Bo Wallace Needs More Credit for Rebel’s Current Success

When the Ole Miss Rebels recent success is discussed, pundits emphasize the signing of the 2013 recruiting class. But the seed for the “new normal” was planted the minute Bo Wallace choose to come to Ole Miss the year prior.

Watching the confetti fall from the roof of the Superdome after the Sugar Bowl victory for the Ole Miss Rebels over Oklahoma State is a memory forever engraved in the mind of fans. It was a culmination of four years of intense work by Coach Hugh Freeze and his coaching staff.

But what was missing from the celebration was the one person who may have started the Rebels on its path to greatness, Bo Wallace. While watching Chad Kelly fling the football all over the field, it…