Following Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze’s SEC media days presser proper — in which he formally began by saying he wouldn’t answer questions regarding the NCAA investigation into the Rebel football program — reporters caught up with him more informally, with the singular goal of asking him for more substantial comment on Houston Nutt’s legal action against the university and the athletics foundation.
After an initial question about the substance and veracity of Nutt’s claims — “I can’t comment on it” — Antonio Morales of the Clarion-Ledger asked the more pointed question about the actual timing of the announcement of the lawsuit.