So here's something that we as a blog have long tried to emphasize to our readership: using a football team to fill a hole in your personality is dumb. Liking a bad football team doesn't make you an inferior person. Having said that: being an Ole Miss has frequently involved some kind of capitulation when talking with other SEC fans. Some "aw shucks, at least we never lose the party" concession. With Hugh Freeze leading the Rebs to the Sugar Bowl in year four, those times (for now at least) are over.
In attempting to apply context to this Ole Miss football program and its success under Hugh Freeze, it's increasingly difficult to avoid references to John Vaught.