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College Football Playoff week is here and for 6 seed Ole Miss it will be a historic day on Saturday when it plays in, and hosts, its first CFP game ever. The game is also the second rematch of the first round with 11 seed Tulane returning to Oxford three months to the day of the two teams first meeting back in September.
Lane Kiffin is expected to make his big decision on Saturday as to what his college football future will be. Will he stay with Ole Miss and coach the team on a new deal, or will he leave for a new program (at this point, most likely LSU)? It's the question of the month for college football fans.
Kiffin's decision comes less than a month before the Rebels are expected to embark on their first College Football Playoff appearance in program history. Ole Miss also won its program-record 11th regular season game with Friday's 38-19 victory over rival Mississippi State.
Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin is leaving the Rebels for LSU, in a stunning and unprecedented case of a college football coach taking another job while his current team is in contention to win a national title. Ole Miss players were told during a Sunday ...
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Oxford, Mississippi, is one of the most picturesque destinations in college football. Rebels students take gameday seriously; men dress in formal trousers, women in dresses (weather permitting). And famous tailgating spot ‘The Grove’ is known for welcoming more than 100,000 revellers on gameday - wherever your allegiance lies.
Kiffin will be officially introduced at 3:30 p.m. Monday at LSU. The former Ole Miss coach has signed a seven-year contract worth approximately $12 million per year, totaling about $90 million with bonuses and incentives.
Lane Kiffin's decision to leave Ole Miss for LSU didn't just turn heads. It sent shockwaves through college football at the worst possible time. The Rebels are ranked sixth nationally and heading into the College Football Playoff.
"LSU is the best job in football. When you take the history, tradition, passion and the great players in the state of Louisiana ... there is nothing like it," he said.
Lane Kiffin will be officially introduced as LSU’s new head coach at a 3 p.m. Monday press conference in Baton Rouge.