Ole Miss now under fire after an ill-timed tweet during Hugh Freeze controversy ·

05 Jan 2025, 00:00

At any other time, this would have been fine. Now, though... not a great look.

Ole Miss is currently dealing with two controversies: the on-going Hugh Freeze scandal, where the head coach resigned after phone records showed that Freeze made calls to an escort service on a school provided cell phone, and the current NCAA investigation where Ole Miss is alleged to have paid recruits.

On Thursday, Ole Miss sent out a tweet that only had the quote "YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE ON FAMILY", a saying that interim Matt Luke dropped in his press conference earlier this week.

In a vacuum, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that message. However, considering the connotations that can be connect there with Ole Miss' on-going scandals... probably not the best timing.

Predictably, social media poked fun at the program for the now-deleted message.

UPDATE: Ole Miss deleted ill-advised 'put a price on family' tweet after Twitter went a little nuts. https://t.co/RMe7O84YIT pic.twitter.com/VsUbDvOA8B

— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) July 27, 2017

.@OleMissFB THE INTERNET IS FOREVER pic.twitter.com/joyJUrb2my

— Drunk Aubie (@DrunkAubie) July 27, 2017

Ole Miss hired Shea Paterson's brother just to get him to commit.

Then out here talmbout "Can't put a price on family"

— PodKATT (@valleyshook) July 27, 2017

love #OleMiss football but... you can't put a price on family??? Freeze just did.. it's worth less than an escort service apparently! SMH

— Sue DeJaVuSkye (@hisdejavuskye) July 27, 2017

It sure didn't take Ole Miss long to realize that a slogan with the word 'price' was a TERRRRRRIBLE idea

— David (@gigthem08) July 27, 2017

Better luck next time, Ole Miss.

[H/T Drunk Aubie for the screenshot]

Ole Miss now under fire after an ill-timed tweet during Hugh Freeze controversy

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