Just gonna toss this out as a scenario:
I think Freeze prefers TN to AU, but we've got our hands tied by Fulmer giving CJP an extension.
AU takes Freeze and he takes a short, relatively small contract because he's "on a short leash."
They do the "rehab work" on Freeze and we kinda "Kiffin" them in 2021-2022 and snatch Freeze.
I'm not saying I support any of this but it's a reasonable path for Freeze, of course, to get back to the SEC....... and, yeah, UT suffers for another couple of years but gets a "redeemed" Freeze.