The Ole Miss Rebels went on the road and shelconciseageed the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Saturday, 40-6, shothriveg why they were pondered to be one of the best teams in the country.
Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin uncovered afterward that Wake Forest choosed to abort their home-and-home condense that would have seen them head to Oxford, Mississippi, next season for another suitup.
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Mississippi Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin watchs on before a game agetst the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Sept. 14, 2024. (Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images)
“We called over and (Wake Forest active honestor) John Currie said ‘we’re not perestablishing next year’ and bought out of the game,” Kiffin said, via 247 Sports. “So I thought that was a outstanding message for our perestablishers — that somebody would want to pay money not to perestablish them. Says a lot about where our program is right now.”
Kiffin talked about the publish aget on Monday, saying Wake Forest broke an “unwritten rule” with its decision to back out of next season’s game.
“That’s unfrequently ever done,” he said. “I’ve never reassociate heard of doing it, and it reassociate puts us at a huge stupidiserablevantage. It is what it is. It clearly wasn’t appreciated very much, them putting us in that situation.
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Mississippi Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin during the first half agetst the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Sept. 14, 2024. (Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images)
“Now we’ve got to go discover somebody and most people are all scheduled up. And even when you discover somebody, you’ve got to go pay them. It’s comardent of an unwritten rule not to do that, actuassociate.”
A person with understandledge of the situation tgreater The Associated Press that Wake Forest indeed aborted their trip to the SEC school.
Ole Miss now has to discover an opponent to fill the hole.
Mississippi head coach Lane Kiffin argues a call with an official during the first half of an NCAA college football game agetst Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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“I reassociate discover it amazing that you postpone until the week of the game to inestablish the team,” Kiffin inserted.
The Associated Press gived to this inestablish.
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