Kiffin: Wake breached ‘custom’ in purchasing out video game
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Associated Press
Sep 16, 2024, 06:28 PM ET
Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin states Wake Forest broke “a custom” by purchasing its escape of next year’s match, leaving the Rebels looking for another major-conference challenger.
The fifth-ranked Rebels beat the Demon Deacons 40-6 on Saturday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as part of a set up home-and-home series. There will not be a rematch next season in Oxford, Mississippi.
An individual with understanding of the choice validated that Wake Forest had actually canceled next year’s journey to Ole Miss and stated the school is surrounding alternative scheduling alternatives. The individual spoke with The Associated Press on condition of privacy Monday since the school isn’t commenting openly on information.
Kiffin broke the news about that choice in his postgame press conference and was still dissatisfied about the timing 2 days later on.
“That’s seldom ever done,” Kiffin stated Monday. “I’ve never ever actually become aware of doing it, and it actually puts us at a huge drawback. It is what it is. It certainly wasn’t valued quite, them putting us because circumstance.
“Now we’ve got to go discover someone and many people are all arranged up. And even when you discover someone, you’ve got to go pay them. It’s sort of a custom not to do that, in fact.”
The choice leaves Ole Miss needing to search for another Power 4 conference– or significant independent– challenger for next season or looking for a waiver from the Southeastern Conference on that requirement. Getting a waiver would suggest dealing with 4 nonconference groups, without having a challenger from among the 4 most popular leagues.
“That’s not what we wish to do, however they might have put us in an inescapable scenario not to,” Kiffin stated.
He differed with the timing of the choice.
“I actually discover it remarkable that you wait till the week of the video game to inform the group,” Kiffin stated.
The video game was set up for Sept. 13, 2025.