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OutKick recently credited ESPN for pivoting away from identity politics and incendiary rhetoric. Most of the network’s most racially idolatrous commentators are gone, from Mark Jones to Clinton Yates, from Elle Duncan to Sarah Spain.

Still, a few holdovers remain. David Dennis Jr. is one of them.

This week, Dennis published an inflammatory article for ESPN.com and Andscape titled "Why Lane Kiffin’s ‘Ole Miss’ virtue signaling falls flat." The piece responded to Kiffin saying, and later apologizing for saying, that some black families were uncomfortable with their sons and grandsons playing for Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi.

And, oh, is it a doozy.

Lane Kiffin speaks during his introductory press conference as head coach of the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La., on Dec. 1, 2025. (Gus Stark/LSU/University Images)

Dennis opens by declaring that he would refer to the school as "Ole Miss" only once.

"This is the last time I’ll use that name, by the way, as its origins are related to slavery as well," Dennis wrote.

He then accused Kiffin of not caring enough about "diversity."

"His actions before and since taking the University of Mississippi job haven’t shown any care about diversity, or that the lack thereof in Oxford bothered him. Instead, this just looks like virtue signaling to justify his controversial move to Baton Rouge, which is insulting to people actually affected by what the University of Mississippi represents."

Dennis appeared even more upset that Kiffin took a