re: Which melts are more incredible: Ole Miss or national media types?

I’m going to skip past your personal scorn for anyone who dares argue with you on TD. Not sure why that was necessary.

What actually interests me is the sheer volume of hate Kiffin and LSU are catching right now. My question is: would the reaction look the same if he’d chosen Florida or another school instead?

Dickie V chiming in was the cherry on top for me

The national media just can’t come to grips with the fact that LSU is a top 5 college football job that almost every college coach would die for. Joe Dean ain’t running the show anymore.

They don’t respond this way when USC pulls a coach from a perennial playoff team (4 team playoff at that). They didn’t cry when Deboer coached the national title game and then left for Bama the following week. But let LSU pull a coach from Notre Dame or Ole Miss (are y’all serious wirh this love of Ole Miss?) and the world is coming to an end.

I await his articles about Sumrall to show his consistency.

Wolken was also the biggest pussy during covid

I almost added something about him writing that article in the comfort of his home with a mask on

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Another paradox the media doesn't address by their illogical argument is that programs like LSU aren't looking to hire coaches who can't make the playoff, so coaches who make the playoff are just...off limits?

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Exactly. This is part of my "They are promoting dishonesty that Ole Miss is a legit contender and can be one in the future" argument.

Kiffin is just the first because the 12-team playoff is relatively new.

The media pussies who wish they were real journalists are just going to pretend it's some precedent.

T'Athletic chimes in

Of course, they start as I predicted:

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As if Lane Kiffin leaving a national championship contender and trying to weaken it on the way out the door to a more advantaged rival weren’t nonsensical enough, we had to hear all weekend how Kiffin should be allowed to coach the Rebels in the College Football Playoff.

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And then there’s the way Kiffin handled the scrutiny, such as his outburst at On3 reporter Ben Garrett for a podcast comment about turning “a ho into a housewife.” Look, that won’t go down among podcasting’s greatest moments, but the point is that Kiffin has a history of leaving (or getting invited out of) stable situations. He’s a climber, sometimes to his detriment.

The way Kiffin confronted Garrett, daring him to call him “ho” at the presser and “see how it goes,” was as impressive as an eighth-grader stealing an 8-ounce paper milk carton from a fifth-grader. Had Kiffin stuck around, there was a pat on the back and a “Kick me” sign in Garrett’s future.

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Somehow they out-Wolken'd Wolken. I can only imagine the insanity he will come up with to reclaim his spot

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Kiffin could have made history at a place that lifted him up as much as the other way around. Instead, he became a coaching cliche.

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Cliche, you say? Like repeating the media-NPC meme of "he could have made history" at Ole Miss?

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A few years ago, notwithstanding his behavior, it would have been harder to blame Kiffin. But look around at the ups, downs and out-of-nowhere success stories in college football. Look at the coaches who are eschewing traditional promotions to stay at places they’ve made relevant. Curt Cignetti at Indiana. Clark Lea at Vanderbilt. Rhett Lashlee at SMU.

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Sumrall is bolting tulane before a playoff run and not a peep from media

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Again, because the media really doesn't care about G6 programs. They don't serve as good click bait.

Ole Miss vs. LSU, two SEC programs, with the former currently in the Top 10, does.