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Moonlight is extremely good.

To clear up any potential confusion, I mean the surface light reflected from the sun off of the satellite that orbits Earth.

07-21-2017 , 07:21 AM

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DVaut1

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Also more sports than politics but...

Hugh Freeze is a very godly Christian man who loves Christ. He has been a great evangelist of Christ, and family, and clean living, which was profiled in this heartwarming story of Freeze in 2015:

Where college football is a religion, and religion shapes college football

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OXFORD, Miss. — Hugh Freeze takes his seat near the back of the Mississippi football meeting room, and from here, with his three daughters sitting to his left, the Rebels coach can see everything.

Players begin filing through the doors a few minutes before 10 a.m., some wearing dreadlocks and others buzz cuts. Several carry Bibles. Christian music plays through the speakers of this 200-seat auditorium, and Freeze mouths the words to a song titled “Jesus Paid It All.”

This room in the Manning Center is where the Ole Miss football team gathers to discuss its mistakes, players’ hopes and goals, the opportunities and pitfalls that lay ahead in the season, and anyway, doesn’t that sound like life? To Freeze, it makes sense to merge his beliefs with his coaching, holding a Fellowship of Christian Athletes worship service each Sunday during the school year. For the Rebels’ players and coaches during the season, this is church.

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He believes two strong forces, football and his Christian faith, brought him to this point, and within the framework of both parts of his identity, he is able to teach all manner of lessons to young, impressionable men. He uses his Twitter account to share Bible verses and practice photos, sprinkles praise music into the playlist during practices and believes it’s important to tell recruits and their families he believes in Jesus.

Players are not required to attend FCA meetings or participate in devotionals and team prayers, but Freeze encourages them to join him. On this day, dozens have taken him up on it. “I tell them or our position coaches will: ‘We have worship on Sunday,’ ” the coach says.

“I don’t stand over them, make them do it; certainly they hopefully see that it’s important to me and maybe the way I live and the way these other coaches live. Maybe it attracts them to it.”

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Freeze says his program must be a reflection of himself, of his beliefs, of his place in the world. And he is a man of God, the South and football — almighty one and all. “We’re unapologetic,” he says, “about who we are.”

Hey I don't force my employees to worship, but as their employer I just encourage them to join me for worship. Not force though. But if they see me and know what's good for them, they might do the right thing that is so important to me.

As you might imagine, some degenerate busybody communists with no morals whatsoever have been complaining about this kind of thing:

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Others worry that men such as Freeze, powerful coaches at state-funded schools, are abusing their influence by pushing their beliefs on young men who want nothing more than to please the man sitting in the back of the room. “That’s something a university shouldn’t be doing,” says Patrick Elliott, a staff attorney with the Freedom From Religion Foundation, which earlier this year sent a letter to Clemson criticizing how its football program promotes Christianity.

Oh but Hugh Freeze has that Southern Charm to put those concerns to rest:

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“Hallelujah, we’re home,” Freeze told the crowd, nailing the punch line: It’s so cheap because in the South, dialing God is a local call.

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Anyway, you know who else Hugh Freeze calls all the time, besides God?

Prostitutes:

http://www.espn.com/college-football...ce-calls-cited

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Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze resigned effective immediately on Thursday night, with the Rebels' athletic director telling ESPN that school officials found a pattern that included phone calls to a number associated with a female escort service.

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Ole Miss chancellor Jeffrey Vitter, in a Thursday night news conference announcing the move, said Freeze, 47, resigned after confirming to him and athletic director Ross Bjork "a pattern of personal conduct inconsistent with the standard of expectations for the leader of our football team."

Irony of ironies, Jeffrey Vitter has a recognizable last name. I'll let the peanut gallery go figure out who his famous relatives are and what they're notable for.

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07-21-2017 , 07:46 AM

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Trolly McTrollson

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Shameful that a forthright Christian is being persecuted simply because he tried to minister to wayward women. Didn't Christ consort with fallen women?

07-21-2017 , 08:41 AM

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British music

07-21-2017 , 08:54 AM

#955

tomdemaine

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So KFC just started a new ad campaign over here saying they use
"The chicken the whole chicken and nothing but the chicken" (emphasis mine) now i sort of get that they're trying to debunk the idea that they put all sorts of crap into their food (they have to call it kfc because they're not legally allowed to call it chicken etc) but "the whole chicken" includes eyeballs beaks and feet. I'm not sure they've thought it through to well.

07-21-2017 , 09:21 AM

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LOL a Senator who got caught with whores' brother has to fire the state school football coach for getting caught with whores

THE SOUTH

07-21-2017 , 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Riverman

LOL a Senator who got caught with whores' brother has to fire the state school football coach for getting caught with whores

THE SOUTH

You forgot that all of the characters in this story hector everyone about their commitment to Jesus and God and family values. Maybe that's just implied since we're talking about a bunch of white southerners.

07-21-2017 , 09:58 AM

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Also that Hugh Freeze once **** on Jim Harbaugh for hosting satellite camps because he might then have to compete, host camps, and spend time away from his precious family.

07-21-2017 , 10:30 AM

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People like Hugh Freeze make me want to give up. Like, nothing ****ing matters. Watch, he'll get another job for tons of money in no time. Petrino 2.0. Everywhere you turn in this country there is some jackass piece of **** at the top of the mountain, up to and including the presidency. With next to zero accountability. I'm not making this point well, but its pretty hard to like take a performance review seriously or buy into any societal norms when its incresingly obvious that nothing ****ing matters.

07-21-2017 , 11:18 AM

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Agree with the larger point but think Freeze might be done, but if only because he's probably a bad football coach. Petrino is actually a good football coach. Can Hugh Freeze win without a litany of NCAA violations in his wake? Highly debatable. Without the likes of Leigh Anne Tuohy and SEC $$ Bagmen propping him up, Hugh Freeze might not be any good.

07-21-2017 , 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by chezlaw

No. It's no surprise the way you react with a series of <cough> extrapolations. It's all standard fly.

What is a big surprise is that you didn't just say you disagree with that part of the article and stand up for your hateful, divisiveness approach to people.

Is it really so far fetched that some of us are capable of inferring things about others based on their posts?

07-21-2017 , 11:38 AM

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How many ADs have any idea what makes a good football coach, 10%? The trick will be to find an opening at a school where the AD is a Jesus freak.

07-21-2017 , 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by iron81

How many ADs have any idea what makes a good football coach, 10%? The trick will be to find an opening at a school where the AD is a Jesus freak.

The football head coaches/administration truly don't care about Jesus. Southern families won't send their boys to schools that aren't Jesus lovers, so they lather on the "God is Good" vibes whenever possible. Just standard recruiting, i.e. have to keep mom and dad of football player x happy so they support the decision to attend University XYZ

07-21-2017 , 01:51 PM

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I agree. I think anytwo has it correct. None of these ADs legitimately care about piety and the faith of their coaches. It's just pageantry for recruits and the local media who want to hear about how their SEC heros embody their culture.

07-21-2017 , 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DVaut1

My best friend got looks for D1 in high school and coaches would do the same thing. His parents were hardcore Jewish, so once coaches found out, suddenly they all were big sympathizers and one guy even wore a star of David lol.

Same thing for when they realized he liked to hunt. Coaches started showing up in camo gear and talking about archery and what not. Just std pandering imo. Just happens to be religious in the south is all

edit: That being said, while I understand it, its pretty god damn tilting to watch.

07-21-2017 , 02:20 PM

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Loki

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Well, spicer lasted a whole half year, almost to the day

07-21-2017 , 03:44 PM

#967

jalfrezi

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He lasted longer than I thought he would. Peddalling that BS every day takes its toll.

07-21-2017 , 04:56 PM

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https://twitter.com/MachinePix/statu...02101013409792

07-21-2017 , 04:57 PM

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daca

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also let the guy get some escorts. no reason to fire him for it

07-21-2017 , 06:23 PM

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Forgot to post (3 guesses why) MaryJane finally went on sale in my country of residence this Wednesday.

Sold only via pharmacies.
Max 40g per person per month.
Requires registration + fingerprints prior to first purchase.
Sale only approved if fingerprints match in pharmacy.
Non-residents and u18s prohibited.

Buck 30 per gram.

07-21-2017 , 06:25 PM

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Sorry Yanks, NFC what 40g is in bushels/cups or whatever the **** you guys measure ganj in.

07-21-2017 , 06:31 PM

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prana

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grams id love a bushel tho

07-21-2017 , 06:37 PM

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Loki

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actually it's gallons, same way we measure petrol

07-21-2017 , 06:51 PM

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Sorry Yanks, NFC what 40g is in bushels/cups or whatever the **** you guys measure ganj in.

Continentals measure in grams and IME so do Yanks. Think it's only us and the Brits still clinging to the old ways. I've sometimes a thought a Serial-style podcast dedicating to tracking down the buyer and seller of the last "five-spot" sold in Ireland would be aces. Season two could focus on how the price of dope dropped ~20% when the euro came in because no-one was arsed converting the prices.