re: was Hugh Freeze's recruiting class last year just a flash in the pan?

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Ole Miss has sooo much potential to become an SEC power.

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such as what? they will never have as much to sell as Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Auburn, Florida, Tennessee, or Texas A&M.
compared to those 7:
winning tradition? no
facilities? no
fanbase? no
money? no

Ole Miss has the potential to make a bowl game most years and compete for a division title once or twice a decade. They just do not have the resources to be a perennial power, and never will. That's not a knock on Hugh Freeze or anything he's been doing because he seems to be doing all the right things to keep Ole Miss respectable and competitive. It's just a harsh reality that a small school in a small state like MS with no winning tradition has to live with.