OXFORD, Miss. -- It's 6:52 on Wednesday morning when Hugh Freeze sits down at the giant circular conference table softly humming a tune to himself.
He's an old pro at this by now, although National Signing Day has a way of making the most contented of souls uncharacteristically jumpy.
"I would have been bouncing off the walls three years ago," Freeze admits.
The Ole Miss coaches' meeting room, which has been transformed into the Rebels' recruiting war room, is already buzzing with energy. Red-eyed assistant coaches, the grind of recruiting obvious in their faces, pop in and out of the room with cell phones glued to their ears and occasionally greet recruits on the other end of the phone with a hearty "Hotty Toddy.