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With Ole Miss's renewed success this season post-Georgia win comes the responsibility of calling out the prevalent "rat poison" surrounding their program. Rebels head football coach Lane Kiffin is doing it ardently, even if that means calling out the guy who originally invented this term, Nick Saban, a "rat poisoner".
He’s now become the rat poisoner then,” he joked during his press conference on Monday when asked about his thoughts on Nick Saban calling Ole Miss the "best team in SEC" during the November 16 edition of ESPN's College Game Day.
"He’s doing exactly what he complained about. That changes every week based on how you play. We’ve been playing great, but we’ve gotta do that again. Just told me after the Georgia game that the success of the pass doesn’t mean you’re gonna have success in the future. It doesn’t dictate that. You’ve gotta do it again."
So, the best team in the SEC or not, with a three-win streak one of the best defenses in the country, and the "best offense Georgia has faced" per UGA Wire, Lane Kiffin is surely forging a championship-level team this season.
Nick Saban isn't the only 'rat poisoner' Ole Miss head football coach Lane Kiffin needs to worry about
After their coveted 28-10 win over Georgia, it wasn't just Nick Saban who lauded the Rebels as the "best team in the SEC." ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum had an identical opinion when he elected Ole Miss as his favorite to win the championship on Matt Barrie's show (h/t Saturday Down South)
Finebaum's change of heart seems particularly peculiar since he called Kiffin's mid-season performance "underwhelming," after the Rebels faced major losses against Kentucky and LSU.
Given their previous mentor-mentee relationship, Kiffin may have called out Saban, but his comment wasn't limited to just him. Rather, it was an indirect jab to every analyst whose opinions "change every week based on how you play."
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