Hugh Freeze, his wife, and his family have come to terms with the patriarch’s troubled past, but that doesn’t mean that others are going to do the same. And as Auburn travels to LSU this weekend, one Baton Rouge restaurant has decided to choose violence in form of its escort-focused welcome sign.
Hugh Freeze, 54, is in his first year back as the head football coach at an SEC institution after being fired from Ole Miss in 2016. He will lead the Tigers into Death Valley on Saturday to face the Bayou Bengals.
When Auburn arrives to the Red Stick, it will take exit 157B from I-10W. The team busses will turn left onto the South Acadian Thruway and continue straight onto Stanford Avenue before later turning onto Stadium Drive and heading toward the field.
The visiting Tigers will drive right past Zippy’s Burritos Tacos & More, a local Mexican (and Margs!) restaurant that is approaching its 22nd year in business. It is known for its creative marquee signs.
For example, on October 3rd:
When Britney Spears was allegedly slapped by Victor Wembanyama:
When it was hot out during the summer:
Other signs are more targeted than others. Like when LSU played Tennessee:
Or when Ole Miss rolled into The Boot:
Hugh Freeze is the latest target!
LSU will play Auburn on Saturday. Freeze is set to make his first trip back to Louisiana since his tenure with the Rebels. He resigned from that position because of impropriety.
It was discovered that Freeze used a university-issued cellphone to make at least 12 calls over 33 months to a female escort service in Tampa Bay, Florida. Many of the calls were made while he was using Ole Miss’ private jet.
Freeze claimed that it was a misdial. Ole Miss pointed to the fact that he made no less than a dozen phone calls to the same number. He ultimately chose to step down instead of being fired with cause.
The entire scandal goes a lot deeper than just five sentences, but that’s the gist.
Freeze was calling escorts on a work plane from his work phone. It’s not alleged. It happened.
Everybody had jokes at the time. Everybody still has jokes today.
Thus, as Freeze returns to Baton Rouge, Zippy’s got in on the action!
OOF! Vicious.
Freeze, who often searches his own name on social media and replies to people who crack jokes about his use of school-issued phone with “blessings,” is almost certainly aware of the sign by now. He may have even messaged Zippy’s to say that they don’t know the full story, which is between him, his family and God. He may have even referenced John 8:7, which reads: “He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.”
If somehow Freeze has not seen the sign by now, his arrival to Baton Rouge will be one that makes him want to fire off a bunch of angry DMs at 2:00 a.m. Zippy’s put him in their sights and fired shots.
POW POW!