re: The reality of Lane to Florida

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would agree, but here's the thing: Lane has a legit playoff team right now. And based on his portal skills, he'll probably have one next year, too. I don't think that's guaranteed at UF. Napier is a great recruiter, too, and it wasn't enough to make it at Florida.

I wonder if LK sees all the administrative drama and just says screw it, I can win plenty of games right here and the fam is happy, too.

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In a perfect world, Florida is the better job. But right now, it may not be the better job for Lane Kiffin.

Florida NIL is a mess which will take time to get sorted. Eve if the boosters all say there's $40 mil for next year's roster - it still takes time to get the money and admin side of all that together. Whereas Ole Miss NIL game is already up and running at a high level.

In today's college football it's far less about history, location, etc - it's really about having the NIL resources to compete - which he has at OM. Obviously it didn't work out - but we had one of the most expensive rosters in college football last year and have re-spent to reload this year.

Lane may well leave for Florida - but which is the better job, right now, for Lane, is not nearly as cut and dry as Florida fans want it to be.

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several plum jobs available by the time this season is over and Florida won’t be the best one.

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I'm not convinced Florida is even a better job than Penn State. Now Lane won't be considered for the PSU job, but there's a solid argument Penn St is the better opening.

I remember going through this with Dan in Starkville. Eerily similar situation

The idea of Scott Scticklin hiring away both State and Ole Miss’ head coaches is both comical and ironic though…

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I'm not convinced Florida is even a better job than Penn State. Now Lane won't be considered for the PSU job, but there's a solid argument Penn St is the better opening.

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I think PSU is the more attractive job.The reason Florida was touted as an elite program and Bryant called it a sleeping giant was because of it's location in relation to a recruiting hotbed. The importance of localized recruiting however could not be more de-emphasized than it is currently with NIL support replacing local talent as the primary mover in recruiting.

Penn State needs to embrace the portal but that may have been a Franklin decision and could be a factor as to why he was let go. But playing in the Big 10 where you have to get up for about 2-3 games if you have a significant talent advantage seems much easier than rebuilding in the SEC.

Im struggling to understand now why Florida is that much better a job than Ole Miss

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Im struggling to understand now why Florida is that much better a job than Ole Miss

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It's not. Lane isn't leaving Ole Miss for Florida - it's about as realistic as Saban coming out of retirement and taking the Florida job. You've got fans that push this to just try to rile up Ole Miss fans, and there's some idiots in our fanbase that bite that shiny hook. He'd leave for the NFL if they called this year, but with him having a daughter at Ole Miss, Knox going to HS in Oxford, his brother living next door, Layla living in Oxford now, complete control of the program and full support of the AD, great NIL, and being paid extremely well - he's not going anywhere anytime soon.

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Im struggling to understand now why Florida is that much better a job than Ole Miss

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let’s start with conference championships and national championships. You count. Then maybe appearances is the conference championship game. I’ll wait

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quote:Im struggling to understand now why Florida is that much better a job than Ole Miss let’s start with conference championships and national championships. You count. Then maybe appearances is the conference championship game. I’ll wait

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No current high school or college players(other than Pavia) remember Florida winning anything. Im not bagging on Florida, im just being practical. What can Florida offer that Ole Miss cant?