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Lane Kiffin Comments On Viral Quotes From Recent Vanity Fair Article, Issues Apology

by Staff Reporter

May 12, 202648 Comments

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Lane Kiffin's viral quotes about some of the challenges he faced while recruiting at Ole Miss sent the internet on fire Monday.

After the Vanity Fair article came out, Kiffin spoke with Wilson Alexander and issued an apology to anyone at Ole Miss or in Mississippi that was offended by his comments.

quote:
"I really apologize if anybody at Ole Miss or in Mississippi was offended by that," Kiffin said. "In a four-hour interview, I was asked a lot of questions on a lot of things, and Ole Miss has been wonderful to me and to my family. I was asked questions about the differences in recruiting, and I said a narrative that we battled there from some out-of-state Black parents and grandparents was not wanting their kid to move to Mississippi. That's a narrative that coaches have been fighting forever. It wasn't calculated by bringing it up."

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Jabontik•2 months

Sounds good. Let's move on

lsusteve1•2 months

Anything said about OM by Kiffin will be blown up - he’s better just to not say the name nor mention them again.

LSUGradInHTown•2 months

They don't need an apology and the faux outrage is silly. Assuming what he said is true, how can you be mad at facts?

TouchdownTony•2 months

Saying a university, it's people and the community are creating challenges due to a mascot while pointing out where he is, is a better cultural fit is something that just needs to be kept to himself. He put a big black bruise on Ole miss that was not called for. I get that the mascot has always been a problem but Lane was also playing up to a New York City rag to make himself look better. Lane is still trying to become an adult. Maybe these things are good for him. Opinions are best kept to yourself.

SomeLSUguy•2 months

I'm sorry TD Tony, did the truth hurt wew wittle feewings... MS/ Ole Miss gave themselves a black eye long before CLK got there.

Bayou•2 months

Truth is more Blacks go to Ole Miss than LSU. Don't sound like a racist place to me if they want to be there!

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Barbellthor•2 months

So the actual issue was just dispelling stereotypes that black families believed. Idk why a coach would get in trouble for saying what is true anyway.

NebraskaExPat•2 months

#1. If you're a coach, don't do a Vanity Fair interview.
#2. The less a coach says in interviews like this, the better. Make your comments about your team and the game, and leave every other issue, especially about a former employer, alone.

Shooter•2 months

He can't help himself. He likes to be the center of attention

TouchdownTony•2 months

A coach should do interviews with ESPN, CBS, Fox Sports. More than one coach has gotten backlash from doing stupid interviews with Esquire, GQ, Cosmopolitan and this rag. They are gonna ask more personal questions that you aren't prepared for. Football is not their agenda.

Solo Cam•2 months

How about stop doing random fricking women's magazine interviews

bluebuck1•2 months

The kids from Mississippi don’t want to stay in Mississippi.
Ten of their top 20 recruits are headed out of state. Rebutting truth is an exercise in futility.

Ag Zwin•2 months

When you have spent years crafting an image of being a pot-stirring troll eager to insult others…

HurricaneCamille•2 months

Coach, it was a stupid thing to say. Not everyone needs to know your every thought on social media.

go ta hell ole miss•2 months

Kiffin says it about Ole Miss and we think it is the truth and people should move on. But when Ryan Clark says the same things about us under Coach O we think he is sabotaging the program? Double standards are the norm for TD these days.

Mr Happy•2 months

Colonel Rebel is a loser.

CDawson•2 months

At least they capitalized Black so everything is fine.

pgaddxn•2 months

I like the teaser VF put out at the bottom, basically throwing Kiffin under the bus for questions they asked. Media is gonna media I guess.

oleheat•2 months

This is true. Hopefully he'll avoid giving interviews to psychotics in the future.

ThatTahoeOverThere•1 month

Ole Miss -er
Baton Rouge- ga

KCT•2 months

Who keeps removing my comments? This place is a joke.

Popstiger•2 months

They act like they are mad Kiffin said this while they should be really mad that what he said is true.

Geaux Guy•2 months

Louisiana welcomes and accepts everybody. Tough to explain but easy to experience.

go ta hell ole miss•2 months

LSU and Ole Miss allowed their first black player on varsity football the same year. Kiffin knew what he was doing. He wasn’t even asked a question about the topic, he is going to destroy Ole Miss. They started this and he is going to finish it. .

Davy•2 months

Those racist bastards

FATBOY TIGER•2 months

Mudbugg"n it

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