WATCH: Ole Miss hypes 'Portal King' Lane Kiffin, new transfers with 'Avengers' themed video
While some coaches have shied away from or actively rejected the NCAA Transfer Portal, Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin has embraced it. He’s branded himself as “The Portal King,” riffing on the popular Netflix docuseries “The Tiger King.”
He’s also got a catch phrase: “Come to the ‘Sip.” For a coach who has never been afraid to say what he thinks or jump into the fray, it seems only right that the transfer portal was just another frontier for Kiffin to be Kiffin.
And the latest embrace of the transfer portal from Ole Miss is an “Avengers” themed video showing the various new faces in Oxford emerging from their own portals onto the field at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
Appearing in the video, in order, are: Walker Howard (LSU), Caden Prieskorn (Memphis), Joshua Harris (North Carolina State), Tre Harris (Louisiana Tech), Jeremiah Jean-Baptiste (UCF), John Saunders (Miami (OH)), Caden Davis (Texas A&M), Monty Montgomery (Louisville), Quincy McGee (UAB), Victor Curne (Washington), Zamari Walton (Georgia Tech), Spencer Sanders (Oklahoma State) and Chris Marshall (Texas A&M).
Of note, the two quarterbacks are shown at the beginning and (almost) end of the player introductions. Howard leads things off while Sanders brings up the rear.
Ole Miss brought both via the transfer portal in addition to first year starter and USC transfer Jaxson Dart, setting up a three-way competition for the spot.
LOOK: Lane Kiffin comments on Jeremy Pruitt buying a truck in Alabama
Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin is up to his standard Twitter antics, quote-tweeting a post showing former Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt purchasing a truck from a Ford dealership located just a few hours from Tuscaloosa. Pruitt is reportedly a potential candidate to return to his old position and fill Alabama’s defensive coordinator vacancy.
Whether Kiffin meant to stir the pot or really was just showing some love on a tweet from Alabama Football Network, the net effect will probably be the same.
“RTR!” Kiffin wrote.
Plus, you know it’s the offseason when a currently unemployed coach buying a truck can become news.