Herm Edwards Justifies Lane Kiffin Taking Over Texas A&M Aggies
OXFORD, Miss. -- The Texas A&M Aggies are looking for a new coach after they fired Jimbo Fisher on Sunday morning in the middle of his sixth season with the program. As soon as the news broke, Ole Miss Rebels coach Lane Kiffin became a popular candidate to take over at Texas A&M.
Former college football and NFL head coach Herm Edwards is one of the many media personalities who believe Kiffin would thrive with the Aggies, as he mentioned during an ESPN broadcast on Monday afternoon.
"Well he’s been in that conference, he understands how to deal with the people there right? He’s good, he’s brash, he’s confident, he brings in an offense that can score points," Edwards said, via On3 Sports. "It’s just a matter of now the ability to recruit players and guess what, now you can recruit them because you have this new system of recruiting, it’s called you can actually pay the players."
Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin on the sidelines during Rebels' Week 9 home game vs. the Vanderbilt Commodores.
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Edwards believes recruitment would not be a problem at Texas A&M for Kiffin, thanks in large part to the blank checkbook that comes with the Aggies' position. Edwards clearly has not brushed up on his knowledge surrounding NIL collectives, as the Rebels are no slouches when it comes to modern-day college athletics.
Ole Miss' NIL fund, The Grove Collective, was named one of the Top 10 most ambitious NIL collectives in college football this summer, while Texas A&M has run into a few hiccups with its fund.
The Aggies' controversial 12th Man Fund was shut down in August after the program reviewed directives from the IRS. The fund has since rebranded into Texas Aggies United, but you don't see the IRS knocking on Ole Miss' door.
Regardless, Kiffin was asked about being a possible candidate for the Texas A&M job on Sunday and gave a rather cryptic response.
"I’m not going there again," Kiffin told reporters on Sunday.
Time will tell if we get a more concrete response from Kiffin or not, but either way, the Rebels are focused on finishing the season with at least 10 wins. Ole Miss is set to host the ULM Warhawks on Saturday at 11 a.m. CT and the game will be televised on SEC Network.
