re: The truth behind Hugh Freeze's guilt - vouching for Ole Miss fans

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It isn't that he was cheating.

It's that he was caught cheating and was becoming relevant. Ole Miss was beginning to give Bama fits. Saban was getting outcoached by Hugh, and it was affecting the cash cow narrative perpetuating that Saban is the GOAT coach, and we get to witness the age of his greatness. He's well connected to Mark Emmert, the president of the NCAA, and BAMA gets a slant from the SEC offices being located in Birmingham.

IMO, Hugh wasn't doing anything more than virtually every major program. Former coaches in the SEC have said there is some unspoken code. Schools expect each other to cheat, but usually do not throw stones because of M.A.D. or mutually assured destruction. It is in the same thread of logic like how every super power maintains threat of nuclear strike. It is strictly a deterrent.

Saban is one of the only coaches who can work behind the scenes to get the NCAA digging around without fear of retaliation. Saban has constantly been known for pushing the boundaries thus leading to the creation of a number of new NCAA rules directly in response to his "creative" thinking. I know while Saban was working for LSU, he was responsible for setting up the booster system that we currently use. For instance, our south florida recruiting was set up originally by Saban's booster footprint starting with Dwayne Bowe. Our booster in that area comes through nearly every recruiting class. Kevin Toliver, Pat Peterson, Dwyane Bowe, and soon to be Pat Surtain.

I know most of you will think black helicopters, and I suppose denial must be nice. All major programs use booster's to cheat. As long as it is not blatant, or you don't disrupt the order of things, then you are not gonna get ratted out.

Hugh did not get caught because he is a cheater; he is under the microscope because he was disrupting the powers that be. If left to his devices, Saban was trending toward an automatic loss every year as he couldn't outscore or contain Hugh's offense.

As an LSU fan, I support Hugh 100 percent, and I don't believe he is any more or less guilty than most if not all SEC coaches.

If you tldr as a reply, I understand. It must be difficult to blow the almighty angry midget while trying to SEC Rant.

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