Lane Kiffin of Ole Miss suggests transfer portal setup creates chaotic situation: 'It's a terrible system'

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In the college football world, conference championships, bowl games and national signing day have traditionally been programs' primary focus in December. 

However, in recent years, the transfer portal has created a new set of circumstances college football coaches have to closely monitor. 

The idea of managing the transfer portal during an already busy month appears to have frustrated Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin.

Ole Miss has nonetheless benefited from the transfer portal, landing a couple of the most highly sought players in the portal.

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Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin speaks at the 2023 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days at the Nashville Grand Hyatt July 20, 2023. (Denny Simmons/The Tennessean/USA Today Network)

Ole Miss will travel to Atlanta this week to play in the Peach Bowl against Penn State. Kiffin pointed to the transfer portal when he discussed attempts to balance the hectic calendar while having to prepare for a bowl game.

"We’re actually kind of, finally, to a normal part now, where today’s Tuesday, and we actually play on a Saturday," Kiffin said. "So, it’s a normal week for us. We’re just in a hotel in a different city. Previous to this, it’s been a little chaotic with not just recruiting and flying around, trying to get back for practice, a lot of assistant coaches not at the practices. But then dealing with the portal, going to other universities to see kids and dealing with keeping our own kids."

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Kiffin went on to question the way the current system is set up and