The rest of the SEC is already trolling Lane Kiffin and his potential move to Florida this offseason.
A large section of Oklahoma fans were seen doing the Florida “Gator Chomp” on Oct. 25 during the Sooners‘ game against Kiffin and Ole Miss, trolling the Rebels as they took the field in Norman, Oklahoma.
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Florida fans have clamored for Kiffin for weeks in the lead up to Billy Napier being fired midway through his fourth season with the Gators, as Kiffin has built Ole Miss into one of the better programs in the SEC.
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Kiffin hasn’t denied the rumors, but he did address the coaching rumors to his team in the lead up to Ole Miss’ game against Oklahoma.
“That’s a product of having a program with a lot of players and coaches doing a really good job,” Kiffin said live on SEC Nation. “I wouldn’t even mention it because they’ve been through it every year for probably four years in a row, but we have so many players, I just told them, ‘hey, guys, this is what happens around here because we win games and people like the style that we play in.’ That is all about a compliment to the players.”
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Kiffin has three 10-win-or-more seasons with Ole Miss, the school he has coached at longer than any other in his coaching career.
SEC Now analyst Tim Tebow said Kiffin did the right thing by addressing the team about the situation.
“He’s telling the truth and he’s accurate about it,” SEC Now analyst Tim Tebow said on the show. “I mean, for the last four years every job, and we can mention a bunch in the SEC and around the country, that has brought his name up.
“He has been speculated about, talked about, I know a lot of teams have talked to him, they’ve approached him. It’s not new for him and this Ole Miss team, but it is new for some of the players, so I think it was appropriate he addressed it.”
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Oklahoma fans troll Lane Kiffin, Florida rumors with ‘Gator Chomp’
