{"id":319485,"date":"2025-11-28T23:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T23:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/319485\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T23:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T23:12:07","slug":"booger-mcfarland-ole-miss-should-allow-lane-kiffin-to-coach-college-football-playoff-if-he-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/319485\/","title":{"rendered":"Booger McFarland: Ole Miss should allow Lane Kiffin to coach College Football Playoff if he leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/ole-miss-rebels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ole Miss<\/a> defeated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/mississippi-state-bulldogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mississippi State<\/a> 38-19 in the Egg Bowl to secure a spot in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/category\/college-football-playoff\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College Football Playoff<\/a>. However, it\u2019s unclear if Ole Miss\u2019 administration will allow Lane Kiffin to coach his Rebels in the postseason if, on Saturday, he announces he won\u2019t be coaching at Ole Miss next season.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter said the school will reveal Kiffin\u2019s plan for next season on Saturday. Now, the time is here. If Kiffin announces he\u2019ll be coaching at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/lsu-tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LSU<\/a> next season tomorrow, ESPN analyst Booger McFarland believes Ole Miss should still allow him to coach the Rebels in the CFP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like he\u2019s earned the right,\u201d McFarland said during halftime of the Georgia-Georgia Tech game. \u201cAnytime you coach a team, that team starts in the spring. You go through spring practice, throughout the summer, and now you finish a season. And, if you earn an opportunity to take that team into the playoff, he should coach that team in the playoff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou always hear people say, \u2018Finish what you start.\u2019 And if he gets an opportunity to put this team in the playoff, he should be able to finish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kiffin has ushered in newfound success at Ole Miss. This year\u2019s group of Rebels will be the first in school history to compete in the CFP. Additionally, this season is the first time Ole Miss has won 11 games in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>McFarland believes Kiffin\u2019s six years of dedication to the school have earned him the right to finish this season if he won\u2019t be leading the Rebels next year. Alas, Ole Miss athletic administration may not feel the same.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Lane Kiffin was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/clowfb\/status\/1994510877756932431?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">spotted<\/a> hugging Ole Miss chancellor Glenn Boyce after the Rebels\u2019 win Friday. Additionally, ESPN\u2019s Marty Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1994512884760522916?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a> that Ole Miss will match any offer extended to Kiffin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got 10-win seasons at Ole Miss. He\u2019s got an 11-win season. His ability to be successful there has created opportunities for him,\u201d McFarland said. \u201cWhatever choice he decides, he\u2019s earned that right to make that decision. And, so good for Lane. More importantly, good for Ole Miss, because they clinched the spot, in my opinion, in the playoff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ole Miss needs\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/aggie-yell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas A&amp;M<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/alabama-crimson-tide\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alabama<\/a>\u00a0to lose this weekend to appear in the SEC Championship game. It would be Ole Miss\u2019 first-ever appearance in the conference championship game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Friday, Ole Miss defeated Mississippi State 38-19 in the Egg Bowl to secure a spot in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-319485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}