Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss troll Peyton Manning over failed bet

On3 imageby:Justin Rudolph10/25/21

Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin got in on the fun of Monday’s Manningcast. On this week’s Monday Night Football broadcast with the Manning brothers, Peyton Manning is making good on his bet. After his alma mater, Tennessee, fell to Ole Miss, Manning now has to wear a Rebel jersey for the first half of this Monday night broadcast. Once Kiffin saw the results of the bet, he chimed in via Twitter.

Eli, a product of Ole Miss, had fun with Peyton all week ahead of a matchup between their alma maters. He first said Peyton “wimped out” on airing an alternate ESPN2 Manning Cast for the game, which the brothers have done for Monday Night Football this season; then, days later, he told his Twitter-less brother — on Twitter, of course — that if Ole Miss wins, Peyton has to wear an Ole Miss jersey on the next Manning Cast.

How Eli won

The game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Ole Miss Rebels was tightly contested for most of the game. After scoring 17 straight points the Rebels had the largest lead of the night going up 24-9 midway through the second quarter. The Volunteers made it close late, scoring a touchdown to start off the fourth quarter making it 31-26. But after that drive, Tennessee failed to score on its final three possessions to lose the game. 

The game did make news for another reason as well. Tennessee fans upset about calls in the game begin to hurl trash on the field. And at one point what appears to be a golf ball hit Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin. Eli took advantage of the situation to get a little shot in and Peyton’s expense. After the game, Manning jokingly accused his brother, Peyton, a Tennessee alumnus, of throwing the golf ball onto the field. 

Kiffin’s coaching history

Kiffin also has ties to both schools as well. After a brief stint with the van Oakland Raiders of two years, Kiffin coached at Tennessee in 2009. But he departed from the Volunteers program even faster than he left the Raiders. After one year there, Kiffin left Tennessee for USC after allegations of violating the SEC’s recruiting policies.


After spending 2017 through 2019 coaching Florida Atlantic, Kiffin took his talents back to the SEC to coach the Rebels. In his first year with Ole Miss in 2020, Kiffin led the team to a 5-5 overall record and a 4-5 record in conference play. But they did finish off the year with a victory over the Indiana Hoosiers in the Outback Bowl. The Rebels won by a score of 26-20, knocking off the No.7 ranked Hoosiers. 

The Ole Miss head coach might have taken a shot via golfball in the game, but with that post, Kiffin gets the last one this year.