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Ole Miss has received its 24-hour notice of a COI ruling. Scheduled to receive it at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow, according to sources.

Alabama just knows how to do it without any complications.  They were trained by the best.

OXFORD — Ole Miss has received its 24-hour notice of a Committee on Infractions ruling, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told the Clarion Ledger.

According to those sources, a decision, including penalties Ole Miss could potentially receive, will be delivered at 8:30 a.m. Friday and will be made public later that morning. It will also detail any punishment for participants in the case, including former head coach Hugh Freeze and several former assistant coaches and staff.


The football program faces 21 allegations, including 15 Level I violations. The most serious for the university is a lack of institutional control charge. The stakes are high for Freeze, who allegedly violated his head coach responsibility legislation.

Ole Miss contested at least portions of nine allegations at its Committee on Infractions hearing, which took place on Sept. 11 and 12 in Covington, Kentucky. Ole Miss is up against a variety of allegations ranging from academic fraud to rogue boosters paying prospective recruits.

More: How is an NCAA Committee on Infractions decision delivered?

The university self-imposed a postseason ban, which led to it also surrendering its postseason revenue of nearly $8 million this season.

A little more than 11 weeks have passed since Ole Miss had its hearing, beyond the time frame given then for an expected decision. Besides passing through the entirety of the 2017 season, Ole Miss has hired coach Matt Luke to lead the program earlier this week.

Throughout the process, the thought was the university would receive its ruling six-to-eight weeks after the hearing. But there's no NCAA mandate which states that a ruling has to come within that time.

Last year, 74 days passed between Ole Miss' hearing and a decision announcement in its women's basketball and women's track case.

This case is much more complex for a variety of reasons. As mentioned earlier, there's 21 allegations the university faces. There's also seven involved parties, which doesn't exactly speed things up


And then there's the NCAA enforcement staff's use of limited immunity with Mississippi State linebacker Leo Lewis, who is connected to multiple Level I violations, which complicates things more than a normal case. 

At Matt Luke's introductory press conference on Monday, Ross Bjork was asked about the NCAA proceedings and said: "We're prepared. We're ready, we're on go whenever we might get our final report and we'll deal with it. Obviously, we're ready to get this over with ... but we have no idea when or what might be coming."

Last edited by Ellisvillereb (11/30/2017 10:08 am)

catfishboy wrote:

It will be interesting to see if anything is done about the potential mistruths provided by rival players. Something needs to be done about their actions in addition to the actions of the school they represent. Ole Miss had played nice for you long. Once penalties are released, the Rebels need to remove the gloves.

Nope....nada.....zip....no chance.....'aint' gonna happen.....

catfishboy wrote:

This is really wishful thinking because we have all seen how Ole Miss handled these matter, like Mr. Nice Guy. 😱

Yep....