Lane Kiffin reveals Mississippi State fans broke into Ole Miss locker room
By David Wasson
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Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin added another layer of drama Friday to the chaos he has sown the past 2 weeks regarding his future employment.
Kiffin appeared live on the SEC Network to discuss Friday’s Egg Bowl matchup against cross-state rival Mississippi State (noon ET, ABC) and mentioned that the Rebels had been the target of an overnight theft at Davis-Wade Stadium in Starkville.
Kiffin said in a SEC Network interview with Marty Smith that Mississippi State fans broke into their locker room at 3 am and stole quarterback Trinidad Chambliss’s jersey. The coach continued by saying Rebels officials know who the culprits were because Ole Miss equipment manager Ken Crain had set up cameras in the dressing room.
Kiffin’s Rebels are poised to earn a first-ever berth in the College Football Playoff, but first must get past a pesky Mississippi State team that is eager to end Ole Miss’s 2-game winning streak. In the rivalry, Ole Miss leads 66-49-6 all-time.
The last time Mississippi State won the Egg Bowl in Starkville was in 2019, a 21-20 victory over Ole Miss. The Rebels are 25-15-3 all-time in Egg Bowls played in Starkville. Ole Miss also won last season’s Egg Bowl 26-14 in Oxford.
An APSE national award-winning writer and editor, David Wasson has almost four decades of experience in the print journalism business in Florida and Alabama. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and several national magazines and websites. He also hosts Gulfshore Sports with David Wasson, weekdays from 3-5 pm across Southwest Florida and on FoxSportsFM.com. His Twitter handle: @JustDWasson.
