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Lane Kiffin Shares Some Of The Recruiting Issues He Ran Into During His Time At Ole Miss

by Staff Reporter

May 11, 202637 Comments

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During a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Lane Kiffin revealed some issues he ran into while recruiting players when he was previously at Ole Miss.

According to Kiffin, some of the recruits he was pursuing said their families didn't want them to move to Oxford:

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Kiffin also seems willing to indirectly invoke Ole Miss's struggle to distance itself from symbols like the Confederate flag, Colonel Rebel, and the nickname "Ole Miss" itself. When he was coaching there, Kiffin says, top recruits would tell him, “‘Hey, coach, we really like you. But my grandparents aren’t letting me move to Oxford, Mississippi.’ That doesn’t come up when you say Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Parents were sitting here this weekend saying the campus’s diversity feels so great: ‘It feels like there’s no segregation. And we want that for our kid because that’s the real world.’” (The next day Kiffin added, “I just hope [my comment] comes across respectful to Ole Miss…. There are some things that I’m saying that are factual, they’re not shots.” The population of Baton Rouge is about 51% Black and 36% white; Oxford is about 66% white, 26% Black. )

The comments from Kiffin will surely add more fuel to the fire for the LSU-Ole Miss rivalry.

September 19 in Oxford can’t get here soon enough.

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CatfishJohn•5 hours

To be fair, he's not saying Ole Miss or the people in Oxford are racist. It's just a perception that older black people have because of the history, etc. Shouldn't be controversial, but of course people will have a come apart.

crewdepoo•2 hours

He kinda is. They've had 150 years to ditch those traditions and names

HuntinFishin25•2 hours

There are laws on top of laws to protect individuals from racism. The racism that exist today is in the individuals heart and the legacy media....HARD STOP!

Orndorf2•4 hours

He's right. I have friends that were recruited to D1 football. The history of Oxford doesn't make black americans feel warm and fuzzy. Especially when the confederate symbols of oppression are still present. Duh.

MarsellusWallace•53 min

Why is LSU's mascot the Tigers? What are they named after?

TigerVespamon•15 min

Ask the ancestors of Major Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, CSA.

Spelt it rong•4 hours

Lived in Oxford. Loved it. Will retire there.

CjNola75•2 hours

Good for you!

chadr07•2 hours

Awesome. Maybe you can go ask Pete Golding to sign his autograph on your arse cheek while you are there.

jasonbr1975•4 hours

Money is green, not blue and red! That's mostly what all college players care about anyways.

Tiger2tiga•3 hours

That can get money from any school.

Csmims•3 hours

Now compare crime rates

Yeti_Chaser•4 hours

Maybe I should've gone to OM

Tiger2tiga•3 hours

Maybe so. We don’t need more racists in Louisiana

chadr07•2 hours

You know, the people that keep hollering racist may need to look in the mirror and realize that they are the real racist here.

KCT•2 hours

Most of the racists these days are black. Like Obama and that crazy wife of his.

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sharkfhin•5 hours

Reb Fandom on X have melted again over this article.

JackaReaux•5 hours

Don’t let them read the OT

TigerVespamon•22 min

“But my grandparents aren’t letting me move to Oxford, Mississippi.’ That doesn’t come up when you say Baton Rouge, Louisiana.”

I’d bet that the odds of a young black male getting shot in BR are many times higher than Oxford.

TouchdownTony•36 min

Good grief man. I get where hes kinda coming from but to throw this hammer down on Ole Miss didn’t need to happen. You are gone from there now and If it was a problem you should have said something then. Ole Lane is gonna march to his beat and leave a Sherman wake in his path.

KCT•2 hours

I like Lane, but this was stupid on his part. They're going to need the Secret Service to get out of Oxford alive if he keeps fanning the flames. Be the bigger man and let it go, Lane.

DeafVallyBatnR•4 hours

I hate Ole Miss and i have been saying for years. "How do black families allow there children to attend that University". I get why part of my close Mississippi family are Ole Miss fans. But they aren't changing the past and I dont blame them. But I also see it from the people who came from grand or great grandparents of slavery.

BeepBopBoop•4 hours

I’ve said same. Schools should be using the past to negative recruit Ole Miss.

Tiger2tiga•3 hours

Same can be said for LSU. Louisiana’s history isn’t clean. And still today many racists are attacking black Americans. U have 4 majority white districts but 2 majority black districts is a problem.

GEAUX4•2 hours

Why is that a problem

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Solo Cam•31 min

Every lsu fan - it's no big deal
Every not lsu fan - DEI pussy

Reality - better win

Spankum•1 hour

Kiffin is just off-season shite talking. He had no trouble at all recruiting players at Ole Miss.

6R12•2 hours

Insert memes Allen Iverson and Jim Mora quotes about practice/playoffs. Just substitute "are we still talking about segregation" ?????????????

JoeyP239•1 hour

What a stupid comment. Mississippi has the highest percentage of black people in the entire US.

bluebuck1•2 hours

I applaud him for having the balls to say the truth and
point out the insensitivity many face, while pouring blood and sweat into programs that bring hundreds of millions of dollars for the university. His addressing this issue is much bigger than football and Ole Miss. This speaks for Coach Kiffin’s great humanistic passion and respect for man’s dignity that has been instilled in a true leader of men. You don’t put a swastika sign on a Jewish guy’s desk. You don’t put a dumb polish sign on a Polish guys desk. You don’t put an all Irish a drunks sign on an Irish guy’s desk. Kiffin publicly addressed an issue that won Saban, Bear Bryant and many others, a bunch of titles. A man can not fake his heart.

Timeoday•2 hours

It is not the Confederate Flag. How moronic are people? It is the Flag of Rebellion. The rebel flag is flown daily at my house and it has nothing at all to do with a race and everything to do with government suppression of liberty under the guise of protection.

HurricaneCamille•3 hours

Look, I am an LSU fan all day, but the people of Mississippi are no more racist than anywhere else, including northern states. Ole Miss fans have gotten a bad reputation well beyond reason. Perhaps Lane Kiffin ran into the racial issues, but those accusations are tired. Now, if the parents of players are asking about crime rates-then STAY AWAY from Baton Rouge and run to Oxford! That's the facts.

lsualum96•2 hours

"..........but the people of Mississippi are no more racist than anywhere else........"

You can't be serious. LOL!

Timeoday•2 hours

If everyone black, white, asian or hispanic, is racist how is it not considered normal behavior?