...here is an honest, respectful open letter to the Ole Miss faithful:
Dear Ole Miss Fans,
Today marks the beginning of the end for you. You have enjoyed a small window of success, which includes a Sugar Bowl victory and two straight over us. You will probably make it three straight today. It unravels from there, though. The extraordinary steps you took that enabled you to achieve this small window of success came with a price, and it's time to pay up.
Everything we learned about how to be successful in life were taught to us in kindergarten: Be truthful. Color within the lines. Wait your turn. Treat others like you want to be treated. So many in the Rebel family forgot this, and their own arrogance and disregard for decency will bring down a program and let down legions of blind sheep who love their team.
As you look back with pride on the Hugh Freeze era to date, consider what price was paid to achieve it. Don't be a sheep and believe the lies being told to you by those who have proven to be lying all along the way. Understand that the NCAA is at your front door and they are bringing hell with them. That Sugar Bowl win will be vacated. The last two egg bowl wins will be vacated. You are about to lose everything.
Your coach is about to be revealed as a pharisee and cast out of the temple.
Your program is going to be sanctioned heavily, which will impact your ability to be competitive for years.
You will be a laughingstock: a modern-day SMU, cast on the trash heap of college football history.
Your media mouthpieces will continue to lie to you in a feeble attempt to keep the myth of Ole Miss football afloat for as long as possible, but make no mistake: it's coming. If you sell your soul to the devil, one thing is for sure: payment comes due at some point.
Savor today - IF you win. Either way, go to sleep tonight secure in the knowledge that this is the best it's going to be for you for years. Sweet dreams.
Dear Ole Miss Fans,
Today marks the beginning of the end for you. You have enjoyed a small window of success, which includes a Sugar Bowl victory and two straight over us. You will probably make it three straight today. It unravels from there, though. The extraordinary steps you took that enabled you to achieve this small window of success came with a price, and it's time to pay up.
Everything we learned about how to be successful in life were taught to us in kindergarten: Be truthful. Color within the lines. Wait your turn. Treat others like you want to be treated. So many in the Rebel family forgot this, and their own arrogance and disregard for decency will bring down a program and let down legions of blind sheep who love their team.
As you look back with pride on the Hugh Freeze era to date, consider what price was paid to achieve it. Don't be a sheep and believe the lies being told to you by those who have proven to be lying all along the way. Understand that the NCAA is at your front door and they are bringing hell with them. That Sugar Bowl win will be vacated. The last two egg bowl wins will be vacated. You are about to lose everything.
Your coach is about to be revealed as a pharisee and cast out of the temple.
Your program is going to be sanctioned heavily, which will impact your ability to be competitive for years.
You will be a laughingstock: a modern-day SMU, cast on the trash heap of college football history.
Your media mouthpieces will continue to lie to you in a feeble attempt to keep the myth of Ole Miss football afloat for as long as possible, but make no mistake: it's coming. If you sell your soul to the devil, one thing is for sure: payment comes due at some point.
Savor today - IF you win. Either way, go to sleep tonight secure in the knowledge that this is the best it's going to be for you for years. Sweet dreams.