What will Lane Kiffin do? It is the question that has turned all eyes toward Oxford, Mississippi, for the past two weeks.
Pundits and fans alike have been left to closely parse tweets and interviews to try to figure out where the coach will work next season. Will Kiffin stay at Ole Miss, where he has made program history? Will he leave for one of the best jobs in the country at LSU? Or will he return to the state of Florida, a place that has sentimental meaning to him, to coach the Gators?
Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter said a resolution is expected Saturday, the day after the Egg Bowl against Mississippi State. In anticipation, we're making the case for each school in the running for Kiffin.
Kiffin has an opportunity to carve his face on the Mount Rushmore of Ole Miss legends if he stays. Look at what he has done in six years with the Rebels. His four 10-win seasons over the past five years are more than the team had in the previous 50 seasons combined.
This season might be Kiffin's finest work yet, as Ole Miss is on the verge of a CFP berth. A win in the Egg Bowl will almost guarantee the Rebels a spot in the 12-team field. If this is what Kiffin has done in just six years, imagine what might happen with six more years and even more investment in football. If the resources start to flow more freely now that Kiffin has proved that he can build a winner, it's not unreasonable to think that Ole Miss could turn into a consistent contender. Kiffin has shown that he can win, even though he's not at one of the country's biggest programs.
He also has proved he can effectively develop quarterbacks no matter where he is and having that position figured out is perhaps more important than anything else when it comes to
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