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Just another thread re: CLK on OM (Vanity Fair)
Posted on 5/15/26 at 11:43 am
Posted on 5/15/26 at 11:43 am
Alright. I know that I should probably just ignore them, but holy shite these OM commentators are fanning the flames with the CLK situation.
Between Neal McCready and Chase Parham calling Lane "obsessed" with OM, Steven Willis just calling him an awful human being, and everywhere in between with a show in MS, it is all about Lane Kiffin.
You would have thought Lane said that Oxford is the most racist place in the country with Col Reb dancing on the Lyceum to Dixie.
No. He just said there is a historical stigma around MS. For the black grandparent living in Chicago, I'm going to guess they don't have a high opinion on MS based on their lived experiences. They don't keep up with week to week SEC football and know that OM has come a long way to distance themselves from their past, no, all they know is their experiences. Out of let's say 1,000 kids he talked to, it may have only happened twice, but it's not zero.
One thing for sure is that Lane Kiffin sells. Whether it's the MS guys still bringing him up daily or the national guys in "outrage" for his comments, CLK gets clicks.
Between Neal McCready and Chase Parham calling Lane "obsessed" with OM, Steven Willis just calling him an awful human being, and everywhere in between with a show in MS, it is all about Lane Kiffin.
You would have thought Lane said that Oxford is the most racist place in the country with Col Reb dancing on the Lyceum to Dixie.
No. He just said there is a historical stigma around MS. For the black grandparent living in Chicago, I'm going to guess they don't have a high opinion on MS based on their lived experiences. They don't keep up with week to week SEC football and know that OM has come a long way to distance themselves from their past, no, all they know is their experiences. Out of let's say 1,000 kids he talked to, it may have only happened twice, but it's not zero.
One thing for sure is that Lane Kiffin sells. Whether it's the MS guys still bringing him up daily or the national guys in "outrage" for his comments, CLK gets clicks.
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Posted on 5/15/26 at 11:47 am to MS_Tigers07
BREAKING NEWS
People don't like hearing the truth if it isn't what they want to hear.
People don't like hearing the truth if it isn't what they want to hear.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 11:50 am to MS_Tigers07
Why Lane agreed to an interview with Vanity Fair is unfathomable. Its a self induced error.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 11:54 am to RogerTheShrubber
why...its making things harder for our rival
Posted on 5/15/26 at 11:55 am to Tigerpride18
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why...its making things harder for our rival
I seriously doubt it. All that it has done is bring out the drama queens.
VF will always be controversial to drive engagement; Lane played right into their hands.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 12:04 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Lane played right into their hands.
And vice versa. Lane thrives on clickbait controversy
Posted on 5/15/26 at 12:05 pm to jrobic4
Furthermore, our athletic director used it as an opportunity to boost our profile even more, and throw shade on our douchebag ex coach. No publicity is bad publicity...
Posted on 5/15/26 at 12:15 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Why Lane agreed to an interview with Vanity Fair is unfathomable. Its a self induced error.
Hardly. Lane is pissed at OM for not letting him coach in the playoffs. He is on a calculated mission to destroy them
Posted on 5/15/26 at 12:24 pm to MS_Tigers07
Sports media typically leans pretty left until lane kiffin says something they know is true apparently
The witch hunt for this guy and LSU is just insane
The witch hunt for this guy and LSU is just insane
Posted on 5/15/26 at 12:53 pm to NorthTxLSU
The media loves to build you up and then tear you down. It's what they do. The situation Lane found himself in and the decision he had to make aligned perfectly for the media to make him a villain. Once that die is cast, it will take awhile to reverse it.
I can understand OM and OM fans being p!ssed about that comment. But for sports media to be upset over a comment that wasn't untrue. He didn't slander them and call OM racists. He just said it was a challenge to recruit at times with kids not from the south and their family seeing the symbolism at OM.
That same media in the past had clamored for OM to get rid of the flag, Col Reb, etc. So they are a bunch of hypocrites.
I can understand OM and OM fans being p!ssed about that comment. But for sports media to be upset over a comment that wasn't untrue. He didn't slander them and call OM racists. He just said it was a challenge to recruit at times with kids not from the south and their family seeing the symbolism at OM.
That same media in the past had clamored for OM to get rid of the flag, Col Reb, etc. So they are a bunch of hypocrites.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 1:08 pm to MS_Tigers07
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One thing for sure is that Lane Kiffin sells. Whether it's the MS guys still bringing him up daily or the national guys in "outrage" for his comments, CLK gets clicks.
And Kiff knows, the people of Louisiana got his back! PISS on OleMiss. STTDB
Posted on 5/15/26 at 1:17 pm to MS_Tigers07
All this stuff is just noise. Wait until the season starts. It’ll be amped up 1000X. 
Posted on 5/15/26 at 1:37 pm to MS_Tigers07
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No. He just said there is a historical stigma around MS. For the black grandparent living in Chicago, I'm going to guess they don't have a high opinion on MS based on their lived experiences. They don't keep up with week to week SEC football and know that OM has come a long way to distance themselves from their past, no, all they know is their experiences. Out of let's say 1,000 kids he talked to, it may have only happened twice, but it's not zero.
As a 51 year old who grew up in Memphis and saw OM on TV often and in person a few times before college, I vividly remember what they were- Confederate Battle Flags in the stands, the band playing Dixie as often as UT plays Rocky Top today, Colonel Reb, and the Confederate Stars and Bars still on the state flag. They were extremely proud of all of these things until 20 years ago and MANY of their fans complained and even mailed degrees back to the school when they were each killed off.
I have a 19 year old daughter who is currently at NWCC in Senatobia, MS and is likely heading to Southern Miss after next year, so I’m right in the same age range of the parents of current football recruits. If I remember what Ole Myth was, so will many others.
Now, there’s no doubt that every school in the South has a history that includes segregation and racism. That’s just the truth. But there’s also no doubt that Ole Myth hung on to the vestiges of the Old South decades longer than any other school and only let go of those things gradually over the last 30 years. There’s no getting around that fact.
This post was edited on 5/15/26 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 5/15/26 at 1:43 pm to misey94
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I vividly remember what they were- Confederate Battle Flags in the stands, the band playing Dixie as often as UT plays Rocky Top today, Colonel Reb, and the Confederate Stars and Bars still on the state flag. They were extremely proud of all of these things until 20 years ago
they probably still are, I'm not one of these "the South will rise again" types but the Rebel was their mascot, the Confederate flag was their sort of their trademark, and Dixie was their fight song, what were they supposed to do?
Posted on 5/15/26 at 5:03 pm to 777Tiger
quote:Not fight to keep the vestiges of a war that tore this country apart because some people wanted to keep black people as chattel property.
they probably still are, I'm not one of these "the South will rise again" types but the Rebel was their mascot, the Confederate flag was their sort of their trademark, and Dixie was their fight song, what were they supposed to do?
Really not that difficult to figure out.
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