Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin led his No. 8 Rebels to a morale-boosting 34-26 win over the No. 13 Oklahoma Sooners in Norman to get well from final weekend’s loss to the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens. The win moved the Rebels to 7-1 and boosted their probabilities of reaching the SEC championship recreation and clinching a spot within the school soccer playoffs.
Throughout his pitchside interview after the sport, the charismatic Kiffin took a playful swipe at Sooners defensive lineman David Stone as a result of a remark he made throughout the high-stakes SEC conflict.
“You are just a little quieter now than earlier than,” Lane Kiffin stated.
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David Stone was a five-star recruit within the class of 2023 and he acquired a suggestion from Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss earlier than committing to the Oklahoma Sooners. He completed the sport towards Ole Miss with three tackles.
Lane Kiffin praised for dealing with Florida job hypothesis
Throughout a Friday interview with ESPN’s sideline reporter Molly McGrath, Lane Kiffin revealed that he would handle his gamers on the hypothesis linking him to the vacant Florida Gators job after Billy Napier was sacked final week.
The forged of the SEC Nation present, together with former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, praised Kiffin for a way he has dealt with the persistent rumors about leaving for Gainesville.
“He’s (Kiffin) telling the reality that he’s correct about it,” Tebow stated. “For the final 4 years, each job, we will point out a bunch within the SEC and across the nation which have introduced his title up.
“He has been speculated about, talked about, and I do know quite a lot of groups have talked to him and approached him. It’s not new for him and this Ole Miss group, however it’s new for among the gamers. That’s why I believe it’s acceptable the best way he addressed it.”
ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum additionally weighed in on Kiffin’s dignified dealing with of the rumors.
“I like what he did; he didn’t assault the media like two different SEC coaches lately did,” Paul Finebaum stated. “Simply saying it’s all pretend. It’s not pretend. It’s actual. Kiffin’s title is on the market, and I believe that’s the method you do it versus obfuscating towards everybody and act like nothing else is going on. It’s occurring.”
Two years in the past, Lane Kiffin was closely linked with the Auburn Tigers job, which he turned down after his daughter, Landry Kiffin, requested him to remain in Oxford with Ole Miss, the place she went to high school.
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