Freeze 'stunned and disgusted' after hearing accusations

Ole Miss released its response to the NCAA's Notice of Allegations earlier this week and on Friday head coach Hugh Freeze released one of his own.

Freeze's lawyer sent out a written response to the accusations aimed at the head coach, most notably saying his client was shocked to learn about alleged violations by former Ole Miss staff member Barney Farrar, according to Nick Bromberg of Yahoo! Sports.

Finally, on December 20, 2016, Coach Freeze was interviewed by the staff and informed for the first time about (redacted) allegations. With regard to Farrar’s participation in volations, Coach Freeze was stunned and disgusted, remarking at one point, "I want to vomit."

Farrar released a response himself through his lawyer, saying the Rebels "decided to lay the blame on coach Farrar in an attempt to deflect the NCAA’s probe from them and offer up coach Farrar as a sacrifice to curry favor with the NCAA."

Farrar did back up Freeze, though, at one point in his response.

However, before he turns to the task before him, he wants to give a message and request to the panel on behalf of Coach Freeze and Ole Miss: In his time on Coach Freeze’s staff, Coach Freeze never asked Farrar to break any NCAA rule but always reinforced how important it was that he follow the rules and maintain the highest standards of conduct. Farrar expresses his hope that his panel will give Ole Miss and Hugh Freeze every opportunity and consideration in these proceedings. It is deserved.

The program self-imposed a bowl ban for this season as well as several other penalties as Ole Miss awaits any potential additional punishment from the NCAA over the 21 alleged violations.