Back to the Mississippi Rebels Newsfeed

Phil Longo will call plays at Ole Miss, Wesley McGriff will run a 4-3

Related Topics: Ole Miss Rebels football

Here’s what you need to know from Friday’s press conferences.

Freeze hired Phil Longo to patch up his offense, not rebuild it.

If we’re being real, I initially disliked this hire. But the more I read about his offensive approach, the more I like the fit. His spread hurry-up meshes well with Freeze’s existing system, and the strengths of his Sam Houston State teams overlap with Ole Miss’ most glaring weaknesses.

Freeze explained:

“There were three critical areas that I really felt like we needed to improve on to take it to the next level: third-down efficiency, red zone scoring touchdowns and rushing the football in the structure of how we play in our tempo offense.