If you come at the king of the dipshits, you’d best not miss.

Shot.

Coastal Carolina is No. 3 in the Colley Matrix, an NCAA-recognized national champion selector.

Should the 11-0 Chanticleers claim a national title if they beat 9-1 Liberty tonight?

I asked Jamey Chadwell. He said he'd consider it if they win: https://t.co/OnRsS6rvRn

— Chris Vannini 😷 (@ChrisVannini) December 27, 2020

Chaser.

No. 23 Liberty outlasts No. 9 Coastal Carolina 37-34 in OT in Cure Bowl thriller. https://t.co/qRjo3HZHqx

— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) December 27, 2020

Leave the damned bottle on the bar.

Add Hugh Freeze to the group criticizing the CFP committee. Not happy that the 9-1 Flames weren't in the final CFP top 25. Flames were No. 23 in both polls.

"I wonder what people look at sometimes."

— Chris Vannini 😷 (@ChrisVannini) December 27, 2020

The most 2020 moment of 2020

Shot.

Liberty head coach Hugh Freeze has tested positive for COVID 19 the school announces.

— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) December 11, 2020

Chaser.

Contact tracing could get interesting here https://t.co/TD3Z8OVZpD

— Allen Kenney (@BlatantHomerism) December 11, 2020

Alex, I’ll take “it’s only a matter of time” for $200.

Hugh Freeze’s up-tempo/RPO system beat Bama twice and got Nick Saban to re-think his offensive philosophy. Now, that Freeze is piling up wins at #Liberty and beating ACC teams, how long before some AD tries to bring the ex #OleMiss coach back to Power 5? https://t.co/lXUxCl1Z8x

— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) October 21, 2020

Seems to me the real question here isn’t “when”, though.  It’s “where”.

Phoning it in

Mark Richt’s football cuddle wasn’t the most surrealistic moment of the day yesterday.  Hands down that would have to go to Hugh Freeze, who chose to coach his Liberty team from a hospital bed.

When it’s Sunday but you’re too hung over to go to church pic.twitter.com/KRDktad2Rj

— Bunkie Perkins (@BunkiePerkins) September 1, 2019

That’s the look of a man whose afraid he’s gonna be wally pipped if he doesn’t show up for work.

This was… inspirational, I suppose.

pic.twitter.com/IbxWYfxOfz

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) September 1, 2019

Or maybe it was just a thank you for coaching his team to a shutout.

I’ll take “Get a burner phone” for $200, Alex.

Over at The Athletic, Hugh Freeze is asked ($$) the musical question “Is there anything you wish you’d done differently at Ole Miss that you take into this job?“.

(No, that wasn’t part of his answer, sadly.)

“In a way it’s just a piece of paper because you saw those games.”

My first instinct is to say there’s no lamer NCAA penalty than vacating wins, except then I remember the way Bobby Bowden bitched about it.  So maybe there’s more to it than meets the eye.  Maybe.

I only bring this up in light of yesterday’s news that Ole Miss has to vacate a total of 33 wins over six seasons, including Georgia’s horrendous loss in Kirby’s first season.

That, in turn, leads me to ask what the official GTP policy for referring to that game should be going forward.  I think it’s only fair to let the people decide, so, without any further adieu, here comes today’s reader poll.

Further suggestions are, of course, welcomed.

You knew this was coming.

Today, in America is a great country, comes this heartwarming story of a man who’s learned his lesson so completely that he’s able to skip past the Alabama analyst stage and go straight to coaching again:

After Hugh Freeze and Rich Rodriguez were recently awarded second chances in their coaching careers, Southern Miss may be on the verge of giving Art Briles his.

The former Baylor football head coach is on the Hattiesburg campus to interview for USM’s vacant offensive coordinator position, a source has confirmed to the Sun Herald.

Doesn’t that just give you the warm and fuzzies all over?

He’s got your number.

You know, I have to admit I’m mildly impressed with the clever header to this article.  Either that, or it’s a helluva Freudian slip.

Lede of the day

Let me just say starting an article about the Hugh Freeze hiring with “Hugh Freeze turned on his cellphone last week after one of his many flights landed and saw a text message…” is about as inspired as it gets.

Well played, Corey Roepken.  Well played, indeed.

A marriage made in heaven

This is what Gawd’s will looks like, I guess.

SB Nation can confirm that Hugh Freeze is heading to Liberty, a move bound to rub a lot of people certain ways.

— Steven Godfrey (@38Godfrey) December 7, 2018

How long will this particular redemption tour last, I wonder.  Not exactly like working as Nick Saban’s intern…

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UPDATE:  Someone has a weird way of winning the presser.

Hugh Freeze, on running a faith-based program and his belief in Jesus: “He’s the only one I’ve ever met who can handle my junk.”

— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) December 7, 2018

Hugh Freeze says he's "inconvenienced" his wife "several times" during their relationship.

— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) December 7, 2018

Although I have to admit “handle my junk” has some real potential as a GTP catchphrase.