That dynamic is now playing out in the response to the decision of the longtime University of Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin to leave the team to become the new head coach at Louisiana State University. Kiffin led Ole Miss to a historic regular-season record of 11 wins and one loss, and the university is now poised to make its first-ever College Football Playoff appearance. The Rebels have a real chance of winning a national championship. LSU's seven-year, $91 million offer was apparently enough to put all of that in jeopardy. Imagine, for a moment, if a player had done any of the things Kiffin did as he secured his golden ticket to LSU. Imagine if a player had been playing footsie with two conference schools, as Kiffin did with LSU and the University of Florida after both programs fired their coaches in late October. Imagine if a player's family had boarded a private jet and been given a personal tour of the city that's home to the school courting his services'something Kiffin's...
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