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Post by cobrakai on Jul 20, 2017 18:55:48 GMT -5
Resigned
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Post by tonythegator on Jul 20, 2017 18:57:56 GMT -5
Surprise, surprise. (Insert picture of Gomer Pyle here)
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Post by cobrakai on Jul 20, 2017 18:58:30 GMT -5
Apparently had escorts phone numbers on his phone.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 18:58:54 GMT -5
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.
Freeze resigned Thursday evening, hours after Ole Miss said it would provide a written statement to USA TODAY Sports regarding the phone call.
School officials did not immediately offer a reason for the resignation. On July 13 — one day after Nutt filed a federal lawsuit against Ole Miss alleging that the school violated the terms of its severance agreement — Nutt’s attorney, Thomas Mars, sent an e-mail to Lee Tyner, the school’s general counsel, referencing a “phone call Coach Freeze made that would be highly embarrassing for all of you and extremely difficult to explain.”
The call, which was made on the evening of Jan. 19, 2016, to a Detroit (313) area code, lasts just one minute, according to e-mails exchanged between the two parties. But the phone number is associated with several Web sites advertising a female escort based in Tampa, Fla., USA TODAY Sports has independently confirmed. The phone number has been disconnected.
According to Mars, the records do not show Freeze immediately redialing a different or similar number, nor do other calls to a 313 number appear in the phone records covering the days Mars requested. Responding on July 14, Tyner rebuffed a suggestion from Mars that the phone call might be connected to Ole Miss' ongoing NCAA infractions case, saying the school had inquired into the matter and that “the call to the Detroit number that lasted one minute (or less) appears to be a misdial.”
Mars shared the correspondence with USA TODAY Sports.
The exchange over the phone call highlights the ugliness between Ole Miss and Nutt as the school attempts to fight one of the most expansive NCAA infractions cases in recent memory.
Nutt alleges in his lawsuit that Ole Miss officials, including Freeze and athletics director Ross Bjork, conspired to smear him in late January 2016 by telling several local and national reporters in “off the record” conversations that most of the violations the NCAA had accused the school of occurred during the Nutt era.
That false narrative taking hold in some media accounts — in reality, 9 of the 13 alleged violations in the first Notice of Allegations took place under the Freeze regime — was an intentional strategy promoted by Ole Miss, Nutt’s lawsuit contends, to help save the school’s highly-ranked recruiting class right before National Signing Day.
The case against Ole Miss brought by the NCAA has since expanded to include 21 allegations against the football program, including lack of institutional control and failure to monitor, which could lead to significant penalties targeted at Freeze.
Nutt contends the false narrative has hurt his prospects of landing another Football Bowl Subdivision head coaching job and that it violated a non-disparagement clause in his termination agreement. Ole Miss officials have not commented on the lawsuit.
In putting together the lawsuit, Mars paired phone calls made from Freeze, Bjork and head of communications Kyle Campbell to reporters around the time Yahoo! Sports reported that Ole Miss had received its Notice of Allegations from the NCAA.
Mars has now expanded his search, this week requesting all of Freeze’s phone records beginning in June 2012, he told USA TODAY Sports.
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Post by MtnTiger on Jul 20, 2017 19:11:04 GMT -5
I think Les Miles is available.
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Post by MtnTiger on Jul 20, 2017 19:11:46 GMT -5
Only 1/2 Joking. I think he would take the job in NY minute.
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Post by BTB07 on Jul 20, 2017 19:30:28 GMT -5
I'm shocked, shocked to find that something was going on here.
Insert Casablanca clip of "shocked, shocked that gambling is going on here" "here's your winnings sir" "oh thank you".
So does this mean someone took him up on his offer and gave the evidence to school as he asked for before.
He's a tool.
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Post by Geaux Tigers on Jul 20, 2017 19:56:42 GMT -5
This may be Hughge
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Post by bigdawgs on Jul 20, 2017 20:07:00 GMT -5
School says the resignation is completely separate from any part of the NCAA investigation.
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Post by Pirate Joe on Jul 20, 2017 20:44:45 GMT -5
2 Days ago a poster on "The Bunker" called this. Freeze will be fired before the weekend.
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Post by bigdawgs on Jul 20, 2017 20:45:26 GMT -5
He said it was only one call. But school is now saying when they started looking into it they found a "pattern" that was troubling. One call ain't a pattern.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Jul 20, 2017 20:53:24 GMT -5
Maybe he got a lot of busy signals before getting an answer Bigdawgs.
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Post by Pirate Joe on Jul 20, 2017 20:53:29 GMT -5
Les Miles to Ole Miss
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Post by BTB07 on Jul 20, 2017 21:03:46 GMT -5
School says the resignation is completely separate from any part of the NCAA investigation. Yes and Nixons resignation was completely separate from any tapes on the watergate scandal.
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Post by RHVGator on Jul 20, 2017 21:05:49 GMT -5
'Member when many pegged Freeze as the next UF corch after Muschamp?
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Post by RHVGator on Jul 20, 2017 21:08:27 GMT -5
Kiffin? I mean, they are going to be on probation anyway. Why would any name coach want to step in behind the eight ball?
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Post by Pirate Joe on Jul 20, 2017 21:08:55 GMT -5
He said it was only one call. But school is now saying when they started looking into it they found a "pattern" that was troubling. One call ain't a pattern. Source that posted on the Auburn board earlier in the week just posted ... 400+ phone calls
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Post by Geaux Tigers on Jul 20, 2017 21:15:38 GMT -5
Hugh trying to steal OJs Thunder.....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 22:17:17 GMT -5
Kiffin? I mean, they are going to be on probation anyway. Why would any name coach want to step in behind the eight ball? And why would a coach that already worked under the shadows of probation/restrictions want to do it a second time? Kiffin probably has had enough of that for one career.
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Post by BTB07 on Jul 20, 2017 23:55:34 GMT -5
It's hard to imagine someone coming out stronger against sanctions than he did and he acts as if he was some type of person who is above reproach. Then he is caught calling escort services and running a dirty program.
It's the worst when someone who acts better than others is eventually revealed as being much worse than those they vilified.
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Post by 75tranzam on Jul 21, 2017 4:15:07 GMT -5
Remember this tweet?
Hugh should just send out this tweet...
RT @coachhughfreeze: If you have facts about escorts, email compliance@olemiss.edu. If not, please don't slander the former HC of Ole Miss
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Post by 75tranzam on Jul 21, 2017 4:24:35 GMT -5
On a more serious note I wouldn't be surprised to learn these girls weren't for Hugh but were for recruits, ala Louisville.
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Post by 75tranzam on Jul 21, 2017 6:29:51 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2017 7:40:04 GMT -5
It's hard to imagine someone coming out stronger against sanctions than he did and he acts as if he was some type of person who is above reproach. Then he is caught calling escort services and running a dirty program. It's the worst when someone who acts better than others is eventually revealed as being much worse than those they vilified. Hypocrites will always be worse than just assholes.
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Post by gatordynasty on Jul 21, 2017 7:57:23 GMT -5
Why the hell would you make that call(s) from a university issued phone? I don't know how men in such positions can be so mindnumbingly stupid.
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Post by 75tranzam on Jul 21, 2017 8:10:45 GMT -5
Why the hell would you make that call(s) from a university issued phone? I don't know how men in such positions can be so mindnumbingly stupid. Because you have multiple phones and just used the wrong one would be my guess. This is what a 1-minute phone call look likes:
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Post by gatordynasty on Jul 21, 2017 8:13:42 GMT -5
Why the hell would you make that call(s) from a university issued phone? I don't know how men in such positions can be so mindnumbingly stupid. Because you have multiple phones and just used the wrong one would be my guess. This is what a 1-minute phone call look likes: I can't see the pic at work, but I don't know, that would seem to be a pretty absurd thing to screw up. "I'm about to use an illegal service. Lets make sure I don't use my work issued phone that can be tracked and audited." I mean maybe if it was a legit mistake because the phones look similar? Still seems really, really dumb.
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Post by RHVGator on Jul 21, 2017 8:25:27 GMT -5
Why the hell would you make that call(s) from a university issued phone? I don't know how men in such positions can be so mindnumbingly stupid. If his work phone was an I Phone, he could have synced it up to his personal icloud, which would sync it up to his other devices. When you are first getting started, it asks for your ITunes account. When I first got my work I phone, I accidentally did that, and when I would get a personal call, both devices would ring.
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Post by bigdawgs on Jul 21, 2017 8:27:40 GMT -5
I said it then and I will say it again. Ole Miss should NEVER have fired David Cutcliff.
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Post by gatordynasty on Jul 21, 2017 8:34:47 GMT -5
Why the hell would you make that call(s) from a university issued phone? I don't know how men in such positions can be so mindnumbingly stupid. If his work phone was an I Phone, he could have synced it up to his personal icloud, which would sync it up to his other devices. When you are first getting started, it asks for your ITunes account. When I first got my work I phone, I accidentally did that, and when I would get a personal call, both devices would ring. Interesting. Didn't think about that. I've never had two devices like that at once. Would like to know if he did it consciously or was just an accident for reasons like you and Tranz pointed out. Might just be a creep and hypocrite, and not necessarily a complete moron.
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