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Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin couldn’t help but mix humor with admiration when discussing star quarterback Jaxson Dart’s legacy during an interview with ESPN’s Taylor McGregor on Thursday night. Kiffin, speaking ahead of the Rebels’ Gator Bowl clash with Duke, lauded Dart for his record-breaking career while playfully taking a jab at Vanderbilt […]

As the Ole Miss football program has potential NFL Draft picks in the upcoming event, add another one to the list as quarterback Jaxson Dart announced Friday he intends to declare. While Dart will play for the Ole Miss football team once last time in the Gator Bowl against the Duke Blue Devils, he intends […]

During a weekend full of lopsided College Football Playoff games between traditional powerhouses running through their less accomplished opponents, the cries from Alabama, Ole Miss and the rest of the south were deafening. All over the internet, the television, the broadcasts, or anything else that you looked at or listened to, you could hear the […]

In the wake of SMU football’s 38-10 blowout loss to Penn State at Beaver Stadium, Lane Kiffin took some time out of his Saturday to once again troll the College Football Playoff committee. It hasn’t gone unnoticed that the famed coach Kiffin is more than displeased about how the CFP bracket was completed. “Way to […]

After just narrowly missing out on the College Football Playoff, Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss continue to have a field day with recruiting and the transfer portal. On Friday, they killed two birds with one stone, taking a key player away from one of their primary competitors with a massive move that will shake up […]

Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin picked up a very talented wideout in the transfer portal from Alabama. The Rebels will finish their up-and-down season in the Gator Bowl against Duke on January 2. The game will give Kiffin the chance to win ten-plus games with the program for the third time in four […]

As the Ole Miss Rebels will take on the Duke Blue Devils at the Gator Bowl, their opponent will be without a key piece to their success this season on the offensive side of the ball. Correspondingly, Duke quarterback Maalik Murphy will enter the transfer portal and won’t play in the bowl game, which garnered […]

Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin sent a classy message to Georgia football after the Bulldogs won the SEC Championship against No. 3 Texas. Kirby Smart’s team is now set up to get the two-seed in the twelve-team College Football Playoff. The result comes less than a month after the Bulldogs were shellacked on […]

Before the season, Lane Kiffin was expected to lead the Ole Miss football program to one of its best seasons ever. But things have not gone according to plan in Oxford, and Kiffin is turning his attention to the College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) as a result. Kiffin’s 9-3 […]

Ole Miss football, Alabama Crimson Tide, and South Carolina Gamecocks are teams on the outside looking in of the top 12 of the College Football Playoff rankings. The Crimson Tide are at No. 13 while the Rebels and the Gamecocks are at No. 14 and No. 15, respectively, ahead of this coming Tuesday’s release of […]

Ole Miss football’s Lane Kiffin sent out the perfect post after winning his fourth Egg Bowl. The Rebels rebounded from their shocking loss against Florida with a 26-14 victory over their in-state rival Mississippi State. Star quarterback Jaxson Dart put together a gritty performance in his last game at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium, throwing for 143 yards […]

Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin is unhappy about how the College Football Playoff Selection Committee is treating the SEC. The No. 14 Rebels are coming off a brutal loss against the Florida Gators, in which star quarterback Jaxon Dart uncharacteristically struggled with turnovers down the stretch. The Rebels have one more game this regular […]

It was all right in Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss’ hands—a berth in the College Football Playoff. Then, on Saturday evening in Gainesville, Florida, it slipped away. The Rebels had been projected to make the playoff as far back as the end of last season. Those expectations only intensified as the season approached. Kiffin and […]

Ole Miss football was two wins away from a berth in the College Football Playoff, but Lane Kiffin and the Rebels fell flat on their face on Saturday in The Swamp. Florida played a masterful game to secure bowl eligibility against Ole Miss, taking home a 24-17 win and handing Kiffin and company their third […]

The No. 9 ranked Ole Miss football program has a potential route to the SEC Championship. For head coach Lane Kiffin, he’s less than optimistic about making his conference title game. His reasoning has nothing to do with winning, but rather, the ramifications that come with it. “I’ve talked to other coaches so I’m just […]

On Saturday, Ole Miss football picked up the biggest win of Lane Kiffin’s tenure with the program by knocking off the Georgia Bulldogs in blowout fashion at home. Although they got behind 7-0 early after a rough start, the Rebels dominated the game from there, outscoring Georgia 28-3 the rest of the way en route […]

Ole Miss football and head coach Lane Kiffin continued to rack up wins over the past few days, as they flipped former Alabama football commit Caleb Cunningham to play for the Rebels, according to Hayes Fawcett on X. The Ackerman, Mississippi native chose to stay close to home with the commitment. Also, Ole Miss ended […]

On Saturday, Ole Miss football picked up the biggest win of the Lane Kiffin era with an upset blowout win over the third ranked Georgia Bulldogs in a game that saw Jaxson Dart eviscerate the UGA defense despite briefly exiting with an injury in the first quarter. Although Georgia got off to a 7-0 start […]

Ole Miss football has been fined $350,000 for fans rushing the field following the team’s 28-10 upset victory over the Georgia Bulldogs. Such is a common occurrence across the Southeastern Conference when these things happen. The conference issued an official statement on the issue. “Ole Miss will incur a fine of $250,000 for a second […]

The Ole Miss football program finally delivered a big win, as the Rebels upset the third ranked Georgia Bulldogs 28-10. It was a thorough and dominant performance by head coach Lane Kiffin’s program. The win puts the Rebels that much closer to their first ever College Football Playoff appearance. Although Ole Miss fans stormed the […]

There was a lot that went on in Week 11 of the College Football season, including many upsets that could have implications for the College Football Playoff. However, one of the most notable was Ole Miss taking down No. 2 Georgia, 28-10. As a result, the field was rushed and the goalposts were torn down […]

The Ole Miss football program pulled off a major upset on Saturday with their 28-10 win over the No. 2-ranked Georgia Bulldogs. The Rebels knew they had a chance to win, having entered the matchup ranked No. 16 in the country. Head coach Lane Kiffin believed in Ole Miss’ chances, given their intense preparation. After […]

Ole Miss pulled off the biggest win of its season as it used a dominating defense to upset Georgia 28-10 as the rain-soaked fans at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium stormed the field seconds before the end of the game and that led to a delay in the finish. No. 16 Ole Miss snaps No. 3 Georgia's 52-game […]

Forgive Ole Miss football fans for jumping the gun; they were excited and for good reason. It’s not every day that the Rebels take down a top-ranked team. Head coach Lane Kiffin kept it a buck when he cursed out fans for rushing the field while the game clock still had 16 seconds left against […]

Ole Miss football has been hanging onto its playoff hopes for dear life over the last few weeks, and it gets a massive chance to thrust itself right back into the postseason conversation on Saturday. Lane Kiffin and the Rebels host No. 3 Georgia with a chance to pick up a marquee win and get […]

The old saying goes that weather is the great equalizer, but Saturday afternoon’s matchup between the Georgia Bulldogs and Ole Miss Rebels already feels pretty even. The 2nd-ranked Bulldogs are a 2.5-point favorite in Oxford, but a recent struggle against the Florida Gators has led some prognosticators to believe that the desperate Rebels could have […]

This past Saturday against the Arkansas Razorbacks, Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart became the second quarterback in SEC history to throw for 500 yards and six touchdowns in a game, joining Missouri’s Drew Lock in that exclusive category. This performance raised two very important questions: If Ole Miss wins out, would Jaxson Dart — #1 […]

Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin thinks his team is just a hair away from perfection. Kiffin says just a few plays separate his Rebels from being a top-3 ranked team. “Hey, stop making the mistakes so you can show the country you’re one of the best teams in the country, because you really are […]

The 19th-ranked Ole Miss Rebels have already dropped two games in SEC play, but with four games left on the schedule, including a home matchup with the Georgia Bulldogs next Saturday, there’s reason to believe that Lane Kiffin’s squad can claw their way back into the College Football Playoff picture. But the Rebels can’t afford a […]

Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin has seemingly called out Oregon’s Dan Lanning, after the controversial 12-men-on-field debacle that led to the Ducks’ Week 7 win over Ohio State. In the back-and-forth contest, Oregon escaped with a 32-31 victory over the Buckeyes. They had the lead coming down the stretch when it was Ohio […]

When the college football season started, fans had their eyes on week seven because of the loaded slate. Almost every conference had big games featuring ranked teams, and we had a good amount of top-25 matchups all around college football. One of the biggest and best games of the weekend took place in the SEC […]

Lane Kiffin’s controversial Ole Miss football program cannot cry foul after losing an overtime thriller to Brian Kelly’s LSU Tigers. The Ole Miss Rebels were in control for most of the night. However, Garrett Nussmeier was golden in growth moments while Jaxson Dart’s Heisman Trophy dreams wilted away with every second-half incompletion. Dart was in […]

Ole Miss football has been criticized this season for using fake injuries to stop the clock, gain extra time or create artificial rest periods. In response to these allegations, the program released a statement stating they would communicate with officials to ensure they are playing by the rules, per their statement via On3 Sports. “Feigned […]

Even with the expanded College Football Playoff format, there is probably not enough room for both No. 9 Ole Miss and No. 13 LSU. Heck, both programs could end up being left out in the cold when the much-hyped proceedings commence this December. But if either Brian Kelly or Lane Kiffin hopes to be coaching […]

The Ole Miss Rebels suffered their first loss of the season last Saturday at the hands of a plucky Kentucky Wildcats team that was up for the task of stunning a top ten opponent on the road. Now ranked outside of the top ten, Ole Miss is required to go on the road and get […]

It was one of the biggest upsets in Week 5 when the Kentucky Wildcats walked into Vaught-Hemingway Stadium and pulled off a stunning 20-17 victory over the then-No. 6 Ole Miss Rebels in an SEC showdown. The Rebels (4-1) were expected to have a relatively smooth path to the College Football Playoff—by SEC standards at […]

While people discussed if Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin threw shade at Hugh Freeze last week, there is no doubt he showed respect to Kentucky football head coach Bob Stoops after they pulled off the upset Saturday, 20-17. The coach who always has rumors attached in Kiffin would speak about Stoops’ decisions towards […]

Auburn football head coach Hugh Freeze criticized his quarterbacks a little bit last week after a rough outing against Arkansas. Payton Thorne was originally the starter for the Tigers, but he was benched after throwing four interceptions against Cal a couple weeks ago. Thorne was replaced by Hank Brown, but then Freeze went back to […]

Lane Kiffin is coaching exactly where he is supposed to be. At least that’s what Rece Davis believes. Kiffin has been the head coach of Ole Miss football since 2020, and has led them to a 37-15 record in that span. But there is some recent speculation that suggests he could be in line to […]