ESPN Analyst: Ole Miss Rebels' Lane Kiffin 'Not Realistic' as Next Texas A&M Coach
A Power Five head coaching job comes open? Lane Kiffin's name is mentioned as a candidate. Rinse, repeat.
This seems to be the trend in college football these days, and part of it is a compliment to the job that Kiffin has done with the Ole Miss Rebels. He has stated before that your name being mentioned for job openings means that you have been successful at your current stop, and he's right. Still, after last season's fiasco surrounding the Auburn Tigers job, Rebels fans have grown tired of Kiffin's name being tied to openings, especially within the SEC.
Fortunately for Ole Miss fans, one ESPN analyst believes that Kiffin is not a realistic candidate for the job in College Station.
Peter Burns of SEC Network tweeted on Wednesday that Kiffin was among names that could be "crossed off" the list at Texas A&M, throwing in Colorado's Deion Sanders and Clemson's Dabo Swinney as well.
"These are fantastic names for CFB rumor mill content farms," Burns wrote. "But not realistic as the next HC in College Station."
This should come as welcome news to Ole Miss fans who have seemed to grow weary of their head coach's name being mentioned with every major job opening in the country. Kiffin himself didn't directly address the opening this week when asked, but he did seem less than interested in the discussion.
"I’m not going there again," Kiffin told reporters. "I should’ve been prepared for that question, I wasn’t. I’m not answering that... We got back in here late and been in here watching that disaster film [from UGA], worrying about our own problems. I’ve not paid any attention to (Fisher's firing)."
Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin
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For now, Kiffin's sights are set on a 10- or 11-win season as the Rebels are set to host Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday before traveling to Starkville for the Egg Bowl against Mississippi State on Thanksgiving night. Kickoff against ULM is set for 11 a.m. on SEC Network.
