For the most part, Ole Miss players and coaches have tried to avoid making their ongoing College Football Playoff run about Lane Kiffin any more than is necessary. Following Thursday’s Sugar Bowl defeat of Georgia, which vaults the Rebels into the College Football Playoff semifinals, however, senior defensive tackle Zxavian Harris didn’t hold back on the coach who ditched Ole Miss for LSU on the verge of the CFP.
“I know some people were down at first and came here because of Kiffin,” Harris said after the Rebels’ dramatic 39–34 win, per On3. “But after realizing how he was and when Coach [Pete] Golding came in, they saw a difference in how a real head coach is supposed to be, and you’ve seen how we’ve come together.”
