Pete Golding took some cold-blooded shots at Lane Kiffin that he had coming at him for a while.
Even after abandoning the Rebels right before the College Football Playoff, Kiffin continued enjoying all the spotlight he got from Ole Miss advancing in the bracket, sitting on his couch in Baton Rouge.
Golding said 'enough is enough' and gave credit to who actually deserved it.
"I had zero concern with Charlie Weis calling this game for this one reason. Charlie Weis could not afford not to call a hell of a game, right?" Golding said in his post-game conference after the massive 41-10 win over Tulane, when asked about his thoughts on the LSU-return OC calling the offense.
The way Golding veiled his dig at Kiffin while showing Weis Jr. why he came back to Oxford was a harsh, but essential reality check.
"All he’s heard his whole life is 'Lane Kiffin’s offense, Lane Kiffin’s offense, Lane Kiffin’s offense'. So this is his one opportunity for people to realize Charlie Weis calls the offense just like he’s done all year. And he did a great job of it tonight."
"So I had no concern on that because the last thing Charlie wanted to do is come out here and lay an egg. Right? Because then whose offense is it? Yeah, you’d be writing about it."
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Then came ripping Kiffin apart properly, sending a statement on who runs the game now.
"Whose offense is it? That’s right. You say his name. Whose offense is it? Okay. No, no, you just said Kiffin. Yeah, because he didn’t score any points. Kiffin wasn’t here. Right."
"So, Charlie does a great job. There was zero concern with him. Like I said from the very beginning, he didn’t get on that plane with any doubt that he was going to coach us in the game, because that’s who he is. So he did a great job."
With the statement, Golding just drew a line that Kiffin better think twice about crossing.
Setting this boundary was long overdue, and Golding seemed to be waiting exactly for a monumental win like this to draw it.