Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin says Wake Forest violated “an unwritten rule” by shopping for its means out of subsequent 12 months’s matchup, leaving the Rebels in the hunt for one other major-conference opponent.
The fifth-ranked Rebels defeated the Demon Deacons 40-6 on Saturday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as a part of a scheduled home-and-home collection. There will not be a rematch subsequent season in Oxford, Mississippi.
An individual with data of the choice confirmed that Wake Forest had canceled subsequent 12 months’s journey to Ole Miss and stated the varsity is closing in on different scheduling choices. The particular person spoke to The Related Press on situation of anonymity Monday as a result of the varsity is not commenting publicly on particulars.
Kiffin broke the information about that call in his postgame information convention and was nonetheless sad concerning the timing two days later.
“That is not often ever completed,” Kiffin stated Monday. “I’ve by no means actually heard of doing it, and it actually places us at a giant drawback. It’s what it’s. It clearly wasn’t appreciated very a lot, them placing us in that scenario.
“Now we have to go discover someone and most of the people are all scheduled up. And even while you discover someone, you have to go pay them. It is sort of an unwritten rule not to do this, truly.”
The choice leaves Ole Miss having to attempt to discover one other Energy 4 convention — or main impartial — opponent for subsequent season or searching for a waiver from the Southeastern Convention on that requirement. Getting a waiver would imply dealing with 4 nonconference groups, with out having an opponent from one of many 4 most outstanding leagues.
“That is not what we wish to do, however they might have put us in an unavoidable scenario to not,” Kiffin stated.
He took situation with the timing of the choice.
“I actually discover it wonderful that you simply wait till the week of the sport to inform the workforce,” Kiffin stated.
The sport was scheduled for Sept. 13, 2025.
