Lane Kiffin’s Physical Exchange With Ole Miss Star Sparks Outrage
Lane Kiffin’s Physical Exchange With Ole Miss Star Sparks Outrage
Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin got extremely frustrated with one of his players during the team’s showdown against Kentucky on Saturday.
Given that this game featured two ranked teams squaring off, tensions were understandably high from the jump.
But things got taken to a new level when, early in the first quarter, Kiffin opted to get physical with one of his players.
The video largely speaks for itself:
Lane Kiffin shoving a player after a false start ruins a 4th down attempt 👀 pic.twitter.com/LpIjfu3DzP
— MyBookie – Bet With The Best (@MyBookie) October 1, 2022
@Lane_Kiffin What a jerk! Yeah it was off sides but how aggressive and physical are you with the players when cameras aren’t around? #OleMiss #FireLane @NCAAFootball @ACCFootball @KirkHerbstreit pic.twitter.com/NWW9EpjSJl
— Elizabeth Watanabe (@watanabe_wife) October 1, 2022
Fans immediately took issue with that sequence of events.
In a lot of people’s eyes, a head coach should never put hands on a player.
Once again a white man in a position of authority feels he can put his hands on someone and nobody says anything. Lane Kiffin pushing a player for making a mistake. Abuse is what that is called people not coaching.
— LC (@LeanderCox1) October 1, 2022
Lane Kiffin has always been a 💩 of a person.
— Phantom11 (@mcalpin_j) October 1, 2022
Lane Kiffin pushing a player is so 2008 pic.twitter.com/I6LSZkoXdj
— Lars (@LarstheVol) October 1, 2022
@ESPNCFB Lane Kiffin may have just cost himself dearly with that big shove of a player! Not a good look!
— A Child of the Minutemen (@JustAnotherAme6) October 1, 2022
Yikes.
In a college football season filled with Coach O’s provocative behavior with cheerleaders, fans getting very hot and heavy in the bleachers and sad fan interactions with cheerleaders — this most recent incident feels like par for the course.
Antonio Brown is learning the hard way that actions have consequences. https://t.co/le1OOPW7AB
— Game 7 (@game7__) October 1, 2022
Will Kiffin face any sort of actual consequences or ramifications for this physical exchange?
Time will tell.
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A longtime sports reporter, Carlos Garcia has written about some of the biggest and most notable athletic events of the last 5 years. He has been credentialed to cover MLS, NBA and MLB games all over the United States. His work has been published on Fox Sports, Bleacher Report, AOL and the Washington Post.
