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Lane Kiffin Trolls Florida Over QB Recruit’s Flipped Commitment to Ole Miss

It's "Wake Up Time" for the Gators.
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Lane Kiffin Trolls Florida Over QB Recruit’s Flipped Commitment to Ole Miss
Lane Kiffin Trolls Florida Over QB Recruit’s Flipped Commitment to Ole Miss

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Lose a recruit to Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin at your own risk.

On Saturday morning, news emerged that Florida quarterback recruit Austin Simmons had flipped his commitment to the Rebels—reclassifying from the class of 2025 to the class of ’23 accordingly.

It was a loss for the Gators and a substantial get for Kiffin and Ole Miss on the heels of an 8-5 season. However, more importantly, it provided Kiffin a chance to clown Florida on Twitter.

A mere 15 minutes after news broke that Simmons had flipped, Kiffin tweeted a screenshot of Tom Petty's profile page on Spotify. "Great weekend vibes in Oxford," he wrote alongside music note emojis.

Petty was born in Gainesville, Fla. in 1961 and raised in its Duckpond district. The University of Florida awarded him a posthumous Ph.D. in 2021, and his song “I Won’t Back Down” is sung after the third quarter at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

Thanks to the SEC's reformed schedule, the Gators will get their shot at revenge in 2024 in Gainesville.

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PATRICK ANDRES

Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a double major in history .

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