Franchise Player: Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss are in a good place entering his third season as head coach
Lane Kiffin said Monday he needed Ole Miss more than the school needed him when he was hired some three years ago.
He sure seemed genuine, too.
“This (next) statement may surprise you, it probably would surprise me if I had said it a long time ago,” Kiffin told local Ole Miss media. “I look at it as you look around town, there’s so much excitement about the program, season ticket sales, everything.
“I feel like I needed Oxford and Ole Miss a lot more than they needed me. When I thought about it the other day I don’t know if I would have said that at the beginning. It’s been really awesome for me. (Oxford) has been a part of a lot of changes that have taken place, personally. I think it just didn’t happen in these two years by chance. I think a lot of it had to do with coming here.”
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That’s … a lot to unpack (in a good way!) with only days left until kickoff.
What a way to kick off the first Ole Miss game week of the 2022 season, right?
Ben Garrett and David Johnson discuss in this edition of Franchise Player, a site-crossover podcast of the Ole Miss Spirit (On3) and Inside the Rebels (247).
Plus, Ole Miss still hasn’t announced a starting quarterback, and at this point, Ben and David don’t believe any such announcement is coming. For good reason, too. There’s no benefit in releasing it now.
