Freeze's fall at Ole Miss partially traced to Nutt's suit

The man who Hugh Freeze replaced as Mississippi's football coach was at least partially responsible for Freeze's stunning downfall Thursday night. It was a recently filed civil lawsuit from Houston Nutt — who coached Ole Miss from 2008 to '11 — against the university that unearthed the phone records that eventually revealed Freeze's school-issued cellphone had dialed an escort service on at least one occasion in 2016. Freeze resigned on Thursday after university officials found that the coach engaged in a "pattern of personal misconduct" that was unacceptable. The 47-year-old — who was making more than $5 million per year — will receive no buyout, according to Ole Miss athletic director Ross Bjork.

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  Freeze Resignation Justified

  Scout.com
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  Freeze resigns as Ole Miss football coach after 5 seasons

  The Associated Press

Michigan's Garrett Moores taking repeat bid for Holder of the Year very seriously (Video)

Michigan’s Garrett Moores is looking to win one of college football’s most prestigious awards for the second year in a row. Moores won the Holder of the Year Award last year and gave an incredibly moving acceptance speech. Here is my full acceptance speech for the 2016 Mortell Holder of the Year Award.

Big Ten media poll picks Ohio State to win league, Wisconsin to capture West Division

The Big Ten conference office turns their nose up at doing an official media poll to pick the winner of the league like all of their other peers in college football but the fine folks over at Cleveland.com have been filling in the gap for the past several years so fans, coaches and others can get a sense at which teams are the favorites to hoist the trophy at the end of the year. The site just released the latest edition of their annual media poll and (surprise, surprise) Ohio State was picked by 29 of the 38 voters to win the Big Ten this season, including 34 first-place votes for the Buckeyes to capture the rugged East Division title. Penn State drew seven first place votes while Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan

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  Northwestern picked to finish second in Big Ten West in unofficial media poll

  Inside Northwestern
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  Big Ten media has modest expectations for P.J. Fleck's first Gophers team

  Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune