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Lane Kiffin faced backlash for comments about recruiting challenges at Ole Miss due to its racist history. He later apologized, clarifying his intent was not to criticize the school.
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LSU Tigers head football coach Lane Kiffin is no stranger to controversy, and he had another one on his hands after he touched on the difficulties he had recruiting black players to play for him during his tenure with the Ole Miss Rebels due to the schoolâs deeply racist past.
ââHey, coach, we really like you. But my grandparents arenât letting me move to Oxford, Mississippi,ââ Kiffin told Vanity Fairâs Chris Smith of what heâd hear from recruits. âThat doesnât come up when you say Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Parents were sitting here this weekend saying the campusâs diversity feels so great: âIt feels like thereâs no segregation. And we want that for our kid because thatâs the real world.ââ
Ultimately, Lane Kiffin apologized for the comments, insisting that he was just simply trying to provide insight into his decision to leave Oxford for Baton Rouge rather than take a âcalculatedâ shot at the institution that had previously employed him.
The damage was already done, however, with his initial comments snowballing into a story of their own, and ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum believes thatâs exactly as Kiffin intended.
âThe most important thing to factor in here, this wasnât a slip of the tongue,â Finebaum told Mike Greenberg on Get Up. âI talked to the writer who did the Vanity Fair piece the other day, Kurt Smith. He said he didnât even ask Kiffin about the racism aspect of it. Kiffin just started rifting.
âAnd this is Kiffin trying to wipe Ole Miss off the face of the earth. He is still very bitter at them, even though theyâre the jilted lover. Heâs bitter at them, Greeny, because they wouldnât let him coach in the playoffs, and he has to recruit against them, and he also has to play against them on September 19th, a game that will gain a little bit of attention.â
Lane Kiffin mentioned that potential recruits expressed concerns about moving to Oxford, Mississippi, due to the school's racist past.
Kiffin apologized to clarify that he did not intend to attack Ole Miss but was trying to explain his decision to leave for Baton Rouge.
Paul Finebaum criticized Kiffin for his remarks, suggesting they were damaging to Ole Miss's reputation.

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And Paul Finebaum is probably right that the apology was an empty one. After all, itâs always been the attention that really drives Kiffin. Whether itâs questionable social media content to manufacture engagement or âapologiesâ that end up prolonging stories, heâs keeping himself in the news cycle. However, Kiffinâs antics come with a $91 million price tag for LSU. Digs at Ole Miss and cute dogs wonât save him if he doesnât produce wins on Saturdays, just ask Brian Kelly.
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