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Kiffin: LSU's 'Diversity' a Recruitment Advantage vs. Ole Miss
ESPN ^ | May 11, 2026

Posted on 05/11/2026 4:34:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Football coach Lane Kiffin says some top recruits would tell him they were not interested in coming to Ole Miss while he was running the program there before his move to LSU.

Kiffin discussed the concerns in a recent article in Vanity Fair. "[They would say], 'Hey, coach, we really like you. But my grandparents aren't letting me move to Oxford, Mississippi,'" Kiffin said, according to the magazin Source Ue. "That doesn't come up when you say Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Parents were sitting here this weekend saying the campus' diversity feels so great: 'It feels like there's no segregation. And we want that for our kid because that's the real world.'"

According to the article, Kiffin clarified his remark one day later: "I just hope [my comment] comes across respectful to Ole Miss.... There are some things that I'm saying that are factual, they're not shots."

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TOPICS: Local News; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: lanekiffin; mississippi; olemiss

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To: pacificus

But did they really say that? Kiffen has shown himself to be an unreliable narrator.


21 posted on 05/11/2026 5:27:13 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: kosciusko51

Kiffin enjoys being the bad boy. It’s a shame that he’s making LSU a national pariah.


22 posted on 05/11/2026 5:35:56 PM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: odawg; nickcarraway

I wonder how much the SPLC was paying Duke?


23 posted on 05/11/2026 5:47:24 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

Looks as though Kiffin is now getting his talking points from James Carville.


24 posted on 05/11/2026 5:55:29 PM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: nickcarraway
Oxford, Mississippi - 64.7% white - 25.5% Black

Baton Rouge, Louisiana - 34.8% white - 50.5% Black

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045218

25 posted on 05/11/2026 6:32:49 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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To: PAR35

Did he get a degree?


26 posted on 05/11/2026 6:41:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: MrRelevant
Re: "Throw them enough $$$ and their parents will send them anywhere..."

Bingo!

Many Americans do not realize that College Football is now a paid professional sport.

Many top college players now sign multi-million Dollar ad contracts, before they even arrive on campus.

27 posted on 05/11/2026 6:44:17 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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To: odawg; PAR35
The Klan has not been detectable in Louisiana for about a hundred years, at least. From what I hear, David Duke’s Klan was composed of an organization of one person.

That is most of the Klan! The media promotes the KKK, but it's really a joke.

W. Kamau Bell had a show on CNN and he met with "the leader" of a Klan group. It was one person with a robe in his closet. I hardly call that a leader, or even a Klan group. One loser who likes to dress up.

And if he was so dangerous, why did he agree to do an interview with a black guy doing a show for CNN?



If you believed television, half of Los Angeles County, and 90% of Orange County is KKK or Neo-Nais.

28 posted on 05/11/2026 6:46:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: pacificus; kosciusko51
Fine to share? So, if someone said everyone on Free Republic loves Hitler would that be fine to share, notwithstanding the fact it's a crock?

The fact that top athletes who are black decide to go to Ole Miss? Two first round draft picks in 2026, and one next year. They had options. [Just to be clear, I am not a fan of Ole Miss or anything, but this is crazy.]

Why stop there? Why not say Eli Manning and A.J. Brown are Grand Wizards?

29 posted on 05/11/2026 6:52:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: PAR35; odawg

I feel like that is misleading without context. Duke was a Democrat, but the Dems had several good candidates, so he switched to Republican, and promptly ever Republican in the state campaigned against him.


30 posted on 05/11/2026 6:55:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: BrexitBen

Two things: LSU is so loyal it fired Orgeron less than two years after he won their first title in 16 years. So, there’s that. But Orgeron isn’t exactly a saint. But LSU’s athletic program is disloyal and unethical anyway, so...


31 posted on 05/11/2026 6:57:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

As if there wasn’t enough reasons to hate Lane Kiffin. Can’t wait until LSU doesn’t make the CFP this year.


32 posted on 05/11/2026 7:00:27 PM PDT by montag813
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To: nickcarraway

Orgeron was the epitome of an LSU football coach. He was a great recruiter and motivator. He would’ve stayed at LSU until retirement.

Kiffin is the classic mercenary. LSU will rue the day it fired Orgeron, and spent over $100 million to get its next two football coaches, Kelly and Kiffin.


33 posted on 05/11/2026 7:06:04 PM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: BrexitBen

Diversity??? Old Miss Rebel team is almost entirely black players.


34 posted on 05/11/2026 7:21:15 PM PDT by odawg
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To: nickcarraway

“Vote for the Crook.
It’s important”


35 posted on 05/11/2026 7:30:46 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: ComputerGuy

Does he just say all that vile stuff for money?
Or does he really believe that vile stuff?

Either way, he ain’t no “good” guy.


36 posted on 05/11/2026 7:32:35 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: nickcarraway

Are you all suggesting that the International Bankers in New York haven’t been getting a good return on their money that they laundered through the SPLC to the Klan?


37 posted on 05/11/2026 7:33:00 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

I think the SPLC actually reinforces what I said. The SPLC has to fund these “groups” because there aren’t enough out there in the wild. The demand for these groups exceeds the supply.


38 posted on 05/11/2026 7:48:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: kosciusko51

Kiffin likes whatever helps his bank account grow. He’s not a lot different from every Congress critter. Or Tucker, MTG, Candace Owens, etc. Morals are for suckers like me.


39 posted on 05/11/2026 7:49:15 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: nickcarraway

LSU pays more than Ole Miss. That’s all that matters now.


40 posted on 05/11/2026 7:49:42 PM PDT by lodi90
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