In explaining his decision to leave Ole Miss for LSU, Lane Kiffin seems willing to invoke Ole Miss's struggle to distance itself from symbols like the Confederate flag, Colonel Rebel, and the nickname "Ole Miss" itself.
When he was coaching there, Kiffin says, top recruits would tell him, โโHey, coach, we really like you. But my grandparents arenโt letting me move to Oxford, Mississippi.โ That doesnโt come up when you say Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Parents were sitting here this weekend saying the campusโs diversity feels so great: โIt feels like thereโs no segregationโโ https://t.co/kNueefe5qK