The tension is building in Oxford and Lane Kiffin is trying to dissipate it with a friendly interview.

A day after a wild scene of plane tracking and Kiffin family members caught on camera taking a visit to Baton Rouge, the Ole Miss head coach appeared on the Pat McAfee Show to put on a forced smile and try to calm the waters.

If you wanted any real clarity, this wasn't the show for you. The most notable point was Kiffin denying that Ole Miss administrators had ever issued an ultimatum that he must make a decision before the Egg Bowl.

"There has been no ultimatum, anything like that at all," Kiffin said. "And so I don't know where that came from, like a lot of stuff that comes out there. Like I said, man, we're having a blast. I love it here."

That is ostensibly true -- no source

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