re: Auburn is angling for Kiffin, but doesn't want to tip their hand too early

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Tuberville made similar statements. Auburn will always have more money.

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It had nothing to do with Auburn being a "better offer." It had EVERYTHING to do with our AD and chancellor at the time absolutely refusing to invest in our program.

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/ole-miss-football/tommy-tuberville-ole-miss-pine-box-comments/

“We wanted to stay at Ole Miss,” Tuberville said

The way Tuberville remembers it, he was committed to Ole Miss at the time he made those comments but a meeting with the school’s chancellor, Robert Khayat, quickly changed all that, which led to his eventual departure to SEC West rival Auburn.

‘Chancellor, I’ll be honest with you, our coaches don’t want to go. They want to work here,” Tuberville said. “But, I’m here on behalf of them. We can’t keep doing it with smoke and mirrors. We need some help.

They could not reach an agreement and that left Tuberville and his staff to reevaluate their options, according to the coach.