Colin Cowherd says Lane Kiffin should consider 2 options but not Florida or LSU
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Colin Cowherd has a unique suggestion for Lane Kiffin as rumors swirl about the Ole Miss head coach being linked to the vacant coaching jobs at Florida and LSU.
The longtime Fox Sports talk show host doesn’t think Kiffin should even entertain those possible offers from the 2 SEC rival schools. Instead, Cowherd has a message for Kiffin — stay put or go pro.
“I think he should stay at Ole Miss or go pro. I don’t want to bounce into LSU or Florida,” said Cowherd on Wednesday while discussing the topic on his show with fellow Fox Sports host Joel Klatt. “Either stay at Ole Miss. They’ve got NIL money. I made a call on that 2 days ago. They’ve got NIL money. That’s not an issue.”
Cowherd said he simply doesn’t believe going to Gainesville or Baton Rouge would be a significant step up from where he is right now.
“I think the SEC jobs outside of maybe Georgia are all kind of the same,” Cowherd said. “They’re all dysfunctional, a bit delusional. Georgia, maybe (Alabama), but Bama doesn’t have Georgia’s high school football talent within a hundred feet of the campus. So, I, to me, if you have an SEC job and you’re winning, stay in that job.”
Right now, Kiffin is winning at Ole Miss. The Rebels are 10-1 overall and 6-1 in the SEC, and they were placed at No. 6 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday night.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
