Ole Miss trolls former head coach Hugh Freeze with string of tweets

No. 15 Ole Miss on Saturday played host to the Liberty Flames, which meant the return of former Rebels head coach Hugh Freeze. After Ole Miss held off a second-half surge from Liberty and sealed a 27-14 win, the Rebels’ social media team had some fun with Freeze.

Freeze’s five-year tenure at Ole Miss, which saw the Rebels finish with a 39-25 record, was a bumpy ride, to say the least. Under his leadership, Ole Miss committed an array of recruiting and academic violations that resulted in the NCAA expunging 27 of Freeze’s wins. In addition to those violations, Freeze was eventually forced to resign after university officials discovered that he used a university phone to call escort services on multiple occasions.

Back in 2013, Freeze’s second year at the helm of Ole Miss, rumors began to swirl that the Rebels were offering financial incentives for players and recruits. He responded to the rumors with a tweet that picked up traction in the college football world; one that would later be used against him after Liberty’s loss at Ole Miss.

Roughly eight years later, after the Lane Kiffin-led Rebels defeated Freeze and the Liberty Flames, Ole Miss used that same tweet in an effort to troll the program’s former head coach.

Ole Miss social team ranks inside our CFP top 4 this week pic.twitter.com/WsyQcaLRTD

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) November 6, 2021

Ole Miss wasn’t done there, though. Freeze would later be hired by Liberty in 2019, where he’s been ever since. That season, he had another viral moment during a game against Louisiana. Freeze was recovering from a serious surgical procedure in which doctors fixed a potentially life-altering staph infection; rather than sit out the next game, as most head coaches would, Freeze instead coached from a hospital bed overlooking the stadium. The game’s broadcast at one point cut to Freeze, who had a hat and headset on while laying down in the hospital, and he proceeded to give the camera a thumbs up.

Again, the Rebels turned the viral moment against Freeze on Saturday, using the same image of him in the hospital bed with the score of Ole Miss’ win displayed in the corner.

Ole Miss social team ranks inside our CFP top 4 this week pic.twitter.com/WsyQcaLRTD

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) November 6, 2021

Matt Corral led Ole Miss to victory over Liberty despite playing on a lingering ankle injury from last week. Kiffin’s quarterback completed 20 of his 27 passing attempts, good for 324 passing yards and a touchdown, while running back Jerrion Ealy did his part to contain the Flames. He rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns on just ten carries, including a 70-yard touchdown on the Rebels’ second play from scrimmage.