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Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin speaks at Meet the Rebels Day
Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin discussed the program and took questions from fans at Meet the Rebels day in Oxford on April 12.
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Jaxson Dart had one question for coach Lane Kiffin after Mississippi’s gutting loss at Florida last November.
Can I come over?
Sure, Kiffin told his quarterback.
Kiffin and Dart sat on the couch and watched football.
What else could they do?
Hours previously, Mississippi lost in The Swamp, a result that impaired the Rebels’ College Football Playoff hopes. That night, Kiffin and Dart watched more SEC playoff contenders lose. Texas A&M lost in overtime at Auburn, and, stunningly, Alabama got trounced at Oklahoma.
“Him and I are just sitting on the couch, watching the night games, watching other people get upset on the road in the SEC on senior days,” Kiffin told me, “but he just was like, ‘Man, I just feel like I just let down everybody in Oxford, like every person.’”
Kiffin felt similarly. The Ole Miss coach told me a few weeks ago that he’s not fully over last season. He compared the process to navigating the stages of grief – something he experienced after his dad, Monte, died in July.
Ole Miss entered last season oozing hype centered on the possibility of the program’s first College Football Playoff…
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