Kiffin supposedly has given offensive coaches an ultimatum: come with me today or there won’t be a spot for you. The injury he’s inflicting on @OleMissFB has gone from selfishly incidental to intentional.
The danger is this: he’s delayed his decision so long that putting together another staff is going to be much more difficult than it needed to be. If assistants leave today, could it increase the chances of player defections pre-playoffs? Maybe. I’ve been less worried about that with Kiffin, himself, but some of these young guys will be loyal to their position coaches.
He’s going to play victim along the way and his PR firm (ESPN) will help, but this guy is every bit the petulant brat he was 20 years ago. And no, this is not @KeithCarterOM’s fault. Kiffin feels so damn entitled that he thought he could quit, sign on with our conference rival and then continuing dictating the operation of @OleMissFB for the next month plus.
The guy, fully knowing he was leaving, was tweeting about Ole Miss in the SEC Championship yesterday through his dog. He cares about one thing. Himself. It’s time to rally around the team and the university.
Vice President JD Vance opens up tonight’s event in Oxford, Mississippi asking one familiar question to all Ole Miss fans…
Regardless of your political affiliation, this is really cool.
#HottyToddy
(🎥 @rumblevideo)
Over HALF of the student body (14,000 of 27,000 students) registered for tonight’s event (along with 13,000 adults we couldn’t fit).
And these students are fired up for Erika Kirk and Vice President JD Vance.
Hotty Toddy Ole Miss!!
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Ole Miss head coach @Lane_Kiffin was asked to stay in Oxford by his family when Auburn came calling.
His daughter, Landry, created a video to send to her dad and ask him to stay.
The Lane Kiffin Documentary premieres Wednesday night.
via @ESPNMcGee
I am undone. Forever marked. And SO fired up. We just witnessed history today in our nation. Never in the history of our country has there been a day like this. Where the leaders of our nation were publicly declaring their faith and belief in Jesus Christ and sharing their desire and passion for REVIVAL in the USA. What a moment in time. I am more fired up than ever to stand firm for Jesus and to share the gospel wherever I go. He is ALL that matters. May the horrible loss of @charliekirk11 inspire us all to live our lives for Jesus and HIS glory. What a time we’re about to step into. We will NOT back down. 🇺🇸
"When Christ shall come with shouts of acclamation and take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow in humble adoration — and there proclaim, 'My God! How great Thou art!'"
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Unbelievable poise and control. Not to mention this woman just forgave her husband’s assassin in front of the entire world. For those who can’t wrap their minds around it…that’s what Christ did for you.
Ole Miss forward Jaemyn Brakefield met Brandon Hill - who was his Huntington Prep (WV) coach's nephew - eight years ago. They have since built an unbreakable bond.
Hill moved to Oxford and Brakefield is able to use his NIL money to help change his circumstances.
"I'm somebody who always wanted to be a father figure." -- @OleMissMBB's Jaemyn Brakefield
NEW VIDEO: I’m in Pensacola, Florida, near the border. Already at 2” and it’s still snowing heavy. This is a truly historic event. #Snow#Florida@spann@stormhour
Imagine being this woman, Beverly Aiken. Growing up poor in an abusive home and a dying Rust Belt city, little stability and even less opportunity. You have a couple kids at a young age, but it’s not easy being a single mom in Middletown, Ohio, so you send JD and Lindsay to live with grandma. She’s tough, but it’s better than having them watch you struggle through your own battles with addiction.
JD’s a good kid, though, and a sharp one too. Despite the odds, he sticks with school, and he gets good grades. Since college isn’t in the cards for a poor kid from Middletown, he joins the Marine Corps. You’re probably really proud to see him in his dress blues. You’re probably also proud when he gets out and uses the GI Bill to become the first person in your family to get a college degree.
Ohio State’s a good school, but JD’s not done. In fact, he’s just getting started. He heads out east, to go to Yale Law School. They say it’s one of the best programs in the country. He meets a beautiful young woman there, graduates, and gets a job as a lawyer. He’s gone from Middletown, Ohio, to some of the most prestigious companies in the world. You probably never imagined that possibility when he first shipped out to Parris Island. The pride you must feel for him.
You realize this kid of yours is going places, and it inspires you to get clean. For real this time.
But JD’s still not done. He writes a best-selling book; you start seeing him on TV every day. People are whispering about a future in politics—he’s the voice of the forgotten working class, the rare bridge between the blue-collar world you grew up in and the white-collar world he inhabits now. He runs for the US Senate, and, with the support of Donald Trump, pulls off a victory. He’s still just in his 30s.
Two more years go by, and Donald Trump needs a running mate. Not just a running mate, but a political heir. He wants that person to be your son. You watch as Trump comes half an inch away from dying on a stage; you watch as he and your son pull off a resounding victory. It’s all surreal.
And now you’re standing in the middle of the Capitol rotunda. You just reached 10 years of sobriety. Your son is standing there, hand on a Bible, getting sworn in to be the secondmost powerful person in the America. He’s up there with his wife and their three beautiful kids—and with you.
You’ve got to be pretty damn proud of him.
But you deserve to be proud for yourself as well. You’ve got a country full of people proud of both of you.
Only in America.