The Daily Stakes - 11/14
The noise is all too real as Ole Miss takes on Florida in the Lane Kiffin Bowl
David Wasson, Saturday Down South, November 13, 2025
Unless you’ve been living under quite the sizable rock these past few weeks, Lane Kiffin has become the Belle of the College Football Ball. Read the full story.
Kiffy’s Take
Yesterday there was a ton of chatter that hit all the social outlets that Kiffin and Florida were way down the road in contract negotiations. I was traveling to Oxford and couldn’t verify in real time, although I did post the news on our socials. I wanted to find something reputable to reference and SDS somewhat addresses it here. The bottom line is whatever broke the internet on this subject yesterday was premature. I know Florida is absolutely confident Kiffin is coming, but the deal is not done.
Ross Dellenger, Yahoo! Sports, November 14, 2025
In a time of great sensitivity here, where tensions are high and anxiety lingers — will he stay? will he go? — Kiffin isn’t scurrying into a bunker or disappearing down a hole. He is, after all, Lane — brutally honest, unabashedly open and heartedly welcoming to a reporter for an interview within his office, where, mid-discussion, he reminds himself aloud about “the job thing we’re not going to talk about,” he says with a smile, before talking about it, at least for a bit. Read the full story.
Kiffy’s Take
The Dellenger story is interesting in that it was based on an interview conducted this week. And Lane is still saying all the things about family and Oxford and qualify of life. The direct quote that maybe this is the final chapter of his career does give one pause. Kiffin is just 50 and in the prime of his coaching career. It’s hard to imagine him being at Ole Miss forever. But as Dellenger points out, we’ve probably never known a coach like Kiffin. He is truly marching to the beat of his own drum.