Latest update from Neal McCready: “It’s Egg Bowl eve, but all eyes remain on Lane Kiffin and his future, even as the tea leaves all seem to point in the same direction. A source affiliated with Auburn told me an executive committee has approved the contract John Cohen will present to Kiffin and his representation, presumably after tomorrow night’s Egg Bowl, when he makes an official offer to the Ole Miss coach to take over at Alabama. A national media source familiar with a good bit of the machinations said he’s consistently hearing Auburn is hoping to wait until Saturday evening/Sunday to make that move as the current Tigers’ coaching staff has asked the administration to please avoid distractions prior to Saturday’s Iron Bowl game in Tuscaloosa (again, good luck with that). I have no idea, really, about the specifics of the offer from Auburn, other than I’m told it’s very lucrative. “It comes down to money,” the Auburn source said. “The (Mississippi) state law will be the reason he leaves publicly but he wants to beat (Nick) Saban and doesn’t think he can do it at Ole Miss, right or wrong.” In Oxford, meanwhile, Kiffin very briefly met with his team Tuesday to address a report by WCBI-TV’s Jon Sokoloff. ESPN’s Chris Low, citing sources, said Kiffin “felt as if he owed it to his players and their parents to formally address the situation after a report surfaced Monday by WCBI-TV in Columbus, Mississippi, that Kiffin planned to step down Friday and head to Auburn. WCBI-TV also reported that Auburn had yet to officially offer the job to anyone.” Sokoloff, it should be noted, has not backed off his Monday evening report. Per a source inside the program, Kiffin told the players, “I have not spoken to any other school or interviewed for another job.” Several people, including me, reported Tuesday that Kiffin interviewed for the Auburn job earlier this month. Informed of those media reports, including mine, the source inside the program said, “The players know it. He can’t return to Ole Miss.” Another source inside the program said most of the players “don’t really care” about the Kiffin saga and “want to win,” noting the game against Mississippi State is really important to several guys on staff and the players. Several sources inside the program said there’s a sense Kiffin is on his way out the door. “We just want to win the games ahead of us,” one said. “We are over it.” Ole Miss, per Mississippi Super Talk’s Richard Cross, offered Kiffin a new deal last week, one that would pay him $9 million per year. Kiffin has yet to address that offer and he very clearly hasn’t agreed to it or signed it. He’ll very likely be asked about his future following Thursday night’s game in Oxford. After that, I suspect, the waiting game will ensue, though the chances of an agreement — whether it be with Ole Miss, or far more likely, Auburn — not leaking to media sources are infinitesimally low. The educated guess here is Ole Miss will begin to discuss and evaluate candidates in the coming days. Some names of interest likely include former Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule, Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell, Jackson State coach Deion Sanders and Florida State coach Mike Norvell, among others. A coaching industry source said Maryland coach Mike Locksley, a former Saban assistant who is 21-53 as the head coach at New Mexico and Maryland, would have interest. Locksley, 53, makes $4.1 million per year at Maryland. (Note: I can’t see Ole Miss hiring Locksley and would find the choice underwhelming, but I’m passing along what I was told.) I keep getting asked for odds on things happening. I don't know. All signs seem to point in one direction. The only way I see Kiffin returning as Ole Miss' coach at this point is if Auburn decides to go in another direction. There are still some Hugh Freeze rumors on the Plains and even a stray James Franklin rumor or two (one is that Penn State really wants to hire Ruhle and is pushing Franklin to land somewhere else and Auburn has interest -- I simply don't buy it but it's out there a little), but really all signs point toward the Tigers targeting Kiffin. An Auburn source who has consistently told me Kiffin is Choice No. 1 at Auburn said late Tuesday "nothing has changed" in that regard.”
Neal needs to proof read his shit before he posts it A source affiliated with Auburn told me an executive committee has approved the contract John Cohen will present to Kiffin and his representation, presumably after tomorrow night’s Egg Bowl, when he makes an official offer to the Ole Miss coach to take over at Alabama
Seems kinda shortsighted to put so much stock into beating Saban when he’s not even going to be here.
Yeah that’s why he is leaving Ole Miss to come here. Hell we had a brain dead meathead take you to overtime last year with an extremely shitty qb imagine what a good coach will do.
Looks like you’re on Fat Drunk & Stupid side and I’m taking Freak and wine boy going to stomp a mud hole in ye and walk it dry
Never been this disrespected. About to walk down to the beach and take a left. See you in about 8 hours motherfucker
Guy I was tailgating with from HS at the A&M game said he had a blow problem. Got caught doing it by other coaches on a recruiting trip or something
Saban His hiring would have the added benefit of settling the debate of whether OM or Auburn is the better job, too
Can’t wait for the spin that Ole Miss upgraded by losing Kiffin and hiring McDonalds shift leader Matt Rhule
It might look basic on the outside, but it’s hard to quantify the amount of living, laughing, and loving that went on inside of it.
In my 9 semesters there, I never saw where these massive houses were. Maybe they weren't built yet. That area is a place I've never been
You ever play golf at Moore’s Mill? It’s behind to the east(ish)from that. That area’s been developed a ton since we were in school
This is laughably small straw sample but I'm hearing a lot of Deion support amongst the Ole Miss alumni - assuming we lose Lane.
No one challenged me to a go cart race at The Track. Therefore, I claim Prima Nocta and Auburn wins Lane. Thanks to Arrec for reminding me I'm a fucking idiot.
Guys, guys. Everyone involved in the Iron Bowl has the stain of slave prisoner laborers that were worked to death extracting the titular Iron from the earth. Let’s keep things civil.