College football is as interesting to watch as Division 1 NFL. However, sometimes the situation can get out of hand as young individuals lose their calm and commit to disorderly conduct amidst the game. The same happened during the matchup between the Tennessee Volunteers and Ole Miss Rebels on Saturday.
However, the outrage was not regarding the trash talk among the players. It was regarding Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin. Kiffin adorns his resume as the former head coach of Tennessee Volunteers for 12 seasons.
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Ole Miss snatched the victory from Tennessee Volunteers
This was Kiffin’s homecoming game where, after sealing a victory against his former team, he was pelted with golf balls, plastic bottles and other kinds of trash, littering the field. Tennessee fans threw all sorts of trash to the Ole Miss bench after a late fourth-down call went against them, leading to a 31-26 win for the opponents.
Play between Tennessee and Ole Miss halted as fans throw debris on Neyland Stadium field. https://t.co/0pb5IXBXVv
— USA TODAY Sports (@usatodaysports) October 17, 2021
Tennessee was on the move to make a game-winning drive in the last moments of the game when the referees made a bad call returning the ball to the Ole Miss side with just 54 seconds to go. The home fans got even more infuriated after the Rebels went down with a myriad of injuries and cramps which the Volunteers thought they were faking.
Tennessee used all their three timeouts when Ole Miss was in control of the ball, forcing them to punt. QB Hendon Hooker got injured after two shots in the end zone. Joe Milton came in to replace Hooker, ending the game with a doomed scramble.
The dumbest college football game of all time ends exactly how you expected it to pic.twitter.com/1SYSSyKP4w
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) October 17, 2021
A not so welcoming homecoming for Lane Kiffin
The Tennessee fans were convinced that the officials had made a bad call after which they started to hurl trash over Ole Miss. The scene grew a bit hostile for the visitors in the Neyland Stadium, and the band and cheerleaders were seen taking cover after a while.
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“I don’t know if I’m more excited that we found a way to win or that I didn’t get hit with the golf balls they were throwing at me,” Kiffin said after the game.
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