Ole Miss gamers should not letting the Lane Kiffin story distract them throughout the School Soccer Playoff. In reality, they appear to be profiting from it.
Few references have been made to Kiffin within the locker room following the Rebels’ 39-34 win over Georgia within the School Soccer Playoff, with most preferring to concentrate on the gamers who caught round to get it executed. Defensive sort out Zxavian Harris, nonetheless, was keen to make just a few feedback about his former coach.
Harris mentioned Kiffin had been attempting to “steal our shine,” but it surely didn’t work.
“He’s been attempting to steal our shine,” Harris mentioned, via Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports. “All of our coaches might go away now and we’d nonetheless function as an in depth staff. We’re our personal staff. Coaches can solely accomplish that a lot.
“I heard [Kiffin] was attempting to get [on TV] with the announcers [at the game]. We’re not frightened about Kiffin. Kiffin gone.”
Rumors surfaced that Kiffin wanted to appear in the broadcast booth throughout the Sugar Bowl, however he was elsewhere on Thursday night.
There seems to be no love misplaced between the gamers and their former coach. Kiffin left Ole Miss for LSU on the eve of the playoff and tried to publicly save face after doing so, at least according to one player.
Ole Miss will now face Miami within the semifinal. Kiffin clearly is not going to be on their minds whether or not they win or lose.
