Ole Miss and Lane Kiffin appear to have settled on a strategy to handle the coaching carousel circus surrounding the program at least for the next week. At Monday’s press conference, the Ole Miss coach said he’s only taking questions about the Egg Bowl. “I’m sure you’ve got a lot of other questions but I’m just answering questions focused on the team and this season and our players,” Kiffin said. Reporters asked multiple times about distractions, about his meeting with athletic director Keith Carter on Friday, about whether he’d change anything that might’ve played a role in the outside speculation. And while Kiffin acknowledged the questions, he didn’t answer them. “Like I said in the beginning very fair question but we’re not answering anything that doesn’t have to do with the game, the team or the season, but fair question,” Kiffin said. For better or worse, the approach keeps the week’s focus on Mississippi State. Ole Miss plays their in-state rival on Friday at 12: 00 p. m. ET on ABC. The Rebels are 10-1 and ranked No. 5 in the College Football Playoff rankings. A win would likely secure a playoff berth and potentially a first-round home game, which is where Kiffin wants the focus to stay this week. It’s not just the press conference, either. Kiffin hasn’t posted on X since Friday, which is unusual for one of college football’s most active coaches on social media. There’s a reason reporters keep asking. Kiffin’s family visited both Florida and LSU campuses last week, and Florida reps met with Kiffin’s camp Thursday night, according to On3. Both schools need head coaches, and Kiffin’s been the top target for both jobs. Ole Miss’s AD said Friday there will be an announcement about Kiffin’s future the day after the Egg Bowl, so the speculation has a deadline. Ole Miss is four days from its biggest rivalry game with a playoff berth on the line. Kiffin not engaging with speculation doesn’t eliminate the noise, but it at least prevents him from adding to it. The approach only works if the Rebels can actually focus on Mississippi State instead of what comes after, which is easier said than done when everyone knows a decision is coming Saturday night.
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No. 20 Tennessee dominates Florida and wins in the Swamp for the first time since 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) DeSean Bishop ran for 116 yards and two touchdowns, including one that ended with a flip into the end zone, and No. 20 Tennessee overwhelmed rival Florida 31-11 on Saturday night to win in the Swamp for the first time since 2003. The Volunteers (8-3, 4-3 Southeastern Conference) had dropped 10.
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Lane Kiffin’s daughter seen at LSU booster meeting as coaching saga swirls
The sweepstakes for Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin is the best reality show in college sports. His daughter Landry attended the Bengal Belles luncheon an LSU women’s booster club meeting at L’Auberge Casino Hotel in Baton Rouge on Thursday, according to Nola. com, amid reports that Kiffin is in the mix for head coaching jobs at high profile programs LSU and Florida. Landry attended the luncheon with her boyfriend, LSU linebacker Whit Weeks, and his LSU linebacker brothers, West and Zach, along with their mother, Erin. A video making rounds online shows Landry walking around at the event. The 20-year-old Landry, a sophomore at Mississippi, made their relationship public in a post on Instagram in September. Weeks, one of the nation’s top linebackers, is in his third season with LSU. Landry wore a cream colored tank top and matching pants. Other women are seen carrying folders that read, “The Baton Rouge Clinic AMC” and “Geaux Tigers.” Landry supporting Weeks makes sense, but the timing of it adds intrigue to the rumor mill surrounding her father. The coaching carousel has centered around Kiffin after Florida fired Billy Napier in October followed by LSU parting ways with Brian Kelly a week later. The schools reportedly flew Kiffin’s family to Baton Rouge and Gainesville for visits last week. The coach reportedly wasn’t on either trip. According to The Advocate, Kiffin’s family flew to Baton Rouge on Monday and toured the city before visiting Gainesville on Sunday. During a Tuesday appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” Kiffin denied a report by The Athletic that Ole Miss has given him an ultimatum to decide on his future, and emphasized that his focus is on the 10-1 Rebels. The No. 6-ranked Rebels will likely lock in a spot in the College Football Playoff with a win over Mississippi State next week. Kiffin became the head coach at Ole Miss in December 2019, after he served as the offensive coordinator at Alabama under then coach Nick Saban’s staff 2014-16.
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