Lane Kiffin returns to Ole Miss: Latest updates on LSU coach's day in Oxford
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Yeah it's too much. Yeah it's dramatic. But if you care about college football, you're at least curious by proxy how Ole Miss will receive Lane Kiffin on Sept. 19.
Kiffin, who controversially left a playoff-bound Ole Miss for the LSU Tigers at the end of last season, returns Saturday for a Week 3 showdown between the Rebels and Tigers. It's two teams with playoff aspirations, one an incumbent playoff team that made the semifinals with wins over Tulane and Georgia last year, the other a team looking for an immediate bounce back under its new coach after going 7-6 last season with a loss to Houston in the Texas Bowl.
With "College GameDay" on hand in the Grove and an environment that will be nothing but hostile to Kiffin, it will be interesting to see how he reacts. Will he lean into it and play the heel? Or will he continue to try to downplay his part in the vitriol that will inevitably be spewed his way?
Kiffin, of course, is no stranger to stepping into fires out of frying pans. Indeed, his return to Rocky Top 11 years after fleeing the Vols for USC sparked golf balls and mustard bottles being thrown in his direction as the Rebels' coach, visibly flustering Kiffin and forcing some people off the field with time still left on the clock.
Now, the wound is a lot more fresh. And the lover-turned-partner-turned-jilted lover again is on the other side. There's expected to be an intense police presence on hand in Oxford. But it's highly unlikely that's going to dissuade the drama entirely.
USA TODAY is following Kiffin's return to the Grove throughout the day, as Ole Miss looks for revenge against its former coach and Kiffin tries to spoil his own surprise party.
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