Jackson Jambalaya

Looks like Darrell Thigpen is a former UM grad and now a doctor in Dallas, TX

And Rebel Rags would be Terry Warren, per footnote 12.

Now Booster 14 can have the spotlight all to himself. Smooth.

Wonder if Cannon would give me a free rental vehicle? Wonder what was in the glove compartment. Nobody, Nobody can beat that kind of deal.

What a letdown! This reminds me of the moments after when Geraldo opened Al Capone's empty tomb.

Left out the worst part. A booster bought a bag of popcorn at a movie and actually let a recruit have some. Death penalty!!!

What happened to letting a poor kid sleep on a coaches couch and bought him a hamburger, must have left that one out huh?

oh my !!!
4-5 years of losing seasons.

Carla Belk, bottom of page 6

Most of these people are alleged to have given a few hundred to maybe a thousand dollars or so in benefits per player/recruit. But Booster 14 allegedly gave 28,600 in cash. Man did he overpay.

Carla Belk is listed too. Maybe she is Booster #4?

Chan Patel. Free lodging? Provided by a "Patel?" This may be a first ... since the beginning of commercial activity on the earth.

Darel - one L in the notice. Darell - two L's looks like a differenr person.
Or was that an intentional typo?

Every SEC school does this & even some JUCO schools like Gulf Coast does it as well. You all can stick your head in the sand & pretend OM is the only program that does, but you're sadly mistaken. Like Leo did the "right thing" and followed his heart to MSU! He followed a bigger payout.

Tip of the iceberg, folks...tip of the iceberg.

Or, rather, tip of the gigantic, unlubed NCAA prison sausage.

@4:05 These are just the "gifts" that can be 100 percent verified by the NCAA.
Its very difficult to track cash money exchanging hands if a university is so inclined to operate that way and the boosters are careful.

I'm laughing at the idiots on here that think this is all minor and petty. This is just the beginning. It will get worse. More will come out and in the end, Ole Miss will be toast because of the arrogance and ignorance of these snotty, "look at me" alumni.

Squatting-Potty!

Rinky dink. No hookers ?No blow?

Indeed, Anonymous @ 4:12 pm - every school does do this. However, UM just got dumb, careless and desperate, and got caught. You and your pompous Rebel brethren are about to pay for your stay in that echo chamber of eternal optimism and pretentiousness...

Lmao, ENJOY!!!

So is it safe to assume that freeze had hookers waiting in all of these hotel rooms for the recruits?

@ Madison Rulz....oh there was definitely hookers lol. Just ask Mr. Freeze.

It took thirteen responses this time before somebody chimed in with the “everybody else does it” excuse. Looks like the Ole Miss folks are growing weaker and weaker.

No hooker is coming from Tampa to Oxford for no amount of money. Y'all are trying to tie two scandals together but seriously, be realistic. The truth is bad enough.

Nobody cheats like Cannon Motors. Noooooo-body!

I mean, like, what good is college football if you can't purchase the best available products to go along with the fabulous decorum in the grove?

*How they think

https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/4/10/5594348/college-football-bag-man-interview

Read it and weep.

I went to both schools, and went to several football games at both schools . I was so surprised , but both times in Starkville many of the people I met were much more rude than at Ole Miss. If you think that Ole Miss is becoming weaker and weaker you better wake up. All this is going to do is get them amped up . One coach is not going to bring Ole Miss down. NCAA will not bring them down for good. There are many other schools that one day will be hit with many infractions whether correct or not in time . I wouldn't be laughing or being too pompous even jealous because Karma will hit whatever school you call home. It's sad to see so many enjoying this all over a ball . What fine men and women you must be, but what goes around...

Oh finally. I've been waiting for the "Bag Man Interview" post on the new thread.

Just curious for the people who are using the excuse that everybody does it....do you tell your children that when you're educating them on the difference between right and wrong?

@6:37
I don't expect Ole Miss to be brought down (MSU dream); I expect them, for once in their delusional lives to say, "Yup, we're guilty" and move the hell on to play another game.

No one, save the super crazed MSU fans, would be paying THIS MUCH ATTENTION if they hadn't dragged it out for so long. Instead of realizing a good crisis management strategy, they're dragging it out and it's making the investigation angle worse by trying to lawyer their way out of it. This must be what a judge feels like dealing with criminal defendants. Their genious legal counsel will destroy their own damn school and the MS taxpayer will be footing the bill.

I really really don't want to know what will show up in Bjorks phone records. And then, after him, who is next? The whole IHL?

Making calls across state lines to solicit prostitution is slightly more egregious than supplying a room at an off-brand motel.

Watch out MSU fans. You know what they say about people who live in glass trailers.

it's about time KF got back to some real news that is relevant to our health and safety. thanks KF. i don't care what the others say, you are a true modern journalist.

Ole Miss is trying to charge Nutt's attorney $25,000 obtain Freeze's UM phone records. They say Mars has to pay for the review of the records by both UM's attorney and outside attorneys. Absolutely false. The Mississippi Open Records Law only provides for reasonable costs of reproduction. Based on their logic, I could request a copy of a university policy and be charged $500 for UM counsel to review it first. Obviously, that would likely keep me from obtaining it and they are doing the same thing with Freeze's records. Fortunately, Mars knows what he is doing and the bogus UM position will not fly.

I am willing to bet almost every public official is scrambling to purchase a burner phone right now.

July 28, 2017 at 7:16 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
@6:37
I don't expect Ole Miss to be brought down (MSU dream); I expect them, for once in their delusional lives to say, "Yup, we're guilty" and move the hell on to play another game.

No one, save the super crazed MSU fans, would be paying THIS MUCH ATTENTION if they hadn't dragged it out for so long. Instead of realizing a good crisis management strategy, they're dragging it out and it's making the investigation angle worse by trying to lawyer their way out of it. This must be what a judge feels like dealing with criminal defendants. Their genious legal counsel will destroy their own damn school and the MS taxpayer will be footing the bill.

I really really don't want to know what will show up in Bjorks phone records. And then, after him, who is next? The whole IHL?

Ole Miss hasn't drug it out the NCAA has!!!

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/20186821/houston-nutt-attorney-claims-ole-miss-delaying-release-hugh-freeze-phone-records

"...do you tell your children that when you're educating them on the difference between right and wrong?"

Yes, I tell my kids that everyone else pays their employees, and amateurism is not a moral imperative.

How remarkably on-brand are these comments from State fans? Not your team. Not your battle. Yet somehow, you want it to be.

Did y'all actually read these allegations?
I'm frankly shocked that these actions are illegal. It seems more like charity to me. It's not like they bought students, cars, gave their parents a house, paid for hunting camp membership and bought a wardrobe at Brooks Brothers. They gave use of their property to kids whose families couldn't afford to come to the games, invited kids to come to their property as guests, loaned a car to a kid whose car was in the shop and bought school paraphernalia?
If, since I'm not an alum, I knew a student and invited his family to stay with me, provided transportation if the kid's car broke down, bought him a tee shirt for his school, and let them swim in my pool, would the NCAA come after me?
My alma mater provides most of these amenities to all student athletes and their families on campus. They raise a lot more alum money.
My impression of the NCAA of late is they are just the bad dads in kids sports with more money and power ruining sports for the kids. They should look more to safety, graduation rates, and more consistency in rulings on the field from their refs.

You have no clue what goes on with college recruiting. I've been through it years ago & know they ALL throw cash around! Those of you who think you know how it's done just look stupid. Leo got a better offer at MSU & a way was found to cover it up.

SEC football is a complex business with more money than any of you can imagine. I'm an MSU fan & I know this to be true. We are right up in the middle of it. You have to be to compete, but you've also got to be good at finding ways to cover it up.

State got caught years ago & rebuilt. OM got caught during the Brewer years & came back. They'll come back again. Sadly, our day is coming again, so be careful gloating fans. When that day comes, we will take our punishment & come back again. It's just big business football, like it or not.

7:13 am

Where does kind heartedness end and bribery begin?

These people who broke the rules knew they were breaking the rules. If they did not know these actions would have been used in ads for their businesses to show compassion and Christian virtues.

You are too naive to be here.

INCREDIBLE!!!!! this is all they could come up with after 5 years? I sure hope they are keeping the truckload more sordid things out the public view for now just in case the idiots contest NCAA findings. after having some of the worst of these bears in my family and my business for decades now, it is hard to believe that this is all they care to put out there.

if that is really the case then ole miss would be fools not to say "yes ma'm, we're guilty of those thing and those people including the gardener (whatever) are hereby dissociated for as long as you say and we accept what additional forfeitures and penalties you deem fitting."

the kind of reckless behavior ole miss engaged in only comes about when somebody believes they are totally bulletproof. the bears are much better off taking whatever penalties the NCAA gives w/o a whimper and giving thaks for it....

Why is Alabama above the NCAA.laws?

What needs to be investigated is the bogus test/class scores/grades being submitted by junior-community colleges to allow student athletes to even play. Anybody seen the Netflix series "Last Chance U"? It's about Scuba, MS and East Mississippi Community College. To believe that all of those students are able to pass their classes is beyond reason. The same goes for ALL of the JUCOs....especially the one that is associated with Old Miss in Senatobia. Fact - fraudulent test scores submitted (taken by other students) so they can play football, and get through to the next level. Believe it, because it's happening.

"I don't expect Ole Miss to be brought down (MSU dream); I expect them, for once in their delusional lives to say, "Yup, we're guilty" and move the hell on to play another game."

I think you're about a year and a half too late for that!

The 'everybody does it' crowd is playing tag-team and working overtime on this thread! Everybody speeds too. Tell it to the judge who's holding your ticket in one hand and his gavel in the other.

Oh, yes, Mr. Cautionary Tale checks in @ 8:16 AM. LMAO

Why is Alabama above the NCAA laws?

They generate revenue for the machine and have a brand that translates nationwide. I don't care for them personally but our two state schools do not have that going for them. Follow the money, the networks control the NCAA and the messaging that you receive.

These boosters and Freeze are all cut from the same cloth. It is a typical personally type that is common across the state, and is specifically strong in memebers of one particular mega-church in Flowood. This hubris is the "Look How Christian I Am!" Sickness that is see everywhere these days. Sure, they take a "mission" er, vacation to South America to "help" the people there, but ONLY if they sit through their program on "Christ". These overly-proud people are some of the most hateful, racist, and snotty people around and it appears to be the type of person Freeze and his family truly are. These boosters are much the same. Great job damaging your school and communities! They all want to be big show-offs. How's that working out for you?

Let me be clear, these type of people are all over Mississippi and on every campus. It's just that this episode just happens to be spotlighting Ole Miss at this particular time.

It would be very helpful if "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by the Band could be played in the background while we read these comments....

I would like to see the COI committee call in Mr. Patel and ask him if he knows any other Hotel Owners named Patel. I believe I can see a wide spread conspiracy forming here.

Ole miss is guilty for sure, but these things can be found at every college! Why is the NCAA just camped at ole miss?

They are camped at Old Miss because of their arrogance.

First it was "where's the proof??"...Now that that argument has reached its shelf life we're seeing more "everybody does it!!". However, that argument is getting stale in light of the com link with hookers. It has become apparent that UM is an enabler far and beyond the scope of what we previously knew as simply a dirty football program.

Poor, poor rebels. Headed toward another massacre at the hands of damn yankees. And, once again, the mortal wounds are self-inflicted.

I'll bet you my mother's next four social security checks that nobody named Patel ever attended a class at Old Myth.

The booster behind this one obviously thought, "Well, we need to get momma 'nem a room for a week, off and on, but not too nice a room since they ain't never stayed in a motor-hotel afore, anyway."

So, said booster pulls up and parks under the 'Best Inns And Suites Under Construction' sign (it's always there in every town) and moseys up to the desk, chompin' on a see-gar and fingering a wad of bills in his pocket. No way to track a cash transaction like that but the IRS might be interested anyway. How simple is this?

Anytime O gets ore than an occasional 5 star you can bet it is with
$$$$

"I'll bet you my mother's next four social security checks that nobody named Patel ever attended a class at Old Myth. "

Uh, apparently you're not aware UMMC is part of "Old Myth". I'll take that bet - there have been numerous med students named Patel, now proud graduates of the University of Mississippi system.

Stick a fork in Freeze - He's done. Time to flip Bjork over and put about three more minutes of heat on him for just the right char. Then he's done. Bring the fork. Then the interim chancellor before Vitter arrived on campus.

"Uh, apparently you're not aware UMMC is part of "Old Myth". I'll take that bet - there have been numerous med students named Patel, now proud graduates of the University of Mississippi system."

And they went on to open branches of the chain of Patel Best Value Roach Motels? Boy, I bet their sponsors never saw that coming. We're not talking one or two Patels who may (but probably didn't) have become doctors. I believe we're looking at free room and board for family members on game weekends.

It appears someone doesn't get to Jackson much.

July 29, 2017 @ 10:51

Wow, what insight you have. I'm not going to get in a argument with you over which school(s) is or are good/bad in Mississippi, I could care less....

But, your opinion of Pinelake, yes I'll call the mega-church by name, seems a bit harsh and dare I say, bitter. I attend Pinelake and have for over 10 years. The people I have met and interact with don't seem a bit like those you describe. I'm not in a financial position to take those "vacations" south of the border or anywhere else overseas but, if I could, I likely would!

I guess GOD has pity on folks like me and doesn't bless them with large amounts of cash to fund such personal "vacations" or even football recruits like others do. I'll settle for the treasure I have waiting for in the hereafter.

In between that time and now, I'll say an extra little prayer for you and expect a miracle.....

I think it goes without saying that his blog site is overwhelmngly conservative.

This blog also shows beyond the shadow of doubt, how mean, vile, vicious and plain hateful these conservatives can be when posting anonymously. What brings out the continual hate and pettiness in so many posters? Are they this way in the light of day, or when they are able to kick their dog in obscurity?

Ole Miss is guilty of far more than what is in the NOA,, but what you can absolutely prove vs what you absolutely know to be true such as L Tunsil's recruitment was filthy dirty at every step by Ole Miss, there is no doubt about it, but how much can you prove with zero subpoena power is difficult.

The Rebels & Rev Freeze deserve everything that is coming there way as they are guilty of far more than what is listed in both NOA's

All the well-financed programs in the NCAA have a certain level of expectations that the NCAA recognizes. Cheat and stay within that stratum and you are likely
safe. Cheat and rise above your appointed station and you better cover your ass.

It's impossible to cover everything, so you had better be damn, damn, careful when you decide to go from mid-level to big-time. Ole Miss made the arrogant mistake of thinking it was already big-time. This is the wake-up call. The NCAA can call you whenever it wants, because recruiting violations are like holding penalties. It can be called on every play. Just don't flaunt it. Ole Miss can cheat it's way to the top...only gradually.

3:40...How can you possibly see conservative vs liberal in this whole Ole Miss saga?

But, I have two more important questions:

1) What is Ole Miss waiting on to 'release' more names?

2) Why does this limited list not already include the name of Mr. Taco? I was blind-sided to learn they are still protecting him. Some say nobody is a larger booster than he. NOOoooo Badddy.

I think it goes without saying that his blog site is overwhelmngly [sic] conservative.

This blog also shows beyond the shadow of doubt, how mean, vile, vicious and plain hateful these conservatives can be when posting anonymously. What brings out the continual hate and pettiness in so many posters? Are they this way in the light of day, or when they are able to kick their dog in obscurity?

Damn, did that feel good? Tell me, is your preference to snort your sanctimony or do you mainline it?

7:29.....3:40 here. This Freeze story is not in a vacuum. There are hundreds of other posts proving my point. Most of the posts on any subject by this consciencless and vapid owner are intended and successful in bringing out the worst and meanness in so many of the posters. That is why he does this. Clicks clicks and clicks, and to hell with the actual people ridiculed along the way.

July 31, 2017 at 7:53 AM = LOYAL JJ Reader!

3:40; You must be in a vacuum. I think you intended to address 7:46 rather than 7:29 who made no reference to you or your post.

PS: This isn't about meanness or ridicule. This is about real serious, big-time shit in the land of football where people make business decisions on your character, your allegiance and your level of dishonesty.

12:11. Read the first line in 7:29's post. Keep up. I was addressing that portion of the comment.

Serious question:

At what point and at whose direction is/are boosters 'disassociated' from a university or its football program? Is that something the school decides to do as a condition of the end results of an investigation? Or does the NCAA require that a school disassociate a booster? And, when does it occur and, I guess, for how long?

PS: This is not a political question, has nothing to do with MSU and is not connected in any way with Jimmy Swaggart.

KINGFISH AT 2:00 QUIT POSTING TO YOURSELF TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT.

I posted at 2:00 and damned sure am not Kingfish. Answer the questions. They're probably the only serious questions posed today. I'm sorry the multi-syllable word, disassociation, confuses you.

I would love to know how I was posting while I was driving through the waterworks curve.

6:16. Because it is a well-known fact that you do exactly that in there or hidden pictures to prove it would you like to have them posted

What the hell did 9:22 just say?

@7:41, I think it was an attempt at a threat to leak photographs of Kingfish posting to his blog while navigating the treacherous waterworks curve. But it is hard to make that assumption with the lack of punctuation. It could also be someone attempting to encourage Kingfish to release his own photographic evidence of him not posting comments to his blog while navigating the treacherous waterworks curve. Just spent way too much of my time thinking about it . . . I was hoodwinked!