Mississippi coach Hugh Freeze talks with reporters during the Southeastern Conference football Media Days in Hoover, Ala., on Tuesday, July 16, 2013.TUBE TALK
The SEC on Tuesday released kickoff times for the first three weeks of the season. Here are the early schedules for Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama (all times Eastern):TENNESSEEAug. 31 — AUSTIN PEAY (6 on pay-per-view)Sept. 7 — WESTERN KENTUCKY (12:21 on SEC Network)Sept. 14 — at Oregon (3:30 on ABC)GEORGIAAug. 31 — at Clemson (8 on ABC)Sept. 7 — SOUTH CAROLINA (4:30 on ESPN)Sept. 14 — OpenALABAMAAug. 31 — Virginia Tech in Atlanta (5:30 on ESPN)Sept. 7 — OpenSept. 14 — at Texas A&M (3:30 on CBS)
HOOVER, Ala. – Ole Miss won seven games last football season after winning just two in 2011, so another five-game increase this season would result in …
Wait. Rebels coach Hugh Freeze isn’t about to go there.
Freeze stunned the Southeastern Conference a year ago by taking what was perceived as the league’s worst program and leading it to a 7-6 record, culminating the winning season with a 38-17 defeat of Pittsburgh in the BBVA Compass Bowl. It was a smashing debut for Freeze, who landed a touted recruiting class in February and has been dealing with bouncing-off-the-wall Rebels fans ever since.
“I’m very careful with the expectations that are coming now with our program,” Freeze said Tuesday afternoon at SEC media days. “I told every group that I went to this spring — and I tell our team quite often — that unrealistic expectations always produce frustration. I don’t care what area of life that you’re in.