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Kiffin: "NIL has narrowed the gap, but recruits are still attracted to history and trad."

Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:18 pm
Posted by finchmeister08
Member since Mar 2011
39158 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:18 pm
Title was paraphrased.

“People will say the playing field has narrowed — like Coach Saban mentioned — and in some ways it has, because you can’t stockpile talent anymore the way those traditional ‘blue blood’ programs used to. But there are still things that make it hard to beat those teams. Kids are still drawn to the size of the stadiums, the history, the Heisman winners, the national championships, and the proximity to talent-rich areas. All of that still matters. It’s just that over time, the emphasis has shifted — the question used to be, ‘What’s your assistant coaches’ pool?’ Now it’s, ‘What’s your player pool?’”

That mindset heavily leans LSU/Florida than it does Ole Miss.

No 4*/5* high school recruit worth their salt visits Oxford, MS and says, "Yeah, I can see myself here over the Bamas, LSUs, Georgias, and Floridas of the world."

Video is set to the 5:02 mark...

Posted by Returnofzeus
Member since Feb 2022
948 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:19 pm to
Your run as saddest poster on here continues unchallenged. Lane is going to need a restraining order against you.
Posted by burke985
UGANDA
Member since Aug 2011
28009 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:20 pm to
He gone
Posted by finchmeister08
Member since Mar 2011
39158 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:26 pm to
quote:

Your run as saddest poster on here continues unchallenged. Lane is going to need a restraining order against you.


i'm just reporting the news.
Posted by ibldprplgld
Member since Feb 2008
26793 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:30 pm to
quote:

i'm just reporting the news


No you aren’t bc there is no news.

You’re running here daily with message board rumors and acting like whatever you just read is the final determination and everything has been settled.
Posted by coolpapaboze
Parts Unknown
Member since Dec 2006
20133 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:32 pm to
quote:

No 4*/5* high school recruit worth their salt visits Oxford, MS and says, "Yeah, I can see myself here over the Bamas, LSUs, Georgias, and Floridas of the world."
I just don't think that's true to the extent it once was. There are a whole bunch of players that are looking for money first, then NFL prospects. They can absolutely get that in Oxford today to a degree they couldn't have before NIL.
Posted by deathvalleytiger10
Member since Sep 2009
8794 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:37 pm to
I said this two weeks ago....

Tigerdroppings

quote:

It comes down to whether he has the burning desire to win a natty or is comfortable and not wanting to be under the gun.

Ole Miss can slip into the playoffs but they aren’t going to win it all. Why? Because you need more talent than he will ever get at ole Miss.

Pull up the 247 Roster Talent composite and a team in the top 10 will win it. The only exception in the last 25 years is Michigan in 2023 when they were 14th. Ole Miss is consistently ranked in the 20”s.

Lane knows this.

So, is he comfortable and just wants to play it safe? Or, does he have a burning desire to win? He said yesterday it’s not about the money.


Posted by OleVaught14
Member since Jun 2019
9368 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:38 pm to
He gone. Congrats to LSU on their next coach
Posted by MemphisGuy
Germantown, TN
Member since Nov 2023
13282 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:40 pm to
quote:

finchmeister08
Posted by jgriffith
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Member since Sep 2005
6539 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:40 pm to
You never can be sure about ole kiff. He reminds me a lot of.......well me (except I can't coach LOL). But the kind of goofy messaging and a bit of a lacking in emotional intelligence (kind of immature and silly), bottom line you never know about a feller like kiff.
Posted by Yaboylsu63
Member since Mar 2014
2946 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:46 pm to
I think Lane knows deep down he the blue bloods are the only ones that win nattys.

Getting to the playoffs will 100% be attainable at OM, but I just don’t see him going all the way there.

The OSUs, UGA, Bama’s, LSU, Texas’ of the world are far too good at having complete rosters year over year.

His teams at OM will be very dependent on 3-4 star players, and if they are hurt or underperform for a game it can all come to an end.
Posted by finchmeister08
Member since Mar 2011
39158 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:49 pm to
quote:

You’re running here daily with message board rumors and acting like whatever you just read is the final determination and everything has been settled.



so, what is it you and you LSU brethren call what y'all are doing on this board then?
Posted by FireGoodell
Member since Mar 2019
7629 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:51 pm to
quote:

Kids are still drawn to the size of the stadiums


I just know he hates playing in that highscool stadium
Posted by lsutiger2
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2008
7430 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:54 pm to
quote:

I just know he hates playing in that highscool stadium

On a tiktok with Landry he jokes about how maybe Ole Miss will build a bigger stadium.
Posted by LSUcajun77
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2008
23151 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:54 pm to
I don’t see Kiffin staying in Oxford, but I have no clue where he ends up. I’ve been on record saying he’d crawl on glass to BR, but maybe Florida is more is style. I just knew he has bigger plans than Ole Miss, it’s Lane Kiffin. He’d be better off at either. If he stays at Ole Miss he’s content and will likely never reach the top of the college football world, but good for him it’s his decision.
Posted by Yaboylsu63
Member since Mar 2014
2946 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:55 pm to
I think he hates that the fan base isn’t showing up to games and leaving early when they are having a phenomenal year.

Sort of a “are you not entertained?!” Type feeling he must be having.

I don’t want to dog on OM too much here though. LSU fans leave early in droves too but the teams have sucked so there’s that.

They need to take tix away from little college white girls, they show up to take a picture for IG and then want to leave to meet Brad at a bar. They contributed zero to the atmosphere.
Posted by UltimateHog
Thailand
Member since Dec 2011
68438 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 2:57 pm to
quote:

No 4*/5* high school recruit worth their salt visits Oxford, MS and says, "Yeah, I can see myself here over the Bamas, LSUs, Georgias, and Floridas of the world."



Yeah I say this all the time, everyone always jumps to "they have a big NIL" but that still doesn't mean much when most bigger schools do now.

Best case in point is SMU. Rich boosters, supposedly have a huge top tier NIL...#34 recruiting class #42 transfer class after a CFP birth. Why? Because who the hell wants to play at Southern Methodist University? No one.
Posted by nwallb2
Member since Jun 2018
888 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 3:00 pm to
I think both LSU and Florida should unload the war chest to land Kiffin. He’s clearly open to moving to a bigger job.
Posted by OleVaught14
Member since Jun 2019
9368 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 3:02 pm to
quote:

think Lane knows deep down he the blue bloods are the only ones that win nattys.

Getting to the playoffs will 100% be attainable at OM, but I just don’t see him going all the way there.

The OSUs, UGA, Bama’s, LSU, Texas’ of the world are far too good at having complete rosters year over year.

His teams at OM will be very dependent on 3-4 star players, and if they are hurt or underperform for a game it can all come to an end.


shite, all the non top 10 programs should probably go ahead and shut it down then if it's impossible to win the natty. Why bother playing the game then.
Posted by TheRouxGuru
Member since Nov 2019
13216 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 3:02 pm to
The fact that you didn’t lose your virginity until your late 20s is starting to make more sense to me
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