Keith Carter: Ole Miss ‘primed and ready’ to be a major CFB player for years to come
In this edition of The Flagship, a part of the Spirit’s Talk of Champions podcast network, Ben Garrett (OMSpirit.com/On3) is joined by Ole Miss athletics director Keith Carter to cover a wide range of topics, including the future of Rebel football under Lane Kiffin.
The No. 10 Rebels (8-1, 5-1 SEC) take on top-ranked Georgia (9-0, 6-0) in Athens on Saturday at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN. But regardless of the outcome, the program is, inarguably, in one of its strongest positions in years, if not ever, and fourth-year head coach Lane Kiffin is primarily responsible.
The coaching carousel typically begins turning around this time every year, too. But Carter doesn’t expect much, if any, Kiffin drama this time around.
Ole Miss is too busy ascending to new heights.
“The past couple of years have been tough during that period of time, and last year was really tough, obviously, with Auburn opening up so early and the speculation around that job,” Carter said. “We were having to really deal with that for probably six, seven, eight weeks until we got to the finish line of the season. Thankfully, this year, there hasn’t been a job or two that have opened up that have really widely caused speculation or whatever.
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“Obviously with the season we’re having, we love what’s happening with coach Kiffin and this staff. Clearly. I think he’s settled in and put some roots down here and feels really comfortable with Oxford and what we can give him from a resources standpoint. Obviously with the 12-team playoff starting up next year, I think Ole Miss football is primed and ready to be a major player in college football over the next 10-15 years.
“We want to make sure coach Kiffin and the staff feel good about that. We’ll be proactive as we need to be, but it is getting to that time. We were talking in our staff meeting about ‘Silly Season,’ and here it comes.
“But this has been a little bit quiet this year, knock on wood. It’s been a little bit quiet. But we all know this late-November, early-December is certainly that time of year.”
