Ole Miss player finally snaps over one thing Lane Kiffin's been stealing from Rebels

Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding completes an interview while heading to the locker room after the Sugar Bowl and College Football Playoff quarterfinals at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, La., on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. Ole Miss defeated Georgia 39-34.
Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding completes an interview while heading to the locker room after the Sugar Bowl and College Football Playoff quarterfinals at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, La., on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. Ole Miss defeated Georgia 39-34. | Ayrton Breckenridge/Clarion Ledger / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Finally, after months of Lane Kiffin feeding off the spotlight that originally belonged to the Ole Miss players, the Rebels players are pushing back.

Even after burning every bridge the most dramatic way possible with Ole Miss, Kiffin continued to find ways to make everything about Ole Miss's CFP run about himself.

He did it again when the Rebels' celebrated a thumping 39-34 win over Georgia, the same team that Kiffin lost to in the regular season, with the reports of calling back his LSU staffers when Ole Miss is still going after the National Championship.

Ole Miss DT puts Lane Kiffin back in his place

Senior DT Zxavian Harris said 'enough is enough', and confronted the 50-year-old for his tactics.

"After the Rebels knocked off the Bulldogs to win the second CFP game in school history, senior defensive tackle Zxavian Harris said Kiffin was again trying to steal the spotlight from one of the greatest teams in Ole Miss history," ESPN's Mark Salabch reported.

"Yeah, he was just trying to steal our shine," Harris said. "That's all he's trying to do. That's all he's been trying to do is steal our shine."

Harris said Kiffin's abrupt departure from Ole Miss in the middle of a CFP run was like a "slap in the face."

"Like a slap and the backhand," Harris continued. "He was trying to be a troll. We're going to troll him. We got something for him."

While fans have been calling it for months, an Ole Miss player putting Kiffin back in his place should be a bigger warning bell for Kiffin.

All that said, the LSU head coach discontinuing his tactics just because he was cofronted is unlike him. Chances are, he will be contiuing more and more elaborate stunts to steal attention from the Rebels' CFP run every time he can.

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