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Following the conclusion of the college football regular season, former Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin made the tough decision to leave Oxford early, despite taking the head-coaching job with the LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge.
Meanwhile, Ole Miss was gearing up for the College Football Playoff. With Kiffin gone and defensive coordinator Pete Golding now installed as the permanent head coach, the Rebels have rallied with two straight wins and are on their way to the semifinals next week against the Miami Hurricanes.
Kiffin has made a point of tuning into these games and has been vocal in his support for Ole Miss, even as the fanbase continues to harbor resentment toward him.
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Following the team’s upset win over Georgia on Thursday night, Kiffin shared a strong message about his former quarterback Trinidad Chambliss’s performance, calling it the best “we’ve ever seen.”
Chambliss completed 30 of 46 passes for 362 yards, two touchdowns, and no turnovers, while posting a passer rating of 145.7.
ESPN’s Tim Tebow had previously praised Chambliss, saying: “I feel like it was one of the best quarterback performances that we have seen since the College Football Playoff has been in existence.”
Kiffin then retweeted Tebow’s post and added: “Not just one of the best. It was the best we have ever seen.”
Kiffin saw something in Chambliss when he added him in the offseason—something that not many other teams recognized, as Chambliss had spent the previous season playing for Ferris State at the Division II level.
He then transferred to Ole Miss, knowing he would begin his journey as a backup behind Austin Simmons. But when Simmons got injured, Chambliss stepped in, and the rest was history. He’s now two wins away from leading Ole Miss to their first national championship in program history.
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