It's mostly Barney Farrar's fault, according to Ole Miss' athletic administrators, that the school is in hot water with the NCAA.
Most of the Rebels' serious NCAA violations are being pinned on journeyman assistant Farrar, a 57-year-old native Mississippian.
On Hugh Freeze's staff, Farrar's title was assistant athletic director for high school and junior college relations, a job he held since coming to Ole Miss in December 2011. He had been coaching at Southern Mississippi where he fought through Stage 4 throat cancer.
Farrar was fired last Dec. 1. by Ole Miss athletic director Ross Bjork.