Hugh Freeze was the Ole Miss football coach. He defeated giants, knocking off Alabama twice and led the team to its first Sugar Bowl since 1946. Freeze quit in 2017, amid an NCAA investigation. Rick Cleveland, a sports columnist, reported that the offensive-minded coach wanted to coach college football again. Kent Babb, Washington Post’s Washington Post columnist, offers a glimpse at Freeze’s gamble on football and Liberty University. LYNCHBURG (Va.) — Liberty University invites members of other states to speak at its convocations. In January 2018, a man from Mississippi stepped forward. He said, “I’m humbled,” to an audience of more than 8,000 students and staffers. Although the Flames didn’t have a football coach at that time, the controversial university president saw potential in flawed but dynamic individuals — especially when they helped him advance his vision for the school. …… Jerry Falwell Sr. was the evangelist that founded the school. His son, an industrialist and provocateur, said he once wanted to play Notre Dame. Not Central Florida and Boise State outposts that punch above the weights of college football, but a bona-fide heavyweight at the level of Alabama or Southern Cal.