Lane Kiffin hits nail on the head with scathing CFB criticism

Never one to mince words, Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin tore into college football's end-of-season schedule on Tuesday.

Unlike on most other occasions, this time, Kiffin had a salient point.

Kiffin took issue with the transfer portal opening while the 2024 season is ongoing.

"We just try to make the best of the situations," Kiffin said.

( h/t ESPN ) "It really is a dumb system," he added.

The NCAA's transfer portal officially opened on Monday, more than a month before the season ends on Jan.

20 with the College Football Playoff national championship game.

"Just think if the NFL was getting ready for the AFC, NFC playoffs, postseason, and players are in free agency already," Kiffin said.

With the portal open, most programs outside of the CFP will look drastically different from what they looked like during the season.

Ole Miss' Gator Bowl opponent Duke, for example, is without 2024 starting quarterback Maalik Murphy after he entered the portal.

Such roster turnover is bad for the sport from a spectator's vantage point.

After all, fans want to see their team's best players, not backups.

It also creates a headache for coaches.

It's no wonder that several, including Alabama defensive coaches Kane Wommack and Maurice Linguist, Ohio State offensive coordinator Chip Kelly and Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, left head coaching gigs for coordinator roles.

"It's a really poor system, but we just to manage the best we can through it, and hopefully someday it'll get fixed," Kiffin added.

This isn't the first time Kiffin has voiced displeasure with college football officials this season.

In October, he whined about LSU getting multiple night games at storied Tiger Stadium at the expense of Ole Miss.

Lane Kiffin called out the SEC for always giving LSU night games: LSU gets to play at night again, I guess? Shocker.

Thats two for two for them.

I feel bad for our fans not having one night conference game.

(h/t @NextRoundLive ) https://t.co/lbMxcvZGwn pic.twitter.com/F2j1KSWvV0 He was also critical of the CFP committee, erroneously suggesting that playing in a conference championship game would hurt the losing team's playoff chances.

Lane Kiffin revealed some coaches don't want to play in SEC Championship due to College Football Playoff: Ive talked to other coaches...

The reward to get a bye [in the CFP] versus the risk to get knocked out completely...

thats a really big risk.

https://t.co/BJFxiGNDgq pic.twitter.com/MAYRUM6gna The three teams that were ranked in the committee's 12-team playoff entering Week 15 that lost their conference championship games, Penn State, SMU and Texas, all made the playoff.

A broken clock might be right more often than Kiffin, but the college football world listens when he talks.

And at least this time, it should take his criticism to heart.

College football's end-of-season schedule already includes an early signing day in early December and bowl game practices.

Coaching staffs also are overhauled as college administrators make firings and hirings official.

The NCAA opens a 30-day transfer portal window for players at any program that makes a coaching change, and those rules could still apply during the postseason to not punish those whose head coach might have left.

As currently constructed, college football's calendar is a farce.

With it increasingly resembling a professional sport, it should behave like one..

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