Lane Kiffin takes foot off gas pedal due to Georgia Tech head coach being on ‘hot seat’

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Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin generally has no problem putting up as many points as possible, but empathy won the day on Saturday. 

Kiffin, coaching against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in Week 3, had one of his two quarterbacks attempt just two passes in the Rebels' 42-0 win on Saturday. 

Georgia Tech head coach Geoff Collins on the sideline during the NCAA football game between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Sept. 17, 2022 at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.   (Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Kiffin told reporters that while he would have liked to have thrown the ball more, the fact that Georgia Tech head coach Geoff Collins is on the "hot seat" precluded him from doing so. 

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"I would have liked the opportunity to throw more with Luke, but having empathy for what was going on in that game on the other sideline and the hot seat or whatever he’s on, just didn’t really feel like it was right, where if it was a couple score game Luke would have gotten to throw more there," Kiffin said Monday, according to On3. 

Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin runs onto the field prior to the start of the NCAA football game between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Sept. 17, 2022 at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.   (Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Ole Miss, sitting at No. 16 in the country after the release of the AP’s Top 25, has rotated between quarterbacks Jaxson Dart and Luke Altmyer in the first three games of the season as Kiffin attempts to find a