Overview
- The Mississippi Department of Public Safety said there is no evidence an Ole Miss fan tried to run Lane Kiffin off the road and confirmed he had a Highway Patrol escort to the Oxford airport.
- Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter said Kiffin was told weeks earlier he would not coach the College Football Playoff once he chose LSU.
- Multiple Ole Miss players publicly contradicted Kiffin’s account that the team asked for him to keep coaching through the postseason.
- Kiffin has added several former Ole Miss assistants to his LSU staff, with offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. remaining in Oxford to call plays during the Rebels’ playoff run.
- Kiffin is working to retain LSU defensive coordinator Blake Baker as reports link Baker to the Tulane head-coaching vacancy, and ESPN says Kiffin will appear on College GameDay before the SEC title game.