OT: Ole Miss coach ends 2-a-days with epic practical joke
Thought this was a fitting and hilarious story considering the season is right around the corner.
http://www.redcuprebellion.com/2014/8/26/6070637/coach-hugh-freeze-like…
There is a tough line to define when preparing a team in Fall camp with no classes taking place. You don't want to wear them out, but you want to keep them engaged. Two a day practices are hard on a team, and by the last day you are trying to keep them going. Freeze hatches a plan for a practical joke on his team. He tells no one about his plan, with the exception of the equipment manager. No assistants, no players, no one besides Freeze and this equipment manager know what is taking place.
Throughout two a day practices, Freeze sends his "guy" (someone he trusts) up into Vaught Hemingway to look over the practice field with a camera phone and binoculars. When he sees the man take his post overlooking practice, Freeze yells at security, "Get that guy out of here! He can't be up there! Get rid of him!" Off the guards go, chasing the man away. Eventually, the players think nothing of this.
On the last day of two a day practices, Coach Freeze lets Paul Jackson in on his prank. Paul Jackson, of course, is the Strength Coach for the Ole Miss Rebels. With Coach Jackson in on the secret, they continue out to practice. As usual, Freeze's guy shows up to spy on practice. When Freeze sees the man, he yells out, "That's it! Forget security! Coach Jackson, get that camera and get that guy out of here, now!" Coach Jackson takes off running toward the stadium. The players go back to work, preparing for Oklahoma drills and other full contact drills.
As Coach Jackson begins to approach the man, Freeze exclaims to the team, "Look guys! Coach is about to get him!" Everyone looks up to see Coach Jackson knock the camera phone out of the man's hand and over the side of the stadium. The team begins to get excited and begins to cheer on their Strength Coach. The spy takes of running up the stadium with Coach Jackson in full pursuit. Players are screaming, "Get him Coach!" All eyes are on the chase that is taking place high up in the Vaught.
Now, what no one knows, except for Freeze, Jackson, and the spy, is that there is a dummy hidden atop the stadium. The dummy is dressed just like the spy. When the men reach the top, Coach Jackson hurls the dummy over the side of the stadium, seemingly sending the spy plummeting to the ground. You can hear a pin drop. The team goes from cheering to speechless. Immediately, Coach Freeze begins to shout, "Call the paramedics! Coaches, get these guys in the locker room now! No cell phones! Take their phones and don't let them talk to anyone!"
Now, with the players and the assistant coaches in the locker room flustered and bewildered, Freeze walks in. He looks over his team and begins to speak, "Okay guys, this is it. This is one of those All In moments. We have to protect Coach Jackson. We're going to bury the body, and we're going to bury the shovel."
The players faces are blank. Even a few freshman are heard whispering, "bury the body?!"
At this moment, Coach Jackson and the spy come rolling into the locker room. Practice is over, and the prank is a success. The team heads off to the movies. This is how two a day practices for the Ole Miss Rebels comes to a close in August of 2014. The End.
August 28th, 2014 at 10:05 AM ^
Fake murders are always good for a laugh.
August 28th, 2014 at 10:10 AM ^
So, yeah, pretty epic prank.
August 28th, 2014 at 10:16 AM ^
Fake Heroes
And Fake Girlfriends
August 28th, 2014 at 10:24 AM ^
Everybody murders...
August 28th, 2014 at 10:08 AM ^
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August 28th, 2014 at 10:38 AM ^
enough upvotes.
August 28th, 2014 at 10:09 AM ^
There a fine line when it comes to practical jokes and that one crossed it.
August 28th, 2014 at 10:14 AM ^
August 28th, 2014 at 10:25 AM ^
I dunno. Making them think that their coach just murdered someone and that they were now accessories to it?
August 28th, 2014 at 10:35 AM ^
I bet that was a horrible two minutes. I hope nobody requires therapy.
August 28th, 2014 at 10:16 AM ^
I think the only thing that might have been too far for me is not letting the assistant coaches in on it, and then just leaving everyone alone. That could have gone poorly. Otherwise it was pretty damn funny. Extreme, but funny.
August 28th, 2014 at 12:00 PM ^
Faking a death is one thing but asking the team to cover it up is questionable.
August 28th, 2014 at 12:20 PM ^
questionable in practice?
August 28th, 2014 at 3:54 PM ^
Questionable because the coach is asking his players to cover up a crime or risk being ostracized as not being team players. How can a coach expect his players to be ethical in life if he encourages them to commit an unethic act, even as a joke? Hugh Freeze, as head coach, is a role model and he needs to act like one. The joking should have stopped at throwing the dummy over the side of the stadium.
August 28th, 2014 at 10:19 AM ^
falling off a roof back when he was at USC?
Time to get some new material Hugh.
August 28th, 2014 at 10:38 AM ^
Was just going to post this, although the bury the body was a pretty good hook.
August 28th, 2014 at 10:40 AM ^
Yep. First thing that came to mind for me.
Also see: passing a girl up the bowl at Michigan Stadium after a touchdown, then dumping a fully-dressed dummy over the edge of the bowl. Because that happened, too.
August 28th, 2014 at 10:52 AM ^
He has the same sense of humor as Freeze. Carroll pretended to kick Lendale White off the team and had White storm off the field mad and then go to roof and jump to his death. Well, throw look alike dummy off roof to his death. But the dummy looked so fake nobody bought it for more than 2 seconds.
Both are tasteless and stupid "jokes". I love a good prank but I'd be concerned if my kid was being subjected to something like that. And the "all in" thing??? Really??? Hope the AD is paying attention to that stunt.
August 28th, 2014 at 1:59 PM ^
ESPN covered that story to the point of madness too because they lusted after anything Pete Carroll related. I thought it was stupid.
August 29th, 2014 at 12:43 PM ^
Lendale White was selected for that prank because instead of spending money on a dummy, they could just use an extra-large sack of White Castle burgers and nobody would be able to tell the difference.
August 28th, 2014 at 10:21 AM ^
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August 28th, 2014 at 10:35 AM ^
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a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation.
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the use of ordinary or familiar words or phrases.
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August 28th, 2014 at 10:41 AM ^
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August 28th, 2014 at 11:54 AM ^
Great prank. I laughed out loud.
I think the part where he wants to bury the body is the best.
Data? From Star Trek? Is that you??
"Hello gentlemen. I epically laughed out loud at that fine prank."
August 28th, 2014 at 12:00 PM ^
Lighten up, Francis.
August 28th, 2014 at 1:43 PM ^
August 28th, 2014 at 2:30 PM ^
Exactly. It's a Cali/surfer thing. Other examples:
Awesome
Gnarly
Radical
Look up the literal definitions of those words and tell me youth in the 80s, 90s didn't misuse them to death. No need to be uptight about it. Chill bro.
August 28th, 2014 at 4:34 PM ^
Legend (wait for it...) ary
August 28th, 2014 at 10:48 AM ^
You must be very smart.
August 28th, 2014 at 11:53 AM ^
Word Crimes
August 28th, 2014 at 10:24 AM ^
USC did this couple years ago with Lendale White.
August 28th, 2014 at 10:26 AM ^
did this same type of thing at USC. Funny and probably epic, but not original.
August 28th, 2014 at 10:27 AM ^
adjective \ˈe-pik\ : telling a story about a hero or about exciting events or adventures
: very great or large and usually difficult or impressive.
Not that this was epic to me but the word is used correctly.
August 28th, 2014 at 10:28 AM ^
All In and Burn the Ships...
August 28th, 2014 at 10:30 AM ^
Jeez some of you people have a stick up your asses
August 28th, 2014 at 10:56 AM ^
I am saddened you don't have a gif for that comment.
August 28th, 2014 at 10:30 AM ^
Fifth Amendment!!
August 28th, 2014 at 10:31 AM ^
Was the pracical joke pretending that their bagman got lost and recruits didn't get paid? Cuz if it was, that's epic
August 28th, 2014 at 10:33 AM ^
Meanwhile in Starkville...
August 28th, 2014 at 11:03 AM ^
+ ALL THE POINTS
August 28th, 2014 at 10:37 AM ^
August 28th, 2014 at 10:37 AM ^
Downvoted for the Upworthy style thread title