Amid the blood-curdling chaos swirling about and above Oxford, Miss. at the moment, one rather quiet question lurks in need of an answer. The NCAA’s four-year proctology examination of the Ole Miss athletics program has bubbled up some of the worst elements in collegiate athletics, and at the center of this firestorm stands — or stood — head football coach Hugh Freeze.
One could forcibly argue that Freeze is the spark that ignited this whole Mississippi burning in the first place. After all, he rocketed off that tweet so long ago challenging anyone and everyone to report evidence of recruiting malfeasance to the Ole Miss compliance office.