Mississippi State and Ole Miss once shared the status of bottom tier SEC teams, but the Rebels have moved up. The Bulldogs haven't...yet.

Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin explained why he tagged Auburn coach Hugh Freeze in fishing photos on X at SEC Media Days

Lane Kiffin's coaching career has been scrutinized more than most. While the Ole Miss leader has found stability with the Rebels since joining the program in 2020, his maturity has also benefited from being in the right place.

“I like Coach Freeze,” Kiffin said. “I have a thing with him, going back a few years ago, and he like, posted a picture in response to me, of like a two-pound bass or something like that. So, I’ve kind of always posted bigger fish pictures back towards him.”

Layla Kiffin looks ready to cheer on the Rebels in the fall after getting back together with the head football coach years after divorcing.

Josh Pate and Damien Harris join HQ to discuss Ole Miss HC Lane Kiffing being confident in Austin Simmons as the team's new QB1.

Finebaum and Kiffin have always been linked. Kiffin joked for years that the SEC Network analyst got him fired at USC. He had Kiffin tied to the Auburn job. That’s just for starters. Under all of that is a level of respect, a friendship that has grown through the trending headlines of the SEC.

As schools adapt to the revenue-share model in the NIL space, Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin believes some schools aren't working inside the lines.