By Mark Pszonak
Lane Kiffin loves the microphone, so it was obvious that he would produce at least a few interesting comments during today’s SEC Media Day. He did not disappoint, with one of his targets being his usual target, the Big Ten.
“People will say, ‘Well, this conference plays nine games, this plays eight games,’” Kiffin said. “I don’t think there’s anybody that would trade their nine games and want to come play our eight games that you play down here and the places that you play down here. You can have teams that aren’t really having a good year for them, but you’ve got to go play at their place down here. It’s just different.”
The Ole Miss head coach continued to double-down on his long known opinions.
“Scheduling here in this conference and what you do week to week, and the NFL Draft shows that, too,” said Kiffin. “Those are the players you’re playing against. It’s so balanced throughout the conference that every week, you’ve got to really show up. It’s really like the NFL, and I don’t feel like that’s the case in these other conferences or a really good conference similar to us that’s top-heavy, but doesn’t have the middle and bottom the way that we do.”
Is this his way of trying to explain the Rebels’ loss at home to Kentucky? If it is, then it doesn’t work. Kentucky went 1-7 in the SEC, with that one win coming against Ole Miss. If anyone believes that the Wildcats would’ve been a contender or even middle tier in the Big Ten last season, then they didn’t watch Kentucky very often.
Kiffin will be Kiffin though. Many of his comments are entertaining and interesting, but at times he focuses on a topic that he shouldn’t. This is one of those times.
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