According to Thom Abraham of ESPN Radio, Ole Miss Coach Lane Kiffin has announced that the game will be pushed back from the original 5 p.m. start time. Kiffin said the game will be moved to "7:30 or so."
After the path of Hurricane Delta was discovered to be hitting the Gulf Coast later this week, many high school football teams around Alabama announced that they would be moving their games to Thursday. To add on to the preparation for the Category 4 storm, rumors have been stirring on social media that Alabama’s road trip to Oxford.
Saban is a perfect 19-0 when it comes to taking on his former assistant coaches and when the Tide takes on the Texas A&M Aggies this weekend, Saban will have to contend with another of his former employees. In fact, Saban will face a former assistant coach in each of the next four games on the Alabama schedule.
Head coaches Lane Kiffin and Mike Leach were among a group of 46 coaches and administrators from Ole Miss, Mississippi State, and six other public Mississippi universities that took to their state capital, on Thursday, to lobby the removal of the rebel flag from the Mississippi state flag.
Former Alabama football offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin, who is now the head coach at Ole Miss, and his football team participated in protests this Saturday in order for their voices to be heard against racism.
It's almost been a month since Lane Kiffin left Tuscaloosa the week before the national championship game to focus on his new head coaching gig at Florida Atlantic.
Just seven days before Alabama plays for a College Football Playoff championship, the school announced that Lane Kiffin will not remain with the team for the final week.
In a school release, Saban issued the following statement:
“We appreciate all that Lane has done for our football program over the last three years,” Alabama head coach Nick Saban said...
University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban announced Monday that incoming offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian will assume his duties in advance of the upcoming College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
“We appreciate all that Lane has done for our football program over the last three years,” Alabama head coach Nick Saban said...