Lane Kiffin has messily exited stage left and Mississippi wasted no time in promoting from within to hand the reins over to Pete Golding for the upcoming College Football Playoff run and beyond.
The move is one for continuity in Oxford, Miss., but also a realization that the coaching carousel has largely passed the Rebels by. Top options like Jon Sumrall (Tulane to Florida) and Alex Golesh (South Florida to Auburn) were off the board by the time Ole Miss actually got an answer from Kiffin. The school was caught between a rock and a hard place given that they will be in the playoff next month.
