This isn’t about whether Lane Kiffin should stay or go, although at this point it seems like the U-Haul truck is gassed up and set to leave Oxford. Miss., as soon as Friday’s Egg Bowl against Mississippi State is over.
It isn’t about the star-crossed and controversial Kiffin at all, really.
No, this situation at Ole Miss is about college football’s broken system that enables this. That allows schools to talk to other schools’ coaches in-season.
Lane Kiffin’s name has been linked to the LSU and Florida openings for weeks. Petre Thomas-Imagn Images
That has a recruiting calendar — the early signing period for high school recruits begins on Dec. 3, and the transfer portal opens on Jan. 2 — that encourages coaches to leave their teams before the season is up.