Lane Kiffin reveals bizarre decision by former Tennessee Vols AD John Currie
The Ole Miss Rebels played the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem on Saturday night. Ole Miss cruised to a 40-6 win in what was supposed to be the first game of a home-and-home series with Wake Forest. Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin, however, revealed after the game that Wake Forest is opting out of […]
The Ole Miss Rebels played the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem on Saturday night.
Ole Miss cruised to a 40-6 win in what was supposed to be the first game of a home-and-home series with Wake Forest.
Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin, however, revealed after the game that Wake Forest is opting out of next season's game against Ole Miss, news that was confirmed by The Clarion Ledger on Saturday evening.
"We called over and (Wake Forest athletic director) John Currie said 'we're not playing next year' and bought out of the game," explained Kiffin. "So I thought that was a good message for our players — that somebody would want to pay money not to play them. Says a lot about where our program is right now."
That's a tough decision by Currie, a former Tennessee athletic director.
(Currie was actually an associate athletic director at Tennessee in late 2008 when Kiffin was hired to replace Phillip Fulmer at UT.)
Wake Forest obviously isn't in the Rebels' league. Playing Wake Forest in Oxford would almost certainly result in another blowout loss for the Demon Deacons.
But why rob your program of the chance to go to Oxford for a weekend of football and tailgating? Oxford is easily one of the top places in the nation to watch a college football game. And it seems that Currie is robbing his alumni base and the Wake Forest players of that unique opportunity.
I don't get it. It's not like Wake Forest is going to miss out on a trip to the College Football Playoff because they lose a game in Oxford (the only chance the Deacons have to reach the playoff is to win the ACC, and the Ole Miss game obviously wouldn't impact that).
Just another baffling decision by Currie. But that shouldn't be a surprise coming from the guy that tried to replace Butch Jones with Greg Schiano seven years ago.
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