Yesterday, Ben Garrett of OMSpirit published a story chronicling in brief Ole Miss’ rise from a 2-10 football team in 2011 to a 2016 Sugar Bowl winner with staying power. The story was framed in a way that rebuked common criticisms of the Rebel program under Hugh Freeze, namely that Ole Miss has performed exceptionally (and therefore suspiciously) well in recruiting and not, the argument goes, in the other many aspects of college football program management.
The story pointed out some flaws in the assumptions that bolster argument, chief among which is that Ole Miss’ recruiting has been particularly elite under Hugh Freeze.