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ESPN Mics Caught Lane Kiffin Playfully Chirping Oklahoma Player After Ole Miss Win

Kiffin couldn't resist getting in the last word with an Oklahoma defender.

Tim Capurso

Kiffin exchanged words with Oklahoma defensive lineman David Stone after the Rebels' win Saturday.
Kiffin exchanged words with Oklahoma defensive lineman David Stone after the Rebels' win Saturday. / Screengrab Twitter @SportsCenter
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Lane Kiffin is one of one.

Kiffin is unique as a football coach in that he is just as likely to orchestrate a top-scoring offense as he is to perpetually live on X (formerly Twitter). Kiffin is infamously known for his trolling on the app, but that doesn't mean he doesn't keep that same energy in real life.

After Mississippi's huge, 34–26 conference win at Oklahoma, Kiffin couldn't resist getting the last word in with a Sooners defender in a back-and-forth that was seemingly going on all game.

"You're quieter now," Kiffin could be heard saying to Oklahoma defensive lineman David Stone. "You're a little quieter than before."

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When asked if he was getting into it with Sooners players, Kiffin happily confirmed and explained why he was doing so.

"This guy yelled at me, like, during the game five times about how great they were and we can't score on them," Kiffin said.

Kiffin explains why he talked trash to Oklahoma player

After the game, Kiffin was asked about the postgame exchange during his press conference.

"That's just me," Kiffin said. "He was talking the whole game to me. And I did a good job, I felt, of not talking back. And he just kept telling me, 'You ain't going to score.' So, I didn't go try to find him, he was walking by so I just saw him.

"That's just kind of me. Guy's a great player. I'm sure he's enjoyable to coach."

To Kiffin's ultimate point, the Rebels had no such trouble moving the ball against Oklahoma, as the Ole Miss offense tallied 415 total yards, 21 first downs and held the ball for over 11 more minutes than the Sooners did en route to putting 34 points up on the scoreboard.

It's no wonder that Kiffin was in a trash-talking kind of mood after a huge SEC win in a battle of top 15 teams.

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Tim Capurso
TIM CAPURSO

Tim Capurso is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Prior to joining SI in November 2023, he wrote for RotoBaller and ClutchPoints, where he was the lead editor for MLB, college football and NFL coverage. A lifelong Yankees and Giants fan, Capurso grew up just outside New York City and now lives near Philadelphia. When he's not writing, he enjoys reading, exercising and spending time with his family, including his three-legged cat Willow, who, unfortunately, is an Eagles fan.

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