Joel Klatt: Ole Miss Should Give Lane Kiffin Ultimatum — He’s the Distraction

Lane Kiffin denied any ultimatum from Ole Miss about his coaching future, but Joel Klatt believes the program’s biggest threat isn’t another SEC rival, it’s the indecision of its own head coach.

In the most recent episode of "The Joel Klatt Show," Klatt said that it's past due for Kiffin to determine if he wants to stay at Ole Miss or depart for Florida or LSU amid rumors that his family recently toured both campuses. 

"Obviously not a good look, which is why I have told you all this entire time that the only thing that can derail Ole Miss — and this is really unfortunate for these players, who've committed and played really well this year — is that the distraction is their head coach," Klatt said of the rumors surrounding Kiffin. "The distraction is where he's going to be in the next year. If I was Ole Miss, I would give him an ultimatum."

A report from The Athletic on Monday said that Ole Miss was giving Kiffin until its matchup against Mississippi State on Nov. 28 to make a decision about his future. Kiffin refuted that report on Tuesday, but Klatt believes that there's likely some "sentiment" of an ultimatum from Ole Miss' end to force its head coach to make a decision. 

"There probably is something going on behind the scenes where Ole Miss is like, ‘Hey, we need to know what’s going on,'" Klatt said. "In true Lane fashion, the college football world, at least from a coaching perspective, kind of revolves around him and he loves when things revolve around him. He loves when things revolve around him on social media. He's soaking this in. He's out doing the circuit and all the interviews. 

"All he needs to do if he wants to stay at Ole Miss is do it, because everybody else has! Don't you understand? The handwriting is