Mississippi reporter warns Rebels of Florida’s pitch to poach Lane Kiffin to the Gators

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Mississippi reporter warns Rebels of Florida’s pitch to poach Lane Kiffin to the Gators

The Florida Gators ’ Billy Napier firing on Sunday afternoon kickstarted speculation in Oxford, Mississippi, that Lane Kiffin could do what was heavily rumored last year : leave the Rebels for the UF job.

The Mississippi Clarion Ledger’s Sam Hutchens believes UF will negatively recruit Ole Miss’s lack of a recent national championship history. Hutchens also questions the Gators’ own lineage, since their last titles came in the BCS era.

“Florida's most recent title is undisputed, and the Tim Tebow highlights it comes with can be watched in color and high definition,” Hutchens wrote. “With college football's warp-speed rate of change, though, how much does a title from 17