Overview
- Four LSU offensive assistants — Joe Cox, George McDonald, Dane Stevens and Sawyer Jordan — rejoined Charlie Weis Jr. in Oxford to help prepare Ole Miss for the College Football Playoff, according to ESPN.
- Offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. will call plays for the Rebels in the postseason before departing for LSU, while Pete Golding leads Ole Miss after being elevated to head coach.
- Ole Miss is the No. 6 seed and will host No. 11 Tulane on Dec. 20 in the program’s first CFP appearance, with a potential quarterfinal against No. 3 Georgia next.
- Lane Kiffin left for LSU on a reported seven‑year, $91 million deal and said his request to keep coaching Ole Miss in the CFP was denied, a claim some Rebels players publicly disputed.
- The CFP selection committee said it did not adjust Ole Miss’ seeding for the late coaching change, noting it had no game data to compare the team with and without Kiffin, while Tulane will keep new Florida hire Jon Sumrall on the sideline through its CFP game.