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Posted on 10/23/23 at 12:58 pm to pankReb
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here’s several decades where we didn’t play much….to be fair.
Largely to the benefit of Ole Miss, let’s be real here
Posted on 10/23/23 at 12:59 pm to inelishaitrust
Freeze did a lot more tough sledding to get Ole Miss stars wanting to go there. Kiffin didnt have to. He built his mediocre regime using his name, transfers, and in-roads that Freeze created.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 1:08 pm to Decker
You would know all about being woodshedded by OM in consecutive years.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 1:10 pm to jangalang
A Mississippi native, inspirational leader and one of the nation’s top coaches, Hugh Freeze was the first choice to return championships to Ole Miss Football and was introduced as the Rebels’ 37th head coach on December 5, 2011.
The results on the field in Freeze’s five years have been remarkable.
Inheriting a team that won just two games in 2011 and had lost 14 straight Southeastern Conference games, Freeze directed Ole Miss to four bowl appearances in his first four years – the first coach in school history to do that – including wins in the BBVA Compass, Music City and Sugar.
Ole Miss was one of five programs in the country (along with Alabama, Florida State, Michigan State and Ohio State) to make consecutive New Year’s Six bowl appearances in the first two years of the College Football Playoff system.
The Rebels increased their win total in each of Freeze’s first four years, including their first 10-win season since 2003. Ole Miss rose as high as No. 3 in the national polls in both 2014 and 2015 and finished top 10 in the country for the first time since 1969 after the 2016 Sugar Bowl win over Oklahoma State.
The Rebels have been a fixture in the national rankings under Freeze, having been included in the top 25 for a total of 45 weeks over the last five years, including a string of 27 straight weeks in the polls for the first time since 1957-62.
Freeze’s teams have shattered most of the offensive school records and had the nation’s No. 1 scoring defense in 2014. His high-flying tempo offense has helped shine the college football spotlight brightly on quarterbacks Bo Wallace and Chad Kelly and receivers Donte Moncrief, Laquon Treadwell, Evan Engram and others.
The Rebels have saved some of their best work for the biggest games, upending No. 1 Alabama in 2014 and claiming their second-ever road win over the Crimson Tide in 2015. The Rebels are 3-2 in the “Egg Bowl” rivalry against Mississippi State under Freeze. Their 48-20 Sugar Bowl triumph over Oklahoma State to capture their 10th win two seasons ago featured the third-most points ever scored by a team in the Sugar Bowl’s 82-year history.
In all, Freeze has a 69-32 career college coaching record and 39-25 mark at Ole Miss. He guided Ole Miss to back-to-back nine-win regular seasons for the first time since 1962 and four consecutive bowl games for the first time since 1971.
Freeze and his staff have developed 20 players to All-SEC honors, including All-Americans Cody Prewitt, Senquez Golson, Robert Nkemdiche, Laremy Tunsil, Engram, Treadwell and Trae Elston. Treadwell was named Ole Miss’ first ever SEC Freshman of the Year in 2013 and became the school’s first Biletnikoff Award finalist in 2015. Nkemdiche was the first defensive lineman to be named a Hornung Award finalist. Engram won the Ozzie Newsome Award and Pop Warner College Football Award following the 2016 season.
Eleven Ole Miss players have been selected in the NFL Draft since Freeze arrived as head coach, including first-rounder Engram as well as D.J. Jones, Derrick Jones and Chad Kelly hearing their names called in the latest draft. In 2016, the Rebels had three first-round draft picks in Tunsil, Treadwell and Nkemdiche. Moncrief, Golson, Fahn Cooper and Cody Core were also drafted over the last four years.
Success on the field has been a direct result of the way Freeze runs his program – recruit elite football talent and treat the team like a family.
Freeze and his staff have collected four recruiting classes ranked among the top 15 in the nation. The 2013 and 2016 classes were both among the top five in the country, which makes them the best two classes in recorded program history.
A total of 121 players have earned their University of Mississippi degrees since Freeze’s arrival, while the 2016 spring semester saw the team earn its highest cumulative grade point average in recorded history. A program-best APR score of 991 in 2015-16 ranked second in the SEC.
Freeze’s staff has brought stability to the program’s academic standing and has emphasized the value of good character and brotherly love throughout all aspects of the team. Many players volunteer their time to community service projects in the Oxford area, and 19 players have participated in mission trips to Panama and Haiti.
2016: Offense Continues to Thrive
Ole Miss remained one of the best offensive teams in the country in 2016, while ranking top three in the SEC in passing offense, first down offense and total offense. Averaging 314.9 passing yards per game, the Rebels paced the conference for the second consecutive season.
The 2016 season was marred by injuries, beginning with season-ending injuries to starting cornerback Ken Webster and running back Eric Swinney. Later in the year, Ole Miss lost record-setting quarterback Chad Kelly to an ACL injury that brought an early end to the career of one of the best passers in program history. Defensive end John Youngblood, the 2016 Chucky Mullins Award recipient, also suffered a career-ending injury in the same game.
The Rebels continued to beat some of the nation’s best teams, knocking off No. 11 Georgia 45-14 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium before a memorable comeback victory at Kyle Field against No. 8 Texas A&M. Behind true freshman quarterback Shea Patterson, who was making his Rebel debut, Ole Miss rallied from a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter to stun the Aggies 29-28. In the comeback win, Patterson set Ole Miss records for passing yards (338) and total yards (402) in a single game by a freshman.
The results on the field in Freeze’s five years have been remarkable.
Inheriting a team that won just two games in 2011 and had lost 14 straight Southeastern Conference games, Freeze directed Ole Miss to four bowl appearances in his first four years – the first coach in school history to do that – including wins in the BBVA Compass, Music City and Sugar.
Ole Miss was one of five programs in the country (along with Alabama, Florida State, Michigan State and Ohio State) to make consecutive New Year’s Six bowl appearances in the first two years of the College Football Playoff system.
The Rebels increased their win total in each of Freeze’s first four years, including their first 10-win season since 2003. Ole Miss rose as high as No. 3 in the national polls in both 2014 and 2015 and finished top 10 in the country for the first time since 1969 after the 2016 Sugar Bowl win over Oklahoma State.
The Rebels have been a fixture in the national rankings under Freeze, having been included in the top 25 for a total of 45 weeks over the last five years, including a string of 27 straight weeks in the polls for the first time since 1957-62.
Freeze’s teams have shattered most of the offensive school records and had the nation’s No. 1 scoring defense in 2014. His high-flying tempo offense has helped shine the college football spotlight brightly on quarterbacks Bo Wallace and Chad Kelly and receivers Donte Moncrief, Laquon Treadwell, Evan Engram and others.
The Rebels have saved some of their best work for the biggest games, upending No. 1 Alabama in 2014 and claiming their second-ever road win over the Crimson Tide in 2015. The Rebels are 3-2 in the “Egg Bowl” rivalry against Mississippi State under Freeze. Their 48-20 Sugar Bowl triumph over Oklahoma State to capture their 10th win two seasons ago featured the third-most points ever scored by a team in the Sugar Bowl’s 82-year history.
In all, Freeze has a 69-32 career college coaching record and 39-25 mark at Ole Miss. He guided Ole Miss to back-to-back nine-win regular seasons for the first time since 1962 and four consecutive bowl games for the first time since 1971.
Freeze and his staff have developed 20 players to All-SEC honors, including All-Americans Cody Prewitt, Senquez Golson, Robert Nkemdiche, Laremy Tunsil, Engram, Treadwell and Trae Elston. Treadwell was named Ole Miss’ first ever SEC Freshman of the Year in 2013 and became the school’s first Biletnikoff Award finalist in 2015. Nkemdiche was the first defensive lineman to be named a Hornung Award finalist. Engram won the Ozzie Newsome Award and Pop Warner College Football Award following the 2016 season.
Eleven Ole Miss players have been selected in the NFL Draft since Freeze arrived as head coach, including first-rounder Engram as well as D.J. Jones, Derrick Jones and Chad Kelly hearing their names called in the latest draft. In 2016, the Rebels had three first-round draft picks in Tunsil, Treadwell and Nkemdiche. Moncrief, Golson, Fahn Cooper and Cody Core were also drafted over the last four years.
Success on the field has been a direct result of the way Freeze runs his program – recruit elite football talent and treat the team like a family.
Freeze and his staff have collected four recruiting classes ranked among the top 15 in the nation. The 2013 and 2016 classes were both among the top five in the country, which makes them the best two classes in recorded program history.
A total of 121 players have earned their University of Mississippi degrees since Freeze’s arrival, while the 2016 spring semester saw the team earn its highest cumulative grade point average in recorded history. A program-best APR score of 991 in 2015-16 ranked second in the SEC.
Freeze’s staff has brought stability to the program’s academic standing and has emphasized the value of good character and brotherly love throughout all aspects of the team. Many players volunteer their time to community service projects in the Oxford area, and 19 players have participated in mission trips to Panama and Haiti.
2016: Offense Continues to Thrive
Ole Miss remained one of the best offensive teams in the country in 2016, while ranking top three in the SEC in passing offense, first down offense and total offense. Averaging 314.9 passing yards per game, the Rebels paced the conference for the second consecutive season.
The 2016 season was marred by injuries, beginning with season-ending injuries to starting cornerback Ken Webster and running back Eric Swinney. Later in the year, Ole Miss lost record-setting quarterback Chad Kelly to an ACL injury that brought an early end to the career of one of the best passers in program history. Defensive end John Youngblood, the 2016 Chucky Mullins Award recipient, also suffered a career-ending injury in the same game.
The Rebels continued to beat some of the nation’s best teams, knocking off No. 11 Georgia 45-14 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium before a memorable comeback victory at Kyle Field against No. 8 Texas A&M. Behind true freshman quarterback Shea Patterson, who was making his Rebel debut, Ole Miss rallied from a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter to stun the Aggies 29-28. In the comeback win, Patterson set Ole Miss records for passing yards (338) and total yards (402) in a single game by a freshman.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 1:12 pm to Fearless and True
Alabama has lost twice in a row to Ole Miss once in our history (2014 and 2015). Both games were 6 point losses. The 2014 Ole Miss win was later vacated.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 1:12 pm to SquarePizzaRebel
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So glad i pissed all over the front of that Red H2
Bet your mama was so proud of you for that.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 1:15 pm to Decker
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The 2014 Ole Miss win was later vacated.
Yea and USC vacating that 2004 national title certainly made things peachy for AU - NOT!
Posted on 10/23/23 at 1:22 pm to pankReb
quote:Pointing out om all-time winning percentage versus Auburn is melting?
Melt harder.
In all honesty, congrats on accomplishing something that y’all haven’t done in 70 years.
That should be good enough to get you a front row seat for the SEC Championship Game.
From your double-wide…..
Posted on 10/23/23 at 1:30 pm to jangalang
That’s always the best reply from a barner…”you only beat us when we’re bad!”…
Well, you guys are bad a lot. Try being good.
Well, you guys are bad a lot. Try being good.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 1:33 pm to EGO3x
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Well, you guys are bad a lot. Try being good.
Usually Auburn fires their coach when we beat them. Short honeymoon for Freeze, I guess.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 1:34 pm to Decker
frick Auburn
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