Ole Miss will learn its first-round College Football Playoff matchup on Sunday while former coach Lane Kiffin watches on from Baton Rouge.

Kiffin, now the coach at LSU, wanted to stay with the Rebels through the CFP run before completely departing, but Ole Miss informed him that wouldn't be an option and is moving forward with former defensive coordinator Pete Golding as its new head coach -- not just in the interim but long-term. Inside the weeks of turmoil that drove Lane Kiffin from Ole Miss to LSU -- with a hard pass on Florida John Talty

Kiffin offered some frustrated complaints about that decision by Ole Miss on his way out the door, first in his letter announcing he was going to LSU and then later in his opening press conference in Baton Rouge. Kiffin claimed the

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