Lane Kiffin, the head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels, has his team rated sixth in the country heading into the second week of the college football season. Ole Miss is 4-0 this season and will host the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday afternoon in SEC Conference play.
Jaxson Dart, the Rebels’ senior quarterback, is one of the finest in the country. He is one of the nation’s greatest quarterbacks and has a shot to win the Heisman Trophy this season.
Ole Miss Rebels Head Coach Lane Kiffin Takes Jab At Auburn Tigers Head Coach Hugh Freeze During SEC Coaches Teleconference On Wednesday
The Auburn Tigers are 2-2 to begin the college football season and 0-1 in SEC play. Hugh Freeze, Auburn’s head coach, has faced a great deal of criticism this week. One of the most pressing issues in college football right now is NIL. During an SEC Coaches Teleconference on Wednesday, Freeze stated about the Ole Miss Rebels program:
“I believe that in the modern world, that has gotten increasingly difficult to achieve, and you are continuously looking for new ways to transfer and NIL to figure out exactly how to do it. I believe there are those who are doing well; for example, Ole Miss and Missouri appear to have done some really fantastic things in terms of using NIL to their advantage, and they have been able to sustain a winning edge.”
This season, the Rebels and Tigers have a solid chance of making the college football playoffs in the SEC. The Auburn Tigers may be toward the bottom of the SEC Conference standings. During the call. Lane Kiffin spoke next, and he didn’t like what he said. Griffin McVeigh, a journalist for On3.com, added:
“At first, he was appreciative of what was said but then decided to call Freeze out by saying he might attempt to steal The Grove Collective’s leader, Walker Jones, away from the program.”
Kiffin then stated:
“It’s good of Coach Freeze to applaud our collective management. I’m sure he’ll try to steal Walker Jones, as he has with all of our coaches.
The Ole Miss Rebels are currently in a better position as a football program than the Auburn Tigers are. Auburn is still a few years away from contending in the SEC.
Hugh Freeze Used To Coach the Rebels
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Hugh Freeze was the head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels from 2012 to 2016. He has been the Auburn Tigers’ head coach for the past two seasons. Hugh Freeze returned to the SEC for a number of reasons, including his success with Liberty between 2019 and 2022.
He is working to restore Auburn’s reputation as a college football program. There was no need to take personal digs at Ole Miss Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin either.
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