On Monday, Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding decided the gamble on Charlie Weis Jr. was too risky to play heading into the College Football Playoff.
Weis Jr.'s reputation took a hit the moment he boarded that plane to Baton Rouge with Lane Kiffin last Sunday. Even though he came back, his reputation preceded him to Oxford.
All this tension led Golding to make his first big hire in Ole Miss.
Pete Golding makes a new addition to the staff
Ole Miss football announced on Dec. 9 that East Carolina OC John David Baker will be headed to Oxford as the newest member of the staff Golding is putting together.