The Rebels will probably never match a Saban-led team in talent, but Hugh Freeze's recruiting has narrowed the gap enough to make Ole Miss competitive on the field.
"We all know that their depth is better than a lot of people's, ours included," Hugh Freeze explains to the gathered media. It's the Monday before his Ole Miss Rebels go for three in a row over Bama, and he's been asked what explains his program's recent success against the conference's resident overboard. "We're catching..."—a thoughtful pause and recalibration from a coach who, in his fifth year dealing with SEC media, knows what kind of headlines can come from a quote like that—"We're getting there to where our depth chart is more reflective of theirs.