Lane Kiffin of the Mississippi Rebels reacts after a penalty against the Florida Gators at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on November 15, 2025 in Oxford, Mississippi. Getty Images

This isn’t about whether Lane Kiffin should stay or go, although at this point it seems like the U-Haul truck is gassed up and set to leave Oxford. Miss., as soon as Friday’s Egg Bowl against Mississippi State is over.

It isn’t about the star-crossed and controversial Kiffin at all, really.

No, this situation at Ole Miss is about college football’s broken system that enables this. That allows schools to talk to other schools’ coaches in-season .

That has a recruiting calendar — the early signing period for high school recruits begins on Dec. 3, and the transfer portal opens on Jan. 2 — that encourages coaches to

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