goes under new Coach PJ Fleck.
It could be a really fun year or a sort of long year for Gopher fans,
but it should be interesting, regardless.
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