Lane Kiffin’s awkward and angst-filled departure from Ole Miss will happen again.

It’s inevitable unless college administrators and football coaches agree to reimagine an imperfect calendar that has been a mess for decades.

Under the current format, national signing day happens during conference championship week, the transfer portal opens during the College Football Playoff and some coaches are secretly interviewing for other jobs before Halloween.

Clunky and clumsy at best. Chaotic and conflicted might be more accurate.

No one has an ideal solution. Even the thought of adopting an NFL-like format seems flawed.

“You want the best idea? Blow it up and start from scratch,” UNLV coach Dan Mullen said. “It’s a shame you’re going to lose a lot of things that are great in college footb

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